What we've done On-going activities: We hold monthly meetings September to June, intermittent markets, monthly Planners meetings (steering committee), Potlucks in December and June, craft workshops, fundraisers, and generally have a lot of fun!! 2021 January 20th: first OMAS meeting on Zoom. Thank you Ann Coughlin 2020 February 19th: 11th Annual "Chocolate, Chat and Change" collected $830.00 June 1st - 30th: Stride to Turn the Tide $8027 2019 12th Annual Scrabble and Market November 10th Sent $28068.82 to the SLF. Nominated KW Oktoberfest Women's Group of the Year OFF THE WALL Art Sale May 4, 2019 Me to We Millen Woods Public School presentation 10th Annual "Chocolate, Chat and Change" collected $1,016.21 in February 8th Annual 3rd Party Fundraising Event at Boston Pizza (January 28, February 25, March 25) 2018
11th Annual Scrabble and More Benefit for Africa - November 11 OMAS 10th Anniversary Celebration - April 24 "Bohemians in Brooklyn" - April 8 7th Annual 3rd Party Fundraising Event at Boston Pizza (January 22, March 12, May 14) 9th Annual Chocolate, Chat and Change - Feb. 17 2017 10th Annual Scrabble and More Benefit for Africa - November 12 Powered by Love Book Launch - October 18 "Off the Wall" Art Sale - May 6 6th Annual 3rd Party Fundraising Event at Boston Pizza (March 6, April 26, May 29) Cocktails n' Canvas - February 23 8th Annual Chocolate, Chat and Change - Feb. 17 2016 9th Annual SCRABBLE & MORE Benefit for Africa -November 7th Annual Chocolate, Chat and Change - Feb. 17 5th Annual 3rd Party Fundraising Event at Boston Pizza (January 18, March 7, May 16) 2015 8th Annual SCRABBLE & MORE Benefit for Africa - November 8 African Grandmothers 2013 Tribunal Meeting in Vancouver captured on video - September 29 3rd Car Trunk Sale - June 27 Creating Futures Textile Art Project Gala and Auction - May 1 CREATING FUTURES, Threads of Hope for African Grandmothers "on the road" Kazuri Sales - thank you, Anne 6th Annual Chocolate, Chat and Change Feb. 18 4th Annual 3rd Party Fundraising Event at Boston Pizza (February 2, March 2, April 20) 2014 CREATING FUTURES, Threads of Hope for African Grandmothers "on the road" Kazuri Sales (Fall) - Thank you Anne! 7th Annual SCRABBLE & MORE Benefit for Africa (November 9th) Official Opening CREATING FUTURES, Threads of Hope for African Grandmothers May 25 Kazuri Sales (Spring ) Thank you, Anne! 3rd Party Fundraising Event at Boston Pizza - February 24, April 28) 5th Annual Chocolate, Chat & Change - February 19 2013 Kazuri Sale - (November 16th) 6th Annual Scrabble and More Benefit for Africa November 10 Kazuri Sale - June. Thank you, Anne! 2nd Car Trunk Sale - June 1 3rd Party Fundraising Event at Boston Pizza (March, April, May) Kazuri Sale - Thank you Ann, Thea and Victoria Place!! - April 28 5th Anniversary Celebration (OMAS founded April 16, 2008) 4th Annual Chocolate, Chat & Change - Feb. 13 TorQ - Toronto Percussion Quartet Concert - February 9 2012 3rd Annual Chocolate, Chat and Change 3rd Party Fundraising Event at Boston Pizza A Garden Welcome Fundraiser Kazuri Sales National HillTop Event - as members of GRAN 5th Annual Good Words for Africa Scrabble Benefit with Market 2011 2nd Annual Chocolate, Chat and Change Visit from Stephen Lewis (May 2011) Hosted the ORRG Conference (April 2011) Car Trunk Sale Kazuri Sale Hosted Growing the G2G Campaign in KW Participated in AIDS Memorial Service Mentored Afri-nanas of Cambridge 4th Annual Good Words for Africa Scrabble Benefit with Market 2010 Chocolate, Chat and Change National Walk: Stride to Turn the Tide Kazuri Sale Attended Gran African Gathering Sent representative Hilary Walsh to Swaziland Gathering "Grandmothers' Necklace" book launch OMAS members Carol Schmidt and Mary Ann Gilhuly: Grand Pilgrimage on the El Camino Hosted Afrigrand Caravan 3rd annual Good Words for Africa Scrabble Benefit 2009 KW Musical Productions Fundraiser Kazuri Sale 2nd Annual Good Words for Africa Scrabble Benefit Founded the DRUM BEAT monthly Email newsletter 2008 April - Founded OMAS SISKONA of Kitchener-Waterloo