Hands & Voices "Coffee Night" - Thursday March 11th

Join us for our first “Coffee Night!”   This will be an informal opportunity to get together and chat with other parents of young children with hearing loss.  We are planning to organize coffee nights once every other month, in different communities around the lower mainland (and hopefully outside the lower mainland as well). 

Our first coffee night will be held at 7:00 pm on Thursday March 11th in Burnaby, at the Starbucks inside Brentwood Mall (upstairs, close to the London Drugs - there are two different Starbucks in Brentwood Mall, so make sure you find the one upstairs!).  This is a no-host event - sorry, you have to buy your own coffee or tea!  

You can RSVP at info@bchandsandvoices.com, or just show up.  If we know you’re coming, we’ll save you a seat.

Hope to see you there!

Map:

http://maps.google.ca/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Brentwood+mall,+Burnaby+BC&sll=49.439557,-7.119141&sspn=29.359397,78.837891&ie=UTF8&hq=Brentwood+mall,&hnear=Burnaby,+BC&ll=49.270941,-122.966022&spn=0.054547,0.15398&t=h&z=13&iwloc=D

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