Grandmothers to Grandmothers Campaign

Nelson Night Market
2022-07-29 18:00 - 22:00 (America/Toronto) | Nelson Night Market, Baker St, Nelson, British Columbia, Canada
The Nelson Grans to Grans will have a stall at the Nelson Night Market to sell their handcrafted items, including beeswax wraps, summer hats, greeting cards and more!

Weekly Solidarity Cycle Training Sessions
2022-07-02 09:00 - 11:00, 2022-06-04 09:00 - 11:00, 2022-05-07 09:00 - 11:00 (America/Vancouver) | QC

Raising Monarchs (Online)
2022-06-23 13:00 - 14:00 (America/Toronto) | QC
On June 23, 2022 at 1:00 PM ET, Ingrid Janssen will be giving a presentation on Raising Monarch Butterflies.
Ingrid is a horticulturist, speaker, blogger and master gardener. She has been gardening for most of her life and is a passionate, some would say “crazy gardener”. Her presentation, ‘Raising Monarchs: How I Became a Monarch Mama’, is a story about an iconic butterfly and the role that gardeners can play in its survival.
Donate at https://slf.akaraisin.com/ui/grandmotherscampaign2022/p/RaisingMonarchs.

June Grandmothers Campaign-Wide Call (Online)
2022-06-16 12:30 - 13:30 (America/Toronto) | Zoom
Join the SLF Grandmothers Campaign team and members of grandmothers groups from across the Campaign for a Zoom call to share ideas and events, support one another and learn more about activities happening within the grandmothers movement.
RSVP to campaign@stephenlewisfoundation.org for the Zoom link or use the sign-up form in the members only section of the website.

Guelph Garden Stroll (In-Person)
2022-06-12 10:00 - 15:30 (America/Toronto) | Aspen Grove, 8 Megan Place, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
Explore a beautiful garden oasis and talk with its creator, Master Gardner Robert Pavlis. Featuring six acres with over 3,000 plant varieties Tickets are $25 with timed entry at 10 am, 12 pm and 2 pm. Get your tickets at https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/guelph-garden-stroll-art-music-and-a-marketplace-in-a-gorgeous-setting-tickets-308358206697

Visiting Zimbabwe: A Conversation with Idah Mukuka Nambeya & SLF Partners (Online)
2022-06-10 11:00 - 12:15 (America/Toronto) | Zoom
For decades, community-led responses have been supporting and empowering people living with or affected by HIV and AIDS. These remarkably effective programs have only deepened over time, as their connection to their communities ensure they are cutting the AIDS pandemic off at its roots.

Idah Mukuka Nambeya, Senior Advisor to the Grandmothers to Grandmothers Campaign, has visited and worked with community-based partners since the Stephen Lewis Foundation was founded. Recently, she travelled to Zimbabwe on her first international trip since 2019 to meet with The Musasa Project, Midlands AIDS Service Organization (MASO), and Chiedza Child Care Centre.
We invite you to a dynamic, virtual conversation between Idah and leaders from each of these organizations. Learn how they are continuing to support and uplift their communities throughout the challenges of the dual pandemics of HIV and AIDS and COVID-19, and how they see the future of their work.
Don’t miss this important conversation on June 10th at 11 AM Eastern Daylight time, 8 AM Pacific Daylight time, 5 PM Central African Time.

Salt Spring’s 14th Annual Scrabble Fundraiser
2022-06-07 08:00 - 2022-06-11 17:00 (America/Vancouver) | QC
We will be hosting games, dinner and a silent auction over 3 days in June. On June 7, 9 games and prizes from 2 to 4 pm at Portlock Park Pavillion, and games, a chili dinner, silent auction and cash and carry tables from 5:30 – 9 pm at the Lions’ Bradley Hall. Silent auction items will be listed on https://saltspringexchange.com/ We also invite donations through an online appeal on the Grandmothers site here.

Treasures from the Trunk
2022-06-04 10:00 - 14:00 (America/Regina) | Wesley United Church, Regina, SK, 3913 Hillsdale Avenue, Regina, Saskatchewan, S4S 3Y6
There are bargains to be found as you shop directly from the trunk of the many vehicles set up in Wesley United Church rear parking lot, 3913 Hillsdale Avenue, Regina.
Saturday, June 4, 2022
10:00 am to 2:00 pm
COVID precautions will be taken. Our vendors will be wearing masks; we really hope you will, too. There will be hand-sanitizer stations around the sale area. Cash payment only.
All proceeds go to the Grandmothers Campaign to directly support the Stephen Lewis Foundation’s community-based partner organizations as they expertly provide grandmothers in sub-Saharan Africa with holistic care and support.

