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C2 - The Oakville Beaver, W e d n e sd a y Jun e 4, 2003 Business women's network closes network." rewarding initiative is To encourage more also the reason she is dis active networking, banding the group which she has passionately After seven successful years, the members were rewarded groomed over the years. Halton Professional Business Women's for bringing new' people Called the Macdonald Network (HPBWN) is ending, but its into the group, with Scott Award of spirit will live on through scholarships chances to win a leather portfolio twice a year. Excellence, it's a scholar within the community. ship program for female The HPBW N was the vision of Laura Since there were so many people coming to students pursuing a post Kupferschmidt. who began her own secondary education. Two business. Macdonald Scott Consultants, meetings, infomercials years ago. the HPBWN in 1992. Frustrated by traditional net were limited to 15 sec started giving a $500 working methods, she decided to start a onds. A draw gave two scholarship and this year, group that focused primarily on estab members the chance to speak for 15 minutes at three will be given. lished businesswomen. Laura K upferschm idt "The HPBWN is a "All existing networks seemed to be each meeting. "I think members really liked my full-time job for me, plus an executive for women starting up businesses," explained Kupferschmidt. "We helped style o f networking." she said. "I'm calm assistant, to maintain the high stan women learn how to expand, focusing and laid back and I focused on building dards," said Kupferschmidt, who wants on growth while managing administra relationships, rather than talking about to change the priorities of her business. tion. We wanted to enhance the image of what 1 can do for you. Women liked that "I want to focus on raising money for scholarships. I'd like to give $1,000 to professional businesswomen in Halton." style." Although networking was the pri each school in Halton annually, and once When the network started, there were only 20 members but now. in its twilight mary function of the group, there were that's in place I'd like to give $15,000 days, there are more than 130 women other benefits such as prominent speak annually to an aboriginal student." Kupferschmidt plans to approach cor from across southwestern Ontario with ers. including journalist Stevie Cameron, 50 attending the monthly meetings. and the chance the give back to the com porations for donations and. to make things easy, she'll offer to handle the Kuperschmidt credits a few unique ini munity. At the Annual Trade Show with a administrative details. This seems like a tiatives for the rapid growth and popu Twist, exhibitors paid a fee to participate logical direction, given Kupferschmidt's larity. "We introduced the ambassador pro and most of this money went to Halton experience with fundraising for her Women's Place. In the last three years, church, and her time as director at the gram with regular members greeting Oakville Chamber of Commerce. Child new people. This really enhanced the more than $4,000 was donated. In Kupferschmidt's mind, the most Find and other worthy organizations. warmness and welcoming aspect of the Married for 37 years, she's the mother of four, grandmother to seven with another on the way. She was the recipient of the Athena Award in 1998 for her work in promoting women in business. The final dinner meeting o f the HPBWN will be held Tuesday June 10 at 5 p.m. at the Holiday Inn on Argus Road. Hi m y n a m e is A ndrew M uncaster The topic is Managing the Reality o f I am ten years old and I enjoy delivering the O akville Change with Mayor Ann Mulvale as Beaver Newspaper. guest speaker. The cost for the evening I attend Chisholm School and I am in G rade 5. My us $35 ($55 for non-members), plus teacher is Mr. Stevens. GST. For more information, or to contact M y favourite sports are hockey and baseball. Kuperschmidt about her new fundraising M y favourite sports team is the Toronto M aple Leafs. endeavors, call 905-844-4410. M y favourite player is Brian McCabe. SP E C IA L T O T H E BEAVER By Shelly Sanders Greer m m i v i Liesa Kortmann · Oakville Beaver FORE: Ready with golf clubs in hand are, from left. Milt C ow an of the Oakville K nights of C olum bus golf com m ittee: D anny S alvatore, President of F ernhrook Homes, founding sponsor; A nthony W ard -S m ith , K e rr S treet M inistries; Don Collins, G ran d K night. M arian C ouncil, and hack front left, I.en Collins, golf com m ittee ch airm an . W ayne K endall. Past G ra n d K night, and Henry Thissen, golf com m ittee, are ready fo r the K nights of C olum bus th ird annual C h arity G olf T ournam ent on Ju n e 17 a t the C arlisle G olf and C ountry Club. D uring the past two years m ore th a n $ 35,000 has been raised to su p p o rt 17 charities. T his year. K e