Congratulations and thanks for keeping us focussed and busy with a great community and provincial program.
CFUW North Vancouver President is honoured for her service in this past year. Keeping an active program that serves our community and at the same time providing us with so many opportunities to pursue our interests in social groups was done with expertise and grace.
This CFUW local club provides opportunities for members to put their education at the service of the community, advocate for women, children and families, complete worthwhile projects, and gather to pursue common interest.
Our members are active in the community with projects involve local, provincial, national and global issues. We participate in community outreach initiatives and many of our interest groups consider community issues. Each year we suggest and/or review resolutions which will be put forward to appropriate provincial and national governments.
Our club also provides opportunities to form contact and friendships around our smaller interest groups. These groups along with the Program Committee’s work to engage speakers on a monthly basis allow for continuing intellectual growth and stimulation through conversation and dialogue among members.
Local Projects
CFUW North Vancouver, collecting good used household goods and furniture, is a community outreach participant in the Highlands United Church Shelter to Home Outreach rehousing the homeless program which always needs more help from the community. Other initiatives and community projects include work over the year with local programs that include North Shore Community Resources and Hollyburn Family Services. In addition members of the NV CFUW Advocacy Committee will focus on the following social and education issues provincially and how these issues affect our local community. This list for 2021-2022 includes:
- Early Learning and Childcare
- Long Term Care and Elder Rights
- Indigenous People’s Rights
- Current Issues in Public Education
- Climate Change
- Gender Based Violence
- Pay Equity
PROGRAMS AND MEETINGS
Prospective members and guests welcome at meetings ( For further information email: Cfuw.nv2@gmail.com )
North Vancouver CFUW 2021-2022
September 9, 2021:
30 members enjoyed the Opening Luncheon at Northlands Golf Course in North Vancouver. Patricia Atkinson, guest speaker, overviewed the National, Provincial and local work of the women in North Vancouver.
October Meeting: October 14, 2021
Dr . Frederick Voon: How to be successful in the Hospital Emergency Department
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Please note due to COVID-19 all meetings will be conducted virtually until further notice. In addition to virtual meeting, where possible there will be outdoor venues where all COVID protocols are in place.
For further information and contacts for Interest group, committee meetings and club meetings please contact cfuw.nv2@gmail.com
Prospective members and guests welcome.
Contact cfuw.nv@gmail.com to attend or be part of of our programs.
Most programs and meeting will be conducted on a Virtual Platform
Should face to face meeting become possible, the venue(s) will be announced.
CFUW NORTH VANCOUVER PROGRAM UPDATE
As we navigate our way through a pandemic, we are all aware that our lives have been modified. As a consequence, your new Program Committee recognizes that we need to make changes to our programming structure in order to accommodate these unusual times. Please watch for our month programs.
For more information contact: email Cfuw.nv2@gmail.com
MEMBERSHIP
The membership fee is $120.00 per year for a full membership. Dual and Student Memberships also available.
We welcome new members.
To request Membership Form: cfuw.nv2@gmail.com
Questions: cfuw.nv2@gmail.com
EXECUTIVE OFFICERS: North Vancouver CFUW 2021-2022
Collaborative Leadership Team will guide this club for 2021-2022
Wendy Affleck, Catherine Kierans, Linda Lehr and Leanne Roy SECRETARY- Linda Lehr
TREASURERS- Leanne Roy, Gwenda Louis
MEMBERSHIP -Catherine Kierans
PAST PRESIDENT- Barbara MacLennan
OUR WORK
SUPPORTING WOMEN IN POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION
Through our Educational Trust Fund we fund bursaries to women graduates of the seven North Vancouver School District 44 secondary schools, as well as to undergraduate women students at the University of British Columbia, Simon Fraser University, Capilano University and the British Columbia Institute of Technology, having established permanent foundations in the name of CFUW North Vancouver at the latter three. A student should apply for an award through her academic institution’s Student Services Offices or School Offices.
BC Gaming Commission provides funds for Secondary Scholarships.a meeting. All the grant money will be used to fund post-secondary scholarships for a female graduate at each of the North Vancouver secondary schools this year, chosen by the school counselors based on club-specific criteria. Since 2003 when the current BC Gaming rules were enacted, CFUW North Vancouver has received a grant almost annually. The grants have enabled the club to increase dramatically the size of its scholarships to between totals of $7,000 in the early years to $15,000 most recently. The club’s cumulative awards to North Vancouver secondary schools since the club’s inception in 1980 exceed $130,000. The gaming grants are based partly on the annual amounts raised by the club independently which fund additional annual scholarships of about $1,000 each at BCIT, CAP U, SFU and UBC.
ADVOCACY WORK with CFUW NORTH VANCOUVER
Members are involved in a variety of local, provincial and national projects that include among others:
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Early Learning and Child Care
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National Initiative on Violence Against Women
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Indigenous Peoples
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Child and Family Poverty in British Columbia
MEMBER EVENTS
SUMMER PICNIC
AUGUST 2021
The PICNIC!
A time to catch-up and socialize
Leadership Team for 2021-2022
Leanne Roy, Linda Lehr, Catherine Kierans and Wendy Affleck
Program on Zoom