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What is The Social Planning Council?

Activities:

o Monthly Meetings: Attend meetings with guest speakers from within the community &/or presentations at each meeting. We currently meet the fourth Monday of every month (excluding summer) at City Hall with light lunch by donation.

o Facebook & Email Group: Utilize the network on Facebook. Start discussions, learn about & share upcoming community events, projects and meetings. If you don’t use Facebook, then join the email network instead.

o Inform City Council: The SPC provides reports to City Council regularly and the City keeps the SPC informed. Use the network and have your voices heard.



Strategic Direction of the Social Planning Council of Williams Lake & Area:

o Poverty Reduction and the local Living Wage Campaign.

o Community Collaboration and Networking.

o Retention and Succession of residents within the Area.



Community Social Planning:

o Supports communities in building an integrated approach to complex problems that take into account social, economic, and environmental concerns.

o Maximizes the effectiveness of often scarce resources by working to reduce duplication, overlap and competition.

o Provides an ongoing forum for communication, coordination and conflict resolution.



Friday, April 12, 2013

Community Updates (10) – Apr 12, 2013





Community Updates (10) – Apr 12, 2013

1) Free Lunch & Documentary Screening Apr 19  - Chiwid Transition House

In Honor of Prevention of Violence Against Women Week, Chiwid Transition House and the Children Who Witness Abuse Program is hosting a screening of the documentary film MISS REPRESENTATION

Miss Representation is a documentary film by Jennifer Siebel Newsom.  The film explores how the media’s misrepresenatations of women has led to the underrepresentation of women in positions of power and influence. View the trailer at missrepresentation.org (Please note: This film is not rated and may contain offensive language) .

PLACE: Longhouse
DATE: Friday, April 19, 2013
TIME: 11:30 am
FREE event

Screening begins at noon - Lunch will be provided by Chiwid Transition House.


2) Attachment and Attunement: Strengthening the Bond between Children and Caregivers

Child and Youth Mental Health is offering four information sessions for parents, caregivers and service providers in the community:

These sessions are aimed at providing information about parenting and attachment styles, attunement, attachment-based strategies for strengthening the child-caregiver relationship and troubleshooting around attachment injuries and challenging behaviors.

Session One: Introduction and Definition of Attachment
Session Two: Insecure Attachment Styles Across Development
Session Three: The Effects of Parenting on Attachment
Session Four: Attachment-Focussed Parenting and Attunement

Dates: April 8, 15, 22 and 29 2013
Mondays 12:00 noon-1:00pm

Bring your lunch and drop in for some information and discussion on attachment! Hope to see you thereJ

For more information please contact: Cherrie Carr or Carmen Mutschele at 250-398-4963


3) Cowboy Carnival – Friday Apr 19 from 9 – 11 am at the Recreation Complex’s Rodeo Arena – free admission

The Williams Lake Stampede Royalty and the Williams Lake Indoor Rodeo proudly present Cowboy Carnival. There will be barrels, horse shoes, face painting, stick horse barrel racing and more.

Open to all kids to come and experience what it is like to be a cowboy or cowgirl.


4) Canadian Mental Health Association Cariboo Chilcotin Branch Multiculturalism Program is proud to present...

Official Book Launch & Open House: Spicing Up the Cariboo provides a glimpse into the rich ethnic diversity of both the Cariboo Chilcotin and the connection between community and kitchen.

Date: Saturday April 27th
Time:  7:00 to 9:00 pm
Location: Senior Citizens Centre
176 N 4th Avenue Williams Lake


5) Dig into the Dirt this Earth Day – Apr 21 at SINC

Plant a tree for the Earth April 21st 10am-Noon.
Junior Archaeologist Day Camp April 21st 12-3pm

Scout Island’s Family Explorers and Young Naturalists’ Club invite you to join them the Sunday before Earth Day at Scout Island Nature Centre. Starting at 10am dig into the earth to enhance habitat for wildlife. This annual event is always popular so come early to be sure you get a chance to plant. Please wear sensible shoes and gardening gloves.

At noon come to the Nature House and meet special guest Beth Bedard, professor of Archaeology at Thompson Rivers University, who will share her lifetime of adventures from around the world. Make an archaeology sandwich with Young Naturalist Club leader Mary Forbes to see how archaeologists learn about people from the past by studying what they have left behind in the ground. Practice making stone tools using an ancient skill called “flint knapping” and get your hands dirty excavating for artifacts in our special junior archaeologist day camp.

Call Scout Island Nature House if you have questions about this
FREE Family Explorer Event 250.398.8532 or oryncwilliamslake@gmail.com


6) United Way’s Day of Caring 2013

I wanted to let you know that our applications for a Day of Caring in 2013 are now available at http://www.unitedwaytnc.ca/2013/02/apply-for-a-2013-day-of-caring-today/

If you would like to take part in a Day of Caring in 2013 please complete the online application.


7) National Film Board Documentary - Who Cares: All it Takes is One Bad Date

In our final Winter screening for 2013, this cinema vérité documentary by director Rosie Dransfeld captures the gritty and dangerous world of Edmonton's sex trade workers where, in a post-Pickton era, women now voluntarily provide police with DNA samples for future postmortem identification.

April 17th, 7:00pm
Library Program Room
FREE

8) Seedy Saturday & celebration of Cariboo Growers and Community Corner Partnership’s 3rd Birthday!!!

Saturday, May 4th 10am -2pm @ the Community Corner parking lot (corner of 3rd and Oliver)

Join us on May 4th to start your gardening season off right! Get your local seeds and seedlings and gardening advice from local producers. Enjoy coffee by donation to the Food Policy Council, Free Birthday Cake, live music, kids activities-including seed planting.

Attention Vendors:  Anyone wanting a booth will need to supply their own table/tent and any other needed supplies. Call or email Cody for further details and to register your booth contact Cody Slinn at 250-392-0294 or codyslinn@hotmail.com


9) The next SPC meeting is on Apr 22 at 11:30 am – Community Collaboration:

Tatjana Bates from the Williams Lake Food Policy Council will be presenting. The meeting will be held at the Fellowship Hall at 267 Borland Street (next door to the Thrift Store). We will also be offering a short tour of the Salvation Army’s facilities.

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Contact Us

The Social Planning Council is made up of volunteers from the community. Many of us work in social services agencies or also volunteer for other organizations.

Our Mailing Address is Box 20045, Williams Lake BC V2G 4R1

To reach the Society Coordinator Jessica Dunn please email spc-coordinator@xplornet.com or call 250-243-2126

To reach the Communities that Care Project Facilitator Barb Jones please email communitiesthatcare.wl@gmail.com or call 250-305-4838

To reach the THRIVE Williams Lake Project Manager Anne Burrill please email annelburrill@gmail.com or call 250-267-7211

To reach the current SPC Chair Larry Stranberg please email happytrails@cfdccariboo.com or call 250-392-3626