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WELCOME Eileen Chewter President Oakville Retiree's Club 2010 - 2011
Become active in our Club. Invite your fellow Telephone Retiree's to Join. Get Involved as part of the Executive or on one of the Committees Did you know that our Fellowship Committee has sent Easter Cards to our 110 Members who are on our Super Senior Retiree List. If you know of any members needing assistance, suffering illness or celebrating a special event please contact Yvonne Seaton, Venetia Binns or any member of the Fellowship Committee.
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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. 01 May, 2010 - Forty-eight members and partners dodged the rain and enjoyed the Annual Pancake Breakfast at our Balsam Drive Clubroom. 06 April, 2010 - The Annual Meeting with the election of Officers for the 2010-11 year followed an enjoyable fellowship time and luncheon. 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. The March 2010 Issue of the "Retirement Rag" is now available on the Retirement Rag page. (telephone numbers are not included in the web version) 17 March, 2010 - 58 members, partners and guests celebrated St. Patrick's Day with a lunch of fish and Irish stew, followed by an Irish program at "Carmen's" in Hamilton. 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 01 December, 2009 - The Annual Christmas Luncheon, with 131 attendees, was held at the St. Volodymyr Cultural Centre in Oakville. Following a delicious luncheon, entertainment was provided by Jim Cormier as "Crooner James" who took us back to the golden oldies. The Program Committee distributed numerous prizes and the Candy Cane Elf made sure that everyone got a miniature candy cane.
The "Crafters Who Care" had a successful sale at their Crafters Table and raised more than $900 towards their charitable works. Darryl Roberts was the lucky winner of the "Crafters Who Care" quilt. (demonstrated by Norma McIntyre & Bea Medland) The winning ticket was sold by club member Norma Beynon. Eighteen boxes of food were donated and distributed to the Salvation Army Food Banks in Mississauga, Oakville and Milton.
16 November, 2009 - The following members completed
a total of 20 hours of community service at The
Oakville Public Library: Ray Burrell,
09 October, 2009 -
51 members and
guests took the big yellow school bus to
Niagara-On-The-Lake
and the Shaw
Festival Theatre for
a fine box lunch and to see
“The
Devil’s Disciple”.
The show was a little slow starting, but finished strong. A good outing. 06 October, 2009 - Regular General Meeting at Maple Grove United Church with a free lunch. It was well attended with three guest speakers from TD Waterhouse. 16 September, 2009 - Forty-six Oakville members and partners had a very enjoyable outing when they attended the Telco Community Volunteers Board of Directors fifth Annual General Meeting that was held aboard the "Northern Spirit" cruise ship in the Toronto harbour.
14 September, 2009 - The 18th Annual Golf Tournament was held at the Deerfield Golf Course with 42 participants enjoying a beautiful day of golf and fellowship. Men Low Gross; Chris Harvey and Women Low Gross; Bonnie Parsons. A sumptuous meal and awards presentation followed. 05 June, 2009 - The following members completed 30 hours of community service on behalf of the Oakville Branch of the Canadian Cancer Society at Appleby College, Oakville: Stan Beaudette, Bill Check, Tom Brown, Danny Moniz, Claude Therrien, Roy Warmington and Dave Warren. Also a special Thank You to Kel Kaye and his wife Shirley for their past service to Community Service.
11 May, 2009 - A happy bus load of members and partners (45) attended the "Musical World Cruise" at the Sanderson Centre in Brantford. 09 May 2009 - Lorna Maj, (centre), with Lusia Parente and Carole Daniels, is shown presenting her eighth "Helping Hands" cheque from Bell Canada to 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 $4000 to assist the hospital auxiliary in their service to the hospital patients. Lorna also volunteers her time with our Club as the treasurer of the Programme Committee. We Need More Volunteers Like Lorna!
01 May, 2009 - BELL CANADA DONATES TO MILTON SENIORS" CENTRE
For the 10th year in a
row the Milton Seniors' Activity Centre received a grant from Bell Canada
Volunteers at the Centre. Bob De Forest who worked for Bell for
38 years and Maisie MacKay who worked for Bell for 28 years, said that they
have been very fortunate to receive grants from Bell Canada
totaling almost $12,000 to date. The Bell Canada Employee
Giving Program recognizes employees and retirees who volunteer their time
in the community. These funds are used for the betterment of the
Centre. Maisie, Bob, Edith and May have donated a total of almost 2,620
hours in 2008 at the Centre. Congratulations to all of you on once again
receiving this grant for the Senior Centre, where it has been put to
20 April, 2009 – The following members completed 20 hours of community service at The Oakville Public Library: Bill Check, Bill Hughes, Tom Brown, Ray Burrell, Eileen Chewter and Yvonne Seaton.
07 April, 2009 - Congratulations to our new Club Executive who were elected at our Annual General Meeting to serve during the 2009 - 2010 Year
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
Last Update 06 July, 2010
"In the Good Old Sumertime" |
WE NEED YOU!
Eileen
Chewter, Yvonne Seaton, Faith Witt, Joan & Stan Beaudette, Ron Knisley and Doug
Kirkwood.
Surplus books were packed and loaded onto a truck where they will be taken to a
sorting centre for cataloguing. From there they will be shipped to schools in
Uganda.
04 June, 2009 - Ninety-one members and
partners turned out for the Annual BBQ
at the Port Credit Yacht Club. The
weather came out of the
doldrums and the sun shone for a perfect
day. The White Elephant Table was a great success with more than $56 being
raised for the Club Treasury. Shirley Kaye, Shirley Deforest and Rose Marie
Grinton, among many, snapped up the bargains at the White Elephant Table.
great use!