Solidarity Quilt @ Nexus at First, Salmon Arm
2024-03-10 14:00 - 17:00 (America/Vancouver) | Nexus at First, 450 Okanagan Ave E, Kamloops, British Columbia, V1E 1H6, Canada
Join the Salmon Arm Grandmothers to Grandmothers at Nexus at First to view the solidarity quilts!

Solidarity Quilt @ The Residence at Orchards Walk, Kamloops
2024-03-11 10:30 - 14:30 (America/Vancouver) | The Residence at Orchards Walk, 3300 Valleyview Dr, Kamloops, British Columbia, V2C 4S2, Canada
The CanGo Grannies invite you to view the solidarity quilts at the Residence at Orchards Walk!

Solidarity Quilt @ Art Exposed Courthouse Gallery, Kamloops
2024-03-12 10:00 - 17:00, 2024-03-13 10:00 - 17:00 (America/Vancouver) | Art Exposed Courthouse Gallery, 7 Seymour Street West, Kamloops, British Columbia, V2C 1E4, Canada
The CanGo Grannies invite you to the Art Exposed Courthouse Gallery to view the solidarity quilts!

Solidarity Quilt @ Katja's Quilt Shoppe, Kamloops
2024-03-14 10:00 - 16:00 (America/Vancouver) | Katja’s Quilt Shoppe, 1967 Trans-Canada Highway E #101, Kamloops, British Columbia, V2C 4A4, Canada

Solidarity quilt @ Heather's Fabric Shelf & Quilt Shop, Kamloops
2024-03-15 10:00 - 17:00 (America/Vancouver) | Heather’s Fabric Shelf & Quilt Shop, 1800 Tranquille Rd #15, Kamloops, British Columbia, V2B 3L9, Canada
The CanGo Grannies invite you to view the solidarity quilts at Heather’s Fabric Shelf & Quilt Shop!

Solidarity Quilts @ United Church in Quesnel, BC
2024-03-23 13:00 - 16:00 (America/Vancouver) | United Church Quesnel, 218 Kinchant St, Quesnel, British Columbia, V2J 2R2, Canada
Join the Gold Pan Grannies in the upstairs hall of the United Church to celebrate and admire the Grandmothers to Grandmothers Campaign solidarity quilts! Doors open at 1 p.m. followed by a formal presentation at 2 p.m. Enjoy coffee, cupcakes and great community!

Pasta Dinner
2024-04-05 18:00 - 20:00 (America/Toronto) | St. Paul’s United Church, 308 King St, Midland, Ontario, L4R 3M6, Canada
Join In Grandmothers Hands Huronia for our annual Pasta Dinner! We will also be exhibiting the Stephen Lewis Foundation’s 20th Anniversary Commemorative Solidarity Quilt. Dinner is by Donation. All proceeds go to the Grandmothers to Grandmothers Campaign of the Stephen Lewis Foundation.

Commemorative Solidarity Quilt on Display in Orillia
2024-04-06 09:00 - 17:00 (America/Toronto) | St. Paul’s United Church, 308 King St, Midland, Ontario, L4R 3M6, Canada
Please join the Orillia Mariposa Grandmothers to Grandmothers on April 6, 7, and 8, 2024 for an opportunity to see this beautiful quilt created by so many grandmothers. Times to be determined.

Commemorative Solidarity Quilt on Display in Orillia
2024-04-07 09:00 - 17:00, 2024-04-08 09:00 - 17:00 (America/Toronto) | St. Paul’s United Church, 308 King St, Midland, Ontario, L4R 3M6, Canada
Please join us as we display the Solidarity Quilt commemorating the 20th anniversary of the Stephen Lewis Foundation. The quilt will be on display April 6, 7 and 8th. Times to be announced.

Opening Night - Quilt display @ Gibson Centre, Alliston, ON
2024-04-12 16:00 - 18:30 (America/Toronto) | The Gibson Centre for Community, Arts and Culture, 63 Tupper St W, Alliston, Ontario, L9R 1E4, Canada
Grandmothers Embrace Alliston welcome you to the opening night of the solidarity quilts on display. Both Nurturing Generations Under the Solidarity of Sisterhood and No One Left Behind will be exhibite at the Gibson Centre.

