Spring Bling & Easter Things
2025-04-05 10:00 - 14:00 (America/Toronto) | Christ Lutheran Church, Waterloo, 445 Anndale Rd., Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
Fashion Scarves Purses Jewelry Easter Baskets Plants Gift Items
Saturday April 5th 10 am to 2 pm
Christ Lutheran Church
445 Anndale Rd Waterloo, ON
(near Davenport and Lexington)
All welcome!

High Tea with The Kamloops CanGo Grannies
2025-04-05 12:30 - 16:00 (America/Vancouver) | Southwest Community Church, 700 Hugh Allan Drive, Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada
Join us for High Tea! Scones & jam, tea sandwiches, macarons & other dainties. Music from cellist Laure Matiakh, live & silent auctions, gently used jewelry to purchase, magic show with Clinton W. Gray. Tickets $35, cash or cheque. Reserve a table for 8! Call Ann for tickets/tables, 250-374-0114.

High Tea, sale and auction
2025-04-05 13:00 - 16:00 (America/Toronto) | Southwest Community Church, 700 Hugh Allan Drive, Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada
The Kamloops CanGo Grannies are hosting a High Tea on Saturday, April 5, 2025 at the Southwest Community Church, 700 Hugh Allan Dr. Doors open at 1:00 p.m. for socializing, shopping our jewellery sale and bidding on amazing silent auction items. An elegant tea, including finger sandwiches, and desserts will be served at 2:00 p.m. with a live auction to follow. Tickets will be available in the new year from several local businesses and through members. Please check back in January for more details and locations for ticket sales.

Books, Bites, Baubles
2025-04-12 09:00 - 12:00 (America/Toronto) | First Unitarian Church of Hamilton, 170 Dundurn St. South, Hamilton, ON., First Unitarian Church of Hamilton, 170 Dundurn St. South,, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Always a crowd favourite – the annual Blooms for Africa book exchange, café and jewelry sale! Bring books you have enjoyed reading (optional). No text books or encyclopedias. Choose lots of books to take home! Visit the Blooms Café for coffee & light bites. Sale of gently used jewelry and accessories.

GrammaLink-Africa Fabulous Fabric Sale
2025-04-26 09:00 - 13:00 (America/Edmonton) | Gaetz Memorial United Church, 4758 Ross Street, Red Deer, Alberta

Edmonton Grandmothers - HUGE Fabulous Fabric Frenzy Sale
2025-04-26 09:00 - 15:00 (America/Edmonton) | Strathearn United Church, 8510 - 95 Avenue, Edmonton, Alberta, T6C 1Y7, Canada
HUGE selection of fabric, yarn, notions, craft supplies at rock bottom prices. This will be our only fabric sale this year – we hope to see you there!!!
Saturday, April 26 2025 from 9 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Strathearn United Church 8510 – 95 Avenue, Edmonton
$2 admission (cash only)
Payment for purchases by cash, credit card or debit card.
We value your continued support and hope you are able to join us at our Edmonton Grandmothers Fabric Frenzy Sale. This campaign supports grandmothers in sub-Saharan Africa who are raising their grandchildren due to the AIDS pandemic.

Spring Bling Sale
2025-04-26 10:30 - 16:00 (America/Regina) | The Spot in Southland Mall, Regina, 2965 Gordon Road, Regina, Saskatchewan, S4S 6H7, Canada
For our first ever ‘Spring Bling’ event, we will be collecting donations of gently used jewellery, vintage and Sherman jewellery, purses and shoe bags, silk-like scarves, broken or single gold and silver pieces, jewellery and watch boxes, and much more. These items will be available for purchase at our one-day sale on Saturday, April 26, 2025 at The Spot in Southland Mall, Regina, SK. Proceeds from the sale will go to the Grandmothers Campaign of the Stephen Lewis Foundation, in support of African grandmothers.

Storytelling Afternoon
2025-04-29 13:30 - 15:30 (America/Halifax) | Saint Ignatius Church, 1288 Bedford Highway, Bedford, Nova Scotia, B4A 1C8, Canada
Listen to 11 Stories from all over the world, some originating from the African continent.
Shop our Spring Bling sale.
Enjoy refreshments and desserts!

