Donate Through Felix’s 3/21 Pledge Page Here!
Hi, I’m Felix, and I’m from Canada. I don’t have any direct family link to anyone with Down syndrome (DS), but the first child I worked with at the age of 9 was a wonderful little kindergarten boy with DS and it forever changed my life.
Since that day I have continued to work with kids with special needs and it is the best thing ever. I have done co-op programs, worked in schools and camps that involve kids with special needs, and the biggest thing I have learned is there isn’t anything they can’t do if they put their minds to it. I believe in inclusion and not putting people in a box and assuming limits. We live in such a wonderful world and sometimes we forget to take even the smallest accomplishments as positives. We always are looking for that big moment.
Most recently I have volunteered with the Dream Retreat and worked with the Worthy Three. These experiences continue to help me grow as a person and strengthen my beliefs that I have mentioned earlier. I joined Ruby’s Rainbow’s 3/21 Pledge committee not only to be an advocate for those with Down syndrome, but to show that those small acts of kindness can lead to many positive things. Doesn’t matter your age, abilities and so on, we all have the ability to love and look out for one another. So join me again this year in taking the 3/21 Pledge, so that we can send well deserving people to post-secondary school and let them show us and the world all that they can do.