Serving Burlington - Oakville - Milton - Mississauga
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WE NEED YOU!
Get Involved as part of the Executive or on one of the
Committees Did you know that our Fellowship Committee sent Easter Cards to our 125 Members who are on our Super Senior Retiree (over 80) List. If you know of any members needing assistance, suffering illness or celebrating a special event please contact Rose Kurak, Venetia Binns or any member of the Fellowship Committee or the Executive.
"Crafters Who Care" Annual Report is now on the Crafters Who Care page - Read about the amazing charitable work that these women do. G.T.A. GAS PRICES ARE AVAILABLE ON THE LINKS PAGE
The March 2012 Issue of the "Retirement
Rag" is now available on the Retirement Rag page. Thanks
to Editor
Pat Herron and Publisher Ed Kurak.
08 May, 2012 - Forty-seven members and guests attended the Famous People Players Show to see "Funky Monkey" preceded by a great chicken dinner. Following the funny and well performed show the audience returned to the dining area for a delicious desert of lemon tart and coffee. A great day was enjoyed by all. 05 May, 2012
Approximately 30 Members and partners enjoyed the Annual Pancake Breakfast at our Club Room on Balsam Drive, Oakville. To see our members at work and enjoying the results of their efforts left click the thumbnail pictures - Click your return button or arrow to return to the page for the next picture.
04 February, 2012 - On Valentine's Day 40 of our members and guests spent an enjoyable evening when they attended a lively performance of Rogers and Hammerstein's "Oklahoma" performed by the ever talented Sheridan College theatre group. 01 February, 2012 - Congratulations to Bill Hughes and his team of Volunteers: Kay Lee, Carol Hail, Doug Huctwith, Dunc Lyall, Pat Holway and Pat Vincent who contributed the required hours during the Christmas Season for the $2500.00 "Helping Hands" award that Bill presented to Sharon Millard of the Mississauga Salvation Army. This is the 13th time Bell Canada and our Club has contributed to the Salvation Army, Cawthra Rd., Mississauga making a total of $32,500.00 available for the needs of the less fortunate.
06 December, 2011 - Our Annual Christmas Luncheon was held at the Le Dome Banquet Hall in Oakville with 130 members and partners present. Unfortunately there were 18 no-shows which cost the club $540 as the meals were prepaid. Bill Hughes MC'd the festivities which included a delicious meal, a sing-a-long with Don Croucher, a number of door prizes and a visit from the Candy Cane Elf, Yvonne Seaton. The Crafters, under the auspices of Bea Medland and Giselle Dunn, again had a beautiful Sales Table and quilt draw. The proceeds will enable them to purchase materials and continue their charitable works for the worthy causes that they support. This year Donna Munn was the winner of the hand crafted quilt that took hundreds of hours to complete. The non-perishable food collected
was shared with the Salvation Army
in Burlington - Milton - Mississauga and Oakville. 13 November, 2011 - The following members gave 21 hours of their time assisting the Oakville Library repack the books left over from their semi-annual book sale for distribution in third world countries: Joan & Stan Beaudette, Eileen Chewter, Barb Gohm, Marie Walker, Doug Kirkwood and Bill Check. 05 October, 2011 - 28 members of our Club attended the TCV Annual Meeting in Toronto 04 October, 2011 - Lorna Maj continues to amaze us with her volunteer work. Lorna recently presented her tenth "Helping Hands" cheque to the Oakville - Trafalgar Memorial Hospital. This makes a total of $5000 that Lorna has single handily contributed. Lusia Parente of the Oakville Trafalgar Memorial Hospital Auxiliary is shown accepting the Bell Canada $500 "Helping Hands" cheque from Lorna . 13 September, 2011 -
AVP Participation, Dave Warren, reports that our Community
Service Hours for the Club year 2010 - 2011 was 7256 hours.
Crafters Who Care
accounted for 54% of the total. Well done Ladies! 08 September, 2011 - Forty-six members and partners enjoyed a Cruise on the Grand River Belle, a short video about the Grand River and a live Music Show followed by a 3-course roast beef lunch.
This donation was made possible by the "Crafters Who Care" from their
quilt draw and craft table at the Annual Oakville Retiree's Club Christmas
Luncheon. The proceeds are being used to provide
wheelchair accessibility to the kids playground. All the more reason to appreciate and support the good works that these volunteer ladies do on behalf of our Club. 22 June, 2011 - The Annual BBQ at the Port Credit Yacht Club was largely attended and enjoyed by our members and partners. President Eileen Chewter took the opportunity to present Province of Ontario "Thank You" certificates, signed by Ted Chudleigh, M.P.P., Halton, for volunteer service to the following: "Crafters Who Care" - Bea Medland; "Salvation Army" - Bill Hughes; "Connect Care" - Venetia Binns; Lorna & Ed Maj. Presentations were made at the October meeting to Doug & Aletha Kirkwood who were unable to attend.
12 & 17 April, 2011 - The Oakville Public Library was again the
beneficiaries of our volunteers, setting up and repacking the surplus books for
the Library Semi-Annual Book Sale.