May Mini Market Kingston Grandmother Connection
2025-05-03 10:00 - 14:00 (America/Toronto) | St. John’s Anglican Church, 41 Church St, Kingston, Ontario, K7M 1H2, Canada
At the Kingston Grandmother Connection’s May Mini Market you’ll be sure to find a perfect Mother’s Day gift amid the splendid selection of crafts, sewing, baking, plants and more. Beautiful photos of nature adorn Canadian-made note cards. Unique and varied, Sandglass creations are both ornamental and useful indoors and out. Our much-in-demand African baskets are our only non-Canadian products; made by hand in Africa, they are colourful and capacious, real eye-catchers. For all you gardeners there will be a fresh crop of spring seedlings, flowers, herbs and vegetables, for house and garden. Get more bargains amid the gently used ladies clothing for spring and summer, our jewellery collection and our sustainable earth-friendly shampoo and laundry eco products. We predict you won’t be able to resist the temptation to try one of the delicious baked cookies, muffins, or cakes. All proceeds to helplesotho.org and to stevenlewisfoundation.org to assist African grandmothers supporting their grandchildren on their own.

Spring Sale
2025-05-10 08:00 - 12:00 (America/Vancouver) | Comox United Church, 250 Beach Drive, Comox, British Columbia, V9M 1P9, Canada
The Comox Valley Glacier Grannies will be holding their Spring Sale on Saturday May 10 from 8 am to 12 noon in the car park of Comox United Church, 250 Beach Drive (corner of Comox Avenue)
Enjoy the music of the Swing Valley Two while you:
Get a start on your summer garden by purchasing vegetable and herb starts
Add colour to your yard or home by choosing from our selection of perennials and house plants
Pick up a bargain from the gently-used items we are selling from our car trunks
Buy local – we will have our own beautiful crafts for sale, plus pottery made in Comox and lots of home baking
Browse our selection of fashion jewellery

Plant Sale and Market Place
2025-05-10 08:00 - 12:00 (America/Toronto) | 65 Knudson Drive, Kanata, ON K2K 2L5, 65 Knudson Drive, Kanata, ON, K2K 2L5
The Grassroot Grannies are holding their very successful Plant Sale and Market Place spring event. In our 17th year our neighbours look forward to finding healthy perennials, vegetable and herb seedlings, unique hand-made garden art, gently used gardening tools, fabulous floral and African granny-made note cards and flowering pots to celebrate Mother’s Day. Over the past 16 years we have proudly raised over $100,000 through this event only.

Timeless Voices: A Tribute to Female Artists from the 60s to the 90s
2025-05-10 18:30 - 21:30 (America/Toronto) | East End United, 310 Danforth Ave, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
A live benefit concert featuring Cheryn Lyn and the Catalysts, a 5-piece band known for their high energy and engaging music. This concert will celebrate female singers including Karen Carpenter, Aretha Franklin, Whitney Houston and more.
Enjoy a glass of wine and light bites while browsing the excellent Silent Auction items.
Tickets before March 31, 2025 – $45 ($55 after)
All proceeds to support the Grandmothers to Grandmothers Campaign of the Stephen Lewis Foundation.

Annual Mother's Day Plant Sale ~ Quesnel Farmer's Market 8:30 to 1:00
2025-05-11 08:30 - 13:00 (America/Toronto) | Helen Dixon Center, 241 Kinchant Street, Quesnel, BC, V2J2R3
We are back again this year with our beautiful tomato plants which are started from seed by one of our members. There are numerous varieties and they look great. Other garden plants available: berries, lilies and shrubs.
Cost: By Donation Please

Plant Sale and Beyond
2025-05-17 10:00 - 14:00 (America/Toronto) | Hudson, QC, 466 Main Road, Hudson, QC, J0P 1H0, Canada
As our gardens burst back into life, Hudson’s Grannies Aid for Africa is busy getting ready for our annual “Plant Sale and Beyond” fundraiser. Come out and join us on Saturday, May 17th between 10am and 2pm at 413 Lakeview in Hudson. You will be able to browse through the perennials and other plants, pick up some delicious home baked goodies and garden treasures, or simply pop by for a visit and enjoy a coffee among friends. All this for a very worthy cause.