Books, Brews, Bites, and Baubles
2024-04-13 09:00 - 12:00 (America/Toronto) | First Unitarian Church, 170 Dundurn St, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Join Blooms for Africa for a book exchange, jewelery sale, and cafe!

Fabric, Yarn and More Sale
2024-04-13 09:00 - 14:00 (America/Edmonton) | British Columbia
The Hat Grannies for Africa’s annual Fabric, Yarn and More sale will be held on Saturday, April 13, 2024 from 9:00am to 2:00pm at St. John’s Presbyterian Church, 504 – 2nd Street SE, Medicine Hat, Alberta. All manner of fabric, yarn and notions will be available at very reasonable prices. You will find supplies for anything to do with sewing, quilting, knitting, crocheting, stitching and crafting. The quilting tables and the yarn tables are always popular. Beginning sewers will find everything needed to get started: fabric, patterns, buttons and zippers. Everything is 1/2 price from 12:00 to 2:00pm. Admission is $2.00. It is suggested that you bring your own bags.

Solidarity Quilt on display @ Gibson Centre, Alliston, ON
2024-04-13 10:00 - 16:00 (America/Toronto) | The Gibson Centre for Community, Arts and Culture, 63 Tupper St W, Alliston, Ontario, L9R 1E4, Canada
Grandmothers Embrace Alliston welcome the Solidarity and No One Left Behind Quilts to commemorate the 20th Anniversary of the Stephen Lewis Foundation at the Gibson Centre from

A Tribute to Gordon Lightfoot
2024-04-13 18:00 - 21:00 (America/Toronto) | Neighbourhood Unitarian Universalist Congregation, 310 Danforth Ave, Toronto, Ontario, M4K 1N6, Canada
Grandmothers Partnering with Africa invite you to a benefit concert for the Stephen Lewis Foundation. Register and donate at grandmotherspartneringwithafrica.com.

GrammaLink-Africa Fabulous Fabric Sale
2024-04-20 09:00 - 13:00 (America/Edmonton) | Gaetz United Church, 4758 50 St, Red Deer, Alberta, T4N 1X2, Canada
GrammaLink-Africa invites you to shop a wide selection of fabric, yarn and notions.
Gaetz Memorial United Church 4758 Ross Street Deer Deer Alberta
9:00am- 1:00pm
Admission $2

African Dinner
2024-04-20 17:30 - 22:30 (America/Vancouver) | Da Vinci Centre, 195 Bay St, Victoria, BC, V9A 3K4, Canada
Victoria Grandmothers for Africa invite you to an African Dinner created by award-winning chef Castro Boateng. Guest speaker is Kelly McDonald, an expert on AIDS in Africa. Also on display is the 20th Anniversary Quilt created by grandmother groups in Canada and Africa as a symbol of solidarity. The funds raised support grandmothers in sub-Saharan Africa who are winning the battle against HIV and AIDS one community at a time. They are becoming empowered and moving on to advocate for gender equality while continuing to raise and support their grandchildren. Tickets are $80 at vg4atreasurer@gmail.com.

Fabric, Yarn & More Sale in Regina
2024-04-26 16:00 - 20:00, 2024-04-27 10:00 - 15:00 (America/Regina) | St. James United Church, 4506 Sherwood Dr, Regina, Saskatchewan, S4R 4B4, Canada

Brews on Tues (supporting local non-profit organizations)
2024-04-30 17:00 - 19:00 (America/Toronto) | Hudson, QC, 466 Main Road, Hudson, QC, J0P 1H0, Canada
Grannies Aid for Africa, Hudson, QC will be at Cardinal Microbrewery on Tues, April 30th from 5-7pm.
Come out and join us for a brew, or two, and see what the Grannies movement is all about. Tickets for our upcoming Soup Event on May 18th will also be available. Cardinal will donate 10% of beer sales to Grannies Aid for Africa, Hudson.

