Part of the Community
Durham College 2013 Bursary Recipient
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. There is now a healthy balance in that account allowing for a generous annual scholarship to a UOIT student.
Our focus now is continuing our fund-raising in support of the Durham College bursary program to create sufficient funds to become self sustaining. The Endowment Fund for Durham College stands at just over $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. There is now a healthy balance in that account allowing for a generous annual scholarship to a UOIT student.
Our focus now is continuing our fund-raising in support of the Durham College bursary program to create sufficient funds to become self sustaining. The Endowment Fund for Durham College stands at just over $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.
