What? Smart Money Essentials for Women course
Provided by who: Womens Financial Learning Centre: www.womensfinanciallearning.ca
When?: May 14 – 15, 2011
Time: May 14, 2011 – 9:30am. – 4:00pm.
May 15, 2011 9:30am. – 1:00pm.
Location: Meeting Room #3 at Creekside Community Recreation Centre, 1 Athletes Way (Olympic Village), Vancouver, BC V5Y 0B1
Facilitators: Karin Mizgala (Co-Founder of Womens Financial Learning Centre) & Melanie Buffel, Money Coach
Cost: $375 + GST + HST
If a woman registers through Melanie: melanie@moneycoachescanada.ca you can get $50.00 off
Smart Money Essentials For Women
BCDSF Events Update
1) BCDSF Townhalls
Kelowna – Sat March 26th 1pm-3pm
Victoria, – Sat April 9th 1pm-3pm
Nanaimo – Sat April 30th 1:30pm-3:30pm
2) BC Open Dart Tournament
Saturday April 16, 2011
Contact Dave Johnson for more info dj1963@telus.net
3) Annual General Meeting
Saturday June 18, 2011
9am to 4pm including lunch (please RSVP)
Douglas College theatre room #1606
Volunteers Needed for Deaf Deaf World
IF you are interested in volunteering, please contact Sandra Fennings at sfennings@vcc.ca or Julie Martin atjmartin@vcc.ca
Alzheimers & Dementia Workshop
What: Alzheimers & Dementia workshop
When: Tuesday May 3, 2011
Time: 1:00pm. (If you are early, please wait until they say its OK to come in. Please do not bother people when they are busy with the scheduled activities)
Where: Happy Hands Club for the Deaf, 3022 East 49th Avenue, Vancouver, B.C.
Enter by the back door of the building. The building is wheelchair accessible.
Interpreters are provided.
Workshop is open to anyone in the Deaf community.
Questions can be answered if you contact Mary Hargreaves, President of Happy Hands Club
Celebrate Earth Day-BCSD
BC School for the Deaf is hosting a K-12 Drama Night to “Celebrate Earth Day” in ASL on Wednesday, April 20th at 7:00-8:30 PM!! There will be few skits, ASL poetry, art, dance, and … STAFF fashion show!! Now, that’s something you would NOT want to miss!! Refreshments will be sold during the intermission.
More information on the flyer!! You can also contact me at Jodi.Birley@sd41.bc.ca.
Click Here to view the Earth Day flyer
Come on, come ALL!! See YOU there!!
Remembering Caroline Ashby
Remembering Caroline Ashby
Saturday, May 7th· 3:30pm – 6:30pm
Douglas College, Lower Cafeteria
700 Royal Avenue
New Westminster
You are invited to join us at a Remembrance Tea on May 7th at Douglas College, Lower Cafeteria from 3:30pm to 6:30pm in honour of our dear friend, colleague and cherished Interpreter, Caroline Ashby.
Caroline spent much of her life giving and doing for others. Please join us in honoring Caro by sharing stories, remembering how she touched our lives and validating the many contributions she made to the community.
Coffee and tea will be provided, Please bring a potluck item.( Sweets and/or Savory finger food)
Please contact Susan Masters at masters@widhh.com if you are Deafblind and require interpreting Services
Taking Control of Your Money- Prince George
The Well-Being Program is pleased to continue with its province-wide workshops at the end of April 2011.
Workshop title: Take Control of Your Money – Feel Better About Yourself
Workshop description:
– Feel overwhelmed, anxious, & worried about your money?
LEARN more about budgeting & build confidence!
– Tempted to buy, buy, buy.
LEARN tricks that stores play & avoid making mistakes while you shop.
– Stumped to figure out which bank to go to?
LEARN about different banks and banking fees.
– Don’t understand how Credit works?
LEARN about Credit History
Co-facilitated by: Kevin Ettinger, Deaf Mental Health Counsellor & Melanie Buffel, Money Coach (see page 2 on flyer for Biography)
When? Saturday April 30th & Sunday May 1, 2011
Time? 9:30am. – 4:30pm. Lunch provided by N.I.A.D.
Where? B.C.G.E.U., 1070 4th Avenue, Prince George, BC
Registration contacts: Dianna Yager, WBP Volunteer for North BC, e-mail: td.cariboo@shaw.ca OR
Lisa Anderson-Kellett, WBP Workshop Coordinator, e-mail: wbp.workshops@vch.ca OR TTY Toll-free: 1-800-949-1155 OR Fax 1-604-456-0900
Registration deadline: April 15, 2011
FNDC Membership Renewal
Dear FNDC members, newsletter & email subscribers:
It’s that time of year to renew your membership for April 1, 2011 – March 31, 2012. Our newsletter and website are a way that we can keep families throughout B.C. informed and educated. By paying your membership, it is a belief in what we are doing, and an indicator that you continue to support us.
If you received your renewal form in the mail and have returned, please accept our thanks.
Email Info: For those of you wishing to receive our newsletter and ongoing email updates, please make sure that you add newsletter@fndc.ca and fndc@fndc.ca and fndc@shaw.ca to your “safe sender’s list” as well as making sure that these addresses are in your email address book.
We thank you for your continued support.
Click on the following link for the membership renewal form.
https://www.fndc.ca/membership/member_app/
Family Network for Deaf Children
PO Box 50075, South Slope RPO
Burnaby, BC V5J 5G3
Tel: 604 684.1860
www.fndc.ca
fndc@fndc.ca
VCC Info Night
For more information, please visit http://www.vcc.ca/infonight/
Vancouver Coastal Health Job Posting- Community Mental Health Worker
How to Apply: Interested candidates are invited to apply online at careers.vch.ca and search for Reference # 040112
Last Chance To See Mood Disorders Workshop In Burnaby
The Well-Being Program will be providing Mood Disorders workshop in Burnaby, BC for the last time.
This workshop has circled the province of B.C. and each time it has been provided, there have been improvements made, and it is has been completely revamped from the first time it was provided in Fall 2009.
Come and see Eileen Edinger Marshall share the differences between Anxiety, Depression & Bi-polar mood disorders. She also has an interesting story to tell, and Eileen makes the workshop fun, with audience participants making guesses.
Learn:
What are the triggers – how mood disorders are caused?
What is the difference between Anxiety, Depression & Bi-Polar? (Did you know there are two types of Bi-polar?)
How does a support system help?
When: Thursday May 12, 2011
Time: 6:30 – 9:30pm.
Where: WBP’s Multi-Purpose Room, # 300 – 4211 Kingsway, Burnaby, BC V5H 1Z
Registration?: Lisa Anderson, Workshop Coordinator, wbp.workshops@vch.ca
