Need your opinion

If you are a special needs parent, might you be interested in attending  O'Leary's 4 Rs Summer Event 2011?

Your whole family can spend a wonderful week in Ottawa, our nations capital!

O'Leary's 4 Rs will provide the following:

Respite nights:     Parents will have the opportunity to take in a sporting or cultural event
                             Children will be supervised in age appropriate activities

Restoration workshops: daily workshops led by experts, parent friendly as well as child friendly    workshops will be provided each day as well as group activities with all involved
                              Sensory room with expert assistants will be available to each family for 30minutes every day.

Relaxation: Spa treatments, massage, pedicures, manicures and hair cut and styles for the whole family will be provided

Renewal: Spiritual Development through the arts for one hour every day
                Frequent fresh air/physical activity breaks throughout the day

The director of the program has a Master of counselling
The invited guests will be qualified persons and experts in their respective field
All volunteers will be subjected to criminal record checks
There will also be an invited volunteer with Special needs training, paired with each family, available from 9-9 every day
The owner/creator of The Eating Game http://www.theeatinggame.ca/ , Jean Nicol, will provide assistance in planning daily meals for our picky eaters
All meals will be provided by the kitchen staff at the center.


Only 6-10 families will be invited to participate in this unique event. I want to begin a program similar to this in Quebec in 2015 but first I need to see if this is a viable program with genuine interest before investing the million dollars that it will take to get this program running from the ground up.

It will cost about $500/family for room and board (price is to be worked out with facilities coordinator).
The remaining cost for workshops, events and guest speaker will be calculated on a per event basis but the cost will NOT exceed  $3,000/ family for the week.

Please let me know what you think. Would your family take a well needed break and live with my crew of experts and 5-9 other families for a week in Ottawa? Would you be keen on meeting other families with similar concerns and interests? Would availability of experts surrounding special needs children be an asset? Any comments would be appreciate.

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Hope to hear from you soon,