NORTH BATTLEFORD — The Battlefords Trade and Education Centre has a new feature to benefit its clients that has been named to recognize local support.
Mona Leece, executive director of BTEC, says its new state of the art Snoezelen Room is being named the Corey and Jodi Chmelnyk Snoezelen Room in appreciation of all the support that they have given BTEC on behalf of the North Battleford PBR Committee.
When you attend Professional Bull Riders events, buy a drink or a 50/50 ticket, this is just one of the many things in our community that you support, Leece points out.
Snoezelen or controlled multisensory environment (MSE) is a therapy for people with autism and other developmental disabilities, dementia or brain injury. It consists of placing the person in a soothing and stimulating environment, called the Snoezelen room.
Leece adds BTEC is pleased that the PBR event in North Battleford is now called The McDonalds Colby Cave Memorial PBR Classic presented by Serafina Energy and The Gold Eagle Casino. Colby, originally from North Battleford, was an NHL hockey player who died of a brain bleed in April of 2020.
“This seems like fate as Colby, along with having been a summer student at BTEC, was also the grandson of our former executive director Don Amos,” says Leece. “Colby made it a point to stop in at BTEC whenever he was in town to see the staff and participants. He also made it a point to attend the PBR every year even after he left for the big leagues.”
Leece says, “We look forward to the next PBR on July 27 and hope to see many of you out to support Ronald McDonald House, BTEC, the Colby Cave Foundation and Minor Hockey.”