September - Public meeting to welcome new members November - First Annual Good Words for Africa Scrabble Benefit SPEAKERS and TOPICS at monthly meetings 2008 to present Music Therapy Patsy George - SLF Board Mayor Brenda Halloran of Waterloo on Lesotho Theresa Randles - ORRG Ryan Snider -500 Years of African History in 30 Minutes Colby Marcellus - AIDS Committee of Cambridge, K-W and Area Kelly Galloway - My Tanzania Experience Donna Denham - Women and Development Helen Silbiger & Zara Mohammed - SLF G2G Campaign Marg Spencer - OMAS Schools Project Sharon Ogden, Grandmothers on the Grand (Fergus) "My winter in Botswana" James Orbinski, author of An Imperfect Offering: Humanitarian Action for the 21st Century My Experience in Africa with the SLF, Terry Wood Ida Mukuka, SLF Field Worker Liza Karuga, "Meet My Mother"- A Kenyan Grandmother Eva Lukacsovics from Monica Place sharing her life in Africa in the 1990s. Terry Wilson, African Experience with the SLF Margie Warren & Elizabeth McNair: Experiencing Kenya Sya Van Geest: Story Teller David Martindale on Rotary African Women's Educational Fund (RAWEF) Shereen El Feki, author of Sex and the Citadel, Intimate Life in a Changing Arab World Shereen's TED Talk (Dec. 2015) Personal Impressions of South Africa and Kibera Nigeria by OMAS Connie, Loretta & Barbara (Jan. 2016) Carol Barnhardt of the Guelph 4 G's, Delegate from Canada to Ugandan Grandmothers gathering (April 2016) Erla Koch: Volunteer Experience with www.cacha.ca in Shirati, Tanzania Elizabeth McNair - Africa with the SLF 2016 2017 Jan. 2017: Theresa Randles "Keep the Drive Alive" Feb. 2017 - Kenya - Land of Inspiring People by OMAS Margie Warren and Penny Cressman March 2017: Robert Kruse on the Jubilee Charitable Trust April 2017: Valerie Hill "Dream for Uganda" May 2017: Erla Koch: “Hope Against Poverty: Women of Tanzania” September 2017: Lee Waldorf , Policy Director for the Stephen Lewis Foundation November 2017: Marg Stahlbaum, founder of "Books In Hands" December 2017: Jonea Agwa (Grandmothers Campaign Liaison) 2018 January 2018: Dr Alan Whiteside OBE - Dr Alan Whiteside, CIGI Chair in GlobalHealth Policy, Balsillie School of International Affairs March 2018: Elizabeth Ochola, PhD Candidate, Health Geography, University of Waterloo April 2018 - Glenn Pascoe of One4Another June 2018: Erla Koch - Shirati, Tanzania September 2018: Sue Griggs and Linda Sadiq, “African Food For Thought” Cookbook October 2018: Gail Rappolt - Uganda/Tanzania with SLF 2019 January 2019: Ruthanne Snider - update on Days for Girls www.daysforgirls.org/ February 2019: Me to We Group at Millen Woods Public School. led by teacher Stephanie Nellis March 2019: Glenn Pascoe of One4Another April 2019: Asmita Persaud, SLF May 2019: Hilary Walsh, Swaziland Update June 2019: Dr. Zajdlik, Bracelet of Hope September 2019: Carol Barnhardt, Regional Rep Grandmothers Campaign October 2019: Volunteering in Tanzania - Erla Koch. R Snider, Thelma Hamilton November 2019: Blair McKay, Chair of the Board for the Kenyan Kids Foundation Canada December 2019: Rebecca Binnendyk: raises money for Plan International Canada OMAS members have given presentations on SLF Projects in: Malawi, South Africa (GAPA), Uganda, Zambia, Nairobi, Kenya and also on "Solar Engineers" and "Getting the word out", Impressions of South Africa |
In 12 years OMAS has raised
$807,259.71 April 2008 - January 2021 ________________________ SCRABBLE and MARKET "COVIDLY" $29, 213.00 _________________________ "Stride to Turn the Tide" June 2020 $7900.08 _________________________ Scrabble and Market: A Benefit for Africa 2019 $27,920.46 and counting _________________________ OFF THE WALL Art Sale 2019 $10, 000.00 __________________________ 
Rebecca Binnendyk (left): raises money for Plan International Canada
Blair McKay, Chair of the Board for the Kenyan Kids Foundation Canada
June 2019: Dr. Zajdlik, Bracelet of Hope
March 2019: Glenn Pascoe of One for Another
   
Ilana Landsberg-Lewis Book Launch 2017
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