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When Wyatt came to The Movement Centre in late 2013, he was less than a year old. Having had a perinatal stroke that affected his left side, he was unable to crawl, walk or stand independently. Using Conductive Education rehabilitation, Wyatt worked hard on the skills necessary to learn to crawl, stand up, and walk….

The Association of Consulting Engineers – Manitoba Chapter had a golf tournament recently in which they selected our Centre to receive some of the proceeds! We express our thanks for their support of Conductive Education! Michael and Reynold from the Association are pictured with Justin from The Movement Centre!

We are excited to announce the support of the 2016 Margarita Invitational Golf Tournament sponsored by Harwood Design Builders through The Harwood Foundation. This fantastic event hosted by Wayne & Gisele Sage will take place on August 6th at Niawka Country Club. Through the generous donations of the participants from 2014 and 2015…over $10,000 has…

Bethel Tekleyohans who has been volunteering at our Centre for about 5 years was featured on Global News Winnipeg! Check out the article and video here. We wish Bethel all the best with her graduation this summer and upcoming time at the University of Manitoba! We thank you for your continued support Bethel!

The Movement Centre’s full time staff attended the 2016 Association for Conductive Education in North America’s (ACENA) Conference in Orlando from March 2nd to March 4th, 2016. The Movement Centre, a member of ACENA, was very well represented with 13 staff present at the conference hosted by the Conductive Education Center of Orlando (CECO)! The trip…

On April 11th, 2016, The Movement Centre of Manitoba was on CTV Morning Live to promote the upcoming Move ‘N Groove-a-Thon! Rachel Lagace joined us at our Centre to learn about how fun and inclusive this event is and what it does for our Centre. Check out the video links below. If you haven’t already, click here to register…

Pictured below is Hannah Guttormson with Executive Director, Margy Nelson. Hannah has been involved with The Movement Centre by helping out with our fundraisers since she was in grade 6 at Robert H. Smith School. Over the Christmas break, Hannah and her dad John arrived at The Movement Centre with an early Christmas gift. While…

We thank the Winnipeg Goldeyes Field of Dreams Foundation for their continued support of The Movement Centre of Manitoba and subsidizing program fees for Manitoban’s families in need of Conductive Education. This year, they granted us $6,000 towards subsidizing program fees for our intensive summer camps! We truly appreciate their support. Visit their website!

February 5th, 2016 The Janzen family and friends visited our Centre to bring us items off of our wishlist! These included various board games, cutlery, office supplies, arts and crafts, storage bins, and gift cards for Toys “R” Us. These donations come in memory of Nolan Janzen, a client of The Movement Centre who passed…

Our Centre was selected as the charitable organization benefiting from Valeant Pharmaceuticals’ 2015 Christmas party! After being selected, our Executive Director, Margy Nelson visited Valeant in Steinbach to give a presentation on what exactly happens at our Centre on a day to day basis. Margy was also given a tour of their facility which she thoroughly enjoyed!…