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www.oakvillebeaver.com The Oakville Beaver Weekend, Saturday September 13, 2008 - 25 Forward announcements of non-profit local events for Community Update to the Oakville Beaver, 467 Speers Rd., Oakville, ON, L6K 3S4; e-mail angela@oakvillebeaver.com or call 905-845-3824, ext. 248. Free listing. BULLETIN Xposay's third Back to Business event at Sharkey's, Tuesday, Sept. 23, for Clothing Works that provides free, job-ready attired for women entering the job market. Visit www.xposay.org. RSVP at info@xposay.org. Legion Week Sept. 21-27 at Bronte Legion, 79 Jones St., call 905827-4722. Concerned Citizens of Oakville and Halton for Community Healthcare needs volunteers to organize a Town Hall meeting in midOctober on the merits of a hospital to be built in Oakville as a public/private partnership (P3), call Linda at 905336-5785. Register for the Amazing Race Against Time, to take place Sunday, Sept. 28, $25 and a minimum $150 raised by each team member. Participate, volunteer or sponsor the fundraiser for the $Million or More Oakville ($MOMO) fighting HIV/AIDS in Africa. Visit www.millionormoreslf.ca/events.asp or e-mail amazingraceagainsttime@gmail.com. SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 13 South Peel Naturalists' Club birding field trip to High Park hosted by Greater Toronto Raptor Watch. Beginners welcome. Dress for the weather and bring drinking water, binoculars and a lawn chair. Lunch optional at Grenadier Restaurant. Meet at 10 a.m. in the parking lot of Cawthra Arena. Contact www.spnc.ca or call 905-820-2571 . Words of Peace, DVD presentation, 3-4 p.m. Oakville Central Library, Navy Street, second floor, Program Room 2. Free. Contact 416-657-2124. SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 14 28th annual Terry Fox Run, Abbey Park High School, 1455 Glen Abbey Gate (behind the Glen Abbey Rec Centre). Registration at 9 a.m., run at 10 a.m. Participants can run, walk, bicycle, or inline skate a 5km or 10km route. Contact www.terryfoxrun.org. Renal Dialysis Program Memorial Service, 2 p.m., OakvilleTrafalgar Memorial Hospital (OTMH) Auditorium, basement, for information or to RSVP, call 905-338-4492. Oakville Historical Society presents Heritage Houses in Old Oakville Walking Tour at 2 p.m. for two hours. Depart from 110 King St. Contact www.oakvillehistory.org or reserve by calling 905-844-2695. River/Park Clean Up, meet for pizza lunch after worship and walk to a nearby park for a community clean up, 10 a.m. St. Cuthbert's Anglican Church, Maple Grove and Oakhill. Call 905-844-6200. Roses forum, 2 p.m., Royal Botanical Gardens Centre, 680 Plains Rd. W., Burlington, Room #4, all welcome, free admission and parking, executive members meeting follows, contact h&bsociety@sympatico.ca. MONDAY SEPTEMBER 15 Tots and Us, open to parents and grandparents taking care of a preschooler to meet others, participate with children in play, music, stories and snack. Free. St. Paul's United Church, 454 Rebecca St., 10-11 a.m. For information, call 905-845-3427. Alzheimer Support group ­ for spousal caregivers, 1:30-3:30 p.m., St. Paul United Church, call Acclaim Health Alzheimer Services at 905847-9559. TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 16 Halton-Peel Humanist Community, 7 p.m., Montfort Restaurant, 376 Iroquois Shore Rd., How our dietary choices influence others, free, all welcome, contact Kevin Saldanha at vegvet@gmail.com. Parent-RAINBOWS program presents PRISIM, a program designed for parents to heal their families after death or divorce. Tuesdays from Sept. 16 to Dec. 2, 7:30-9:00 p.m., St. Jude's Anglican Church. For information, contact Wendy Hart at whart@stjudeschurch.net. Halton Regional Police