SPIN THE WHEEL AND FIND THE WINNERS!

Posted on February 8, 2009February 18, 2012 by soropadmin

When Weeks of Waterdown gave the WHEEL OF CASH a big spin, many local community charities came up winners! A total of $4,125.00 was handed out to local groups as a result of various charitable fund raisers held by the long time Chamber member.

Drummond House, CHOICES, Interval House and Animal Adoptions of Flamborough all received $500.00 each: money from sales the of seasonal earrings, Zilch games & bookmarks; the Flamborough Food Bank $620.00 via proceeds from the Annual Staff Christmas party and the United Way $1,505.00 via the “Christmas Tree of Giving” promotion.

Wheel of Cash at Weeks of Waterdown

Pictured from the top centre is Hal Bushey of CHOICES (are you OK hanging upside down Hal?), Mary Lamb of AAF, Gail Bosma of Flamborough Food Bank, Debra Tigchelaar of Drummond House with Sandy Gray of Weeks, Darrel Skidmore of the United Way, and Clare Freeman of Interval House.

This article was provided courtesy of the Bottom Line, which was published in January 2009 (Volume 5, Issue 11) by the Flamborough Chamber of Commerce.

Holdin the bag - 2007 Christmas giveway from Weeks of Waterdown

Volunteer for the Ancaster Community Food Drive

Posted on February 7, 2009February 18, 2012 by soropadmin

The Ancaster Community Food Drive will be held on Saturday Feb. 21.

Volunteers are needed to canvass the community and sort donations at St. John’s Anglican Church (view map »). On Saturday Feb. 14, volunteers will deliver flyers to announce the food drive.

Organizers need 300 volunteers to canvass door to door or help unload cars. On Monday Feb. 23, trucks will be loaded to take the donations to seven major food servicing agencies in the Hamilton area.

Volunteers are needed from 8:30 am until noon. To register as a volunteer call Ancaster Community Services at 905-648- 6675.

CRAZY BIG MONEY

Posted on February 6, 2009February 18, 2012 by soropadmin

$400 was given to Sandy Thomas, Flamborough Food Bank

Sandy Thomas of the Flamborough Food Bank attended last night’s club meeting for a cheque presentation of $400.00. It is a welcome contribution as the food bank is experiencing a marked increase in need of their services. Drop off locations include: Sobey’s in Waterdown, Fortino’s Food Mart, the Waterdown Fire hall and Carlisle United Church (between 9:30am – 2:30pm Tue, Thu, Fri). Please call 905-690-1036 to arrange cash donations and for information around eligibility. There is an article in the Spec about Poverty that has more information on how you can get involved and the critical items needed »

Thank you to Shirley E for opening her home to us for an evening of “Friends & Fun”. Dinner was catered by Beijing Gardens of Waterdown (they make great Pad Thai). It was an action packed evening! To start, we’d like to welcome our newest member, Janet, and all our guests.

Welcome Janet, our newest member

Shirley M gave an excellent presentation on the Live Your Dream campaign. Did you know that all the money raised through the sale of merchandise goes back to programs? Some of the things you can do on the site are plan your goals, make a donation and send a note/ecard. She encouraged all the members to fill out an Action Plan, but also to share these tools with other women and read some of the success stories on the site. They are very inspiring!

Everyone recieved their package of posters & tickets for the “Flashback to the 70’s” fundraiser happening at the Royal Canadian Legion in Waterdown on April 17th. Tickets are $25 each and will be on sale at Weeks of Waterdown for anyone who sells out 🙂 Find out more »

Kathy volunteered to maintain a scrapbook for our club. We encourage our club members to check their local papers for articles and to bring in any letters, photos or awards so we can keep them for posteriety!

The “health of the club survey” that was done last month showed we’re definately on track. Thank you to all the members who completed it. We really apprecaite your feedback.

On behalf of the Soroptimist Foundation of Canada, Shirley McCoy presented Barb with the Red Star Award for our club. This certificate recognizes our donation of $250.

Congratulations to Barb McCoy who won the 50:50 draw and generously donated her winnings back to the club and happy birthday to Sandy who is an indeterminate age today!