Table of Contents:
1) Happy Holidays from the
Social Planning Council
2) Register now for the Library's
Armchair Travel Series - next show is Jan 8th
3) United Way's Community
Investment Funding - applications due Jan 30th
4) Communities that Care's -
Positive Action Word of the Week
5) Warm Clothing Drive -
Friday Dec 19th from 9am - 5pm
6) Free Public Skate - Dec
21st from 1 - 2:30 pm
7) Noopa Youth Drop-in
Centres - Christmas Dinner Monday Dec 22nd
8) Miocene Christmas Eve
Alert - Santa is coming by this Christmas Eve
9) Family Fun day at Bull
Mountain - Sunday Jan 4th from 1 - 3pm
10) Warm Glow Concert -
Saturday Dec 20th at 6:30 pm
11) Spirit of Christmas
Giving Tree - until Dec 23rd
12) Operation Red Nose - get
a ride home in your own vehicle
13) Annual Christmas Sale at
the Recreation Complex - until Dec 24th
14)
CMHA's Women's Spirituality Circle's Winter Solstice Celebration - Dec 21st
15) Reminder - Council accepting applications for Heritage & Accessibility Committees.
16) Reminder - Council Now accepting Nominations for Certificate of Merit Award
17) www.accesswilliamslake.org - looking for community resources?
18) Reminder - Central Cariboo Arts & Culture Society's Grant Writing Workshop - Jan 8th
1) Happy
Holidays from the Social Planning Council
The Social Planning Council would like to wish
everyone a safe and happy holiday. Thank-you to everyone who makes Williams
Lake a wonderful place to live, work and play. Our office will be closed for
the Holidays and will re-open on Monday Jan 5th. Remember to call Operation Red
Nose this season if you are unable to drive your own car home safely - for
further information please call 250-392-2222.
2) Register now
for the Library's Armchair Travel Series - next show is Jan 8th
There are six presentation lined up for this next
series. The first presentation is on Jan 8th at 6:30 pm - Rita Seibert kicks of
the series with Yangtze tour in China. More information about subsequent
presentations will follow in the new year. Contact the branch directly for more
information at wlake@cariboord.bc.ca or call 250-392-3630.
3) United
Way's Community Investment Funding - applications due Jan 30th
United Way
provides funding to strengthen the network of services and capacity of
non-profits to achieve meaningful, long-term improvements in quality of life in
the community by addressing not just the symptoms of problems but also the root
causes.
Our
Community Investment process is open to receive applications from non-profits
with charitable status as of December 1st, 2014 throughout the Thompson Nicola
Cariboo region. The
deadline for applications will be January 30th, 2015. The
application is available only on-line at www.investingincommunity.ca.
For Youth Initiative Grants, please visit http://www.investingincommunity.ca/yig/
The Social Planning Council would like to thank the
United Way for it's funding support!
4)
Communities that Care's - Positive Action Word of the Week
The Positive Action word of the week of Jan 5, 2015 is:
Decisions:
To think about the choices and pick the best one.
If you would like more background
information about Positive Action please contact Carla Bullinger at
250-267-8249 or email comthatcares@sd27.bc.ca
5) Warm
Clothing Drive - Friday Dec 19th from 9am - 5pm
Sutton-Cariboo Realty's warm & fuzzy open house
goes on until today at 5pm to collect warm winter clothing for people in need.
Donations of gently used boots, coats, gloves, toques, and blankets for all ages
can be dropped off at 232 B North Third Ave. You can also drop off non
perishable foods items that will be donated to the Salvation Army.
6) Free
Public Skate - Dec 21st from 1 - 2:30 pm
Free Public Skate - Dec 21st from 1 - 2:30 pm at the Recreation
Complex - sponsored by Johnston Meier Insurance Agencies. Call the Complex for
more information at 250-398-7665.
7) Noopa
Youth Drop-in Centres - Christmas Dinner Monday Dec 22nd
NOOPA's Christmas dinner is on Monday
the 22nd and all youth between the ages of 13-18 are welcome. We
will be serving turkey and ham with all the fixings as well as handing stocking
to youth in attendance. Our goal is to have dinner served at 5:30. For
more information please contact Linda at the Boys & Girls Club at
250-392-5730 or visit ww.bgcwilliamslake.com
"Noopa" is a place for youth ages 13-18 to
'hang out'. All youth welcome. Free meals, shower, laundry, tv, internet, pool
table, foosball, guitars and piano. Monday to Thursday 3pm - 8pm and Fridays
4pm - 10pm.
8) Miocene
Christmas Eve Alert - Santa is coming by this Christmas Eve
Santa will be travelling through the Miocene Fire
Protection District on the 24th starting at 4pm (first stop is at the cattle
guard on the Spokin Lake Road and will then travel down the road (and all side
roads heading to the Horsefly Road with a quick stop at the Miocene Community
Club. Then towards Allpress Road including all side roads, finally onto Rose
Drive with his last stop down Branch Drive. The Community Club will be serving
hot chocolate to keep everyone warm!
