Here's a list of any upcoming reading clubs or writing contests for PRCVI students to enter. Please email us with other events you know of.

Contests

• CNIB's Creative Writing and Braille Accuracy Competition
• The Braille Challenge - A National Program of the Braille Institute in California

Reading Clubs

• American Foundation for the Blind's Braille Bug Reading Club
• CNIB's Summer Reading Club for Students with Visual Impairments
• National Braille Press: Children's Braille Book Club

Scholarships

• CNIB Awards Catalogue - BC & Yukon Division's list of Scholarshiips, Bursaries and Grants for BC students with Visual Impairment
• CNIB's website lists a variety of grants, scholarships and service awards for exceptional performance in a number of areas
• CNIB National's Scholarships and Bursaries web page
• Military Police Fund for Blind Children - Information Package - Application Forms Reviewed Four Times Per Year
• Premier's Excellence Awards - One New Annual Award Available for Students with Special Needs
• StudentAidBC - Available funding for students with a permanent disability

PRCVI is highlighting achievements of students who access our services.

CNIB's Creative Writng and Braille Accuracy Competition 2008 : BC Contestants

• Vanessa Elder - "My Childhood Joy"
• Cho-hee Kim - "Mud"
• Antoinette Morissette - "The Tapestry"

Stories from Past Contests

• Charmaine Co - "My Space Camp Journal"
• Nolan Fallowfield - "Go Get Your Own Fish"
• Nolan Fallowfield - "Stupid Bug!"
• Chenyl Graff - "My Wonderful Time at the Braille Challenge Invitational"
• Jody Hanna - "Haiku"
• Brad Hildebrandt - "My Amazing Time at Space Camp"
• Sean Hong - "A Day in the Life of the Sea Shore" (drawing) & "Flowers" (story)
• Sean Hong - "The Timid Dragon, the Knights, and the Princess"
• Rhianna Martin - "A Cat's Life"
• Rhianna Martin - "Goldy the Rescuer"
• Rhianna Martin - "Kimberly the Trickster"
• Rhianna Martin- "My Trip to the 2005 Braille Challenge Invitational"
• Joseph Seabrook - "The Dragons Curse"
• Joseph Seabrook - "Top Secret"
• Shruti Shravah - "The Coffin in the Attic"
• Shruti Shravah - "The Full-Moon Killer"
• Donovan Tildesley - My Paralympic Journey to Sydney: "Swimming Down Under"

Poems from Past Contests

• Madisin Bennett - "The Snowy Day"
• Jessica Brown - "If the World Was Crazy"
• Stephanie Fortier - "Twinkle, Twinkle"
• Jody Hanna - "The Rhyming Word Poem"
• Graham Hardy - "Don Quixote"
• Grant Hardy - "Math"
• Michelle Jorgensen - "Remember Us"
• Nina Lin - "My Cane"
• Wilson Liu - "What Is Silver?"
• Duane Wilson - "My Eyes"
• Kolby Zanier - "School"

Here's a list of some helpful web resources. Please email us with additional website suggestions.

Braille Bug	AFB's site for children, parents and teachers that includes tips for literacy, inclusion, games and activities for children with visual impairment.
BC Blind Sports	BCBSRA's role is to facilitate participation and encourage skill achievement in physical activity for BC residents with visual impairment.
CNIB for Kids	Children with visual impairments can access the Discovery Portal, Kidsworthy Newsletter, Creative Writing Contests, and summer Reading Club.
Interlink	For More Access to Talking Books at Your Local BC Public Library
Access eBooks	Welcome to British Columbia Public Libraries: Your Library Without Walls! - “Library to Go”
Space Camp	Space Camp for Interested VI students is a six-day camp in Hunsville, Alabama, jam-packed with astronaut training for students in Grades 4-12.