AGENDA, September 16th, 2014 Meeting, Knox United 9:30 a.m.

9:30- 10:00: Social Time

Welcome: Pam Vest

New Members: Louise Maguire

Finance Report: Pam Vest

Upcoming Events: Extravaganza: Ann Tardiff

QB Wellness & Volunteer Fair: Louise Maguire

Potter’s Guild: Jacquie Ostrow

New Member Coffee Party: Louise Maguire

SLF Tribunal Film Showing: Diane Quinn

Christmas Luncheon: Pam Vest

Website: Planning Manual: Eileen Dombrowski

Website Postings: Eileen Dombrowski

Past Events: Victoria Ride Support: Moira Beauchesne

Next Meeting: October 21, 2014; 9:30 a.m.; Knox Lounge

Hello all Islands G2G  Members,

Hope your summer is as excellent as ours! It is flying by, and the new season for fundraising activities coming up fast.

It will start September 4th with the CAMPBELL RIVER DINNER FOR THE ANNUAL CAMPBELL RIVER TO VICTORIA BICYCLE TOUR! Always a great start of the ride. This year 28 Grandmothers and-others are signed up, and the Fundraising goal of $50,000.- is in sight, way to go! I also love the way this event involves so many groups up and down the island, Friday morning snacks and fluid refreshments by the Merville Grannies, lunch in Courtenay by the Glacier Group, while the HUGGS from Hornby make sure we don’t fade in the aternoon, bringing super melon drinks and other goodies at the Buckley Bay store and ferry terminal! On Saturday the Oceanside Grannies fortify us in the morning, then the NanGoGrannies host our lunch and usually send us off with snack packs for the afternoon. We overnight in Chemainus and look forward to lunch in Brentwood, with St Andrews group and Sydney Grannies participating I believe, and before we know it, we will be welcomed in Victoria. Everyone is invited to the welcome party at the legislature.

On September 18th, the St Andrews Grannies are having their meeting and look forward to having Joan Wenman come and speak about her experiences on the SLF educational trip to Africa this past March.

October 5th, PaGo in Pt Alberni is organizing an exciting benefit concert, showcasing BEV ZIZZY, THE WOMAN IN BLACK. Ms Zizzy is a powerful songwriter and singer of the Blues and Jazz repertoire. Her original CD, ‘Woman in Black’, combined with her community work, earned her the 2009 YWCA Woman of Distinction in the Arts Award. The concert will be at Char’s Landing, a licensed venue, 4815 Argyle Street Pt Alberni at 2.00 pm, October 5th. Tickets $10.00 at the door, additional donations welcome, all proceeds to SLF.

October 18th, St Andrews Grannies are hosting a bridge tournament at lunch time and they are expecting to sell out all tickets!

November 22 the Greater Vancouver GoGo’s are hosting a showing of the Tribunal film with Ilana coming to speak and introduce the film. November 23 the Victoria Grandmothers are also going to host the Tribunal Film and Ilana, but I don’t have any details regarding venue yet.

In my brief survey from a few weeks ago, there was consensus that we should wait till our gathering of 2015 to have a showing of the film ‘up-island’. I would like all groups to consider where they would like the gathering to be and what the main theme will be. Since the last one was in Victoria, the central island seems a logical choice, but there are other options. Please discuss with your groups what role you would like to play!

I am happy to report that the Powel River Grannies continue to feel part of the BC Islands region. I met with Maureen this summer and hope to visit the group together with Tina Fillipino in the fall for an Africa experiences presentation. I believe that is all for now, hope to see many of you along the ride route,

Warm regards, Paxie Vreed, Island Liaison

If you are preparing to donate your preserves for the Extravaganza, please make sure that they have been preserved by the ‘hot bath’ method. This is a requirement set out by VIHA. If you have any questions please contact Jacquie Ostrow, jostrow@telus.net. Thank you! they are always great sellers!!

Next Sunday. Aug. 17th,  we are catering a 50th wedding anniversary for Mary Jane Gagan.  This is a fund raising event for us and we need baked goodies.  If you can help, please contact Gail at sharwayn@shaw.ca or Jacquie at jostrow@telus.net

Several members have reported having trouble reading the posts from the g2g website on their tablets or computers.  I can’t prevent this.  But I do have a solution.   Click on the heading (“Oceanside Grandmothers, click on…”) and you’ll be taken directly to the g2g website to read the message there.  Easy.

