NEWS FROM SECOND STORY WOMEN'S CENTRE
Contact us at 543-1315 or 640-3044 or secstory@eastlink.ca
visit us at 22 King Street (upstairs), Lunenburg or www.secstory.com
“The people hear us singing: bread and roses, bread and roses!”
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COME CELEBRATE INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY WITH US!
Everyone is welcome to a free Sip & See event on Monday, March 8 featuring samples of our programs and services, homemade soup, storytellers, and music. Drop in anytime between 11am and 7pm or call to register for workshops and healing sessions (see below). Check out the poster on our website at www.secstory.com and pass it on!
SSWC IS NOW COLLECTING JEWELRY DONATIONS: If you have earrings, necklaces, bracelets, pins, etc. you no longer wear, consider dropping them off for our spring jewelry sale. It’s a great fundraiser!
IF YOU WANT TO COME TO THE CENTRE BUT FIND TRANSPORTATION A PROBLEM… please call us. We can help!
WORKSHOPS
· Move and Stretch
· Films at SSWC - Women and Spirituality Trilogy
PROGRAMS
- Story Seekers
- Collective Cooking
- Artist’s Way (Program FULL)
PROJECTS
- Women on the Road to Success
- Support for Women Who Gamble
EVENTS
· IWD Sip & See – Workshops and Performers, Amor del Café, Healing Sessions
VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES
- Lunenburg Queens Volunteer Extravaganza
- Social Action
- Scrapbooking Second Story memories
HEALING ROOM
- Reiki
- Healing Touch
- Therapeutic Touch
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DATES AND DETAILS:
Please register by contacting the Centre. All programs are free and open to all women.
For more information, visit our website at www.secstory.com.
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MARCH 8th IS INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY!
Did you know that IWD is celebrated with an official holiday in China, Armenia, Russia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bulgaria, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Macedonia, Moldova, Mongolia, Tajikistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan and Vietnam? Visit www.internationalwomensday.com to learn more. Drop in to SSWC and discover how we’re continuing to work for women’s human rights in Lunenburg County and beyond.
AMOR DEL CAFÉ (FOR THE LOVE OF COFFEE)
Thanks to Laughing Whale Coffee Roasters, we’ll be serving Amor del Café at our IWD celebration. Visit SSWC on Monday, March 8, 11am – 7pm, to learn more about women growing coffee in Bolivia.
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WORKSHOPS
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MOVE AND STRETCH
Thursday, March 11, 10:30 to 12 noon
In an atmosphere of encouragement and support, the hour will include a walk outside, followed by gentle stretching to music and will end with relaxation on mats using guided visualization. Wear comfortable clothing. To register call 543-1315 or 640-3044.
Facilitated by Tina Leslie
FILMS AT SSWC – Women and Spirituality Trilogy
Thursday, March 18, 1:30 to 3:00 pm.
Join us for the second of National Film Board films, The Women and Spirituality Trilogy. This week’s film, The Burning Times, is an in-depth look at the witch persecutions that swept through Europe just a few hundred years ago. Discussion to follow facilitated by Jennifer James. To register please call 543-1315 or 640-3044.
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PROGRAMS
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STORY SEEKERS
Wednesday, March 17, 1-3 pm
Do you enjoy listening to stories of the past? Are you interested in preserving the memories of women who have lived full and fascinating lives? Over six sessions, members of this group will create partnerships with senior women in our communities to collect and share their stories.
Call if you are interested in joining this group as a story-teller or story-collector. We can help you find a partner.
Facilitated by Joanne Jefferson, SSWC’s Community Relations Coordinator
COLLECTIVE COOKING AT SECOND STORY WOMEN’S CENTRE
Wednesday, March 31,10:30 – 1:00 (approximately)
Beginning in December, Second Story will be providing an opportunity each month for women to come together to cook for others. Each month, you will be invited to come and cook up large batches of food to freeze in the big freezer that we have here at Second Story. Women who are our clients can then have access to healthy, balanced frozen meals that they can take home. The ingredients and recipes will be available when you get here. All you have to do is get cooking! What a simple and fun way to assist women and their families in our community, and to form new friendships and networking! Lunch will be what we make!! Please call to let us know that you will be attending (543-1315 or 640-3044).
