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JUNE 2001 NEWSLETTER
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Four Nights Free at the Cobourg Bowling Club
WHCC Community Advisory Board
Creative Puppetbuilding Weekend for Adults
Lakeshore Hospice Annual General Meeting
2001 Health Care Health and Safety Teleconferences
ADHD/Learning Disability Information Night
The Open Door
Upcoming Learning Opportunities at the Campbellford Community Resource Centre
Post Polio Support
Ontario Trillium Foundation Town Hall Meeting
Access Centre Annual General Meeting
Vance Lasenby Education Days
Pain Management Conference
Parent-Child Mother Goose Program
Colour My Spring Fling and Spa Raffle
Epilepsy Durham Region's 2nd Annual Golf Tournament
News from Northumberland Family Respite Services
Show at the Capitol Theatre
Great News for PARN
Horizons of Friendship 4th Annual Homes, Gardens & Music Tour
Conference 2001
Rebound Summer Camp Programs
Career Camps
Volunteer Summit Workshops
Roseneath Carousel

Four Nights Free at the Cobourg Bowling Club
The Cobourg Lawn Bowling Club invites anyone interested to come out to the introductory nights in June. Each Wednesday night in June is reserved just for people interested in the sport, but have never played. Instruction and use of equipment is free! Please wear flat soled shoes to protect the greens which are located in Victoria Park, Cobourg. Please call 905-372-2054 for more information.

WHCC Community Advisory Board
The Women's Health Care Centre is currently seeking volunteers to sit on their community advisory board. They are especially looking for older women from Northumberland County who are not service providers. If interested, please call Jane Bremener at 1-800-419-3111.

Creative Puppetbuilding Weekend for Adults
All are invited to an intensive puppetbuilding workshop hosted by television puppeteer Nina Keogh. Nina Keogh's screen work includes Today's Special, Mr. DressUp, Friendly Giant and many more. The workshop is for artists, non-artists, parents, educators, those who like to sew or just have an interest or love of puppets. The weekend's activities will be held at the Keogh Studio on May 26th and 27th from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.  Maximum class size is 6. Call 905-375-1088 or email puppet@sympatico.ca for more information.

Lakeshore Hospice Annual General Meeting
The Annual General Meeting of Lakeshore Hospice will take place on Wednesday, June 6th at 7:00 p.m. at the Golden Plough Lodge, Cobourg. Guest speaker for the evening will Janet Napper, Executive Director of the Hospice Association of Ontario.

2001 Health Care Health and Safety Teleconferences

The Health Care Health and Safety Association of Ontario is hosting another series of informative hour-long teleconference sessions on current occupational health and safety topics designed for health care sector organizations. The next teleconference will be:

How to Develop and Implement a Workplace Violence Program

Date:  Tuesday June 12, 2001

Time:  1:30 to 2:30 p.m.

Violence in the workplace is a growing concern in the Health Care Sector. This one-hour teleconference will focus on the components of a workplace violence program. The session will consist of a panel discussion with speakers including a Health Care Health and Safety Association consultant to discuss program elements,  a lawyer to supply the legal component and an Employee Assistance Program (EAP) professional to provide advice about dealing with critical incidents.

For further information or to obtain a registration form, please call the HCHSA at 416-250-7444 or 1-877-250-7444.

ADHD/Learning Disability Information Night
Is your child starting school this fall? Would you like information about this transition? If so, you are invited to an evening of information on Wednesday, May 30th from 6:30 to 8:00 p.m. at the Northumberland Child Development Centre, 38 Walton Street, Port Hope. Find out about the Identification Placement Review Committee (I.P.R.C.) process, what school supports are available for your child, how to share information with the school, and your rights and responsibilities. Space is limited. Call 905-885-8137 to reserve your spot.

The Open Door...
The next session in the "Open Door" series will take place on Monday, May 28th from 1:00 to 2:30 p.m. at the Family Services Building, 66 Swayne Street, Cobourg. This session is entitled: "Questions of Life". Pastor Lee Beach of the Cobourg Alliance Church will be speaking. As always, FREE coffee and donuts will be provided. To register, call David at 905-373-9440 or Sonia at 905-885-6358 ext.212.

