11th annual Scrabble and More - a success!!
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Next OMAS Meeting:
Wed. Nov. 21, 2018
10 a.m. to noon
Christ Lutheran Church
445 Anndale Rd, Waterloo
(Lexington at Davenport)

Program:
Scrabble debrief and celebration
Video – Aids Free World

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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Sunday November 11, 2018 
Scrabble and MORE!!!
raised $23,500 - and still counting
Thank you to all those who played games, drank tea, purchased baking, jams & jellies, crafts, books, gift baskets  and made generous donations.
Thank you as well to all the volunteer OMAS who worked as a most efficient team to put the day together.
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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 painting and prints, empty frames.
Facebook: Off the Wall Art Sale
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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