Community Updates (10) – Jun 14, 2013

Community Updates (10) – Jun 14, 2013

1) Glass Slippers still needs help for Graduation this weekend!

Glass Slipper Boutique is in full swing with grad happening this weekend and we need your help!!  Boutique Day is happening on Saturday, June 15 from 10-2:00 at the Glass Slipper, and Lora Fairbrother is still looking for volunteers for that day:

“I am looking for anyone who wants to provide help with hairdressing, make up or nails. Even people willing to try, they do not have to be professionals. I have all the supplies other than if someone was to want to bring their own curling irons, straighteners etc. that they are used to using.

Also I am still getting calls & doing fittings & sewing. Now that the date has passed to rent tuxedos & I have depleted the men’s formal wear room, I am in need of more men’s items...Any, suits, tux shirts, dress pants, tuxs... I don’t have much to offer the ones that are coming this week. Men’s dress shoes too please.  And Cuff links, yes cuff links.... I am just emptied out of everything but XXL sizes.  We have fitted 35 right now, 28 last year.  And last year I fitted 6 in the last 24 hrs.”

Please contact Lora at Phone: (250) 267-1467 Email: lora.fairbrother@sd27.bc.ca if you can help out.

2) CMHA’s Ride Don’t Hide Fundraiser Event - June 23, 2013

The Cariboo Chilcotin branch of the Canadian Mental Health Association will host a fundraiser featuring a community bike ride on the River Valley Trail on June 23.  Join us! At the River Valley Trail bike ride to support women and their families. Register at www.ridedonthide.com  or visit faceook.com/RideDontHide and twitter.com/ridedonthide

Funds raised will be used in Williams Lake to provide local mental health services and programs. For more information please call 250-305-4420

3) Free Film Showing - We were children

For over 130 years till 1996, more than 100,000 of Canada's First Nations children were legally required to attend government-funded schools run by various Christian faiths. There were 80 of these 'residential schools' across the country. Most children were sent to faraway schools that separated them from their families and traditional land. Told through their own voices, 'We Were Children' is the true story of two such children: Glen Anaquod and Lyna Hart. Warning: This film contains strong content. Parental discretion is strongly advised.

Friday June 21, doors open @ 6:30pm

At the Gibraltar Room, 525 Proctor Street

Free admission made possible by the Williams Lake & District Credit Union.

The viewpoints and opinions expressed in this presentation are strictly those of the producers and may not reflect those of the Cariboo Regional District Board of Directors, staff or volunteers.

For more info please contact the Williams Lake Branch Library at 250-392-3630.

4) StrongStart Wrap-up Event – Jun 21 from 10 am – 12 pm

Preschoolers and their families are invited to come to Scout Island on Friday Jun 21 from 10 am to noon for a StrongStart celebration of the year-end with lots of outdoor activities. For more information please call 250-398-3839.

5) Recreation Complex Updates (4)

Visit www.activewilliamslake.com, or call 250-398-7665 for more information on the following programs and events:

a) Summer Programs: Summer Swimming Lessons (4 days a week), Boitanio Summer Day Camps (July 2 – Aug 30^th), and Red Cross Water Safety Instructor Training.

b) Father’s Day Swim on June 16^th from 1:30 – 4 pm, or 6:30 – 8 pm

c) Christmas in July – Save 25% on groups of 10 drop-in passes at the Recreation Complex when purchased between July 3 – 10^th, 2013. Passes include access to the swimming pool, the ice rinks, the fitness centre and fitness classes.

d) Reminder- Kidsport Classic Run Jun 23rd

This fun Half Marathon, Relay or 10 KM Walk or Run is a way to support your local chapter of KidSport. This organization believes that no child should be left on the sidelines and raises funds to remove financial barriers that prevent them from participating in organized sports.   

  

Early Registration Deadline 

June 16

Early Youth Fee - $12

Early Adult Fee - $25

Registration Deadline

Before 7:30 am on June 23 (race day)

Late Youth Fee - $17

Late Adult Fee - $35 

  

To register contact the Cariboo Memorial Recreation Complex at 250-398-7665.

