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On April 9, 2026, we hope you will join us to celebrate 50 years of the North Shore Disability Resource Centre supporting people with disabilities in our community. This special evening will also help raise vital funds in support of the NSDRC.

Navacord North Shore Disability Resource Centre 50th Anniversary Gala

Event Details:

Thursday, April 9, 2026

5:30pm - 9:00pm

The Pipe Shop at the Shipyards, North Vancouver

Dress code: Business/Cocktail

Purchase Tickets Now - ticket sales close Monday, April 6th

Doors open at 5:30pm:

Purchase beer from Wildeye Brewing, wine or a signature Copperpenny Distilling cocktail: The Provence Gin and Tonic (No. 005 Social Gin, fresh squeezed grapefruit,
Vancouver Island lavender, Fever-Tree tonic). Thanks to their generous support - Partial proceeds from all alcoholic drinks go to the NSDRC to support our fundraising efforts.
Sign up for silent auction items
Purchase 50/50 tickets
Light Canapés served

Dinner served at 6:30pm - seated dinner

Please note: A portion of the single ticket, group and table of 10 gala tickets are eligible for a tax receipt. The Angel - Sponsor a Participant and In Lieu are eligible for 100%. Please see registration website for taxable receipt amount.

Join us for a wonderful evening with a sit down dinner, silent auction, 50/50 draw, entertainment, guest speakers and a keynote address from the His Honour Sergio Cocchia.

We will be honouring North Vancouver’s Bob McCormack for his remarkable contributions to the NSDRC and his long-standing commitment to disability advocacy on the North Shore.

KEYNOTE SPEAKER

His Honour Sergio Cocchia

OBC, LLD (Hon)

Due to unforeseen circumstances, the Honourable Wendy Cocchia is unable to attend as our keynote speaker. We are sincerely grateful to have His Honour Sergio Cocchia with us, and we look forward to the insights he will share as we celebrate this special milestone together.

His Honour Sergio Cocchia, OBC, LLD (Hon), is the President of Crew Group of Companies, a hotel and property management company. His Honour oversees a varied business venture with his partner and wife, the Honourable Wendy Cocchia, Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia. His Honour has overseen the Century Plaza Hotel in downtown Vancouver for over 35 years.

His Honour serves as President of the Pacific Autism Family Center Foundation (PAFN), a family-led initiative to create an “Autism Spectrum Disorder Knowledge Center” for the Province of BC. As proponents of this project, Their Honours secured a $20 million grant from the provincial government towards the completion of this $35 million initiative. In budget 2018, the federal government announced $10.9 million of support for their new initiative the Autism and Intellectual Disabilities Exchange, a national tool for families living with this diagnosis.

In 2010, Their Honours were honoured with a Doctors of Laws (Hon.) from the Justice Institute of B.C. and, in 2018, from the University of Vancouver Island, in recognition of their accomplishments and contributions to the province of British Columbia, in particular their shared vision in establishing the PAFN. They received the BC Community Achievement Award in 2012; the “Doorman of the Year”; the Queen Elizabeth Diamond Jubilee Medal; and, in 2013, His Honour became a member of the Order of British Columbia. In 2017, Their Honours were honored as “Luminaries” by the Big Sisters of Vancouver and in 2023, they were also honored with the Rix Award for Engaged Citizenship. In 2024, His Honour received the King Charles III Coronation Medal.

We are still seeking more sponsors and donations to support our event. If you are interested in sponsoring or donating, please see our sponsorship package . Contact Teri Taylor at t.taylor@nsdrc.org for more information.

Navacord North Shore Disability Resource Centre

50th Anniversary Gala sponsors

title sponsor

champion sponsor

dream builder sponsor

ADVOCATE SPONSOR

RENTAL AND CATERING SPONSOR

MEDIA SPONSOR

COMMUNITY SPONSOR

IN-KIND SPONSORS

Air Canada Foundation

ARC’TERYX

B Fit Personal Training

Cactus Club West Vancouver

Capilano Suspension Bridge Park and Cliff House Restaurant

Copperpenny Distilling Co.

Everything Wine

Fiorino, Italian Street Food Lonsdale Quay

Griffins Boxing

Grouse Mountain Resort

InBlume Salon & Atelier

Kidsbooks Edgemont

Liberty Kitchen

MityBilt

A Moveable Feast

Nook Shipyards Restaurant

North Vancouver Recreation Commission

Origins Parkour

Orto Artisan Pasta

Puccini's Deli

Sense Engineering

Shok Designs

Smoke and Bones BBQ & Burgers

The Bar Method

The Westin Bayshore Vancouver

Thrifty Foods - Edgemont

Vancouver Canadians

Victoria Distillers

VitaSave North Vancouver

West Dermatology

Whole Foods West Vancouver

Wildeye Brewing

Zazou Hair Salon

ZipTrek Ecotours

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The NSDRC was started by a group of families in 1976. In the years since, we have worked for a "Community for All" by developing and providing community housing, infant development programs, youth groups, community-based services, and information and advocacy.

We are grateful for the opportunity to work, live and play on the unceded territory of the Coast Salish Peoples, including the territories of xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations.

Charitable Registration #’s: NSDRC Association: 119247716RR0001; NSDRC Foundation 835397746RR0001

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