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Marlena Stewart 🏝️💕 @marzbar74.bsky.social · 1d

Game 7, here we go!!! ⚾️🇨🇦💙💙💙
GO JAYS GO!!! (Please and thanks!)

Marlena Stewart 🏝️💕 @marzbar74.bsky.social · 2d

LOVE the GHOULgeous people I work with! 💀🖤💀🖤💀

Nanaimo Association for Community Living @nanaimoacl.bsky.social · 2d

#HappyHalloween from NACL’s #AdminTeam! 💀🖤🎉🎉🎉 Have a EERIEsistably SPOOKTACULAR day!!! #Halloween #Halloween2025 #StaySpooky

Marlena Stewart 🏝️💕 @marzbar74.bsky.social · 2d

I definitely felt the need to go more patriotic this year 🇨🇦🎉 - so for fairly obvious reasons (and 100% inspired by this onesie) I’m calling this Halloween costume #ElbowsUp! 💪❤️💀💀💀 #CanadaStrong #Halloween2025

PS: The #ThisWayUp strips will be taped just above my elbows once I get to the office… 😂❤️

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Marlena Stewart 🏝️💕 @marzbar74.bsky.social · 3d

It was so cute (and funny!) watching her carry it around… 🐶❤️😂😂😂

Nanaimo Association for Community Living @nanaimoacl.bsky.social · 3d

Are you all ready for Halloween tomorrow? Lily was helping us with decorating for it down at the Admin Office… 💀🖤🎉🎉🎉 #DogsOfNACL #SpookySeason #Halloween2025

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Nanaimo Association for Community Living @nanaimoacl.bsky.social · 4d

Wear your costume a day early (if you like) and come to our NACL #SocialNight #HalloweenDanceParty tomorrow evening - Thursday, October 30th - from 6-8 p.m. at Actions! $5 admission gets you a hot dog and drink while you enjoy a THRILLER evening of music, dancing, and fun! 👻🎶🎉🎉🎉 #HalloweenParty

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Marlena Stewart 🏝️💕 @marzbar74.bsky.social · 5d

Loved spending quality time with this adorable perma-winking nugget yesterday! 🐶❤️

Nanaimo Association for Community Living @nanaimoacl.bsky.social · 6d

Monday mornings can ONLY be made better by having #PuppyEnergy at the #AdminOffice! Meet Indy, who’s a bounding bundle of fluffy joy from #NorthernHopeDogRescue - and we have a feeling we’ll be seeing him a LOT around here as he grows into a big sweet doggo! 🐶❤️ #LuckyUs #DogsOfNACL #PuppyLove

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Nanaimo Association for Community Living @nanaimoacl.bsky.social · 9d

If you’re near the Vancouver Island Conference Centre, that’s where you’ll find NACL and the Home Hospice Association until tomorrow at the Canadian Hospice Palliative Care Association conference - ready to talk about end-of-life care for people with diversabilities… 🫶💐 #LetsTalkAboutIt

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Nanaimo Association for Community Living @nanaimoacl.bsky.social · 11d

It’s TODAY!!! NACL #EmploymentServices invites everyone to come see us from 3-7 p.m. at the Beban Social Centre for our first Inclusive Employment Mini-Expo! 🤩👍 We’ll have inclusive employment resources, an Employment Cafe, resource demonstrations, a self-employment showcase, and more!

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Nanaimo Association for Community Living @nanaimoacl.bsky.social · 17d

Here’s the actual event poster, folks! On October 22nd from 3-7 p.m. at the Beban Social Centre, NACL is hosting its first ever Inclusive Employment Mini-Expo! Join us for a fun afternoon focused on inclusive and accessible employment! 🤩👍 #SpeedHiring #InclusiveEmployment #DEAM #DEAM2025

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Nanaimo Association for Community Living @nanaimoacl.bsky.social · 18d

On October 22nd from 3-7 p.m. at the Beban Social Centre, NACL is hosting its first ever Inclusive Employment Mini-Expo! Join us for a fun afternoon focused on inclusive and accessible employment! 🤩👍 #SpeedHiring #InclusiveEmployment #DEAM #DEAM2025

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Nanaimo Association for Community Living @nanaimoacl.bsky.social · 19d

We’re so excited for this and eager to help with both setup and takedown! NACL is so grateful for the Rotary Club of Nanaimo’s support. 📚❤️

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Nanaimo Association for Community Living @nanaimoacl.bsky.social · Oct 3

Hi all - since we cant pre-program posts yet on Bluesky, we’ll be taking another short social media hiatus for the next week! Hope you all have a wonderful week leading up to Thanksgiving, and watch for us to come back full force after that! Thanks for your support/follows… 🤩❤️

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Nanaimo Association for Community Living @nanaimoacl.bsky.social · 29d

Thanks so much to our in-person and online cheering squads seeing our two brave bosses TOSSED! They may have wobbly legs but 😂❤️ we’re ridiculously proud of them both! See you again next year!!! 🥰🙌🥰🙌🥰 #TossTheBoss #TTB2025 #WayToGoSeanAndRandy

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Nanaimo Association for Community Living @nanaimoacl.bsky.social · Oct 1

Starting today, NACL is celebrating National Disability Employment Awareness Month (#NDEAM), a national campaign that recognizes the contributions of people with a disability and promotes inclusive hiring practices. DID YOU KNOW: 1 in 4 Canadians have a disability? That’s nearly 8 million people!