To respond to information about any particular topic, notice that the contact information is almost always given within the message.  In this case, for things that have to do with the website, it’ll be me that you contact:  Eileen Dombrowski.  You can use my personal address from your Directory, or this one: oceansideg2g@shaw.ca

I hope this helps!

Eileen

So sorry! Sunday, August 17th

Carol

Mary Jane Gagan and her husband are celebrating their 50th Sat. Aug 17th from 2-5PM This will be a fundraiser for Oceanside Grandmothers.

If you can help either in the kitchen or as a server please contact Jacquie Ostrow by August 1 at  250-248-4890  or jostrow@telus.net for more information.

Hello all,

Attached is a description of the book “38 ways to entertain your
grandparents, which speaks for itself. I want everyone on the island to
know that we, NanGoGrannies, have some leftovers from our African Market
where we had it for sale. If any group is interested, please contact me,
because we have already dealt with the shipping, and would like to not
have to ship them back.
I will take some with me to the PaGo African dinner, and anyone else
interested, if you invite me to come talk about my African experiences!

Paxie

38 Ways to Entertain Your Grandparents

This delightful book makes a wonderful small addition to most fundraisers. It pairs well as an addition to a Kazuri Jewelry Sale, as it’s a completely different category from the jewelry, or most types of fundraisers where there are items for sale.

It’s been provided to Grandmothers to Grandmothers, on consignment, by John Hunter. John’s wife, Dette Hunter, is the author. John and Dette met many years ago while teaching in Sierra Leone. Over the years Dette self published and sold 50,000 copies of books in the 38 Ways genre. All of the profits went to charities in Sierra Leone. She was a very Grandmothers to Grandmothers kind of lady. When Canada Post discontinued the book rate Dette was forced to stop this project.

Dette passed away last winter. John is providing these books to us as a tribute to his wife. Dette had gone to a Grandmothers to Grandmothers event at which she heard several African Grandmothers speak. Dette was impressed with them, and impressed with the Stephen Lewis Foundation. She wanted to help in our efforts.

In Toronto we’ve found that this book sells briskly when it’s held up and mentioned to customers, pointing out that it’s a perfect small gift for a new grandparent, only about twice the cost of a card, or for any grandparents for that matter. We’ve also had a number of customers that bought it for their grandchildren that are old enough to read, saying “I’ll let them tell me what they’d like to do.” I bought my first copy to keep for myself, because I can always use more ideas for keeping my grandchildren engaged and interested.

We’ve also had success selling the books directly to professionals to keep on hand, and pop in the mail to their clients when they have a new grandchild. It works well for insurance agents, accounts, lawyers, investment counsellors – anyone that’s nurturing a relationship with their clients. Just make a call and suggest it to friends, relatives, or professionals that you do business with. One G2G in Toronto bought 12 copies just to have on hand to give to friends.

You will have received an attachment with a one page file that outlines Dette’s very proactive charitable work, and a photo of Dette. She was an inspiration to all who knew her, and to many of us who didn’t. We ask that you provide a copy of this to the people that buy her book. Her creative fundraising efforts are a potent example of thinking outside the box, and have the power to encourage others to make a difference.

Welcome and Thank You: Kathy Grand

Memorial: Carol Lundine

New Members: Caroline Nichols

Financial: Pam Vest

Both Sides of the Camera: Heather Thompson

July 1 Parade: Ann Tardiff

Seacroft Bottle Drive: Carol for Carolyn Dodd

Events: (updates/processes)  Angels: Jacquie Ostrow

Island Soul Concert and African Market Update: Pam

St Marks Fair: Carol

Other:

July 1 Parade: In the past, attendance at this event has not been great, however it’s a wonderful way to raise awareness. If you think you could walk or ride in the parade, please contact Ann Tardiff before the meeting. ann.tardiff@yahoo.com or 250-248-1210

Carol Lundine

Communications

cairncroft@shaw.ca

If you have an item for the June 17th meeting, please send it to me as soon as possible. I am away in June for two weeks and would love to have the agenda ready to go before I leave.

Many thanks,

Carol Lundine

cairncroft@shaw.ca