Next big event: OFF the WALL ART SALE
Saturday May 4, 2019
9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Highland Baptist Church, 135 Highland Rd W. Kitchener
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Next OMAS Meeting:
Wed. Feb. 20, 2019
10 a.m. to noon
Christ Lutheran Church
445 Anndale Rd, Waterloo
(Lexington at Davenport)

Program: Special guests from Millen Woods PS
    - Topic “Me to We” 
 
ALL WELCOME! 
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Monday January  28
Join us at Boston Pizza
King St. N. in Wloo 5-8 p.m.
10% of non-alcoholic orders (including take-out) will be donated to the SLF
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In 10 years,
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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"Scrabble and More" 2018 raised over $24,000.

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 "OFF THE WALL" ART SALE  May 4, 2019
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OMAS next big fundraiser
"OFF THE WALL"
ART SALE
Saturday, May 4, 2019
9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Highland Baptist Church
135 Highland Rd W. Kitchener
Sale of new and recycled works of art - framed paintings and prints, empty frames.

Facebook: Off the Wall Art Sale
If you wish to donate unwanted art, contact Pat offthewall@bell.net

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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