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Soroptimists and their Soroptimisters took part in the 2nd annual Flamborough Women’s Resource Centre fundraiser at Waterdown District High School on Sunday September 25. Walking as Evelyn’s Angels, they wore red shoes, slippers and shirts to raise funds and awareness in the hope of ending violence against women.
As a program of Interval House of Hamilton, the Flamborough Women’s Resource Centre provides support services for all women in the Flamborough community. Women living in rural areas of Hamilton (Flamborough, Dundas, Ancaster, Glanbrook) have less access to immediate supports (police, transportation, shelter, etc). Their broad range of services need our support. Join us next year and let’s increase our pledges.
Photos are coming soon!
A group of our Soroptimists held a resource-based seminar on May 26. Topics covered a wide breadth, based on our personal careers and experiences. We have assembled some tips & links that you may find helpful:
Preparing a Resume
The most important things about writing a resume and cover letter are the small details (like spelling and grammar) and aligning the information you share with the job posting requirements. The Government of Canada has a great site to explain how you can tell about your experiences, skills and interest areas on your resume, even if you don’t have a lot of work experience.
http://www.youth.gc.ca/eng/topics/jobs/resume.shtml
http://www.youth.gc.ca/eng/topics/jobs/cover.shtml
Junior Legal Assistant
There are many other schools that have either a law clerk program or legal administration program, but these are some in the local area:
Fitness and Instruction:
http://www.canadianfitness.net/pro.html (How to get certified in fitness at home)
http://www.canfitpro.com/ (How to get certified by the largest fitness training company)
http://www.ywcahamilton.org/programs-and-services/adult-fitness-and-aquatics (How to get fitness leadership training locally)
Nutrition & Recipes
www.dietitians.ca
www.healthcanada.gc.ca/foodguide
Health Field
http://www.mohawkcollege.ca/calendar/otapa.html (OTA/PTA course, Mohawk)
http://www.mohawkcollege.ca/calendar/personalSupportWorker.html (PSW Course, Mohawk)
http://www.stcharles.ca/psw.html (PSW Course, St. Charles)
Early Childhood Education
http://www.mohawkcollege.ca/calendar/ece.html
http://www.aeceo.ca/ (Association of Early Childhood Educators Ontario
Book keeping & Admin
http://c-b-a.ca/ (Canadian Book keepers Association);
http://www.cma-ontario.org/index.cfm?ci_id=4798&la_id=1 (Certified Management Accountant);
http://www.cga-ontario.org/Prospective_Students/Becoming_a_CGA.aspx (Certified General Accountant)
www.simpleplanning.net (budgeting)
http://office.microsoft.com
http://community.alchemex.com (various Microsoft office training)
General References
www.cara.com (Swiss Chalet, Kelsey’s, Milestone’s, Montana’s, Harvey’s)
www.insuranceinstitute.ca (courses at Mohawk College or apply direct to insurance companies as they will ocassionally employ new staff and pay for their training)
www.liaisoncollege.com 1047 Main St E, Hamilton (train to become a chef or cook)
We are pleased to announce our club’s 2nd Annual “Are You Smarter that a 5th Grader: Trivia Night” that will take place at St. Joseph’s Villa in Dundas on Wednesday April 20, 2011. Tickets are $25 and includes the games, a light dinner, munchies and tons of fun! Tickets are available from any Soroptimist member.
The evening features four rounds of trivia questions which to challenge the knowledge base of teams of 6 players. There will be prizes for the team members from each round as well as Grand Prize team with the highest score. We will also be offering a raffle table of gifts to be won, a 50/50 draw and a cash bar. We will sell out at 24 teams of 6, so get your friends together and get your tickets early!
Of course we hope to have lots of fun at this event but the real reason for our fundraising is to help women and girls in our community that need a hand up. All the money we raise goes back to our women and girls in our community and throughout the world.
February 16 2011 under SI-DAF Events
Have you ever wondered who The Soroptimists are and what we do in the community? Soroptimist International of Dundas, Ancaster and Flamborough invites the public to an evening of fun and friendship to learn more about the club and its work in helping women and girls, both locally and internationally.
