Category: What’s Happening at REALM (page 4)
Featured in Kootenay Business – Java Creek Café offers employment to intellectually disabled people through REALM
Many Kootenay businesses are facing difficulty these days due to labour shortages in the area. Unbeknownst to many Kootenay employers, there’s an untapped job force out there that is being underutilized. For some, like the intellectually disabled, they want to work but haven’t been given an opportunity to contribute.

— Photo courtesy Ana Yost
Texas hold’em poker night
We had a wonderful night with all the people who attended the Friends of Realm and Realm Texas hol’dem on Saturday, we gave away great door prizes, had a great pulled pork dinner and silent auction!
Realm’s Blast into good health
Realm’s Blast into good health
Featuring guest speakers with starry night dinner and dance to follow
Friday February 21, 2020 at the Heritage Inn Health conference from 12:30pm-5:00pm Dinner and dance from 6:00pm-10:00pm
Tickets are $40 for full event Or $30 for dinner and dance only
RSVP by February 14, 2020 by signing up at Realm or by phone at 250-426-3393
Fort Steele January 2020
On January 9, 2020, a few members from the volunteer heritage work crew of Realm had the privilege to go to Fort Steele to take part in a photoshoot for a Fort Steele advertisement. The group members went on a sleigh ride as the photographer took photos of their enjoyable ride.
1st ANNUAL “TEXAS HOLD’EM” TOURNAMENT
Light Tour
Dec 10th, 2019
The people in charge of the light tour decided that we will have a light tour scavenger hunt based on Christmas songs. All of us who joined the light tour were split up into teams.
Christmas Photo Shoot
On Thursday, December 5, 2019 in the evening at REALM, Melanie Caron and Jonathan Righton hosted a Christmas photo shoot. For this holiday season, the thought of looking for unique ideas in a budget friendly manner for a gift for their friends and family.
2019 Hockey Season
REALM will be going to the following game dates:
REALM ICE Awards
REALM would like to thank everyone who participated in our first annual ICE (Inclusive Community Employers) Awards. Hosted at the Prestige Rocky Mountain Resort on Thursday, October 10th, 2019. In the pursuit of recognizing and raising awareness of businesses in the community who are leaders by providing meaningful employment to everyone. We invited the community during the month of September to nominate an organization with whom they thought deserved to be honoured. With a total of nineteen local companies nominated, in collaboration with our sponsors, we awarded five businesses with a unique honour recognizing their excellence. The remaining organizations were acknowledged for their leadership.