rr S treet M inistries has been selected to be the prim e beneficiary. F or m ore inform ation, call 905-827-1854. O n weekends my favourite thing is to play baseball, hockey, and go skate boarding. I have two golden retrievers named Chester and Charly. Andrew Muncasfer M y favourite foods pizza and hot dogs. I am saving my points for Playstation 2. Sponsors ensure relay pledges go to cancer research The stage is set with teams, sponsors and volun teers in final preparations for the Canadian Cancer Society Relay For Life being held for the second time on June 6 and 7 at Appleby College To the surprise and delight of those involved in the organization, so far this has been a record breaking year on many levels. Oakville was among the first communities in Canada to sell out on avail able team spots thanks to both returning teams and new members. Each team contin ues to raise a minimum of $1,000 for this important cause, thereby paving the way to becoming the highest grossing Relay For Life since its inauguration and potential ly placing Oakville on the map as one of the top fundraising communities for this event nationally. In addition to the money raised by teams, both new and returning sponsors have embraced the event and their contributions have again exceeded all expectations. Bravo to this year's major corporate sponsors which include ScotiaMcLeod. who have committed $15,000 for the second year dubbing them as 'Event Sponsor'. New to this year is SCA Hygiene Products with a contribution of $7,000 as the Luminary sponsor. Whether you've read it about Relay for Life or heard it on the radio, its with thanks to both The Oakville Beaver and AM740, each of whom represents local media spon sors providing substantial in kind advertising. Rounding out the major sponsors' platform is Appleby College who is the new Survivor sponsor this year. Appleby also continues to be the host site for the Relay for the second consec utive year. Their contribution also includes members of the student body, faculty and staff as team participates (and the highest fundraisers of last year) as well as over 100 par ticipating as volunteers to ensure all logistical details run smoothly. Meter sponsors, food sponsors, equipment and Pop-a-Balloon sponsors as well as luminary purchasers have also contributed to the major funds raised to date. Our thanks to the many cor porations who have signed on in support of Relay For Life. Some 4,000 luminary candles will be lit at dusk in memory or honour of loved ones. Limited meter and luminary candles are still available. The actual event depends on the effort of many volun teers to ensure its success. (iludllB Caactf »Y Winning Carriers receive a large 3 topping pizza courtesy of: V « » tr ( a r ta d iftm e d u <jM u e r Relay For Ufa O n t a r i o s # 1 P iz z a ,/ To join our delivery team call 905-845-9742 Relate pour la vie Over 300 volunteers will be contributing their time at the event working in areas including registration, traffic, food service, and events and entertainment which includes live music, fitness workout, speakers, silent auction, and a cancer information centre titled Smart Shop. Staffed by volunteers. Smart Shop will be the one stop location to get smart on cancer. Guest speakers well known within their respective Comes Alive... W ith The Gardening Experts uoloi Annual R es- 12.99. 1 gallon. Now you can have G arden G allery quality annuals at a fabulous sale price. Choose troni .i com plete selection < 9t some tit the most popular annuals as well as unique varieties fields will be donating their speaking fees to cover topics including Pm state Cancer. by Dr. Richard Casey - a local urologist. Holistic Nutrition. Stress and Life Style Management, by Dr. David Posen, author and local psychologist and New Trends in Wigs by Diana Saulez, President of Medispa. Relay For Life is a cele bration of survival, and a trib ute to the lives of loved ones. Taking part in this heart warming event creates a strong community of people striving to reach a common goal - to eradicate cancer. With the support of the numerous sponsors, volun teers and participants, this years events will help us con tinue the fight against cancer. To become a sponsor please call the Oakville unit. 905-845-5231. or visit www.cancer.ca. 991 Ian Anderson House Run/Walk The annual Ian Anderson House Memorial Walk/Run takes place this Sunday. The event, w hich includes four and eight kilometre routes, starts at 2635 Lakeshore Rd.. just east o f Winston Churchill Boulevard, and finishes at Ian Anderson House, a cancer hos pice at 430 Winston Churchill Blvd. Registration will be held from 10 - 11 a.m. The registra tion fee is $10 for adults and free for children. There will be prizes, a lucky draw and free barbecue lunch. For pledge forms, call May Lynch at 905-822-4938 or Pat Ogbom at 905-634-3005. 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