Check out these great resources and learn more!
Eventbrite’s curated list https://www.eventbrite.com/c/international-womens-day-virtual-events-cwyrywd/
Rebel Woman Series: https://www.rmg.co.uk/whats-on/online/rebel-women-female-pirates-womens-history-month-2021
Join the Women’s Centre of Calgary for an online event celebrating women’s leadership on Monday March 8th from 6:00-7:15pm
https://www.womenscentrecalgary.org/event/international-womens-day-online-celebration-2/
Session Description:
How do you know if the choices you make are helping? Join filmmaker, author and playwright Cheryl Foggo for an online screening of her film John Ware Reclaimed. Cheryl will introduce the film with a brief exploration of how the commitment of a small group of women on the University of Calgary campus played a role in getting the story to the screen. The streaming will be followed by a Question and Answer Period.
About the Speaker:
Cheryl Foggo is a multiple award-winning playwright, author and filmmaker, whose work over the last 30 years has focused on the lives of Western Canadians of African descent. In 2020 her NFB feature documentary John Ware Reclaimed premiered at the Calgary International Film Festival, where it received the Alberta Feature Audience Choice Award. Additionally, in 2020, the 30th anniversary edition of her book Pourin’ Down Rain: A Black Woman Claims Her Place in the Canadian West was released by Brush Education Press and launched as an audiobook read by acclaimed actor Karen Robinson through ECW Press.
This Christmas will be different, so to spread a little joy and happiness, Brentwood Cares! is trying to match seniors with community members to get a card and some Christmas baking.
We are hoping that each senior gets cards from multiple community members.
Drop off instructions:
Happy Holidays and Merry Christmas to all,
Brentwood Cares!
Way to go Bennett Crescent! YOU ARE LIT!
There is still time to register your address by emailing brentwoodeventsyyc@gmail.com
THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
Thank you to everyone who offered to volunteer. Please check back regularly for other opportunities.
Brentwood Cares!
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Get into the holiday spirit safely with your cohort (max 4 people); we’re wrapping Christmas gifts for seniors in Forward Housing’s apartments (including Carroll Place) – mug + hot chocolate + chocolate*. In the Carroll Place lounge (1540 Northmount Drive NW); there is space for 3 cohort based wrapping stations.
Book your time in with Rayan Alfuhaid rtalfuhaid@gmail.com
Schedule:
Wednesday December 9
9:30 am to 11:30 am
Clean
12:00 pm to 2:00 pm
Clean
2:30 pm to 4:00 pm
Check current schedule here:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1408vgDMBLYwysFYiK7d8u3EdTF1_VlLJ/view?usp=sharing
*Budget is zero – Forward Housing asked if Brentwood could support, here’s how:
i) Online https://www.canadahelps.org/en/dn/50796 Use the dropdown to select ‘tenant holiday gifts’. Tax receipts for donations over $3.00.
ii) Drop loose coins/cash: Coming Soon we hope at Starbucks 🙂 Look for “Brentwood Cares Holiday Fund”, it will be split Carroll Place / Food Library / and a winter hat and mitt fund.
Supported by Brentwood Cares!
If you have any questions or have any donations, please contact Brentwoodian and neighbor Liza Lorenzetti at lakloren@ucalgary.ca or 403.606.6949
Supported by Brentwood Cares!
