March 31, 2004

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	It's been a great year for CAP. A lot of new provincial initiatives have been implemented with great success. We launched our new Intranets, hosted a Provincial Conference, held our first CAP Day, introduced a comprehensive marketing campaign and, unveiled the Quick-Clics training program. None of this would have been possible without the many people who work and volunteer at our CAP Sites throughout the Province. We want to thank each and every person who were involved with CAP during the past year. We look forward to working with you again in the upcoming year. Together we can make CAP an even bigger success!

	We are pleased to inform you that funding for the Community Access Program was announced in both the Federal budget on March 23rd, 2004 (see: http://cap.ic.gc.ca/english/hub.asp for details.) and the Provincial budget on March 30th, 2004. We hope to have a new Federal-Provincial agreement in place shortly so that we can continue to support the CAP network in Newfoundland & Labrador.

	Web-4-All helps people with disabilities and literacy challenges to get on-line. On February 23, 2004, the Independent Living Resources Centre (ILRC) marked the expansion of the innovative Industry Canada pilot project that is reducing computer and Internet access barriers for people with disabilities, seniors or low literacy levels. The Honourable John Ottenheimer, Minister of Education along with the Honourable John Efford, Minister of Natural Resources Canada helped to officially launched the provincial Web-4-All program. The celebration was held at the ILRC in St. John's who are the community champion and provincial lead for the program. Also in attendance were representatives of Industry Canada, Web4All, Community Access Program, Provincial Library Board and a host of other community partners. "The provincial government partners with the federal government in maintaining over 200 Community Access Program sites throughout the province to provide the public with computer and Internet access," said Minister Ottenheimer. "We are pleased to expand this service to better support people with disabilities, and we will continue to work with the federal government, community organizations and private enterprise to ensure that learning opportunities are available and accessible to all residents of Newfoundland and Labrador." The program has also employed over 10 youth with disabilities who work out of different regions of the province and are responsible to install the technology and provide training. At the present time there are over 70 public locations across the province who have been approved under the program.

	If you open up the Newfoundland and Labrador 2004 Travel Guide to page 44, you'll see a first for the guide and the CAP Program. The Corner Brook Public Library CAP Site is listed under Internet Access in the Attractions and Adventures section for Western Region. They are the only Internet access site (CAP Site or otherwise) to advertise in the guide. For more information on including your CAP Site in the 2005 guide, please visit their web site: http://www.gov.nf.ca/tcr/services_programs/travel_guide.htm.

	On February 25th, 2004 at the request of the Placentia and Fox Harbour CAP Sites, Stefan Barnes of CAP accompanied the CAP Booth to Dunville for the area's Volunteer appreciation and recruitment fair. CAP is also scheduled to attend the Schooner Youth Career Fair in Marystown on April 3rd where it will promote the CAP Youth Initiative as a great way of gaining valuable job experience to youth on the Burin Peninsula. If you have an event in your area and would like to use our CAP booth, please contact our office.

	The Community Health Promotion Network Atlantic (CHPNA) exists to share health promotion information among individuals, groups, and communities in the Atlantic provinces. Within the next couple of weeks, all CAP site administrators should receive an information kit from the CHPNA. You can invited to visit the following sites: www.canadian-health-network.ca (Health Information for Every Body); and www.chpna.ca (To get connected!).

	In conjunction with our new marketing campaign, we are giving away t-shirts via our online ballot. The winners for February and March are: Darrell Baggs of Badger, Troy Earle of Lanse au Loup, Craig Ryland of Lanse au Loup, Sue Ann Rowsell of Norris Arm, Chrissy Iver of Norris Arm, Guy Nash of McCallum, Julie Rickwards of Pouch Cove, Terrilynn White of Robert's Arm, Gail Foster of Smith's Harbour and, Michelle Walsh of Stephenville Crossing.

	As we've told you in recent News!etters, two of our Program Officers have recently taken maternity leave. We are pleased to announce that both now have new additions to their families. Wanda Mazerolle and husband Joe welcomed their first son, Daniel, to their family on February 6th, while Kelli Penney and her husband James welcomed their first child, Jenessa on March 28th. Congratulations to both families from the entire CAP Family.

	Please don't forget to submit your March statistics early in April. In February, according to our online stats, we had 32469 visitors!

	Here are a sampling of stories submitted directly from CAP Sites using our online stats form during January and February. · Deer Lake (GLECD) - A man came in who loved using his computer, but had suffered a stroke some time ago. He had lost some of his memory, and had a very hard time using the computer now. His speech was severely impaired as well. However, he was anxious to get back to using the computer again, and got up the courage to come in to the CAP Site. After three sessions he was able to surf the internet, email, and do almost all of the things he had done before. He simply needed someone to remind him of the small details, which he had always known. He was very grateful, and quite pleased to be able to email his daughter again. It was very rewarding to see the confidence and pride he got from a few refresher lessons with the computer. · Port au Port - A man came in looking for a diagram of parts for the chassis of a ski-doo. Somebody had brought him a bucket of parts and asked him to put it together, but he wasn't sure if he had all of the pieces. Using the Internet he was able to find a diagram of the paticular ski-doo and was able to reassemble the chasis. · Grey River - At Grey River, the CAP Site has become much more than just a place to surf the Internet. For one night, it also became the local movie theatre. Combining equipment from the school and CAP Site we hooked up a DVD player to an overhead projector and showed a movie on the projector screen. We also sold popcorn and soft drinks. It was well received by the community and they have asked for us to make it a regular promotion. · Grand Bank - This time of the year we have a lot of students using the CAP Site to gather information for their science and heritage fairs. Without this medium many students without Internet access at home would be at a disadvantage.
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