ADAW November 5 to 11, 2023

Voice of Albertans with Disabilities (VAD) has started a social media campaign which will run until November 5 to increase awareness about this year’s Annual Accessible Driver Appreciation Week, the second week of November. We’ve created social media messages that we’ll be sharing across our Facebook, Twitter, and Linked In and are asking your support in sharing these messages.

This year Accessible Driver Appreciation Week runs from November 5 to 11, 2023. The hope is that in showing appreciation towards our drivers, and making noise surrounding accessible transportation, that we will be able to increase awareness. Increased awareness about the need for appreciation of accessible transportation will help us move towards advocating for increases in funding, driver training, and an overall improved service.

This campaign is hoping to plant the seeds of appreciation, and encourage patrons, organizations, and truly any Albertan using Accessible Transportation, to consider thanking their drivers. The campaign hashtags are:

#AccessibleTransportation

#AccessibleDriverAppreciation

We are hoping to create a dialogue with organizations about what they appreciate most about working with Accessible Transportation and the Drivers that support them!

Here’s how we hope you can help support this campaign:
Let your team members know about the campaign, and ask them to share #AccessibleTransportation or #AccessibleDriverAppreciation using the campaign hashtags. We’d love to collect different perspectives, positive experiences, and photos!
Share your campaign posts on your social accounts.

Ways to get involved:
-Display posters– make copies and hang them in your offices or where seen by the public.
-Print and hand out stickers to people who use accessible transport or those who come in contact with drivers and dispatchers.
-Share the poster on social media along with a shout out to those making accessible transportation possible.
-Take and share pictures on social media with the hashtag #AccessibleTransportation or #AccessibleDriverAppreciation.
-Provide coffee and/or treats for the drivers during the week – pick a day to promote the event publicly.
-Encourage your clients to let their drivers know that their services are much appreciated – provide Thank You cards for patrons to sign.
-Ask your local government official for a proclamation about Accessible Driver Appreciation Week, a sample is available on VAD’s website.
-Send a NEWS RELEASE to local news outlets for inclusion about your event.

Thank you for your consideration and for your support, please don’t hesitate to reach out with questions, 780-488-9088.