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www.insideHALTON.com | OAKVILLE BEAVER | Wednesday, January 8, 2014 | 8 Call 905-632-0588, ext. 255 email: DLea@oakvillebeaver.com Community Update Oakville Family Badminton Club Community Badminton: Instructional and/or Just Play, most Fridays, 7:30 ­ 9:30 p.m. Tl Blake Lock High School, Email: shuttle@post.com or www. badmintontt.webs.com Spanish Social Group for Spanish-speaking women, Halton Women's Centre, 1515 Rebecca St., Ste. 229, last Thursday of the month, noon2:30 p.m., call 905-847-5520. WEDNESDAY JANUARY 8 INCITE, a single moms support group, meets Wednesdays at Evangel Pentecostal Church, 1450 Rebecca St., 9:45-11:45 a.m., contact www. incitesinglemoms.com. THURSDAY JANUARY 9 Peter Gilgan Family YMCA hosts a free healthy living workshop at 410 Rebecca St. between 6:30-7:30 p.m. Call 905-845-3417 or visit ymcaofoakville.org. FRIDAY JANUARY 10 SAVIS Oakville Women's Self Care DropIn Groups, 1-3 p.m., South Oakville Centre (formerly Hopedale Mall), 1515 Rebecca St., Ste. 227, bus tickets provided, call 905-8253622. The Royal Astronomical Society of Canada Mississauga Centre meets at 8 p.m. at University of Toronto Mississauga, Rm. SE2082, William Davis (South) Building, short talks by members on various astronomy topics, free and open to public, park in lot 4 or parkade across from Fitness Centre, "Connected to your Community" visit www.mississauga.rasc.ca. Fish Fry at Oakville Legion Branch 114, 36 Upper Middle Rd. E., 4:30-8 p.m., $10/ person, call 905-845-6271. Visit www. oakvillelegion.ca. SUNDAY JANUARY 12 Japanese New Year Celebration, OE Banquet Hall, 2245 Speers Rd., 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Event offers different activities and Japanese food for whole family. Contact www.haltonjapancommunity.ca. TUESDAY JANUARY 14 Separation/Divorce support group starts at Halton Women's Centre, 1515 Rebecca St., Ste. 229, five-week session, 7-8:30 p.m., cost $40, register at 905-847-5520. Forward announcements of non-profit local events for Community Update to The Oakville Beaver, 5040 Mainway, Burlington, ON L7L 5Z1; email DLea@oakvillebeaver.com or call 905-632-0588, ext. 255. Free. BULLETIN Supportive Counselling at Halton Women's Centre, 1515 Rebecca St., Ste. 229, Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, 10 a.m.-3 p.m., free, dropin, phone, no appointments, call 905-847-5520. Celebrate Recovery, a 12-step Christ-centred program for all "hurts, habits and hang ups," Tuesday evenings, 4343 Bronte Rd. Free dinner at 6:30 p.m., followed by group sessions. Contact Melissa: melissa_hammond_@hotmail.com or 905-399-7313. tlindsay@burlingtonpost.com www.oakville.ca Get into the spirit! Want to learn more about exciting sports that will be represented at the Pan Am Games? Our Road to the Podium program introduces participants to basketball. With an emphasis on FUNdamentals, each class will focus on teaching families with children ages 5+ the basic skills and rules of basketball. The cost for this parented eight-week program is $16 per person. Each class is one-hour long and each person must register. Spaces are limited. Basketball will be offered at Queen Elizabeth Park Community and Cultural Centre starting Saturday, January 11, 2014. Visit oakville.ca for additional information and registration information.