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34 - The Oakville Beaver Weekend, Saturday January 27, 2007 www.oakvillebeaver.com Forward announcements of nonprofit and free events for Community Update to the Oakville Beaver, 467 Speers Rd., Oakville, ON, L6K 3S4; email angela@oakvillebeaver.com or call 905-845-3824, ext. 248. Free listing. WEEKLY/MONTHLY MEETINGS Halton Child Care Providers Association, Oakville Chapter meets the first Thursday of each month at 7 p.m., Halton Regional Centre, 1151 Bronte Rd., Scotch Block/Merton Room. Call Joanne at 905-844-8607, e-mail jojoskids@cogeco.ca or visit www.hccpaoak.ca. Free information sessions and services for unemployed youths and adults, 476 Morden Rd., Suite 102, 9-10:30 a.m. every Tuesday and Thursday. Call 905338-2190. Kerr Street String and Wind Ensemble of seniors seeks new members. Call Annie Pendal at 905-827-6309 or Peter Tyleman at 905-469-9685. Kiwanis Club of Oakville meets biweekly on Mondays at Monte Carol Inn, 374 South Service Rd. E. Gather at 6:30 p.m., meeting at 7 p.m. Contact Catherine Moore at 905-465-1579 or crmoore@cogeco.ca or Victoria Cain at 905-635-3669 or victoria@dignitycare.ca. Spanish Women's Social Group meets second and fourth Thursday of the month, 12:30-2:30 p.m. at The Women's Centre, Hopedale Mall, 1515 Rebecca St., Suite 229. Call 905-847-5520 or visit www.haltonwomenscentre.org. Income Tax Clinic with Colleen Dugard. Call or visit website for financial eligibility. Mondays, 10 a.m.- noon from Feb. 1-April 30 at The Women's Centre, Hopedale Mall, 1515 Rebecca St., Suite 229. Call 905-847-5520 or visit www.haltonwomenscentre.org. Belonging, an adoption support group meets the last Monday of the month at 7:15 p.m. at Compass Point Bible Church, 2501 Eaglesfield Dr., Burlington. Open to anyone touched by adoption . First Oakville Toastmasters meets Thursdays from 7:30-9:30 p.m. at Bronte Legion, Jones Street. Every third week the meeting is at the Quality Inn Hotel on Bronte Road and includes dinner for $25. Contact Laura Baker or Art Jain at 905827-7494 or visit www.firstoakvilletoastmasters.org. BULLETIN Distress Line Volunteers needed. Training provided -- next session starts in February. If you are over 18 and can commit to 12 hours a month, call the Oakville Distress Centre at 905-849-4559 or visit www.distresscentreoakville.com. Oakville Parent-Child Centre, 461 North Service Rd. W., Unit 17, is registering for its spring programs. Packages are no longer being mailed out, but are available for pick up at any of the centre's locations or by calling 905-849-6366. Also September 2007 Nursery School registration packages are available for children 18 months to five years. Oakville-Trafalgar Memorial Hospital (OTMH) Auxiliary holds a Raffle for a Jenny Hellers Original Enamel on Copper Painting, Family Symphony Value: $5,800. Tickets available Jan. 29 to Feb. 16 at OTMH Treasure Cove Gift Shop; Hospital Lobby, Monday to Friday from 9:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. or by telephone at 905330-9555. Draw is 2:30 p.m. Feb. 16 in OTMH lobby. Tickets cost $5 or three for $10. Proceeds to the Auxiliary's $1.25 million pledge to Maternal-Child and Diagnostic Imaging Programs. Canadian Parents for French - French classes for parents with children in French programs. Every Wednesday, 7-9:30 p.m., Jan. 31-April 11, Sunningdale Public School, 1434 Oxford Ave. Call 905-845-0808. Premier's Awards for Teaching Excellence recognize teachers, principals, vice-principals and education support staff who excel. Nominations accepted until Jan. 31. Visit www.ontario.ca/teachingawards. Big Brothers Big Sisters of Halton need adult volunteers, both male and female, to assist Grade 3-5 students with homework at Oakwood School from 2:45-4 p.m. on Tuesdays. Call Anne-Marie at 905-3392355, ext. 228. Acclaim Health (formerly VON Halton) needs volunteers to visit seniors. Call 905-8278800, ext. 2317, or e-mail volunteering@acclaimhealth.ca, or visit www.acclaimhealth.ca. Peer counsellors needed at The Women's Centre. Volunteers provide one-onone support by phone or in person for women facing abuse, grief/loss and relationship issues. Training provided. Call 905-847-9104. Acclaim Health Alzheimer Services holding support group "The Spousal Group" Mondays, 1:30-3:30 