www.oakvillebeaver.com The Oakville Beaver Weekend, Saturday March 3, 2007 - 11 Forward announcements of non-profit and free events for Community Update to the Oakville Beaver, 467 Speers Rd., Oakville, ON, L6K 3S4; e-mail angela@oakvillebeaver.com or call 905-845-3824, ext. 248. Free listing. WEEKL Y/MONTHL MEETINGS Y Free Group Fun Runs Wednesdays at 7 p.m., at The Running Company, 118 Thomas St. Your pace and your distance. Call 905-815-1952. Employment Network meets Tuesdays 9:30-11:30 a.m. at The Women's Centre, Hopedale Mall, 1515 Rebecca St., Suite 229. Call 905-8475520 or visit www.haltonwomenscentre.org. Free information sessions and services for unemployed youths and adults, 476 Morden Rd., Suite 102, from 9-10:30 a.m. every Tuesday and Thursday. Call 905-338-2190. SATURDAY MARCH 3 Taming Time Management with Elizabeth Skronski, 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Cost $15, at The Women's Centre, Hopedale Mall, 1515 Rebecca St., Suite 229. Call 905.847.5520 or visit www.haltonwomenscentre.org The Ontario Poetry Society (TOPS) meets from 2-4 p.m. . Group-selected topic and critique of work. Open to all. Contact ere@sympatico.ca or 905-257-7075. MONDAY MARCH 5 Conscious Parenting Series with Dr. Colin Sturdy, Hurried Parent, Hurried Child, Pilgrim Wood School, 1151 Pilgrim's Way. No registration required. Open only to parents/teachers of Oakville Public Schools, funded by a Ministry grant. Front Row Centre, the volunteer arm of the Oakville Centre for the Performing Arts, meets in the theatre lobby at 7 p.m. Speaker Amanda Gaffer, costumer for Burl-Oak Theatre Group. All welcome. Taoist Tai Chi Society of Canada, Oakville, 1096 Speers Rd. hosts an Open House, 7:309:30 p.m. New beginner classes start Thursday, March 22, 1-3 p.m. and Saturday, March 24, 9-10:30 a.m. Call 905-825-0514 or visit www.taoist.org. Tots and Us for moms, dads and grandparents taking care of a preschooler, caregivers and children will participate in playtime, music, stories and snack, 10-11 a.m. Mondays. No charge, St. Paul's United Church, 454 Rebecca St. Call 905-845-3427. Pelicans, poetry critiquing group. Contact ere@sympatico.ca or 905-257-7075. TUESDAY MARCH 6 Rotary Club of Oakville West hosts breakfast on Tuesdays at 7:15 at the Holiday Inn on Argus Road. Today hear Wendy Perkins of Home Suite Hope. HAPPEN Linking People and Opportunities, Networking support group for business professionals in career transition meets at 8 a.m. in Mississauga. Speaker Elizabeth Paddon, on Putting your best foot forward. Cost for members $10, $20 for non-members. Call 905-3390268 or www.happen.ca. Oakville Prostate Cancer Support Group meets at Canadian Cancer Society office 635 Fourth Line, 7 p.m., guest speaker Dr. Richard Casey Urologist Oakville Trafalgar Memorial Hospital. (This meeting is usually held the second Tuesday of each month. Will revert back April 10. Volunteers Needed: Volunteer Training Orientation at 6:30 p.m. for SAVIS, a charitable organization providing a 24-hour crisis support. Call 905-825-3622 or e-mail administration@savisofhalton.org or visit www.savisofhalton.org. WEDNESDAY MARCH 7 Whole Foods Market, 301 Cornwall Rd., holds a Community Support Day where five per cent of net sales will be donated to the Lighthouse Program for Grieving Children. HAPPEN Linking People and Opportunities, networking support group for business professionals in career transition, meets at 8 a.m., Burlington. Speaker Jim Geraghty on The Magic of Marketing Letters. Cost for members $10, $20 for non-members. Call 905-339-0268 or www.happen.ca. Boaters' Symposium, hosted by Oakville Harbours Advisory Committee at Town Hall, 6-9:30 p.m. Register NOW For March Classes "The heart-pumping, calorie-burning, muscle-toning, moving-and-grooving, energizing, relaxing, body-bliss workout that lets your spirit dance!" Lunchtime Classes at The Fleming School of Performing Arts (Cornwall Road) Monday and Friday, 12:30 pm Anna Schantz, Certified Black Belt Nia Instructor 905.332.3012 annaschantz@cogeco.ca www.nianow.com · www.niac.ca FIND YOUR FOCUS. Enhance your education with a Sheridan Graduate Certificate Business · Digital Media & Communications · Education · Engineering & Manufacturing Sciences Information & Communication Technology · Public Safety · Visual Arts & Design JOIN US FOR OUR GRADUATE CERTIFICATE OPEN HOUSE THURSDAY, MARCH 8, 2007 6 8:30 P.M. (DAVIS & TRAFALGAR ROAD CAMPUSES) Call 416-754-2600 or visit http://focus.sheridaninstitute.ca