PADDLE Program

02/05/2026

🍁 Maple Syrup Fundraiser is Back! 🍁

We’re excited to be offering locally sourced maple syrup from La Sucrerie du Violoneux in support of The PADDLE Program 💙

🥞 1 L bottles – $25 each
👉 $9 from every bottle goes directly back to PADDLE!

🛒 How to order:
• Orders are online only through our website
• Visit www.paddlenorthbay.ca
• Click on the Maple Syrup tab – it will take you to our CanadaHelps link

📝 Important when filling out the CanadaHelps form:
✔️ Please include how many bottles you are ordering
✔️ Please include an email address so we can contact you when the maple syrup has arrived

📅 Orders close March 5

📦 Maple syrup typically arrives mid-April and will be available for pick-up at The PADDLE Program

The PADDLE Program (Providing Adults with Developmental Disabilities Lifelong Experiences) is parent driven initiative that received start-up pilot project funding from the Ontario Ministry of Community and Social Services.

02/03/2026

02/03/2026

02/02/2026

Tomorrow night!! Huge shoutout to Nipissing University Education Society and our teacher placement students for putting this on for PADDLE!

01/30/2026

Stay cozy! ❄️

01/30/2026

Congrats to this weeks Cash Calendar winner Sharron C
Calendar #0054

01/30/2026

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01/29/2026

A FUNdraiser for PADDLE put on by Nippising Education Society!

01/28/2026

🚨 Only 25 Cash Calendars Left! 🚨

PADDLE supporters — we’re down to our last 25 Cash Calendars and they’re going fast! 🏃‍♀️💨

For just $20, you’ll be entered to win cash prizes all year long while supporting the amazing programs at The PADDLE Program 💙

🎁 A great gift
💸 A chance to win
❤️ A way to give back

👉 Grab yours before they’re gone:

01/26/2026

In North Bay, the potential closure of The PADDLE Program could be the main destabilizing event for many adults and their caregivers.

When there is a documented deficit of community day supports and zero long, short or crisis supported living options- it is irresponsible and devaluing.

As a result people are surrendered to emergency rooms thinking containment or Alternative Level of Care status will warrant community supports and homes. That is false.

People here are watching a person some consider a peer approach three thousand days of containment.

The recent Ombudsman report ‘Lost in Transition’ reasonably leads them to believe there is no alternate pathway for their peer, or for some of them.

An Ontario mother who cares for her daughter with a developmental disability fears what will happen after she passes. She says the waitlist for a group home ...

01/26/2026

Today is , commemorating the “Father of Independent Living” on his birthday.

Ed was a close friend and collaborator of Judy’s. On this day in 2023, Judy wrote:

“Ed is known by many as the ‘Father of the Independent Living Movement’ and I’m often called the ‘Mother of the Independent Living Movement.’ Together, we were instrumental in advancing Centers for Independent Living across the United States. We were able to influence and develop policy at federal, state, and local levels with a mission to achieve the full inclusion of people with disabilities throughout all facets of our society.“
Image Description: Judy Heumann and Ed Roberts looking at each other as Judy holds a microphone up to Ed.

01/26/2026

Disability advocacy requires both courage and strategy, and Marcus Johnson of the Civics League for Disability Rights Disability Rights unpacks this dynamic in our special issue. He explores how “leashed” and “unleashed” approaches work together to drive systemic change, sharing insights from real-world campaigns and the ongoing fight for equity. Read the full conversation at
https://ablenews.com/the-leashed-and-the-unleashed-a-necessary-tension-in-disability-advocacy/