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Bill Van Buren, April 24, 1953 - May 1, 2009
May 05, 2009
Bill Van Buren, the first person to be welcomed to L'Arche Daybreak when it opened in 1969, died late Friday night, May 1, 2009. Bill was 56.


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L'Arche Daybreak
11339 Yonge Street
Richmond Hill ON, L4S 1L1, CANADA

Phone: (905) 884-3454
Fax: (905) 884-0580
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In God’s hand: A short film about Michael Barrett by filmmaker Deiren Masterson.
Watch John Smeltzer, musician and member of Daybreak, perform with Natalie MacMaster in an ongoing documentary film produced by filmmaker DEIREN MASTERSON.
Welcome to L’Arche Daybreak

L’Arche Daybreak in Richmond Hill, Ontario welcomes men and women with intellectual disabilities and the assistants who live, work and learn with them. People are drawn to our community from all over the world seeking a different way of life and bringing with them a wide range of beliefs, backgrounds and qualifications. Many local friends participate in our community life as volunteers. L’Arche Daybreak is a dynamic example of how people of different intellectual capacity, social origin and culture can live and learn together. -more about us-

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