1) Daybreak Rotary's 24th
Annual Book Sale Feb 15 - 28th
2) Eating Disorder, Emotions
and Emotion Focused Family Therapy - free sessions Feb 15 & 16th
3) Communities that Care's -
Positive Action Word of the Week
4) Immigrant &
Multicultural Services Society (IMSS) - Citizenship Sessions
5) Patients as Partners/
Patient Voices Network - info session on Feb 18th
6) Tropical Tween Night at
the Rec Centre - Thurs Feb 19
7) Pro-D Day events at the
Recreation Complex - Friday Feb 20th
8) Anxiety - The Facts
Workshop: 12:30 – 2:00pm Tuesday, February 17
9) Reminder - Mental Health Services Gap Analysis
Survey results at the CRD
10) Mark the calendar - Presentation by Community
Futures on Feb 23rd
11) Big Brother and Big Sisters Mentoring Program -
make a difference today
12) Educational Assistant
& Community Support Program at TRU in Williams Lake
1) Daybreak Rotary's 24th Annual Book Sale Feb 15 -
28th
Giant used book sale in the
upper level of Boitanio Mall. Donations are greatly appreciated with collection
bins at: Safeway, Save-on Foods, Western Financial, Boitanio Mall entrance the
150 Mile House Centre or call 250-392-4498 for pickups.
2) Eating Disorder, Emotions and Emotion Focused
Family Therapy - free sessions Feb 15 & 16th
Presented by Natasha Files –
Three Story Clinic.
For
Professionals - Sunday, February 15
9am-4pm
For
Caregivers - Monday, February 16
9am-4pm (clinician observers welcome at caregivers workshop)
Where?
At City Hall Chambers (450 Mart Street).
Description: Research
suggest that recovery from an eating disorder is more likely when caregivers
are involved in specific ways. Emotion
Focused Family Therapy (EFFT) is an innovative treatment model that was
developed to train families to support their loved one through the recovery of
an eating disorder. Along with offering
tangible skills for doctors/therapist/professionals to support parents/spouses/adult
family members to fully engage in the process (by learning to be recovery and
emotion coaches), EFFT balances empathy and compassion with firm limits that
support symptom interruption, relationship repair, and behavioral changes.
Skills you will leave
with: Participants will become equipped
with a deeper understanding of physical implications, emotion basics, meal
support, and the nuts and bolts of supporting someone through the recovery of
an eating disorder.
The events are free, but
you must register. Call 250-398-8220 ext 2040 or email Janice.breck@cmhawl.org
3) Communities that Care's - Positive Action Word of
the Week
The Positive Action word of
the week of Feb 16, 2015 is: Feelings: Emotions such
as anger fear, love and empathy.
If you would like more background
information about Positive Action please contact Carla Bullinger at
250-267-8249 or email comthatcares@sd27.bc.ca
4) Immigrant & Multicultural Services Society
(IMSS) - Citizenship Sessions
Sharon Taylor provides free monthly
sessions discussing the process of applying for Canadian Citizenship, as well
as preparing people to take the Citizenship test in the future. Sessions are
interactive, fun, and open to all who are considering citizenship in the next
two years. Please contact sharont@imss.ca
for more information.
Monday Feb 16th (and Monday
Mar 16th) at 9:30am and Thursdays Feb 18 (and Thursday Mar 19th) at 6:00 pm.
All workshops are free and
open to everyone regardless of immigration status. However, people with permanent
resident status will be asked to provide some documentation in order that we
can continue to receive funding and serve the Williams Lake community.
To register email
info.wl@imss.ca or call 778-412-2999. You can also visit Facebook: IMSSWL,
www.imss.ca or on Twitter: @WelcomeWL for more information.
5) Patients as Partners/ Patient Voices Network - info
session on Feb 18th
Are you interested in working
collaboratively to improve BC's health care system? A free information session
is being held in Williams Lake on Wednesday Feb 18th from 12 - 4pm (free lunch
provided).
Join a network of patients,
families and caregivers who are using their experiences to influence positive
change in BC's health care system. As a volunteer you will have the opportunity
to collaborate with health care providers and decision makers around how health
care services are delivered.
To get involved or to learn
more, please contact the Engagement Liason for Interior Health, Jacquelyne
Foidart at jfoidart@impactbc.ca or 1-888-742-1772 ext 353 or visit
www.patientsaspartners.ca/volunteer
6) Tropical Tween Night at the Rec Centre - Thurs Feb
19
From 7 - 9 pm for ages 8 - 12
enjoy games, activities and challenges (regular rates apply, free with Grade 5
Pass.
