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Activities:

o Monthly Meetings: Attend meetings with guest speakers from within the community &/or presentations at each meeting. We currently meet the fourth Monday of every month (excluding summer) at City Hall with light lunch by donation.

o Facebook & Email Group: Utilize the network on Facebook. Start discussions, learn about & share upcoming community events, projects and meetings. If you don’t use Facebook, then join the email network instead.

o Inform City Council: The SPC provides reports to City Council regularly and the City keeps the SPC informed. Use the network and have your voices heard.



Strategic Direction of the Social Planning Council of Williams Lake & Area:

o Poverty Reduction and the local Living Wage Campaign.

o Community Collaboration and Networking.

o Retention and Succession of residents within the Area.



Community Social Planning:

o Supports communities in building an integrated approach to complex problems that take into account social, economic, and environmental concerns.

o Maximizes the effectiveness of often scarce resources by working to reduce duplication, overlap and competition.

o Provides an ongoing forum for communication, coordination and conflict resolution.



Friday, November 21, 2014

Community Updates (13) – Nov 21, 2014



Table of Contents:

1) Social Planning Council's AGM Nov 24th- Presentation on "Project Comeback"
2) External Review of the Williams Lake TRU campus - your input is welcomed
3) The 4th annual Earth Friendly Holiday Event  - Fri Nov 28th & Sat Nov 29th
4) Communities that Care's - Positive Action Word of the Week - "Wellness"
5) Ten Thousand Villages Annual Craft Sale - Nov 20 - 22nd
6) Cowboy Christmas Craft Fair & Concert - Nov 22nd
7) Medieval Market is this weekend at Lake City Secondary from 10am - 4pm
8) Child Development Centre's 9th Annual Yuletide Meals - donate a plate
9) Made in the Cariboo Craft Fair - Nov 22nd 10am - 3pm at the Tourism Centre
10) Hospice's 19th Annual Memory Tree Celebration
11) 1st Step Program Mobile Treatment Centre - in Williams Lake from Nov 24 - 28th
12) Salvation Army Christmas Hamper & toy registration - Nov 17 - 21st
13) Reminder-  Station House Gallery Annual General Meeting - Nov 26th

1) Social Planning Council's AGM Nov 24th- Presentation on "Project Comeback"
This is your invitation to our Annual General Meeting being held on Monday Nov 24th at 11:30 am at the City of Williams Lake. At this meeting "Project Comeback" will presenting and everyone is encouraged to attend, and bring an interested friend. The Agenda for the meeting is below. There will be coffee and light lunch/snacks.

Agenda (below)

Presentation on "Project Comeback" from Anne Burrill

AGM Business Items:
·       Accept Minutes from the Nov 25, 2013 AGM
·       Annual Chair’s Report - Sharon Taylor
·       Financial Report - Rosanna McGregor
·       Election of Officers

SPC Items:
·       TRU's External Review (input required - see update number two below)
·       Geography Field School Project Partnership
·       Board Development Workshop Opportunity in 2015

Roundtable Celebrations*:
To celebrate and highlight another year of community successes, we ask that you please share a positive example you have experienced over the last year in relation to advancing the social well being of our residents and community at large.

*Please email or bring copies of event or program notices for inclusion in our weekly community updates.

2) External Review of the Williams Lake TRU campus - your input is welcomed
The SPC is invited to participate in an external review of the Thompson Rivers University Williams Lake Campus. The SPC now asks for you to send answers to the questions below as posed by TRU so we can accurately reflect the viewpoints of our membership and community members. Please send your replies by Nov 28th.

-Are the Williams Lake and Regional campuses meeting the key responsibilities to students -and the community?
-What is your perception of service and quality of programming?
-Is the current nature of programming appropriate?  If not, what additional programming should be offered?
-Are the Williams Lake and Regional Campuses meeting the needs of aboriginal peoples?
-What are the strengths and weaknesses of Williams Lake and the regional campuses?
-Are the current budget model and resourcing of the regional operations appropriate? 
-What changes need to be considered in the near and/or long term?
-How should Williams Lake and Regional Campuses measure success?

3) The 4th annual Earth Friendly Holiday Event  - Fri Nov 28th & Sat Nov 29th
Friday November 28th from 6 - 9pm, and Saturday November 29th from 11 - 2. Enjoy a bowl of soup to the sounds of live seasonal music, or make your own gifts from recycled materials. Local artists and crafters will guide you in making wreaths, wrapping paper, bird feeders and ornaments. Visit the gift shop, where local artisans and producers will have their goods on sale. As usual the event is free to all ages. This event is made possible with the support of the Cariboo Regional District and City of Williams Lake via the Central Cariboo Arts and Culture Society.

4) Communities that Care's - Positive Action Word of the Week - "Wellness"
The Positive Action word of the week of Nov 25th is Wellness: To be totally healthy in body, mind, and feelings.