p.m., St. Paul's United Church, 454 Rebecca St. Call 905-8479559. Acclaim Health Alzheimer Services holding support group "The Family Group" Tuesdays, 7-9 p.m., Sunrise Assisted Living, 456 Trafalgar Rd. (at Cornwall). Call 905847-9559. Oak Park Moms & Tots host a baby and tot circle time with songs, rhymes and play Tuesdays at Post's Inn Village, 203 Georgian Dr., 1-2:45 p.m. No pre-registration required. Tickets for the Fourth Annual International Women's Day Celebration The Dinner Party March 7 with guest speaker Sally Armstrong, cost $40. Call 905825-3622. SATURDAY JANUARY 27 Chi Kung for Women at Alliance Healthcare Professionals, 232 South Service Rd. (QEW & Trafalgar). Chi Kung uses breathing, color and sound energy to bring focus to internal organs, 10-11:30 a.m. Admission $5. Call 905-845-2291. Scottish Family Dinner, Bronte Legion, 79 Jones St., A MODERN ARBORICULTURE AND TREE MAINTENANCE COMPANY "We treat the cause, not the symptom." Certified Tree Worker Arborists: · Tree Planting and Fertilization · Pruning · Structural Restoration with Cabling and Bracing · Tree Removal · Mulching Certified Consulting Arborists: · Arborist Reports based on Municipal By-laws · New Development Sites · Tree Evaluations · Disease and Insect Diagnoses · Tree Health Care Program® Maple Hill Tree Services Serving Oakville & Burlington 905-824-2100 toll-free 1-866-878-0883 contactus@maplehilltree.com Greg Hill, President Nurturing Nature for 30 years The Club Room, 6:30 p.m. Tickets cost $8, at the bar. Entertainment by Mike McConnell. Words@Work Creative problem solving with Catherine Graham. Workshop on hands-on transformational approach to problem solving, 12:30-2:30 p.m. Cost $15. The Women's Centre, Hopedale Mall, 1515 Rebecca St., Suite 229. Call 905-8475520 or visit www.haltonwomenscentre.org. Taming Time Management with Elizabeth Skronski. 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Cost $15. The Women's Centre, Hopedale Mall, 1515 Rebecca St., Suite 229. Call 905-847-5520 or visit www.haltonwomenscentre.org. MONDAY JANUARY 29 Tots and Us is open to moms, dads and grandparents caring for a pre-schooler. Caregivers and children participate in play time, music, stories and snack. No charge. St. Paul's United Church, 454 Rebecca St. from 10-11 a.m. Team Diabetes Canada is preparing to travel to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and Reykjavik, Iceland this summer and wants people to join. Train to walk or run in a 6K, 10K, half-marathon or full marathon at the destination points. Information meeting at 6:30 p.m. at Emma's Back Porch, 2084 Old Lakeshore Rd., Burlington. RSVP by contacting Reema Fuller, Team Diabetes Coordinator, at 905540-2518 or via e-mail to reema.fuller@diabetes.ca. TUESDAY JANUARY 30 Light Therapy for Women, 6:45­8 p.m., learn how different spectrums of light can stimulate and heal the body used for hormonal imbalance, depression, migraines, wrinkles and weight loss. Participants will receive a bonus gift. Admission $5. Call Alliance Healthcare Professionals (QEW & Trafalgar Rd) at 905-845-2291. Women Who Excel (WWE) dinner meeting on Business Women and Being Thrifty. Mandarin Restaurant, 1235 Fairview St., Burlington (at Maple Ave., across from Mapleview Mall). Networking at 5 p.m., dinner at 6:30 p.m. Cost $35 for members, $45 for non-members. Reserve by calling or faxing 905/547-7135 or 1800-363-0268 or e-mail women.who.excel@hwcn.org. Register on-line at www.womenwhoexcel.com. Team Diabetes Canada is preparing to travel to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and Reykjavik, Iceland this summer and wants people to join. Train to walk or run in a 6K, 10K, half-marathon or full marathon at the destination points. Information meeting at 6:30 p.m. at Emma's Back Porch, 2084 Old Lakeshore Rd., Burlington. RSVP Reema Fuller, Team Diabetes Coordinator, at 905-540-2518 or via e-mail to reema.fuller@diabetes.ca. Taoist Tai Chi Society of Canada, Oakville Branch, 1096 Speers Rd. holds new beginner classes starting Tuesday, Jan. 30 from 7:30- 9:30 p.m. Find out how the practice of Taoist Tai Chi can help promote and maintain physical, mental and spiritual well-being. Call 905-825-0514 or visit www.taoist.org. Drop-in Lung Cancer Support Group, at Wellspring, 2545 Sixth Line, 6:30-8 p.m. Call 905-257-1988.