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Waterloo Chronicle (Waterloo, On1868), 14 Sep 2005, p. 15

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cruw resumes with many plans ,4 Women Hutu-rm) grad- uulrs ot all agcx and [mums are invited In join the kW chapter of CFUW. We buns! one of the largest, most dynamic clubs in the country. We hold public meetings of great interest and. at our monthly general member- ship meetings, we grapple with the important issues of our time. A women's service group with a focus on high quality public education. especially the education of women. annually CFUW k-W works to provide tens of thousands of dollars for women taking post-secondary education. The K-W club's major fund- raising events appeal to the community while providing vehicles to raise money for local bursaries and scholar- ships. The best-known is the annual used book sale, held in the spring at First United Church in Waterloo (corner of William and King Streets): another is the dinner Sport- sored each December to commemorate the Montreal 14. If you seek friendship: intellectual stimulation; moments of genuine hilari- ty; antique-, wine- or gastro- nomic-education __ if you are looking for any of these and more, please join us " our 2005-06 inaugural meet- ing. We meet on the third Tuesday of each month, September to June at First United Church. The first general meeting sells memberships and you sign up for interest groups. We serve dessert and coffee. and that First meeting is at 6:30 pm. Some background information CFUW K-W has been active in Kitchener-Water- loo for over eight decades. Part of the reason for our energy results from our club's deep involvement in the community We concen- trate on building for the common good, One of the first groups to audit school boards in this region was the K-W' CFUW's education committee. Our public interest group took on the protection of storm sewers and the environ- mental group educated our membership about xero landscaping and water con- servation, long before they were in vogue. Edna Staebler. a past president. brought to us the idea for now-famous hook sale that bankrolls some of our scholarship endeavours. LYNNE W001STENCROFI' A sampler of gut activities A Sounding principle of .1 i d.',PN. _ ’a“!!! '0' .WAGV. . ' . ii V 'riiriTii7" l FUW is to murmur socral )usiiu- through the educa- tion of WUIIlt'lL (VI‘UW KAY sponsors scholarships for outstanding female high school graduates and it also administers one of the largest scholarship endow- ment funds in the country. (in Dec. 6, 1989. 14 young women were gunned down in a murderous ram- page at L'école Polytech- nique, Universite de Mort- Heal. Each Dec. 6, the National Day of Remem- brance and Action on Vio- lence Against Women. com- memorative events are held throughout the country to honour the memory of those young women. Three clubs - K-W, Commemorative dinner, m“wim tiiirrettotirhrtk'i-ta'"""'rtt"'t"'"r 1etttCtttttef35t, W‘W wfimmhfimwun‘wucmm} '799 it-i-tSVS-te-tttttre'-""""'"""""'?"'""' ,. . ' Agtem . W atum6iettm.atter “WM,1:§‘3§JFEEFWM«F%W* ----t- Guelph. and ( umlrrrdge - hold a dinner with stimulant- ing speakers to memorialize the women. As partners, the dinners rotates' through each club's area. This year. (IFUW Guelph is the lead duh but [HIV and Cambridge join together with Guelph to sponsor the dinner. We encourage you to come and bring a friend, male or female. This year, the dinner is at Guelph Place. To reserve tickets, con- tact Mary McEwen of the Guelph Club, the lead orga- nizer for this year's dinner. You can contact her at mcewen@ca.inter.net. Profits go to CFUW's national scholarship fund. . A . A. o A 'utgri'.w . ...‘1JI.I.Z i- a.:.ti.,'.=ttSr-= v.1 -.-.-e., .... - m-,..-.---. .. 4... " .. wwwoweor,mnmtmissandrr, . 'nfo@gueiphmCrnihrttssart mm Continued on page 16 Serving lion for25 rears ROS Woodlawn Road, Guelph. ON Phone (519) 822 9200 Guelph Mipiti ADVERTISERS appreciate it Mien you tell them ... 1ttattt your ad in the Chronicle. Nb4*tAe letetteee9f, IlFlllTl.

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