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Fundraising Campaign Details

Now we are at the initial stage to start making some social impacts. 

FSWC Québec is launching its fundraising campaign to support people who have sustained a spinal cord injury and improve their mobility, independence and quality of life. This campaign will allow us to open an adapted training centre, unique in Quebec, that will offer a program based on a well-proven method ongoing for more than 10 years.  

We have opted for a three-tiered funding, which are individual donations, businesses funding and grants. 

The funds received will more specifically help us to:​

• buy specialized equipment : 68 700$
• set up an accessible facility : 27 800$
• train future kinesiologists at the FSWC Regina Centre : 34 700$​​
• cover the costs of the first year of operation : 118 800$

Why should I support FSWC Quebec:

• ​​FSWC Quebec can alleviate the actual gap of not having access to a long term program, specialized in improving the mobility and quality of life of spinal cord injured people.
• FSWC Quebec is the only charitable organization in the province that can provide this type of service, based on a well-proven method ongoing for more than 10 years. 
• FSWC Quebec also has a longer-term vision to serve people with other neurological conditions, such as multiple sclerosis and spina bifida, and children with developmental delays caused by cerebral palsy for example .​

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Your help, today, is essential for starting this program in 2020 and ultimately supporting our long-term social action.

As a donor-builder, if you wish, you will have your name appear on the plaque of the builders of the future FSWC centre in Sherbrooke.

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Importance to have such a program​

Diane et Carl

Ms. Diane Roy and Mr. Carl Marquis

​Ms. Diane Roy, sustained a spinal cord injury at 17, and Mr. Carl Marquis, sustained a Spinal Cord Injury at 15, ​the Board of Directors of FSWC Québec:

'' We had an accident when we were still teenagers and have been paraplegic ever since. Like you, before our accidents, we never thought of having such an accident and never imagined losing the use of our legs. But it happened to us.

After our accidents, we managed to regain our strengths and passions in parasports. These sports have helped us resume our energy to keep moving forward in our lives. We both participated in the Paralympic Games and were medalists. Sports have given us incredible experiences.

But all these sporting activities have had no effect to improve the functions lost in our legs.

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With our experiences in wheelchairs for more than 30 years, we have experienced unpredictable circumstances that we have had to face in our daily lives. We can say that we would have liked to have the choice to undertake a program like this at the end of the public rehabilitation program. If there had been such a program in our time, we think we would have tried it right away.

All individuals with a spinal cord injury should be aware of this option and should be promptly informed.

It is important to offer this choice for those who want to improve their condition continuously!''

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Ms. Jessica Frotten - Paralympic athlete

Ms. Jessica Frotten 

Ms. Jessica Frotten, sustained a spinal cord injury in 2009, a participant of the FSWC program in Regina for over eight years. She moved from Yukon to Saskatchewan to benefit from this program regularly:

I think in my heart that any person who has a spinal cord injury, as soon as they get out of rehabilitation, they need to come to a facility like this to regain any functions that they can to improve their quality of life and make the best that they could be.''

Voices of our donors

Ms Marcelle Rousseau, donor

Ms Marcelle Rousseau

'' I have the privilege of being fit and healthy and am able to move as I please. Unfortunately, for some, the reality is quite different. By supporting the Québec Adapted Training Centre FSWC, I allow it to carry out its mission so that people who have lost their mobility can regain independence and freedom of movement. Long live this program, which will greatly improve their quality of life, and long live this second chance giver! ''