Upcoming Learning Opportunities at the Campbellford Community Resource Centre
The Resource Centre will be offering some workshops to help even "newbies" learn the joys of surfing (on the Internet, that is).

Cyber Camp 

will be held on June 2 from 10 a.m. to 12 noon

Geared at age 6 - 10 year olds this workshop teaches Safe Surfing techniques.  Your children will be guided through some really "cool" kid-safe sites.

Community Resource Centre

36 Front Street S., Campbellford 705-653-5161

$8.00 REGISTER EARLY!

Surfing the Internet

May 30, June 6, 13th

9 a.m. 12 noon or 6:30 - 9:30 p.m.

Campbellford Resource Centre

(705) 653-5161

$57.00 - SAVE YOUR SEAT NOW!

Post Polio Support

The Peterborough Post Polio Support Group will hold their next meeting on Tuesday, June 12, 2001 at 7 p.m. at the Kawartha Participation Project offices, 77 Towerhill Road, Peterborough.

This meeting will celebrate 50 years of the March of Dimes along with information sharing on the latest news in the Post Polio World.  New members are welcome. 

Ontario Trillium Foundation Town Hall Meeting
The Ontario Trillium Foundation has invited all community members to Town Hall Meetings in their local areas. The Ontario Trillium Foundation granted $5,816,600 to charitable and non-profit organizations in Durham, Haliburton, Kawartha & Pine Ridge in 2000-2001. The Town Hall meeting in the Northumberland/Peterborough area took place on May 14th, 2001. In case you missed that opportunity, you can still attend the meeting in the Durham region which will be held on Wednesday, May 30th at 6:30 p.m. The meeting will be held at Windreach Farm, which is north of Whitby. Directions are as follows:

From Whitby, head north on Hwy #12
Pass Myrtle and Myrtle Station. Look for the blue government sign going west off #12.
Go 4 kms. It's on the north side

Light refreshments will be served. For more information, please call Debra Oswald at 1-800-263-2887, or visit the Ontario Trillium Foundation website at: www.trilliumfoundation.org.

Access Centre Annual General Meeting
The Haliburton, Northumberland and Victoria Access Centre will be holding their 4th Annual General Meeting on Tuesday, June 5th, 2001 at 6:30 p.m. at the Campbellford Memorial Hospital, 146 Oliver Road. Guest speaker for the evening will be Dr. Ted Boadway, Executive Director of Health Policy, Ontario Medical Association. For more information, contact the Access Centre at 1-800-347-0299.

Vance Lasenby Education Days
As a part of Vance Lasenby Education Days, Tri-County Behavioural Services presents Dave Hingsburger. Mr. Hingsburger has been renowned as "entertaining", "keynote speaker extraordinaire", "consultant", "inspiring" and "funny". This excellent speaker will be at the Knights of Columbus Hall, 317 Hunter Street West, Peterborough, on June 20th and 21st from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.  On June 20th, David will speak on: Options - Developing Positive Approaches to Behaviour Problems. On June 21st, he will speak on: Communications - Who's listening?

Lunch and refreshments will be provided. Registration will be $60 per day, or $100 for both days. For more information, or to register, call Tri-County Behavioural Services at 705-876-9245 ext.243.

Pain Management Conference
The Toronto Rehabilitation Institute will be holding their 4th Annual Pain Management Conference: "New Frontiers in Pain". The conference will be held on Thursday, June 7th 2001 at the St. Lawrence Centre for the Arts, 27 Front Street East, downtown Toronto. For more information, call 416-516-6678. Continental Breakfast and Registration will start at 7:30 a.m. Registration fees are as follows (in Canadian Funds. Includes GST): Regular rate = $150, Group rate = 125, Full-time student = $60. Lunch is not included with your fee and no half-day fee is available. For more information, call 416-516-6678.

