April 17, 2025

Karis Disability Services is celebrating its 60th Anniversary this year! You might be wondering how we plan to celebrate this incredible milestone. Our organizational theme, “Celebrate Every Journey,” will be our rallying cry as we tell stories and find moments of celebration to honour the people we support, our journey toward belonging, and our collective story of 60 years!

Here are some of the ways we will mark this occasion, and the marketing support that’s available to help your teams celebrate:

  1. Collecting Stories: We want to hear your stories and see your pictures of celebrations, birthdays, and important milestones aligning with our theme “Celebrate Every Journey.” If you are interested in submitting a story or idea, please go to karis.org/60stories, or reach out to me, Victoria Gravesande, at vgravesande@karis.org.
  2. Landing Page: We’ll begin our public celebration starting on May 5th and have moments of celebration planned through to the end of the calendar year. On May 5th, we will send a Dear Everybody letter inviting the Karis network to visit a special part of our website that will feature a video from our Co-Founder, Adrienne Reese, our 60-year timeline, photos and stories, and a link for families and people supported by Karis to also submit their own stories and photos. 
  3. In-Person Celebrations: Look for 60th Anniversary moments of celebration at events throughout the year, like Elim Lodge Summer Family Camp, the Annual General Meeting, the Annual Community Meetings, and more.
  4. 60 Year Marketing Materials: To help you with your own celebrations, we’ve also prepared some materials for you, now available in CH Connect, under Communications Resources/Resources. There, you can find the “Celebrate Every Journey” logo and key messages, a special 60 Year logo, an email signature template, and digital backgrounds. Please follow the instructions to update your email signature for the start of our celebrations by May 5th. 

If you have any questions, please reach out to me, Victoria, at vgravesande@karis.org. Happy 60th Anniversary! Let’s celebrate every journey and mark this milestone together.

Victoria Gravesande, Content Writer and Storytelling Coordinator  
Marketing and Communications Team