Giving Back

We believe in giving back and have found a number of different ways to be involved with our community:

SPONSORSHIP –

• All-Inclusive Picnic at Providence Care (2017)
• KGH Orthopaedic Care Conference (2018, 2019)
• KidsInclusive Annual Run (2018, 2019)
• A dock for the Limestone Board & Boat Club
• The Paddle All (adaptive kayaking) races at the Carleton Place Canoe Club annual regatta
• Silent auction items for local community fundraisers
• In May 2019 we started working with Happy Tails Farm Sanctuary to manufacture and fit Peter, the lamb with a prosthetic hind leg. Peter was born with three legs, and brought to Happy Tails Farm Sanctuary where Carla and her staff gave him not only a safe place to live, but worked incredibly hard to support Peter through the process of learning to walk with a prosthesis.

AWARENESS –

• Inviting local decision makers to learn about our profession: MPP Sophie Kiwala visited our clinic (January 2018)
• Giving back by accepting donations and being involved in the sorting, cleaning and packing medical supplies for the Indigenous Medical Alliance, a project of TrueNorth Aid

TRAINING/EDUCATING –

• Training O&P technical and clinical students from George Brown College, Toronto and the BC Institute of Technology, Vancouver during their month-long placements
• Providing educational sessions to Queen’s Orthopaedic Surgery residents, as well as Physiatry residents from Providence Care Hospital
• Acting as examiners for Orthotics Prosthetics Canada‘s certification examination
• Assisting students at both the School of Kinesiology and Health Studies and the Mechanical and Materials Engineering Department at Queen’s University with their research projects
• Attending job fairs at Queen’s School of Kinesiology and Health Studies

ADDITIONAL SERVICES –

• In March 2019 we opened a bracing and health supplies store in Picton, ON in conjunction with Picton Physiotherapy: ORTHO HEALTH SUPPLIES