9) Family Fun
day at Bull Mountain - Sunday Jan 4th from 1 - 3pm
Skiers of all abilities are invited to try free cross
country ski lessons and ride the trails for free during Family Fun Day. For
more information please contact Sean Donahue at 250-398-6135.
10) Warm
Glow Concert - Saturday Dec 20th at 6:30 pm
The Williams Lake SDA Church's Christmas concert
starts at 6:30 this Saturday at the Adventist Church located at 782 Ninth Ave
North - call 250-398-5642 for further information. Refreshments will follow the
show, and everyone is invited to attend this family friendly event.
11) Spirit
of Christmas Giving Tree - until Dec 23rd
The Spirit of Christmas Giving Tree will be setup at
Canadian Tire, the Tribune and Advisor, and the Salvation Army. The giving tree
has tags on it for a girl or boy and their age who are in need this Christmas.
Gifts can be dropped off with a tag at the Salvation Army's donation box next
to their service counter until Tuesday Dec 23rd.
12) Operation
Red Nose - get a ride home in your own vehicle
As an alternative to a taxi this holiday season, call
Operation Red Nose and they can drive your car home for you. Call 250-392-2222
for all the details. Make safety a priority.
13) Annual
Christmas Sale at the Recreation Complex - until Dec 24th
Save 25% until Dec 24th when you purchase groups of
ten drop-in passes.
14) CMHA's Women's Spirituality
Circle's Winter Solstice Celebration - Dec 21st
The
Canadian Mental Health Association Multiculturalism Program and Women's
Spirituality Circle invite you to Winter Solstice Celebration.
Illuminate
the darkness with food, friends, music and dance!
Date:
Sunday December 21
Time:
2 - 5 pm
Location:
Thompson River University Cafeteria
Donations
of non perishable food welcome.
For
more information call Marilyn Livingston 250 302 9119 or Margaret-Anne Enders
250 305 4426
15) Reminder - Council accepting applications for Heritage and Accessibility Advisory Committees
The City of Williams Lake is currently
accepting applications for positions on the Heritage Advisory Committee and the
Accessibility Advisory Committee until Jan 9, 2015
Applications must include name, address, home
and work telephone numbers, together with an outline of the reasons for your
interest in serving on the committee. A Striking Committee of Council will consider
all applications.
To submit your application, or for more information about advisory committees, contact Cindy Bouchard, Manager of Legislative Services, at 250-392-1773 or cbouchard@williamslake.ca.
To submit your application, or for more information about advisory committees, contact Cindy Bouchard, Manager of Legislative Services, at 250-392-1773 or cbouchard@williamslake.ca.
16) Reminder - Council Now Accepting Nominations for Certificate of Merit Award
City Council is now accepting nominations for
2014 Certificate of Merit Awards to recognize any citizen of the City of
Williams Lake or the fringe area of the city that has accomplished an achievement
that brings national or international fame to the City of Williams Lake during
2014. Their achievements will be recognized by City Council meeting in early
2015.
To nominate an individual, provide his or her
name and a short resume of their contributions for council to consider.
Nominations can be dropped off at City Hall by Jan.9, 2015. For more
information, contact Cindy Bouchard, Manager of Legislative Services, at
250-392-1773 or cbouchard@williamslake.ca.
17) www.accesswilliamslake.org - looking for community resources?
Looking
for an address, phone number, program or organization? Visit the online
resource database for Williams Lake at www.accesswilliamslake.org
18) Reminder
- Central Cariboo Arts & Culture Society's 2015 Grant Writing Workshop
GRANT WRITING WORKSHOP
January 8th, 2014, 6pm – 8pm, at the Central Cariboo Arts Centre
Instructor: Graham Kelsey
This is a free workshop – Register by January 6th with Leah at 778-412-9044 or info@centralcaribooarts.com (Pre-reading is required).
January 8th, 2014, 6pm – 8pm, at the Central Cariboo Arts Centre
Instructor: Graham Kelsey
This is a free workshop – Register by January 6th with Leah at 778-412-9044 or info@centralcaribooarts.com (Pre-reading is required).
The workshop
will introduce commonly made pitfalls in grant applications (e.g. budgeting,
project description, etc). It will be focused on the CCACS Project Grant
application which is due Jan 30, 2015
FURTHER INFORMATION: Applicants, specifically new applicants, are encouraged to contact
CCACS before filling out the application. For further information on this program,
contact CCACS Executive Director Leah Selk at:
Central Cariboo Arts and Culture Society
90 Fourth Avenue North, Williams Lake, BC V2G 2C6
Telephone: 778-412-9044
Email: info@centralcaribooarts.com
Web: www.centralcaribooarts.com
Central Cariboo Arts and Culture Society
90 Fourth Avenue North, Williams Lake, BC V2G 2C6
Telephone: 778-412-9044
Email: info@centralcaribooarts.com
Web: www.centralcaribooarts.com
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