RSVP to Barb McCoy at soroptimistdaf@gmail.com
The event takes place on Thursday, Jan. 20, 7-8:30 p.m., St. James Anglican Church Parlour, 137 Melville St., Dundas.
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January 12 2011 under SI-DAF Events
BIG MONEY FROM A SMALL EVENT!
The Flamborough Women’s Resource Center came up the big winner at a Ladies Night held on Thursday October 14th at Boston Pizza. The restaurant donated a portion of the evenings proceeds to the FWRC and many patrons also made personal contributions for a chance to win some great raffle prizes which had been donated by local merchants. Kittybeans Jewellery of Waterdown also donated a portion of sales from the evening and the Soroptimist International of Dundas/Ancaster/Flamborough were there with a display profiling their community work and to present a $300.00 club contribution. Nearly $1,000.00 in total was raised for the FWRC as a result of the evening.
(In Photo) Front and centre: holding the big money is Afifa Bhatti of the FWRC along with Christina Wilbur of Boston Pizza (in light pink top) Back row, left to right is Erin Hall (Kittybeans) and Soroptimist members Barb McCoy, Janet Barnard, Sandy Gray, Shirley Eden and Bonnie Treacy.
October 19 2010 under SI-DAF Events
This year we were officially part of the Flamborough Chamber of Commerce’s Mini Putt Challenge as a tournament within their tournament. Not only were we eligible to win their recognition awards, SI DAF awarded the top 4-some and most honest (worst) four-some with recognition plaques!
Our club had 3 four-somes (if I remember correctly, perhaps 4) at last years FCC’s mini putt challenge and we had a blast; that is where we got the idea for having one of our own. The location of the tournament was Rock Chapel on Highway 5, west of Clappisons. It’s literally a mini green, on grass, and 18 holes.
We booked 4 four-somes with the FCC for our group. It was a bargain at $25.00 per person that included mini golf and dinner & awards after at Boston Pizza, snacks included! The top FCC team received a Canadian Cooler and $25 gc to Boston Pizza. The individual awards included two members from SI-DAF:
- FCC Lowest women’s: 72 to Sandy, owner Weeks Home Hardware (she defended her title)
- FCC Lowest mens: 61 to Ted McMckeen, MPP
- FCC Most Honest golfer – to Maria Demkovic, $25 gc plus a special trophy (see hear speak no evil)
The top awards for SI-DAF were as follows:
- SI-DAF Top score at 72 avg - Barny, Janet, Alice and Shirley
- SI-DAF most honest team at 99 avg – Brooke, Kim, Elizabeth, Nancy, (Judi was in for 9 holes)
July 25 2010 under SI-DAF Events
Well ladies, we did it! On November 18th, SIDAF held its annual Loonie Toonie Auction, and it was a great success. Although the tickets didn’t sell out completely this year (largely due to the economy), the tables were all populated with enthusiastic supporters of the event. For the second year running, St. Thomas parish hall in Waterdown proved the perfect venue, with lots of space to display our auction items to the best effect. There were over 125 items on offer, running the gamut from “Pamper Yourself” gift baskets to beautiful Grandfather Clocks.
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Getting set up
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MC Kerry and Past Governor Shirley McCoy
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Guests viewing the gift items
The catered hot meal was a hit this year, and drew many compliments from the crowd. As an auction neophyte, I wasn’t sure what to expect from the evening, but was delighted by the festive atmosphere, the gales of laughter from the tables, and the squeals of delight from the successful bidders. It didn’t seem to matter whether it was a major gift or a small door prize; the joy of one’s number being called seemed to be just the same. I heard several first-time attendees commenting on how much fun they were having, and promising to bring more of their girlfriends along next year. Thanks to everyone who pitched in to make the event such a success (including the helpful young men who fetched and carried for us, and ushered everyone to their tables).
Congratulations to Kerry Jarvi and all of our Fundraising Committee for a smoothly run evening (and kudos to M.C. Kerry for making her voice last to the final auction item!) Heartfelt thanks as well to our sponsors and donors. Sales of tickets to win the wine fridge with bottles of wine boosted our total profits this year, and it was wonderful that although the majority of tickets were pre-sold, the winner was in the audience on auction night.
