12
Jun
Our family would like to send out a sincere THANK YOU to all those special people who supported Braiden in 2008. We had a very successful year raising a total of $2500 for our selected charities.
2009 – Braiden took a break from his racing for most of 2009. We needed to pursue testing and research [...]
12
Mar
“Inspiring Possibilities”
2010 Events Calendar
APRIL 25TH , 2010 TIMES COLONIST /THRIFTY FOODS RACE – VICTORIA, BC
MAY 16TH, 2010 OAK BAY KOOL FM KIDS RACE – VICTORIA, BC
JUNE 2010 SD #63 TRACK MEET + OPERATION TRACKSHOES – VICTORIA, BC
SEPT. 5TH, 2010 DISNEYLAND 5KM + KIDS RACE - ANAHEIM, CA
OCT. 15TH, 2010 BRAIDEN TURNS 12 YEARS OLD!!
OCT [...]
28
Oct
On October 19th, our family headed over to Swangard Stadium, in Burnaby, for the 1st ever BC “Walk Now for Autism”.
This was an amazing event to be a part of plus it was Braiden’s first race away from home too. It was another beautiful day and Nathan, Braiden, Dean and myself all made the [...]
28
Oct
October 12th, 2008 – Braiden participated in the Royal Victoria Thrifty Foods Kids Run. This was a 1.2 Km race through downtown Victoria’s inner harbour. It was a great day with the sun shining and over 905 kids participating! I think this was the largest group of racers Braiden has been a part of so far on his [...]
5
Aug
I am often asked to describe the experience of raising a child with a disability to try to help people who have not shared that unique experience to understand it, to imagine how it would feel. It’s like this…
“When you’re planning a fabulous vacation trip to Italy, you buy a bunch of guidebooksand make your [...]
1
Jul
Braiden found himself back downtown at the Legislative ground start line. This time he would race with his fancy new ski poles….all pro racer now! The race leader recognized Braiden from the Time Colonist race and knew he would be staying in the front…..and he did. He got ready, then GO………laughing and [...]
15
Jun
Operation Track Shoes – ( June ) This was Braiden’s second year participating in OPERATION TRACK SHOES. This event has numerous activities going on all day with many athletes. It is an amazing event but for Braiden one of his more challenging with so much stimuli to potentially cause anxiety. We [...]
1
Jun
In June, Braiden participated with his teammates as a Lochside Lizard. He practiced the relay with his classmates during Gym time for weeks and made the commitment to race at the District #63 Track Meet. Each member of Mrs. C’s grade 3 class was a huge support to Braiden as he practiced [...]
25
May
Braiden’s second event was the Kool FM Oak Bay Kids 1 Km Race May 25th, 2008. Braiden raced in this event last year as well so he was familiar with the environment – excited the morning of race day. He still asked why is KOOL spelled with a K and not a C though!! [...]
27
Apr
This was Braiden’s longest distance to date at 1.5 Km. As Braiden’s mom, I was concerned this may be too long for him but without trying there is no possibilities!
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