If you would like more background information about Positive Action please contact Carla Bullinger at 250-267-8249 or email comthatcares@sd27.bc.ca

5) Ten Thousand Villages Annual Craft Sale - Nov 20 - 22nd
The Ten Thousand Villages Annual Craft Sale is being held at the Cariboo Bethel Church Hall at 833 Western Ave. Being held on Friday Nov 21st from 3 - 8 pm, and Saturday Nov 22nd from 10am - 4pm. Find Fair Trade items from over 35 Countries. Call 250-398-6731 or visit www.TenThousandVillages.ca for further information.

6) Cowboy Christmas Craft Fair & Concert - Nov 22nd
On Saturday Nov 22nd at the Gibraltar Room at the Recreation Complex is the craft fair and concert brought to you by the Museum of the Cariboo Chilcotin. Free admission to the craft fair and $15/ticket for the Concert starting at 7pm (tickets available at the door, or Museum). For further information please call 250-392-7404 or stop by the Museum located at 113 North 4th Avenue.

7) Medieval Market is this weekend at Lake City Secondary from 10am - 4pm
The annual Medieval Market is at Lake City Secondary this weekend from 10a m - 4pm both Saturday and Sunday. Admission is $3 and find over 89 vendors this year! Stop by the Williams Lake Campus at 640 Carson Drive this weekend.

8) Child Development Centre's 9th Annual Yuletide Meals - donate a plate
The annual Yuletide Dinner is coming up on Dec 9th from 4-7pm and the Christmas Wish buffet Breakfast on Dec 26th from 6 - 10 am at the Ramada. These meals help countless local families who cannot afford to buy gifts for their children. The cost of the breakfast is either cash donation or a new unwrapped child's toy. To sponsor a meal(s), please stop by the CDC at 690 N 2nd Ave or call 250-392-4481 with any further questions.

9) Made in the Cariboo Craft Fair - Nov 22nd 10am - 3pm at the Tourism Centre
Stop by the Discovery Tourism Centre on Saturday Nov 22nd from 10am - 3pm

10) Hospice's 19th Annual Memory Tree Celebration
The Williams Lake Hospice Society is celebrating their 19th Annual Memory Tree Celebration on Sunday, December 7th @ the Council Chambers, City Hall from 3:00pm to 4:30 pm. It is the perfect opportunity to remember and commemorate those who have passed away and a place for our community to gather for mutual support.

Our volunteers will also be sitting at Save-On Foods from Monday, November 24th to Saturday, December 6th from 10am- 6pm collecting loved-ones names for the Memory Book and donations for Memory Tree ornaments. The celebration opens in the City Hall lobby with snacks and refreshments, followed by poems and spiritual readings in the City Hall Chambers. Choir performances, harp music, candle lighting, reading of the Memory Book and a moment of silence are all part of the festivities. The celebration concludes with the lighting of the Memory Tree outside City Hall at 4:30pm.

Everyone is invited!! Whether you are there to remember a loved one and purchase an ornament in their name or simply to celebrate the season.

If you wish to donate in memory of a loved one and have their name added to the Memory Tree, please come see us at Save On Foods from November 24th -December 6th.

Call Hospice at 250-392-5430 for more information.

11) 1st Step Program Mobile Treatment Centre - in Williams Lake from Nov 24 - 28th
The 1st Step Mobile Treatment Program is for persons aged 13 - 24 who are experiencing difficulties surrounding substance misuse. The program is based on harm reduction approach by meeting the youth where they are at in their readiness for change. The program is both community and youth driven.

The 1st Step Program includes: alcohol & drug education, feeling and emotions group work, relapse prevention, anger management and critical thinking, family issues, nutrition, exercise & recreation, sexual health, individual counselling, 12 step meetings and spiritual and cultural teachings.

If any of this is what you are looking for, please contact your local resources (AXIS Family Resources) or Jamie Tazelaar directly at 250-320-4058 or 250-851-2947 (ext 231) or jamie.tazelaar@axis.bc.ca. Funding partner is Interior Health.

12) Salvation Army Christmas Hamper & toy registration - Nov 17 - 21st
The Salvation Army's hamper & toy registrations - final registration takes place from 1 - 4pm on Thursday Nov 27th.

Hampers and Toys will be distributed on Friday Dec 19th at the Church sanctuary at 267 Borland from 10am - 4pm. Hampers will be distributed to clients whose applications have been approved, have identification, a hamper registration card and be there in person to pick-up. Call 250-392-2423 for more information.

13) Reminder-  Station House Gallery Annual General Meeting - Nov 26th
Nov 26th at Noon - Everyone welcome - refreshments - at the Station House Gallery & Gift Shop (the Old Train station at the foot of Oliver Street). Call 250-392-6113 for more information.

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Contact Us

The Social Planning Council is made up of volunteers from the community. Many of us work in social services agencies or also volunteer for other organizations.

Our Mailing Address is Box 20045, Williams Lake BC V2G 4R1

To reach the Society Coordinator Jessica Dunn please email spc-coordinator@xplornet.com or call 250-243-2126

To reach the Communities that Care Project Facilitator Barb Jones please email communitiesthatcare.wl@gmail.com or call 250-305-4838

To reach the THRIVE Williams Lake Project Manager Anne Burrill please email annelburrill@gmail.com or call 250-267-7211

To reach the current SPC Chair Larry Stranberg please email happytrails@cfdccariboo.com or call 250-392-3626