Amazingly, we managed to surpass last year’s auction total, taking in over $10,000! That money will help fund the many wonderful projects of SIDAF, and allow us to carry out our mission of “women at their best, helping other women to be their best”.
- Deb
November 22 2009 under Fundraisers, SI-DAF Events
The members of Soroptimist International of Dundas-Ancaster-Flamborough were very excited to hand out $2,500 in bursaries to women in our community.
Debra Tigchelaar, Executive Director of Drummond House was recognized for Making a Difference
Our awards ceremoney was held on Thursday, May 7 at the Dundas Golf & Curling Club where the Making a Difference for Women Award was given to Debra Tigchelaar for her contribution and dedication to Drummond House in Flamborough.
Congratualtions to our Violet Richardson award winner, Elizabeth
The Violet Richardson Award is given to honour young women age 14 -17 engaged in volunteer action within their communities or schools. This year’s award was given to Elizabeth Austerberry from Parkside High in Dundas who volunteers with the Junior Civitan Club and answers letters to Santa for Canada Post. She recieved $300 and a further $200 was donated to the Civitans in her honour.
Congratulations Edith, our Womens Opportunity Award winner
The Women’s Opportunity Award is given to a female heads of households who need additional skills, training and education to enable them to upgrade their employment status to re-enter the workforce so they can provide adequately for themselves and their families. This is a signature award for Soroptimist International, which has provided over $17M to 25,000 women since it’s inception in 1972. This year’s bursary for $2,000 went to Edith Kaggwa, a mother of four who has been accepted to the Mo-Mac nursing program.
Two of our members were honoured for 20 years of service: Nancy Davidson and Shirley McCoy; Jane Oulton is a charter member of our club from 1984
We were also delighted to honour three of our club members: Jane Oulton who is a charter member from the original club that started in 1987 with 22 members; Nancy Davidson and Shirley McCoy have served with us for 20 years. A Soroptimist is a leader in her community. She believes that by joining with other women and engaging in awareness, advocacy and action in the service of her community and society, she can make the world a better place for humankind.
May 31 2009 under SI-DAF Events
The New Ancaster Fairgrounds held a Community Open House on May 9th, and Soroptimist was there. This event was a great way for us to meet women in the community and share the Soroptimist story.
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Jane and Janet at the Community Open House
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The new Ancaster Fairgrounds location
Located at the corner of Hwy 2 and Trinity Rd in Ancaster, the new grounds are beautiful. The crowds were fair in spite of tremendous winds and thunderstorms and we are excited to have several new guests attend our next meeting: June 4th at the Fortino’s community room in Westdale.
May 11 2009 under SI-DAF Events
SI-DAF handed out over $2,500 in bursaries at our awards dinner last Thursday, held at the Dundas Golf and Curling Club.
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Elizabeth our Violet Award winner
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Edith our Women’s Opportunity Award winner
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Debra our Making a Difference for Women Award winner
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Honouring our members for years of service
The Violet Richardson Award is given to honour young women age 14 -17 engaged in volunteer action within their communities or schools. This year’s award was given to a female student named Elizabeth from Parkside High in Dundas who volunteers with the Junior Civitan Club and answers letters to Santa for the Canada Post. She received $300 plus an additional $200 was donated to the Civitans.
The Women’s Opportunity Award is a grant awarded to female heads of households who need additional skills, training and education to enable them to upgrade their employment status to re-enter the workforce so they can provide adequately for themselves and their families. This is the signature award for Soroptimist International and is awarded in over 125 countries worldwide. This year’s recipient was Edith Kaggwa, a mother of four who has been accepted to the Mo-Mac nursing program.
We were also delighted to have Shirley Eden present the Making a Difference for Women Award to Debra Tigchelaar for her contribution and dedication to Drummond House in Flamborough. Our club provided $750 towards their Gala dance.
We were also delighted to honour three of our club members: Jane Oulton who is a charter member; Nancy Davidson and Shirley McCoy were honoured for their 20 years of service with our club.
