"Fantastic Fascinators" OMAS SISKONA-KW 10th Anniversary Celebration

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Next Meeting:
Wednesday October 17, 2018
10 a.m. to noon
Christ Lutheran Church
445 Anndale Rd, Waterloo
(Lexington at Davenport)
Speaker: SLF member, Gail Rappolt,  speaks on “Deepening and Broadening our Commitment to SLF and the African Grandmothers”.

ALL WELCOME! 
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April 2008 - April 2018
OMAS SISKONA of KW
raised
$625,178.79
to benefit the grandmothers,
women and children of
Sub-Saharan Africa
through the
Grandmothers to Grandmothers Campaign
of the
Stephen Lewis Foundation
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Join us November 11, 2018 for Scrabble and MORE!!!
Parkminster United Church
275 Erb St. E (just west of the Conestoga Parkway)
Waterloo ON
1-4:30 p.m.
Here is how it works:
Play Scrabble, Bridge, Cribbage or another game of your choice and make a donation!
Bring everyone you know!
Have tea in the Tea Room and make a donation!
Shop at the Market - our Producers have created wonders!
Collect donations from friends, family, co-workers. All proceeds to the SLF!
For donation sheets, contact Anne  at 519 886 4479 or omassiskona@bell.net

This is OMAS' BIG ANNUAL FUNDRAISER.  We need all members to participate!!!
Bring Friends and family! EVERYONE WELCOME!!!!
Support the Grandmothers Campaign of the Stephen Lewis Foundation

OMAS SISKONA of KW
* OMAS SISKONA = Grandmothers together.

The Stephen Lewis Foundation launched the Grandmothers to Grandmothers campaign in March 2006, in response to the emerging crisis faced by African grandmothers as they struggled to care for millions of grandchildren orphaned by AIDS. What began with only a few groups of committed Canadian grandmothers has since evolved into a dynamic and responsive movement working to mobilize support in Canada for Africa's grandmothers.

 We shall not rest until they can rest
OMAS SISKONA* of KW is one of 240+ grandmothers groups in Canada and around the world partnering with their African sisters to "turn the tide" of the AIDS pandemic in Sub-Saharan Africa.  Since our launch in 2008, OMAS has raised over $625,178.79 for the Stephen Lewis Foundation which in turn partners with community-based organizations to provide care and support to women, orphaned children, grandmothers and people living with HIV and AIDS.
With about 130 members and many "friends', OMAS meet monthly to plan fundraising events, educate ourselves through invited speakers and DVD presentations, make presentations ourselves on SLF projects in Sub-Saharan Africa, speak to local community and church groups, and advocate for our African sisters.  But mostly we enjoy a wonderful solidarity with each other and with our African sisters by working together and having FUN!!! 
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OMAS SISKONA of KW September 2016