7) Pro-D Day events at the Recreation Complex - Friday
Feb 20th
TWOONIE skate from 11 am -
12:30 pm and fun in the pool (with the iceberg!) from 1:30 - 3 pm or...
Join the larger "Dash, Splash & Crash"
from 11 am - 5pm. Beginning with a public skate and then pizza lunch, hop into
the pool in the afternoon before watching a movie in the Gibraltar room.
Remember to bring a pair of skates, a helmet, bathing suit, towel water bottle
and some snacks. Twenty dollars for each child. To register call 250-398-7665.
8) Anxiety - The Facts Workshop: 12:30 – 2:00pm Tuesday,
February 17
Everyone feels anxious
sometimes, but sometimes you may want to ask for help... how do you know?
Join Bettina Egert from
CMHA-Cariboo Chilcotin to talk about the symptoms of anxiety, and some coping
strategies. This free workshop is open to everyone and is being held at the
Immigrant and Multicultural Services Society office located at 118C N. 1st
Avenue in Williams Lake.
9)
Reminder - Mental Health Services Gap Analysis Survey results at the CRD
You are
invited to attend a presentation/discussion of the: "Central and South Cariboo Mental Health Services Gaps Analysis" on:
Feb 18th at the CRD
Board Meeting at 11:30 am
Feb 19th at the South
Cariboo Recreation Centre in 100 Mile House from 12 - 1 pm
Feb 26th at the CRD
Boardroom in Williams Lake from 12 - 1pm
Bring your lunch to the
presentations and forward your questions to Kimberly Vance-Lundsbye at
250-706-3143 or kimberlylundsbye@hotmail.com
10) Mark
the calendar - Presentation by Community Futures on Feb 23rd
At the next Social Planning Council meeting on Monday
Feb 23rd at 11:30 am, Larry Stranberg from Community Futures will be presenting
survey data on the subject below:
"The Cariboo
Chilcotin area is experiencing many challenges when looking at the retention of
small business in the region. One of the primary reasons is that a
significant percentage of small business owners are of the
"baby-boomer" generation. A survey conducted by our office
(January 2011) of small business owners in our service area showed
that..."
Please join us for lunch and the survey results.
Also at this next meeting, Darrell Garceau from the City of Williams Lake will
be joining us can address any questions you may have. We hope to see you there. This month the meeting will be at the Central Cariboo
Arts & Culture Society located at the old Firehall next to the City.
11) Big Brother
and Big Sisters Mentoring Program - make a difference today
"Mentoring is a brain to pick, an ear to listen, a push in the right direction."
The Mentoring program
provides girls and young women and boys and young men with a role model and a
friend to talk to and share the experiences of growing up. Through regular
outings, a relationship is developed between the mentor and mentee, it is built
on trust and common interests, and is supported by our experienced
case-workers. The result is a life-changing experience for both the mentor and
the mentee.
The Big Brothers Mentoring
program usually requires two regularly scheduled outings a month of a few hours
each and a minimum of 1 year commitment.
The program strives to do the following:
Provide a role model and a
friend for girls and young women.
Promote the importance of
staying in school and healthy relationships with family and peers.
Instil trust and
self-confidence in order to make healthy decisions.
Encourage leadership skills
and independent thinking.
Above all... make a difference
while having fun!
Contact Big Brothers Big
Sisters at 250-398-8391 or visit www.bbswlake.com for more information.
12) Educational Assistant & Community Support
Program at TRU in Williams Lake
New block/blended delivery
model! Get started on your career early by taking courses in a Block/Blended
Model, a mixture of classroom and online learning.
The Educational Assistant
& Community Support program is an employment ready certificate program
which prepares stdents for careers that provide support to children and/or
adults with exceptionalities. Graduates help these individuals learn educationa,
social, vocations, recreational and personal life skills. Opportunities exist
for jobs such as school support worker, group home workers, life skills coach,
and respite care workers.
HUMS 1640 Course Schedule -
March 16 - 20th (9 am - 12 pm) and March 17th (1 -4 pm) with a follow up class
on May 2nd (9am - 3pm). Course costs $456.48/course.
Contact the Admissions Office
for more information at 250-392-8020 or visit tru.ca/williamslake
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