Ontario Grandmothers Regional Meeting

Its hard to describe Saturday, October 25. Our Fall Ontario Grandmothers Regional Meeting was such a wonderful, informative day.

It was co-sponsored by ORRG and Grandmothers of Steel and held at a great venue, Hamilton District Christian High School. The group from the school supplied us with tea, coffee, juice, cookies and delicious goodies. After registration we wandered about the Marketplace to see all the very interesting goods for sale. There were great bargains with all the proceeds going to the Stephen Lewis Foundation.

After being welcomed and new groups introduced we separated into our choice of workshop: Sustain the Campaign; 10 Tough Questions; Good Fundraising Ideas; Communications and Media Relations. So very very interesting.

Then came a delicious lunch prepared for us by HDCHS. This was followed by updates of The Stephen Lewis Foundation, National Advocacy Steering Committee and ORRG.

We were very honoured to have such special guests from the Stephen Lewis Foundation: Aissatou Diajhate and Michelle Landsberg-Lewis, who along with her great sense of humour, deeply inspired us to follow our hearts helping our African Grandmothers.

More to follow............

FACES OF AFRICA - 6:30 pm Saturday, November 22nd.

Grandmothers of Steel and the Pearl Co. proudly present "faces of africa".
This event has the following wonderful attractions:

Julie Coultas, Grandmothers to Grandmothers Campaign Co-Ordinator, Stephen Lewis Foundation

Opus Mundi Festival 2009
Presents an evening of theatre, dance and music featuring:
Yahia Elawad, Said Ben, Gary Santucci, Bashir Ismail.

Silent Auction of original African portraits by Theresa Randles

Fair Trade African Crafts - Light refreshments will be served - Sponsored by OPIRG McMaster

Where: The Pearl Company, 16 Steven St. Hamilton
Admission: $15
Contact: The Pearl Co. 905-524-0606 or Theresa: 905-389-1405

Proceeds to The Stephen Lewis Foundation, Grandmothers to Grandmothers Campaign.

ONTARIO GRANDMOTHERS REGIONAL MEETING

The Registration is now full. If you've missed out this time, we'll be sure to let you know all about it so you can be ready next time!

Ontario Grandmothers Regional Meeting, Sat, Oct. 25/08

Co-sponsored by ORRG (Ontario Regional Grandmothers Network) and Grandmothers of Steel.
Pre-registration required.

Grandmothers across Ontario will meet, discuss, and learn all thats going on in our quest to help our
African Grandmothers.

Our very special guest will be Michele Landsberg, renowned journalist and wife of Stephen Lewis.

We are also honoured and delighted to welcome Ilana Landsberg-Lewis and Aissatou Diajhate (Exective Director and Projects Director, respectively, at the SLF). They will discuss projects in African supported by our work in the Grandmothers Campaign.

To register please contact: Marsha Slivka email: marshas1@rogers.com

For more info: grandmothersofsteel@gmail.com

SCRABBLE NEWS!

Thank You to everyone who came out for the Scrabble Tournaments held on Sunday, Oct.5th, and Thank You to all the sponsors. There are still several other tournaments due to be played. Watch this page for the final $ amount and pictures