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Nanaimo Association for Community Living @nanaimoacl.bsky.social · Oct 1

As the poster says, the TOSS TIMES for Sean and Randy have been REVEALED for #TossTheBoss this Friday! They’ll be tossed at 2:48 and 2:54 - so let’s give them the BIGGEST NACL cheering squad to literally put these brave souls “over the edge!” 🤩❤️🎉🎉🎉 #TossTheBoss #TTB #TTB2025 #JumpToIt

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Marlena Stewart 🏝️💕 @marzbar74.bsky.social · Oct 1

Miss you so much, Grampa - you would’ve turned 106 today! Wherever you are, “by golly,” I’m sure you’re still playing crib or watching the BC Lions 🦁🏈 and saying, “That’s the stuff!” XOXO 🤩❤️🙌🎂🎉

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Nanaimo Association for Community Living @nanaimoacl.bsky.social · Sep 30

On this #NationalDayforTruthAndReconciliation, NACL is taking time to listen, learn, and reflect about the past and ongoing impacts of residential schools and colonialism. Our admin office and day services are closed to #HonourTheDay. 🧡 #NDTR #NDTR2025 #OrangeShirtDay #EveryChildMatters

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Marlena Stewart 🏝️💕 @marzbar74.bsky.social · Sep 23

YAYYYYY!!! 🤩❤️🎉🎉🎉

Nanaimo Association for Community Living @nanaimoacl.bsky.social · Sep 23

HUGE CONGRATS to all our who submitted entries on NACL’s behalf for jam, arts and crafts, and more at the VIEX! We came away with SEVERAL first, second, and third place ribbons - and even a “Best in Division” on the winning jam - for all your hard work!!! 🏆❤️👏👏👏 #VIEX #VIEX2025 #WayToGo

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Nanaimo Association for Community Living @nanaimoacl.bsky.social · Sep 19

Both #ActionsDayProgram and #ActionsBlueHouse have entered scarecrows into this year’s @vancouverislandexhibition! Jolene (on the right) features a basket of produce from our very own #EvanmorrAcresFarm! Don’t miss it and our entries of strawberry jam and other crafts, too! 🤩❤️ #VIEX #VIEX2025

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Nanaimo Association for Community Living @nanaimoacl.bsky.social · Sep 21

Are you coming to see NACL’s #SensoryZone at the VIEX? It’s the last day, and we’d love to see you! Here’s a taste of what you’ll experience - find us in the back corner of the Centennial Building until 5:00 today! 🤩❤️ #VIEX #VIEX2025 #CountryFair

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Nanaimo Association for Community Living @nanaimoacl.bsky.social · Sep 15

We’re so excited to be a deeper part of the #VancouverIslandExhibition this year, presenting their first ever #SensoryZone! 🤩❤️🎉🎉🎉

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Nanaimo Association for Community Living @nanaimoacl.bsky.social · Sep 12

🚨POSTINGS ALERT🚨 We’ve got a TON of opportunities for your Friday, folks! We need two CSWs, four CYCWs, and a SRW - so for all the details and/or to apply, check out nanaimoacl.com/careers, stat! 😍👍 #NACLCareers #WorkWithUs #JoinOurTeam

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Nanaimo Association for Community Living @nanaimoacl.bsky.social · Sep 10

Sharing for our friends The Dextones, don’t miss their offshoot tribute band (ALSO related to local sensation Wunderbread) Synchronicity Four’s tribute to The Police at the Port Theatre on Sunday, Sep 14 at 7:00. Get your tickets now at www.porttheatre.com/events/synch...! 🎸🎶 #PoliceTributeBand

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Nanaimo Association for Community Living @nanaimoacl.bsky.social · Sep 9

Scan their QR codes or click the links below - thanks again for your support! 🦸‍♂️🦸‍♂️🎉🎉🎉 #TossTheBoss #TTB2025 #JumpOnIt #TakeTheLeap

#TeamSean: zeffy.com/en-CA/fundra...
(Don’t worry about the URL - it’s Sean’s campaign!)

#TeamRandy: zeffy.com/en-CA/fundra...

Sean Enns

Toss The Boss is an annual bungy jumping event presented by the Nanaimo Brain Injury Society (NBIS). Join us on October 3, 2025, at WildPlay Nanaimo for the opportunity to watch your boss jump off a b...

zeffy.com

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Nanaimo Association for Community Living @nanaimoacl.bsky.social · Sep 9

We’re gonna keep sharing these because we need to help these two BRAVE bosses (Sean and Randy) each earn $1,000 to get TOSSED off the WildPlay Nanaimo bridge at Toss The Boss in support of Nanaimo Brain Injury Society coming up on October 3rd! See comment below for how to donate…

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