Parent-Child Mother Goose Program
The Haliburton Kawartha Pine Ridge District Health Unit is please to announce their new Parent-Child Mother Goose Program. Bring your baby or toddler (0 to 30 months) to learn new nursery rhymes, songs and stories. The program will run on Tuesdays starting June 5th to July 3rd at the Cobourg Public Library, from 10:00 to 11:00 a.m.  Call 905-372-9271 ext.6130 to register. Space is limited.

Colour My Spring Fling and Spa Raffle
Northumberland Big Sisters is offering a raffle that will help raise funds for their organization. Prizes are as follows:

Tickets are available for $2 per ticket, or three tickets for $5 and can be purchased at the Big Sisters Office (18 John Street, Port Hope), or the Second Helpings Stores. The draw will be held on June 2nd, 2001 and the first prizewinner will have their choice of prize. For more information, call Northumberland Big Sisters at 905-885-6422.

Epilepsy Durham Region's 2nd Annual Golf Tournament
Epilepsy Durham is please to announce their 2nd Annual Golf Tournament which will be held on Wednesday, June 6th, 2001 at 1:00 p.m. at the Lakeridge Golf and Country Club, Brooklin, Ontario. Entry fee is $125 per person which includes dinner and prizes. For more information or an entry form, contact Debbie Tuckwell at 905-666-9926 or edr@durham.net. Entrants will be on a first come, first playing basis.

News from Northumberland Family Respite Services
In the 2000 newsletter from Northumberland Family Respite Services, they stated that they were asked by the Ministry of Community and Social Services to organize a 4 county respite care service. Respite Care has expanded its horizons. Host Family, In Home, Community Activity, Summer Buddy, Teens on the Go, Kids Together, Kid Companions and more are happening in the four Counties. The names of the activities may differ in each County, but the goal is the same - give parents a break. NFRS is pleased to announce a respite houses in Lindsay and Warkworth that will be available this summer. They also have a host family respite house in Peterborough available now. More providers are needed to give respite! Families are waiting to be matched with a provider. For more information, please call NFRS at 905-885-6671. Collect calls are accepted.

Show at the Capitol Theatre
Starting on June 6th, the Capitol Theatre will be hosting an evening of drama and humour with their presentation of "Baby Makes Two". This charming romantic comedy immerges the viewer in the complications of being a single mother. Evening shows will be held on June 6th to 9th, 13th to 16th, and 20th to 23rd with matinees on June 9th, 12th, 14th, 17th, 19th and 21st. For more information, call the Capitol Theatre at 905-885-1071 or 1-800-434-5092.

Great News for PARN
On March 20th, Peterborough Aids Resource Network (PARN) was notified that the Ontario Trillium Foundation had approved their application for assistance with a rural outreach project. They received a three-year grant to support outreach programs to increase volunteer involvement and AIDS awareness in Haliburton and Northumberland counties and the City of Kawartha Lakes. Hiring is currently underway to employ an Outreach Coordinator. The rural outreach project will attempt to bridge the gap in services offered to rural areas. PARN will be hosting activities in different locations throughout the region and providing services to clients in their own communities. Keep on the lookout for PARN coming to your area!

Horizons of Friendship 4th Annual Homes, Gardens & Music Tour
Horizons of Friendship is presenting their 4th Annual Homes, Gardens and Music Tour on Sunday, July 15th from 1:30 to 6:00 p.m. The day features heritage homes, lakeside vistas, elegant gardens, live concerts and light refreshments. Tickets are limited and sold out every year. Tickets are $25 ($18 tax receipt is provided). Tickets are available at Horizons of Friendship, Clarke's Music, Cobourg Tourism Office, Marie Dressler House, Gardens Past, C.W. Hay Bookseller, Herman's Fine Foods and Gifts, and Furby House Books. For more information, call Horizons of Friendship at 905-372-5483 or 1-888-729-9928, or check out their website at www.horizons.ca.

