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To contact Brenda PLEASE CLICK HERE To read Brenda's Story... Click the image below to see about Brenda's Trial Swim on June 27 To read about Brenda's first attempt at crossing Lake Ontario on July 22 Here is the official Press Release regarding the end of Brenda's Swim... |   Brenda Lussier is Deaf and had the opportunity to attend the Ontario Camp of the Deaf when she was a child. Now Brenda's daughter who is also Deaf, has this same opportunity. Brenda has expressed her gratitude for the existence of a place like the Camp for the Deaf so that people like her daughter can meet, socialize, and communicate with other Deaf children in a fun environment. It has been a wonderful experience for Brenda to watch her daughter have the same fun and adventures that she herself had as a child.  Brenda has been swimming all her life and has decided to put her passion for swimming to use. Her goal is to swim across Lake Ontario and raise $40,000 towards the construction of a special water park and splash area that will be fully accessible to younger campers and those with special needs. Brenda has been training for this challenge for three years and will be ready to enter the water in Niagara-On-The-Lake on September 1, 2009 finishing at Marilyn Bell Park in Toronto the next day. Marilyn Bell was the first swimmer to cross Lake Ontario in 1954, and Brenda will be swimming the same route Marilyn Bell used during her historic crossing. If you would like to support Brenda's Swim, please click one of the links on this page to find out how you can sponsor Brenda! The Ontario Camp of the Deaf (also known as The Bob Rumball Camp of the Deaf) was founded as a result of Reverend Bob Rumball's desire to create a place in the summer vacation heartland of Ontario, where a Deaf child could enjoy everything that a summer camp could offer, but in an environment without communication barriers. The Camp is a place of opportunity for Deaf, hard of hearing and physically challenged individuals, staffed by professionals who are fluent in American Sign Language and are capable of assisting those with Special Needs.
The Bob Rumball Foundation for the Deaf
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