05 April, 2011 - We had a good turnout for our Annual Meeting. The guest speaker Ron McLean was introduced by Bill Hughes. Ron brought us up to date on the founding of the Pauline Baxter-Moore Fund and the evolution of the fund and its assets from being a trust to the present management and distribution. A full slate of Executive for the 2011 - 2012 year was elected. The March 2011 Issue of the "Retirement Rag" is available on the Retirement Rag page. Editor Bill Hughes has collaborated with Ed Kurak, and with Ed's computer layout skills, a very colourful and refreshing Newsletter has been prepared for your information and enjoyment. 17 February, 2011 - The Salvation Army Mississauga Cawthra held a reception for the volunteers who assisted with their annual Christmas Bureau. For over 20 years our Club has provided volunteers to assist them. And for the twelfth year in a row our members have provided enough volunteer hours to qualify for the Bell Canada "Helping Hands" grant of $2,500.00. Congratulations Volunteers! This now brings to $30,00.00 the "Helping Hands" program has given to the Salvation Army, Cawthra Road, to assist them in helping the less fortunate in need.
15 February, 2011 - Thirty-three members attended the musical "Once
upon a Mattress," based upon Hans Christian Anderson's "The Princess and The
Pea, at the Theatre Sheridan. 01 February, 2011 - A General Meeting and luncheon was enjoyed by our members and entertained by our guest speaker, Judy Suke, of Sheridan College. 07 December,2010 - Our Annual Christmas Luncheon was held at the Le Dome Banquet Hall in Oakville with 142 members and partners present. Past-President Bill Hughes MC'd the festivities which included a delicious meal, a sing-a-long with Don Croucher, a number of door prizes and a visit from the Candy Cane Elf, Yvonne Seaton. Tom Brown, shown with Bea Medland, was the winner of the Crafters Who Care Quilt. The Crafters, under the auspices of Bea Medland and Giselle Dunn, reported a successful draw and White Elephant Table that raised approximately $1100.00. The proceeds will enable them to purchase materials and continue their charitable works for the worthy causes that they support.
30 June, 2010 - AVP Participation, Dave Warren, reports that the volunteer service hours for the Club year 2009-2010 was 7501 hours. "Crafters Who Care" contributed 4342 hrs and "Connect Care" contributed 422 hrs. Together these two groups accounted for 63.5% of all reported hours. 03 June, 2010 - Members and partners again enjoyed the Annual BBQ held at the Port Credit Yacht Club. A generous collection of food for the less fortunate was delivered to the Salvation Army in Oakville and Mississauga.
09 May 2010 - Lorna Maj, is shown presenting her ninth "Helping Hands" cheque to Lusia Parente of the Oakville Trafalgar Memorial Hospital Auxiliary. Lorna, a volunteer with the hospital auxiliary, has been able through her efforts and Bell Canada raised a total of $4500 to assist the hospital auxiliary in their service to the hospital patients.
19 April, 2010 - Nine members and partners spent the morning at the Oakville Public Library packing and shipping the remaining books from the Library's semi-annual used book sale. The pack rats were Eileen Chewter, Yvonne Seaton, Bill Hughes, Doug Kirkwood, Marie Walker, Bill Check, Ian Ross, Stan and Joan Beaudette. 22 February, 2010 - Congratulations to our volunteers who presented their 9th $2500.00 Bell "Helping Hands" cheque to the Mississauga Branch of the Salvation Army. Their volunteer hours contributed to the Salvation Army Christmas Program earned the award. 16 February, 2010 - An excellent production of Cole Porter's "Anything Goes!" was enjoyed at Theatre Sheridan. A number of our members returned with rave revues of a great show. Our program committee sure comes up will great outings and entertainment. 02 February, 2010 - A good turnout enjoyed lunch and and a presentation by Halton Regional Police; "Seniors And Law Enforcement Together." 01 February, 2010 - The Telephone Number for Bell Post Retirement Benefits & Pensions has changed to 1-888-400-0661 NEW - Older past events have now been removed to a Past Events page accessed from the Coming Events page. Also older community service activities continue to be removed to the Community Service page. You can now connect to our fellow Retiree Clubs and other sites through the links on the Link page. If you have any comments or suggestions please contact us by
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March, 2012
- Forty-one of our members and guests
celebrated St. Patrick's Day a couple of days early at Carmens in Hamilton. By
all reports it was a fine and enjoyable outing.
06 September, 2011 -
Jennifer Young accepts a cheque for $1500.00 from Bea Medland on behalf of the
"Darling Home for Kids" (formerly the Rose Cherry House) at
Campbellville.
13 September, 2010
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The 19th Annual Golf Tournament was held at the
Deerfield
Golf Course with 42 participants enjoying a beautiful day of golf and fellowship.
Men Low
Gross; Jim Dobson, Ron Bell low net; Women Low Gross; Marie Kapaskey, Bonnie
Parsons low net. A sumptuous meal
and awards presentation followed.