Conference 2001

You are invited to the Cobourg Conference which will be held on June 21st, 2001 at Victoria Hall, Cobourg.  The conference is being presented by the @northumberland.org conference committee, which is a Community Access Project (CAP). This conference is designed for Decisionmakers in Government, Small Business and Non-Profit Sector. Come and participate in a conference that shows you the future. 

Programme Agenda

9 to 9.30 Registration

9.30 to 9.45 Welcoming remarks

9.45 to 11.00 Where we are going? An outline of the future 10 years out

• Dave Wallace, Head, Corporate Architecture Branch, Office of the Corporate Chief Strategist, Management Board to explain the direction that the Provincial government wants to go in
• Bob Horwood, of the Information Technology Association of Canada  to outline the opportunities for business to participate in a community network

11.00 to 11.15 break:

11.15 to 12.45 A presentation about ConnectOntario:

• General presentation Barry Crampton, E.D. Lanark County Networks
• John Sorrell, Terra-Plex, A Geomatic perspective

1.00 to 2.00 lunch: Speaker:  Mark Surman of the Commonsgroup.com to discus the activities and successes of the non-profit sector

2.00 to 3.15 Where we all fit in, a discussion of the local components

• Table 1 e-government: where are the gaps in N’land to provide the service?
• Table 2 e-commerce: what is a good business model for the proposed local network?
• Table 3 e-development: how can a local network enhance and develop local CED activities?
• Table 4 the digital divide: can it be conquered by the use of a local network?
• Table 5 the challenges of Datasharing: how can we get information into the local network?
• Table 6 the GeoMatic perspective how can we use mapping in our information dissemenation?

break
3.30 to 5.00 How we get there, ConnectOntario, BTF, CAP, R.I.T.,

the download of services, are we ready?

the design of a local model
who wants to be in the model

For more details call Ben Burd at 905-372-2355 or check out the website at: http://www.terra-plex.com/co/conference/ 

Rebound Summer Camp Programs
Rebound Youth Services are pleased to offer their Rebound Summer Day Camp Programs again this year. Rebound will offer a Creative Writing week and an Arts & Crafts week. Registration is open to all community members, recognizing that space is limited.

Creative Writing Camp
This camp explores the stages in the process of writing combined with artistic ability, in the creation of their own 'book'. This camp will be held July 23rd to 27th from 9:30 a.m. to noon at the Rebound offices. Children ages 8 - 13 are invited to participate. The registration fee for this week of camp is $10 per child.

 

Arts & Crafts Camp
This camp is a fun filled week of creative , constructive activities for children 6 to 12 years of age. This camp will be held July 20th to August 3rd from 9:30 a.m. to noon at the Rebound Offices. Attendees will be going outside for portions of this camp, therefore sunscreen is suggested. This camp registration fee is $10 per child.

Snacks are provided at the camps, therefore notification of allergies is important. Please call the Rebound office at 905-372-0007 to register your child.

Career Camps
These special camps are being offered in partnership with Rebound Youth Services and the Community Training and Development Centre (CTDC), offering youth between the ages of 12 and 15 years the opportunity to participate in 5 career orientated camps, for action packed excitement. These Career Camps are full day camps, with some overnight experiences. Camp fees are $250 per week. Subsidy may be available.

Please call CTDC to register at 905-372-9967. Registration deadline is May 31st, 2001.

Volunteer Summit Workshops
info Northumberland is please to announce a number of workshops that are being featured as a part of their Volunteer Summit, which celebrates the United Nations proclaimed 2001 International Year of Volunteers. Some of the workshops include: Ontario Volunteer Screening Initiative, Fundraising Workshop, 'Coping with Change', and 'Using the Web to Capture Volunteers'. Please visit http://www.fourinfo.com/volunteer and register for some, or all of the great workshops you can attend, or call the info NORTHUMBERLAND office at 905-372-8913.

Roseneath Carousel
The Roseneath Carousel will be open to the public on June 3, 10, 17 and 24 from 2-4 p.m. at the Roseneath fairgrounds, 20 kms north of Cobourg on County Rd. #45. For more info call 905-352-3778 or visit www.eagle.ca/~carousel 

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