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Wednesday December 13, 2000 THE OAKVILLE BEAVER B5 Community Update An Oakville Beaver Feature Contact W ilm a Blokhuis: 845-3824 Ext 250 Fax: 337-5567 Email: blokhuis@ haltonsearch.com Please forward announcements for Update to Wilma Blokhuis, Oakville Beaver, 467 Speers ReL, Oakville, OnL L6K3S4; call845-3824 Ext 250, Fax 337-5567or email to blokhuis@haltonsearch.com BEFORE NOON Monday to be included. Oakville Big Sisters looking for gift wrap volunteers to work to Dec. 24th at the Big Sisters Gift Wrapping booth at Oakville Place, from 9:30 a.m. to 9:30 p.m., and including Midnight Madness on Dec. 22nd. Over 100 volunteers needed. Call 338-0238. St. Simon's Church is selling UNICEF cards and gifts at Oakville Place, second floor, to raise funds for UNICEF's work in developing countries, to Dec. 16th. Hopedale Christmas Toy Drive - bring unwrapped toy(s) to Hopedale House to Dec. 18th to be distributed by Halton Rape Crisis Centre and Women's Centre. Ontario March o f Dimes looking for canvassers for 50th anniversary door-to-door campaign in January 2001. Every dollar raised helps someone with physical disability - find a job, get a wheelchair, or live at home with attendant care support. Call Jim Strachan, cam paign co-ordinator, 1-800-263-2463 Ext. 705. IJNC - Language Instruction for Newcomers to Canada, community-based federally funded English language training program provides free English class es available mornings and evenings at Halton Multicultural Council. Call Frances Cordero de Balonos, managing director, or Sophia Makridis, LINC teacher, at Halton Multicultural Council, 842-2486; or LINC Assessment Centre, 875-3851. Winter registra tions currently being taken. Childcare available, home study program, and deaf or hard-of-hearing persons welcome. Classic Book Club o f Oakville is looking for new members. Club founded in 1993 and members have read more than 50 classics. If interested in literature, especially classics, call Pamela Spicer, 825-2495 or email spicep@look.ca Halton Multicultural Council looking for Volunteer Interpreters/Translators for all languages and dialects, mostly Arabic, Albanian, Bulgarian, Cantonese, Farsi, Hungarian, Korean, Mandarin, Polish, Punjabi, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Spanish, Tamil, Turkish and Vietnamese. Call 842-2486. Drop-In One-on-One Support for women facing crisis in their lives - abuse, marital problems, job loss etc. Confidential, caring environment at no cost. Monday, Tuesday, Thursday 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.; Saturday 10 a.m. to noon. Women's Centre, Hopedale, Ste. 210. Christmas Day Family Luncheon, free, organized by OASIS For Single Parents, Dec. 25th, in Meadowvale area, 1 to 3 p.m. Traditional turkey lunch, desserts, beverages, gifts for everyone. Call 812-9067 to register before Dec. 23rd. WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 13 S t John' s United Church fourth annual Caroling in the Park, George's Square, 7:30 p.m., with Salvation Army Citadel Brass Band. Donations go to the Salvation Army Christmas Appeal. Scouts will be sell ing hot cider, Santa, dress warm, bring flashlights. Longest Night Service at St. Simon's Anglican Church, 1450 Litchfield, off Trafalgar south of Upper Middle, 7:30 p.m., for people who are feeling alone amidst the Christmas celebrations. Call 845-8351. THURSDAY DECEMBER 14 Zonta Club gift wrapping at Hopedale Shopping Centre Dec. 14th to 24th during mall hours to raise funds for the Women's Centre. More volunteers are needed, call Denise Ertsinian at 844-2355. Parent Watch, for parents of children who are sad, truant, abusing drugs, threatening, running away, in trouble with the law, bullied or making poor choices, 7:30 to 