My Stay At The Lake Joseph Centre

First of all you might be asking what the Lake Joseph Centre is. Well let me explain.
The Lake Joseph Centre is a resort designed to meet the needs of those who are blind, visually impaired or deaf blind.
Everything is done to insure the safety of everyone. There's nothing that they can't do there if they want to!
You can go sail boating, canoeing, paddle boating, swimmimg, catamaraning, row boating and you can even go for a boat cruise. For those who just want to stay on land there's basketball, horseshoe, lawn bowling, croquet, shuffleboard, mini putt, arts and crafts or simple to just relax in a comfortable chair. The site on which the Centre is located on also has alittle bit of history to it.

I was at the Lake Joseph Centre for 2 weeks. I was training there as a LDT (Leadership Development Trainee) This training prepares you for being a counsellor later on.
We learnt all kinds of different things during the training such as the "two hand manuel" which is used to communicate with those who are deaf blind.

The staff at the Lake Joseph Centre are dedicated to making sure all guests enjoy the best summer holiday possible.
The training was defiently good experience for me. I really enjoy working and helping people. It even gave me more enjoyment as I knew I was helping someone who was blind, visually impaired or had some other special need.
And the food there was great! [Thanks to that great kitchen staff :-) ]

It was really nice getting to meet all the staff includeing the kitchen staff. All the staff was of great help during my training, any questions I had they were ready to answer.
The Manager of the Lake Joseph Centre is also a very nice guy, I had the opporunity to meet him and talk with him a few times, and again any questions I had or concerns I could go to him.

I have to say I think that it's really great there is something like this for those who are blind or visually impaired.
The Lake Joseph Centre has been opened since 1961. This wouldn't of been possible though if it wasn't for the generous donations from all the Lion's Clubs, goverment, and from personal donations.
The Lake Joseph Centre is defiently a beautiful spot and a very nice vacation spot. (All of Lake Joseph is beautiful, Parry Sound is even really nice which is were they have a 30,000 island cruise.) You never feel out of place there, or like your different from any other perosn.
If you want to find more out about Lake Joseph Centre or how to make reservation's just click on the word Lake Joseph Centre.