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Details on the 2023 fundraising campaign

Help us expand our services! Your donation can change the future! 

As a charitable organization, our business model is to offer our programs at 30% of the actual cost and we are counting on the success of our 2023 fundraising campaign to maintain this rate reduction and expand our services by increasing the team of therapists. Our fundraising committee is already hard at work and every donation counts, no matter how small, to reach our goal. Let's encourage people with neurological conditions to achieve a better quality of life.

​Our organization benefits from the support of many volunteers who are willing to give their time to the cause to cover all administrative tasks.

The funds received will more specifically help us to:​

• purchase specialized equipment,
• train our kinesiologists,
• hire another kinesiologist,
• support these people to take advantage of our programs by reducing our actual service costs by 70%.

Why should I support FSWC Quebec:

• ​​Thanks to your donations, FSWC Quebec will be able to serve more people with neurological conditions, both adults and children.  
• 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. ​​

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:

'' 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 the chance to undertake a program such as this one after having been released from 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. Hanane Boukache, Volunteer, and mother of a boy with cerebral palsy

Ms. Hanane Boukache

'' I am above all the happy mother of two boys, Nail is my eldest, he is 15 years old,  , suffering from cerebral palsy, he is my greatest gift. My life has taken a different turn but certainly for the best. Long before, I had always been driven by a deep passion to help my fellow man so that  listening, consoling, and engaging in humanitarian causes is not new. In my previous life as a dentist, I was caring for children with malformations.  Overcoming obstacles and never stopping in front of the unusual is my motto. Later on, I started my fight to help my son evolve as I was dealing with   with  many families I met along the way. We ended up visiting various  high-level intensive therapy centers in Algeria, Jordan, The  Emirates, France, Spain, Germany and finally Poland. As I Accompanied other parents and their children, the stays followed one another and the progress was visible. Since then I started to inform the families around me of the importance of early and intensive therapy by creating an association of parents of children living  with cerebral palsy. Today, I continue to carry the torch. Here in Quebec, the FSWC program is based on the same principles as the ones known in Europe, we must do something and make as many people as possible benefit from this therapy which has proven itself, and which I have  personally witnessed. '' ​​

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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! ''

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Frédéric, donor

Frédéric

'' I wanted to participate in the establishment of the FSWC Quebec Center by making a monetary donation. As a paramedic, I had to intervene with spinal cord injuries. Knowing that rehabilitation is long and full of obstacles, this organization will be able to help this clientele regain their physical abilities. I believe in the regenerative capacities of the body and the mind and thanks to this organization, its therapists and the concept of neuroplasticity, spinal cord injured people will have the chance to regain certain functions and autonomy. ''