Part of the Community
UOIT Bursary Recipients 2011
Community Service
Community Service has always been a goal. Our Club set up a “volunteers in the schools” program and a career-counseling program that were later adopted and continued by the Board of Education. Club members have provided leadership in the community by serving on the Board of Education and other boards, commissions, and organizations with the region and by holding political office.
Scholarships and Bursaries
Club activity has centered on raising money to present scholarships both locally and at times abroad. In 1945, scholarships and bursaries were established to assist women entering university. In 1945 when the membership fee was $3.00, the scholarship award was $150.00 Amounts have increased, and in 2003 scholarships and bursaries totaled $2600. In 2007, the Club decided to support Oshawa's new university, UOIT, by donating its Scholarship Trust Fund in its entirety and at the same time take advantage of the provincial government's matching policy. Our goal is to continue our fund-raising in support of Durham College and UOIT bursary programs. The Endowment Fund for Durham College is growing steadily and will soon achieve it's goal of $10,000.
Fundraising
To support the scholarship and bursary program, the club has held many different types of events ranging from theatre nights, children’s theatre, cabaret nights, fashion shows, and silent auctions. At times these efforts brought to the community cultural events that would not have otherwise come our way.
Advocacy
The clubs focus on improving the lives of women and girls includes support and promotion of organizations whose mandates also focus on that. As such we participate in Take Back the Night, monitor Health Care Reform, invite guest speakers who also focus on improving the status of women and girls, and advocate where and when we feel appropriate. Our community is close to home and far afield as what happens to one woman anywhere in the world affects us all.
Community Service has always been a goal. Our Club set up a “volunteers in the schools” program and a career-counseling program that were later adopted and continued by the Board of Education. Club members have provided leadership in the community by serving on the Board of Education and other boards, commissions, and organizations with the region and by holding political office.
Scholarships and Bursaries
Club activity has centered on raising money to present scholarships both locally and at times abroad. In 1945, scholarships and bursaries were established to assist women entering university. In 1945 when the membership fee was $3.00, the scholarship award was $150.00 Amounts have increased, and in 2003 scholarships and bursaries totaled $2600. In 2007, the Club decided to support Oshawa's new university, UOIT, by donating its Scholarship Trust Fund in its entirety and at the same time take advantage of the provincial government's matching policy. Our goal is to continue our fund-raising in support of Durham College and UOIT bursary programs. The Endowment Fund for Durham College is growing steadily and will soon achieve it's goal of $10,000.
Fundraising
To support the scholarship and bursary program, the club has held many different types of events ranging from theatre nights, children’s theatre, cabaret nights, fashion shows, and silent auctions. At times these efforts brought to the community cultural events that would not have otherwise come our way.
Advocacy
The clubs focus on improving the lives of women and girls includes support and promotion of organizations whose mandates also focus on that. As such we participate in Take Back the Night, monitor Health Care Reform, invite guest speakers who also focus on improving the status of women and girls, and advocate where and when we feel appropriate. Our community is close to home and far afield as what happens to one woman anywhere in the world affects us all.