6) Central Cariboo Arts & Culture Society updates (3)

a) Launch of Central Cariboo Art Route:

Looking for something to do with your visitors this summer? A family outing? Wanting to meet some of our local artists and see them in action? Look no further! The Central Cariboo Arts and Culture Society, with the support of the Cariboo Chilcotin Coast Tourism Association and the Cariboo Regional District, are pleased to present the 2013 Central Cariboo Art Route. This project is supported by the Community Tourism Opportunities (CTO) program under the Ministry of Jobs, Tourism and Innovation.

The Central Cariboo Art Route is an opportunity to develop the arts sector and showcase the region’s artists and artisans. We are very excited to invite you to embark on this regional tour. By using the Central Cariboo Art Route guide, available either as a printed brochure or through our interactive website, locals and visitors alike can map out their travels and have the chance to connect with artists at work, gaining a deeper sense of their practice. Please, don’t be shy about contacting artists or visiting studios during posted hours. Artists and businesses displaying the Central Cariboo Art Route logo are participants in the 2013 Route. We look forward to welcoming you!

Increased market exposure and revenue generated for local artists through direct sales and/or post-visit shipping orders, along with increased visits and sales to local galleries and cafes, has the potential to transform our resource dependent economy to a diversified economy, rich in artistic talent.

Brochures may be found at participating studios and businesses, at the Central Cariboo Arts Centre (90 Fourth Avenue North), at various Tourist Information centres across the province, or by visiting www.centralcaribooarts.com/artroute.html

b) Gaming Grant Writing Workshop: 

The North Cariboo Community Futures, the Northern Interior Communities Association (NICA) and Cariboo Regional District (CRD) will co-host a 2013 grant writing workshops for community groups, organizations and charities from the Cariboo Chilcotin.

The workshops will focus on how to write successful applications for the BC Community Gaming Grants program. There are two upcoming sector intakes including Public Safety and Environment from July 1 to Aug. 31, and the Human and Social Services envelope which will be open from Aug. 1 through Nov. 30. Both of these intakes will be discussed during the sessions. The sessions will also provide valuable grant writing basics which can be applied to all funding program applications.
Saturday, August 10th at Williams Lake Council Chambers (450 Mart Street). Workshop: 9am-12pm, One-on-One Sessions: 1:30pm - 5:30pm. RSVP and registration: grantwriter@cariboord.bc.ca

c) CCACS’s entire Spring Newsletter:

Find the full CCACS spring newsletter online at  http://us4.campaign-archive2.com/?u=4bec4e96608908765cb86b0a0&id=03f45c574e&e=469b2f0bad

7) CTC’s Positive Action Word of the Week

Our year of Positive Action is wrapping up.  In this final unit students have learned about Goals – Dreams you want to reach; and that they have the Potential – The power to reach their goals.  This week they will learn that it also takes Courage – A willingness to face problems or fears as they strive to reach their goals.

For more information please contact: Carla Bullinger, Facilitator, Communities that Care, comthatcares@sd27.bc.ca or 250-267-8249.

8) Reminder -  TRU’s new Human Service Program Renewal and Innovation delivery model

Human Service Programs in Williams Lake are embarking on several new and innovative initiatives in Human Service Education this year. It is clear that the world is changing rapidly and that people who work with people need training and education that is responsive to those changing times. Come to the information Session - Tuesday June 18th 4:00 – 5:00 pm - Please RSVP via email to jgoddard@tru.ca  or by phone 250 -392-8000.

9) Fathers Day Pow Pow – Jun 14 – 16^th

The 29^th annual Chief Will-Yum Fathers Day Pow Pow is on Jun 14 – 16^th – everyone is welcome. Weekend highlights: Coming out Ceremonies, Giveaways, Princess Pageant & Little Brave, Honouring our Father’s Celebrations and La Hal Games. Breakfast on Sat & Sun, traditional feast on Sat at 5 pm, Sugar Shack concession on site, and vendors welcome (contact Virginia Gilbert at 250-296-3128 or Mary Alphonse 250-296-3059). Absolutely no alcohol &/or drugs permitted with security on site at all times.

10) Next SPC meeting is at the Women’s Contact Society Jun 24^th

The next Social Planning Council Meeting is being held on Monday June 24^th from 11:30 am – 1 pm – Eat lunch, hear from the WCS, and visit the Society’s facilities. A reminder with agenda will be sent out next week and we hope to see you there.