Chorus, Harmony and Blue seeks members, male and female, no requirement to read music, practice Tuesday nights from 7:30-9:30 p.m. at the Halton Police Headquarters. Sign up tonight from 7-9 p.m., Halton Police Headquarters, Community Room, 1151 Bronte Rd., contact Sgt. Brian Carr at 905 825-4899 or email chorus@hrps.on.ca. Company of Women celebrates sixth anniversary with inaugural speaker, Carole Bertuzzi Luciani, Oakville Conference and Banquet Centre, 2515 Wyecroft Rd., 5:30 p.m., networking and a cash bar, followed by a three-course dinner and speaker on Humour ­ It Sure Beats Stress: Ranting, Raving and Random Thinking. Tickets $55 plus GST. Contact www.companyofwomen.ca or 905-338-1771. Prepayment required. HAPPEN ­ Linking People and Opportunities Networking support group for business professionals in career transition. Meets at 8 a.m., Living Arts Centre, 4141 Living Arts Dr., Mississauga. Speaker Brian Bassett on interview preparation. Members $10/non- members $30.Contact 905339-0268 or www.happen.ca Iroquoia Bruce Trail Club Information Night, 7-9 p.m., Iroquois Ridge Community Centre, North Ridge Room, 1051 Glen Ashton Rd. Employment Network, 10 a.m.noon, The Women's Centre, 1515 Rebecca St., Suite 229. Contact 905-8475520 or www.haltonwomenscentre.org. WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 17 Alpha Course, practical introduction to the Christian faith, St. Hilda's Church, 1258 Rebecca St., Introduction Evening, 7-9 p.m., (course starts Wednesday, Sept. 24 at 7 p.m., contact 905-827-3711. ADDressing ADDult ADD, 7-9 p.m., interactive network of support for adults who want to learn more about ADD in adults, ADD/ADHD and nutrition and exercise, Glen Abbey United Church, 1469 Nottinghill Gate, to register call Lisa at 905-827-1311. Alzheimer Society of Hamilton & Halton and the Alzheimer Society of Brant and My Thai restaurants host a family-style dinner with appetizers, 6 p.m., tickets at all four My Thai locations or through local Alzheimer Society offices in Hamilton and Brantford. HAPPEN ­ Linking People and Opportunities Networking support group for business professionals in career transition, meets at 8 a.m., Burlington Art Centre, 1333 Lakeshore Rd., Burlington. Speaker Kelly Robertson on selling yourself in an interview. Members $10/nonmembers $30. Contact 905-3390268 or www.happen.ca. THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 18 Open House for Home Child Care Providers held by The Halton Resource Connection at Halton Region, 1151 Bronte Rd., 6:30-8:30 p.m., free, displays and agency representatives, contact 905-875-4600, info@thrc.ca or www.thrc.ca. Men's Probus Club of Oakville meets at 10 a.m., Maple Grove United Church, speaker Dr. James Mahony on epidemiology. Guests welcome. Contact Doug Brown at 905-338-3617. Fourth annual M&M Meat Shops National Family Dinner Night, register participation at www.mmmeatshops.com or www.nationalfamilydinnernight.com and M&M Meat Shops will donate $1 to the Crohn's and Colitis Foundation of Canada (CCFC). Caring and Sharing Circle, weekly support group, 1-3 p.m., The Women's Centre, 1515 Rebecca St., Suite 229. Contact 905-847-5520 or www.haltonwomenscentre.org. Spanish Women's Social Group, for Spanish-speaking women meets 12:30-2:30 p.m. The Women's Centre, 1515 Rebecca St., Suite 229. Contact 905-847-5520 or www.haltonwomenscentre.org. New Oakville Constituency Association of the Green Party of Ontario founding meeting, 7 p.m., Oakville Town Hall, 1225 Trafalgar Rd., Acorn Room (cafeteria). Speaker Frank de Jong, provincial party leader. Presentation on Global Green Conference, all welcome. Contact Daniela Jansson at 905-338-0416. WHO DOES IT... 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