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Big Heart Community Activities
This page is designed to offer non-profit groups, charities, and businesses in our community the opportunity to share their fund-raising event notices with the business community. To add your fund-raising event, e-mail info@sjboardoftrade.com. Canadian Mental Health Association Attach are upcoming seminars that are being offered dealing with different mental health issues. SHAMROCK ROAST BEEF DINNER Join us Saturday, March 13th for the Shamrock Roast Beef Dinner being held at St. Mark's United Church, 50 Dexter Drive, Saint John West. The supper is being held from 4:30 to 6:30 pm. Drop by for some great food and Irish music! Cost: Adults -$10, Children 12 and under - $5. Tickets can be reserved at 672-3320 or purchased at the door. Big Brothers Big Sisters Bowl for Kids Sake Bowl for Kids' Sake is here again - Big Brothers Big Sisters' signature Fundraising Campaign! Join us for Bowl For Kid's Sake 2010 - "Superheroes", April 8th - 10th. Register a Team, donate a prize or generously sponsor a participant. It's NOT about bowling, it's about having fun to help kids! Visit our website to register bowlforkidssake.ca and follow the link to our campaign headquarters or call 635-1145 for more information today. Click here for more information. 20th Annual "Curl for the Mental Health of It" You are invited to join us in a fun-filled day of curling as we celebrate CMHA’s 20th Anniversary of "Curl for the Mental Health of It! Please help us celebrate our 20th year of curling to raise funds for ongoing support of the programs and services we offer within the Greater Saint John area. This is one event you're not going to want to miss! Saturday, March 13, 2010 Thistle-St. Andrews Curling Club · Guaranteed Two Four End Games · No Experience Necessary · Lunch provided for Curlers · Great Silent Auction Items Registration begins TODAY! Attached you will find the event poster. We would be appreciative if you could post it, and spread the word for a great cause! Also attached is brochure/registration form for this year’s 20th Anniversary for “Curl for the Mental Health of It.” You can either fax the form to 633-2892, or email the completed form to cmha@nb.aibn.com. You can also find this registration on our website: http://www.cmha.ca/bins/site_page.asp?cid=284-1501-2012&lang=1 Please contact the office should you wish a pledge form. Register your team soon, and be part of a fun event that benefits the Saint John community! World Kidney Day Breakfast See attach flyer for more details. 25th Annual Junior Achievement Futures Unlimited Banquet Junior Achievement Saint John is celebrating 25 years as a member of Saint JOhn Board of Trade. See attach for flyer. Message from Barry Ogden - Request for Spruce Trees For the past twenty years I have planted trees around the city , sometimes alone sometimes with students and companies. This year I would like to see more trees planted with the Marigolds, especially spruce so we can have green year round. If you know of any companies or groups that could work with students to green an area please let me know. I know we are in the shortest days of the year and the start of winter but I start raising funds for the Marigolds the day after Boxing Day! The day historically set aside to put boxes of goods out for the poor. Peace of the Season through out the year, lets end poverty, obesity, injustice and war and lets promote, opportunity, education, mental and physical good health, stewardship of the environment and co-operation. PALS (Partners Assisting Local Schools) PALS (Partners Assisting Local Schools) is an exciting initiative of School District 8 in partnership with the local business community and service agencies. It partners interested groups with local schools to provide support primarily in the form of volunteers. Volunteers are the backbone of all PALS business-education partnerships. Employers contribute by freeing up employees to volunteer for up to one hour during the work week at their partner school. All volunteers are provided with screening, training and an orientation in preparation for their involvement. Employers report that their employees feel they are getting back much more than they give after spending time with their young friends – whether as coaches, mentors, reading buddies, or breakfast volunteers to name but a few ways of being involved! It is definitely a win-win situation! There are presently 16 PALS schools in School District 8. Each school identifies its volunteer needs and we try to partner either individuals or groups that can help fill that need. Some are in the initial stages of establishing PALS.
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