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www.insideHALTON.com | OAKVILLE BEAVER | Thursday, August 13, 2015 | 40 Health by Abigail Cukier "Connected to your Community" Access Abilities is the new name on the medical equipment supplies store on Bronte Road. | photo by Nikki Wesley ­ Oakville Beaver (Follow on Twitter @halton_photog or facebook.com/HaltonPhotog) Same place, new name by David Lea Oakville Beaver Staff Kristin Courtney's medical supplies store on Bronte Road is not gone. It has just had a name change. Courtney who ran a MEDIchair franchise with her husband David since 1998, confirmed recently that the Oakville business at 549 Bronte Rd., is no longer a part of MEDIchair and will now be known as Access Abilities. While Courtney noted she could not legally elaborate on what prompted her departure from the home medical equipment provider, she did say the change happened July 1 and that with the exception of the business name, nothing has changed. "We are still the same company with the same life-enhancing products with the same lovely staff, at the same address and the same telephone number," said Courtney. "We're just so immeasurably thankful that we can continue doing what we love, serving our community and helping others." Courtney also confirmed that the annual Veterans Appreciation Luncheon held by her organization will continue. The first of these luncheons took place in 2002 with just eight veterans stopping by for a meal at Courtney's Bronte Road store. The most recent event, which was held at the Oakville Conference Centre on Nov. 3, saw more than 400 veterans and current military members attend. This year's Veterans Appreciation Luncheon is scheduled for Monday, Nov. 2. "Lovely plans are well underway and the community is once again rallying around us to volunteer and make it all happen," said Courtney. "We are so thankful for the support of so many wonderful people. We could never do this without them." 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The writing in raising awareness and funds for HIV and AIDS. the top left is Gaelic for One Hundred Thousand The Mylan Relay for Hope, organized by Welcomes, which is a phrase seen often around Mylan Pharmaceuticals in partnership with the the province." Canadian AIDS Society, The Elton John AIDS Chapman works at Toronto Pearson Foundation and The Running Room, started International Airport training air traffic controllers. She plans to one day retire and turn to art full-time. "My job is very technical and art gives me an outlet for my creativity," she said. Chapman studied fine arts at University of Toronto and received a fine arts diploma at Sheridan College. While she loves painting and drawing, she turned to quilt art. "Painting is very solitary. You need hours of uninterrupted time. When you have two kids, that just doesn't happen. Working with textiles, you can do it while watching TV or sitting at the kitchen table," she said. As a quilt artist, Chapman starts with a Barbara Chapman's contribution to the Quilt of Hope incorporates several Nova Sco- sketch and sometimes tia icons such as the Peggy's Cove Lighthouse, The Cabot Trail, and the Halifax Citadel. uses paint. She explains In addition, it includes the provincial bird and tree -- the osprey and red spruce -- as that art quilting is well as a piece of the Nova Scotia tartan in the shape of the province itself. different than the | submitted photo traditional form, as it is less technical and more April 21 in St. John's, Newfoundland. Multiple of a textile art. She has had pieces displayed at teams of runners will travel more than 3,500 the Art Gallery of Burlington and will have kilometres to Hope, BC by mid-October. one in September at the Queen Elizabeth Park The relay is also revitalizing the Canadian Community and Cultural Centre (QEPCCC). AIDS Memorial Quilt, which is made of more One of her quilts is part of the Sacred Threads than 600 panels. exhibit in Washington, D.C. and will be part of a Each panel was created in memory of travelling exhibit for two years. someone who has died of AIDS. A 12-foot-byWhile the Oakville woman has previously 12-foot Quilt of Hope was created for the Relay donated quilts to benefit local charities, this is for Hope. the first time she is involved in something like A central panel is being signed by people the the relay. runners encounter on their journey. Thirteen "I've never worked on such a grand scale," panels for each province and territory will be Chapman said. added after the relay to form the quilt. "I found it quite an honour to be part of After submitting her ideas, Oakville's Barbara something that was so grand with people Chapman was chosen to create the Nova Scotia involved from across the country. I found it quite panel. Her design incorporates Peggy's Cove, the rewarding." Quilt artist involved in relay's Quilt of Hope