ARTIST’S WAY
Fridays, beginning March 5, 11 am-1 pm. (This program is now FULL.)
The Artist’s Way is a workbook for anyone who is creative, feels blocked in their creativity, or wishes they were more creative. The book begins with the statement that everyone is creative and has an artist within them, and the point of this course is recover that inner artist. It is divided into a 12-week course with assignments much like any semester-long college class.
Second Story will be starting an Artist’s Way group, which will run for 12 weeks, once a week. The group will follow the book The Artist’s Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity by Julia Cameron. It will require a commitment to engage in individual daily activities and to meet once a week as a group over the 12 weeks. Call the Centre to register or for more information.
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PROJECTS
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WOMEN ON THE ROAD TO SUCCESS
SSWC and the Department of Community Services Employment Support Services join in offering women a 10-week personal development program designed to offer a safe, supportive place to share with other women in learning skills and ways to begin to move forward and take more effective control of their lives. Transportation and childcare subsidies are available.
January – March, Lutheran Church Hall in Bridgewater
Facilitated by Sally Hutchinson and Patti Hirtle
SUPPORT FOR WOMEN WHO GAMBLE
A confidential support group for women who have stopped gambling and women who are still gambling and wanting to stop. No referral needed, just drop in.
Monday nights, 7-8 pm at the Centre
For further information call Sally Hutchinson 543-1315 or 640-3044 ext.14
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EVENTS
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SIP & SEE on INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY
Monday, March 8 11am – 7pm.
Healing Sessions:
· Jennifer James
· Jane Moody
· Lynette Curtis
Workshops:
· Power from the Podium with Ruth Anne Whicher
· House Plant Rejuvenation with Rosmarie Bradley
· Guided Chakra Meditation with Lynette Curtis
· Creative Writing with Joanne Jefferson
Performers:
· Laura Smith, singer-songwriter
· Clara Dugas, Acadian story-teller with Janice Rogers on piano
Activities:
· one-of-a-kind cards – design one for a woman who has inspired you, all day with Rachael Robitaille and Sally Hutchinson films
Refreshments:
· homemade soup
· finger food (sweets and savouries)
· Amor del Café from Laughing Whale Coffee Roasters
· tea
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VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES
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VOLUNTEER EXTRAVAGANZA
Saturday, March 6, 8am – 3pm, Bridgewater High School
SSWC is a member of the Lunenburg Queens Volunteer Partnership, which is hosting this event. The day will include workshops on risk management, insurance, fundraising, and public speaking. $15 registration includes lunch. For more information, contact Volunteer Navigator Anne Fownes at 543-1067.
SCRAPBOOKING SSWC MEMORIES
We are seeking help in preserving newspaper clippings, photos and other items in scrapbooks for our archives. Let us know if you would like to help with this project.
SOCIAL ACTION
We are asking for your involvement and input by becoming a member of the Social Action Committee! The more people who are involved, the more clout we can have. Have your voice heard. Our current focus is action on violence against women. For more information or to become a member call 543-1315 or 640-3044.
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HEALING ROOM
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If you’re looking for stress reduction, relaxation, relief from pain, or simply a way to treat yourself, the Healing Room offers free introductory sessions in a variety of healing practices. Practitioners are at the Centre on a volunteer basis. Staff can provide information about any of the healers, and help you make an appointment time.
Practitioners: Barbara Holland-Smith (Reiki - first Thursday afternoon of each month), Margareta Schirra (Reiki - every other Wednesday evening, Feb. 24th, Mar. 10th and 24th ), Jennifer James (Healing Touch – second Thursday afternoon of each month), Jane Moody (various, last Thursday afternoon of the month).
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