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April Meeting

4/13/2013

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This past Wednesday we marked the passing of our dear friend Sybil Stirling.  Members Betty, Lynn, Karen and Dorothy who all knew her well shared remembrances of the beautiful person she was, and the many things she did to make a difference in this world.  Bobby and Hedy created a poster board display of her many activities with us, and Kathy arranged for a lovely floral and candle display.  As is customary, our club will make a donation to the Scholarship Fund in her name
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    Our guests for the evening were Jeanette McRae and her team of Camp Quality Puppeteers from Hearth Place.  We viewed two puppet shows which are taken into the schools to raise the awareness of students to how cancer touches the lives of their peers, and how to help them through it.  Their message of understanding and accepting the differences in those around us is transferable beyond the cancer milieu.  The members of the puppet troupe are passionate about what they do, and that was obvious in their presentation.
   One interesting side note is that Hearth Place was the inspiration of Carolyn Alexander, a former CFUW member who, after being diagnosed with Breast Cancer, wanted to create a centre that would address the social, practical, emotional, educational and spiritual needs of people dealing with all types of cancer and their family members and caregivers.


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Hedy Gadd
4/13/2013 01:23:12 pm

Nicely written JoAnne. But give credit to Bobby for the display board as I only gave her a few photos from scholarship.

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