9:30 p.m.. Courage to Change, 2330 Lakeshore W., Unit 5, Bronte. Call 469-6341, or Penny Smith, 844-4258. SENACA Seniors Day Program and Oaklands Regional Centre Open House, 2 to 4 p.m., for new Evening/Ovemight Respite Program at Oaklands, 53 Bond. Open House to celebrate Ontario Ministry of Health-Long Term Care funding to provide respite for frail elderly, physically or cognitively impaired adults living with their families. Call Beverly Benn, 337-8937. Photo by Peter C. McCusker Fareshare Foodbank volunteer John Johnston, right, shows Arnie Devaan and Rita Thompson of CAW Local 707 how to organize the food boxes when they visited Fareshare Foodbank to donate $8,061.30 from its Union Social Justice Fund, gate collections and the Ford Motor Company of Canada. Combined Probus Club o f North Oakville, 10 a.m., River Oaks Rec. Centre. Speaker: Austen Cambon, `A Senior's Experience Teaching Western-style Business in China,' with slides. All those that have signed-up, will go directly to Glen Abbey Golf Club for Christmas lunch. Probus outing to Dame Edna cancelled. American Women's Club o f Oakville Christmas Desert Party and Cookie Exchange, 7 p.m., at mem ber's home. Call Phyllis Stingily at 569-9350 for direc tions and information. Club open to all US bom or nat uralized citizens, meets September to June, and offers variety of programs and special events. Mothers and mothers-to-be interested in breastfeed ing babies welcome to attend Oakville La Leche League, 8 p.m., 144 Romain Cr. Call 842-5983 or 8494138. Tourette Syndrome Support Group (Halton, Hamilton, Niagara), 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., at Terryberry Library, Mohawk at West Fifth, Hamilton Mountain. Seasonal social. Kids' club, siblings welcome. Call 905521-2961. FRIDAY DECEMBER 15 Oakville Choral Society celebrates 40th anniversary with Christmas concert - portions of Messiah, Hallelujah, Amen, and WestcOtt's Quodlibet, and featur ing Margaret Evans, soprano soloist; Deborah Overes, contralto; David Playfair, tenor soloist; Peter Wiens, bass; Janet King, accompanist; and Bev Stainton, direc tor for 21 years. Performances Dec. 15 and 16th, 8 p.m., St. Dominic's Church, Rebecca at Nelson. Refreshments. Tickets $15, call Penny, 845-5359; or Anne, 827-1587. Shaarei Beth El Synagogue is holding monthly Friday night services, 7:15 p.m., 186 Morrison Rd. Call 849-6000. That' s the Good News presented by choir and dramatists of Evangel Pentecostal Church, 1450 Rebecca, Dec. 15th, 7:30 p.m., and Dec. 17th, 6 p.m., 400 free seats. SATURDAY DECEMBER 16 Christmas Bake and Cabbage Roll Sale, 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., Holy Trinity Croatian Parish Hall, 2110 Trafalgar. Sale held by Croatian Women's League (CWL). Oakville Suzuki Association annual Christmas Concert, 3 p.m., Glen Abbey United Church, Nottinghill Gate and Upper Middle. Concert features young violin, viola, flute and cello students playing classical and Christmas music. Also Oakville Ceilidh Fiddlers and Chamber Group. Admission free. SUNDAY DECEMBER 17 Chanukah Candle Roll-Up, 1:30 to 3 p.m., Shaarei Beth El, 186 Morrison Rd. Cost: $8 for 44 candles. Roll own set of dripless beeswax Chanukah candles. Pre-reg ister, call Marsha Davies, 845-5250. Christmas Cantata with Carols, 7:30 p.m., St. Simon's Church, 1450 Litchfield, Trafalgar south of Upper Middle. Annual Christmas celebration of song. Call 845-8351. Christmas Open House at Oakville Museum at Erchless, 8 Navy, 1 to 4:30 p.m. Traditional holiday cel ebration, hot apple cider and goodies provided by muse um volunteers, crafts and games for kids, Christmas music in the salon by Sotto Voce Christmas Carollers, and tours, of Erchless decorated for 1920's style Christmas. 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