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Oxford Accessibility Expo 2022 Thank you!

Published: June 6, 2022

The Oxford Accessibility Committee would like to thank all those who attended the first Accessibility Expo held on June 2, 2022, at the Oxford Legion! The committee was very pleased with all the organizations that came out and participated to make the event a huge success! The Oxford Accessibility Committee would like to thank the following organizations for being present either virtually or in person at the June 2, 2022, Accessibility Expo:

The Hon. Tory Rushton, MLA, CANSA, Maggie’s Place, Cumberland YMCA, Kids Help Phone, Canadian Red Cross, NSECDIS, DCS - Employment Assistance, Autism NS, NS Hearing & Speech, Sunset Community, 211, CNIB, The Rick Hansen Foundation, and CCTS.

We would like to thank the Oxford Legion for providing the venue, the Town of Oxford for providing laptops, bottled water, and door prizes for the event, Town of Oxford staff, Linda Cloney, CAO, Stan McDougall and Nick Purdy for everything from assisting in making signage, printing event information, organizing deliveries, and set up at the Legion. Thank you as well to Mark Rushton at Six Rivers News for helping us spread the word about the Expo as well!

The whole Oxford Accessibility committee is to be congratulated for making the event a huge success from planning, setup and tear down. The first-ever Accessibility Expo was a success!

The goal of the Expo and the purpose of the Accessibility Committee is to help to make the Town of Oxford more accessible for our residents and visitors. Your valued input continues even beyond the Accessibility Expo! It’s still not too late to take part in our Accessibility Study Survey for 2022, which will continue to be available until September 30, 2022. Keep in mind that your responses are strictly anonymous! Once again, from the Accessibility Committee and the Town of Oxford, thank you for being part of our Expo and our great town! Go to the Accessibility Study Survey.