Makers Making Change

12/22/2025

We are in the final days of our campaign! We're delivering over 3,000 assistive switches and switch adapted toys made by volunteers all over Canada. There's still time to donate: https://hackingfortheholidays2025.causevox.com/

12/19/2025

We recently welcomed aboard our latest GAME Checkpoint, the Alvin Buckwold Child Development Program. Last week, we trained 15 clinicians at Alvin Buckwold in adaptive gaming, and we’re excited to bring in another GAME Checkpoint focused on pediatrics. The centre also hosted an open house last week, spreading the word to the families they serve and other clinicians.

12/18/2025

During November 30th to December 7th, we had our Gift of Access week of making, with 20 build events across Canada. Here's a few shots from our public build events that week. (Photos 1-4 from our Fredericton Build, photos 5-8 from our build at our Burnaby Office, and photos 9-10 from our Calgary Office Build).

12/18/2025

It’s that time of year again! Our team has been hard at work, delivering toys across Canada to families and clinicians like Giulia from the BC Centre for Ability (pictured), ensuring that kids with disabilities get the toys in time for the holidays.

It’s also crunch time for our fundraising campaign! Every dollar raised makes a difference for families across Canada as we work to get toys out, and helps support our work on an ongoing basis.

Donate today: https://hackingfortheholidays2025.causevox.com/

12/18/2025

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12/16/2025

12/11/2025

Help make play accessible this holiday season! Donate to our campaign to give the gift of play to kids with disabilities across Canada. Even just $5 can provide the parts for a toy hack, while $60 can give us everything included to provide an adapted toy to a child.

Donate: https://hackingfortheholidays2025.causevox.com/

12/09/2025

On Friday, our Makers Making Change team hosted our Burnaby Creative Employment Options team for a device build. A great example of collaboration across our organization. The adapted toys and switches will be donated to families and clinicians as part of our campaign.

12/08/2025

On Thursday, we had a great time adapting toys with Air Canada staff at their office in Richmond. The Air Canada Foundation has been a huge supporter of our campaign, having donated $30,000 to help make play accessible for kids with disabilities. We are incredibly grateful for their support.

12/05/2025

12/05/2025

It's International Volunteer Day! We wanted to share a great story on one of our Clubs That Care youth leaders, Dante (pictured in front of his group of volunteers), who teamed up with his alma mater, the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology (SAIT), to host a build event, making 150 low profile switches for children with disabilities.

Dante graduated from the Automotive Service Technology program at SAIT. He has a passion for cars and gained a passion for electronics while in the program. Having a spinal cord injury himself, he worked on a prototype for an adapted steering wheel that allows drivers who use hand controls to keep both hands on the wheel for his capstone project.

So, it was no surprise he began volunteering with Makers Making Change. “It's definitely a good cause. I mean, I have a disability as well, so I can understand that resources and access to technology and things like this are highly important,” he shares.

Read more: https://www.makersmakingchange.com/news/dante-and-sait-volunteers-team-up-to-build-150-switches-for-hacking-for-the-holi-MCMLCHT4YWYVCM5PSI6SNWXJVDFA