Fabric and Yarn Sale
2024-05-04 10:30 - 17:00, 2024-05-05 10:30 - 14:00 (America/Edmonton) | Garrison Curling Club, 2288 47 Avenue SW, Calgary, Alberta, T2T 6J9, Canada
Ujamaa Grandmas’ annual Fabric and Yarn Sale is being held from May 3 to 5 at the Garrison Curling Club. Knitters, quilters, sewers and craftspeople, here is your chance to stock up on supplies for the coming year! Fabric, yarn, sewing notions, books and patterns, craft supplies and so on will be on sale at rock bottom prices. Please see associated poster for all the details.

Plant sale and Market Place
2024-05-11 08:00 - 12:00 (America/Toronto) | 65 Knudson Drive, Kanata, ON K2K 2L5, 65 Knudson Drive, Kanata, ON, K2K 2L5
This is our 16th year holding the Plant Sale and Market Place event over the Mother’s Day weekend. The Grassroot Grannies will be selling hardy perennials from their gardens along with vegetable seedlings, herbs. Local garden nurseries also sponsor this event and provide choice annuals and hanging planters. Our famous Pretty Pots feature lovely potted annuals ideal for Mother’s Day gifts. In addition, in the ever popular Market Place section are featured remarkable garden art created by the grannies such as painted Mandela stones, garden gnomes, concrete stepping stones, teacup and saucer bird feeders as well as gently used garden tools. There is something for everyone who is interested in gardening.

Spring Sale in Comox, BC
2024-05-11 08:00 - 12:00 (America/Vancouver) | Comox United Church, 250 Beach Drive, Comox, British Columbia, V9M 1P9, Canada
Just in time for Mothers’ Day we will be selling plants, our own crafts, fashion jewelry, quality second hand items, locally-made pottery and lots of home baking

Trunk Sale in Cambridge, ON
2024-05-11 08:00 - 12:00 (America/Toronto) | Cedar Hill United Church, 241 Cedar St, Cambridge, Ontario, Canada
Afrinanas of Cambridge are hosting a Trunk Sale at Cedar Hill United Church, 241 Cedar St., Cambridge, Ont. Members are busily collecting items from friends, family and our own homes to sell. All proceeds will go to the SLF Grandmothers Campaign.

Soup Competition and Lunch
2024-05-18 12:00 - 14:00 (America/Toronto) | Hudson Community Center, 481 Main Road, Hudson, QC, J0P 1H0, Canada
On SATURDAY, MAY 18th at noon, Grannies Aid for Africa, Hudson, QC will host the ever-popular SOUP COMPETITION and LUNCH. Guests at this fundraiser will sample soups contributed by local chefs, cast a vote for their favourite, then enjoy a lunch consisting of the soup of their choice, sandwiches and dessert. Tickets are $30 per person. All the proceeds from this event go directly to the Stephen Lewis Foundation’s Grandmothers Campaign. See you there! A bientôt et merci!🧡💚💛

Grande Vente de Laine, Tissus, et Matériel d'Artisanat (Fabric Sale)
2024-05-25 09:00 - 13:00 (America/Halifax) | British Columbia

Kingston Grandmother Connection Spring mini-Market
2024-05-25 10:00 - 15:00 (America/Toronto) | St. John’s Anglican Church, 41 Church St, Kingston, Ontario, K7M 1H2, Canada
Our spring sale is on! May 25 10am – 3pm at St. John’s Anglican Church, 41 Church St. Kingston, ON. Join the Kingston Grandmother Connection to find delicious baking, exquisite sewing and nature cards, authentic African baskets and crafts, quality pre-loved women’s wear and jewellery, and eco products and plants for your house and garden. All proceeds to stephenlewisfoundation.org and helplesotho.org to support African grandmothers raising their grandchildren.

Under the Canopy of Sisterhood
2024-06-08 11:00 - 15:00 (America/Edmonton) | 9915-148 Street NW Edmonton, AB T5N 3G1, 9915 - 148 Street NW, Edmonton, Ontario, T5N 3G1, Canada
The Edmonton GANG will be displaying the quilt at St Andrew’s United Church. Dr. Stan Houston will join the GANG at 1:30 pm to share “A Short and Personal History of HIV in Africa.