Annual Multi-Family Garage Sale
2025-05-31 09:00 - 13:00 (America/Vancouver) | 1187 Moffat Ave., 1187 Moffat Ave., Quesnel, BC, Canada
Join the Gold Pan Grannies at the Johnson Neighbourhood Multi-Family Garage Sale 9:00 ~ 1:00 Saturday May 31, 2025.
Cost: By Donation Please

Fashion for Climate Action
2025-05-31 13:00 - 15:00 (America/Edmonton) | Southminster-Steinhauer United Church, 10740 - 19 Avenue NW, Edmonton, Alberta, T6J 6W9, Canada
A fashion show with a difference! All of the original designs have been crafted to increase our knowledge and help us to continue the conversation about climate change. These amazing fashions have been created by Ellen Monaghan from the Calgary Ujaama Grandmas. Join us at Southminster-Steinhauer United Church in Edmonton on May 31. You can register online at: edmgrandmothers.org or at the door.

VanGogos Theatre Night Out with Oscar Wilde's An Ideal Husband
2025-05-31 20:00 - 22:30 (America/Vancouver) | Jericho Arts Centre, 1675 Discovery Street, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
VanGogos invite you to join us for a night at the theatre for the United Players of Vancouver performance of Oscar Wilde’s An Ideal Husband, a witty play revolving around blackmail and political corruption, touching on themes of public and private honour. Though written in the 1890s, it seems very appropriate for today!

Treasures from the Trunk
2025-06-07 09:30 - 15:00 (America/Regina) | British Columbia
We are planning for our third Treasures from the Trunk event. This is like a garage sale on wheels – the parking lot on the east side of Grant Road School will be filled with several vehicles, loaded with all sorts of bargains and treasures for the price-conscious shopper. Mark your calendars and join us on Saturday, June 7, 2025 at TREASURES FROM THE TRUNK on the east side of Grant Road School, 2502 Grant Road, Regina, between 9:30 am and 3:00 pm. Please follow us on Facebook for the latest information.

GrammaLink - Africa's Everything Rhubarb
2025-06-21 13:30 - 15:00 (America/Edmonton) | Gaetz Memorial United Church, 4758 Ross Street, Red Deer, Alberta
GrammaLink-Africa Everything Rhubarb Tea
Gaetz Memorial United Church Red Deer
Saturday June 21, 2025, 1:30- 3:00 pm
Rhubarb Pie with Ice Cream and Coffee /Tea
$10 per person
Rhubarb Bake Table Merchandise Table Door Prize
All proceeds donated to the Stephen Lewis Foundation

Summer Concert featuring Fourtune and the Watershed Band
2025-07-13 14:00 - 16:00 (America/Vancouver) | British Columbia
Bring a lawn chair or blanket and enjoy music by these talented musicians

GrammaLink-Africa Climate Change Fashion Show
2025-09-06 14:00 - 16:00 (America/Edmonton) | Sunnybrook United Church, 12 Stanton Street, Red deer, Alberta, T4N 0B8, Canada
GrammaLink-Africa presents A Quirky Climate Change Fashion Show
Saturday September 6, 2025, at 2:00 pm
Lower Hall Sunnybrook United Church 12 Stanton Street Red Deer
Free Will Offering
Cake, Coffee & Tea following the Fashion Show
Environmentally Friendly Merchandise for Sale
All Proceeds to the Stephen Lewis Foundation

Grandmothers Bridge Crossing
2025-09-07 10:00 - 14:00 (America/Toronto) | Srathcona, Ottawa, ON, Canada
The Ottawa One World Grannies and the Aylmer (Quebec) GoGos are hosting the 2nd Grandmothers Bridge Crossing on National Grandparents Day, Sun. Sept. 7th, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Adawe Pedestrian Bridge in Strathcona Park in Ottawa.
It’s an awareness raising and eduction event with special activities and guest speakers. Visitors will be invited to write messages of solidarity to African grandmothers and pin them on a temporary clothesline; Grandmother volunteers will lead purposeful walks across the Bridge; an information table will have handout material about the work of the SLF and the Grandmothers Campaign; African music will entertain, and guests are invited to bring a picnic to the park. An ice cream truck has been invited. Guests include, Mme. Claudette Commanda, Chancellor of the University of Ottawa, a well-known indigenous elder and inspiring speaker, who will open the event. Local city Councillors have all been also been invited to speak.

Art from the Attic
2025-09-13 10:00 - 16:00 (America/Regina) | Cathedral Neighbourhood Centre, 2900 13th Avenue, Regina, Saskatchewan, S4T 1N7, Canada
Grandmothers 4 Grandmothers Regina is holding its 11th Art from the Attic event on Saturday, September 13th at the Cathedral Neighbourhood Centre from 10 until 4. This is a one-day sale of hundreds of pieces of two-dimensional art, and a great opportunity to purchase some new pieces for your home or office. There will be originals, limited edition prints, and other pieces available at a wide range of prices. All proceeds from the sale support the work of the Stephen Lewis Foundation’s Grandmothers Campaign. For more information, contact g4gregina@gmail.com or call 306-537-5570.

Margaret MacMillan: How can history help us understand the present?
2025-09-17 18:30 - 21:00 (America/Toronto) | St. Matthew’s United Church, 729 St Clair Ave West, Toronto, Ontario, M6C1B2, Canada
Margaret MacMillan is a Massey lecturer, best-selling author, world-renowned historian, sought-after speaker, and professor emeritus of history. “MacMillan is a wry and humane chronicler of this troubled world.” (London Review of Books). Presented by the Togogos and the Old Orchard Blossoms.

Yard Sale for Kingston Grandmother Connection
2025-09-20 08:00 - 14:00 (America/Toronto) | 150 Willingdon Ave. Kingston, 150 Willingdon Ave., Kingston, Ontario, K7L 4H8, Canada
Come to my Yard Sale for Kingston Grandmother Connection: 150 Willingdon Ave., Kingston, Ontario, on Saturday, September 20 from 8am to 2pm. Small antiques, household goods, linens, dog things, odds and ends.

Harmony for Hope benefit concert
2025-10-04 19:30 - 21:30 (America/Toronto) | 413 rue main, hudson, 413 rue Main, Hudson, QC, J0P 1H0, Canada
A collaborative Choral Concert on Saturday, October 4, 2025 at St. Thomas Aquinas Church in Hudson, QC benefiting Grannies Aid for Africa and St. James Anglican Church Rebuild. Featuring four local choirs – Chants de Coton, Greenwood Singers, Hudson Community Choir and Hudson Young Voices – this is a concert not to be missed! For more info, or tickets, call 514-770-9997.

Shakers and Makers Market
2025-10-18 09:30 - 15:00 (America/Edmonton) | Southminster-Steinhauer United Church, 10740 - 19 Avenue NW, Edmonton, Alberta, T6J 6W9, Canada
An exciting day of handcrafted treasures and delicious homemade goodies. There will be something for everyone — from unique crafts to baked treats, jams, and preserves. All proceeds benefit the Grandmothers Campaign of the Stephen Lewis Foundation — helping grandmothers in Africa raise their grandchildren orphaned by AIDS.

Bags, Babies & Beyond Handcrafts Sale
2025-10-18 10:00 - 15:00 (America/Edmonton) | Marda Loop Communities Association, 3130 16th St. SW, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Since 2006, Ujamaa Grandmas has held a handcrafts sale featuring beautiful items – primarily knitted, crocheted, quilted and sewn – created by our members and friends. You will find bags and purses of all shapes, sizes and function, children’s clothing and toys, fashion accessories such as shawls, hats, mitts, and socks, decorations for Hallowe’en and Christmas, jewelry, and home decor items such as placemats, aprons and cushions.
Walk-in shopping; no tickets required on Saturday.

Accessories Sale
2025-10-18 11:00 - 14:00 (America/Vancouver) | St. Andrews United Church, 218 Kinchant Street, Quesnel, BC, V2J 2R2, Canada
Quesnel Gold Pan Grannies….
Accessory Sale ! Oct. 18th 11am-2pm
St. Andrews United Church, 218 Kinchant St.
Refreshments by donation…and fun shopping!
Scarves, purses, jewelry, gloves
All the things we can never have too much of!
Much of it priced “by donation”
All proceeds to the Stephen Lewis Foundation’s Grandmothers to Grandmothers campaign

Burlington Ubuntu Grandwomen present Freedom Train
2025-10-18 19:00 - 23:30 (America/Toronto) | 828 Legion Rd, 828 Legion Rd, Burlington, Ontario, L7S 1T5, Canada
The event show will feature Freedom Train, a well known band from Hamilton plus Line Dancing with Tammy Wyatt. The event will have a silent auction and cash bar held at the Burlington Legion. Doors open at 7 pm show begins at 9:00 pm. To purchase tickets contact judiscetta@gmail.com or lesley.jefferies@hotmail.com