Royal City Gogos Artisan Craft Sale
2022-06-04 10:00 - 14:00 (America/Vancouver) | New Westminster Secondary School, 820 Sixth Street, New Westminster, British Columbia, V3L 3C8, Canada
Royal City Gogos’ Craft Sale is back featuring lots of new crafts and delights from fairy gardens to book sculptures! We are also showcasing Experiences and Consumables for people who have “enough stuff” as well as carefully curated vintage items. Please note this is a new and exciting venue. We hope to see you there!

Kingston Grandmother Connection Outdoor Market
2022-06-04 09:00 - 14:00 (America/Toronto) | 273 Blenheim Terrace, Kingston K7M 4C8, 273 Blenheim Terrace,, Kingston, K7M 4C8, Canada
Kingston Grandmother Connection – June 4 Outdoor Market
Come with your friends to our outdoor market, 273 Blenheim Terrace, June 4 (rain date June 5), 9am – 2pm. We have our popular nature photo note cards by Kingston photographer Dieter Ehlert, textiles, new to you clothing, jewellery and books, Sandglass Creations, eco products, a special selection of art, exquisite things, and more. All proceeds to Help Lesotho and the Stephen Lewis Foundation’s Grandmothers to Grandmothers Campaign, helping Grandmothers in Africa and their families. We appreciate you wearing a mask and bringing a shopping bag. Cash, credit/debit.
Contact: Deb Ruse 613-542-6993
www.g2gkingston.ca
https://www.facebook.com/KingstonGrandmotherConnection

The Mariposa Grandmothers' Plant Sale
2022-06-04 08:00 - 12:00 (America/Toronto) | QC
The Mariposa Grandmothers in Orillia, ON have been busy digging, potting and readying plants for our big sale on June 4/22 from 8am to noon at 145 Cedar Street in Orillia. In addition to great yard sale finds we also have yards and yarns and jewelry! Please come out and support us.

Together Again: The Nyanyas are back!
2022-06-03 12:30 - 14:30 (America/Toronto) | Old Winery Restaurant, 2228 Niagara Stone Road, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, L0S 1J0, Canada
Finally we can gather again for our annual spring luncheon – June 3, 2022 at 12:30 pm at the Old Winery Restaurant in Niagara-on-the-Lake. The tickets are $50 and they must be purchased ahead of time.
Ruth-Anne Seburn, Development Officer with the Grandmothers Campaign, and Alanna Wallace, Deputy Director, Philanthropic Partnerships at the Stephen Lewis Foundation, are our guest speakers. They will talk about how the Stephen Lewis Foundation works with their partners in Sub-Saharan Africa and share stories of the triumph and resilience of grandmothers and communities in the face of the AIDS pandemic and the COVID pandemic.
There will be a Marketplace and a raffle of wonderful items!

For the Love of Grandmothers Fitness Challenge (May 1 to June 30)
2022-06-01 08:00 - 17:00 (America/Toronto) | QC
It’s not to late to join the fun! The Greater Van Gogos invite members, their friends, family and supporters to join them in a fitness challenge from May 1st to June 30th. We hope to raise $50,000 in support of the Stephen Lewis Foundation’s Grandmothers Campaign. We’ve done it before and we can do it again!
Click here for more information and ways to participate.

Kingston Grandmother Connection: Gail's Annual Plant Sale
2022-05-27 13:00 - 2022-05-28 17:00 (America/Toronto) | 226 Mowat St., Kingston K7M 1K8, 226 Mowat St., Kingston K7M 1K8, Kingston, Ontario, K7M 1K8, Canada
Come and bring your friends to Gail’s Annual Plant Sale. A grand selection of potted geraniums, perennials and herbs. Your purchase will help African grandmothers and the children they care for, through Help Lesotho and The Stephen Lewis Foundation’s Grandmothers to Grandmothers Campaign. *Please wear a mask*
Friday, May 27, 1-5pm; Saturday, May 28, 1-5pm.

Contemporary African Voices-Siphiwe Gloria Ndlovu
2022-05-26 10:00 - 11:30 (America/Vancouver) | Zoom
Siphiwe Gloria Ndlovu, Zimbabwean award-winning novelist, filmmaker and academic, in conversation with Garvia Bailey, followed by a Q&A.
We are delighted to invite you to another Contemporary African Voices online event. We believe we come to know a country by reading its authors. This event is a fundraiser for the Stephen Lewis Foundation’s Grandmothers to Grandmothers Campaign which supports community-based organizations in sub-Saharan Africa who are turning the tide of HIV and AIDS. Thank you for your support.
Recording available from Thursday, May 26 to Thursday, June 9, 2022.
Siphiwe Gloria Ndlovu is a writer, filmmaker and academic who holds a PhD in Modern Thought and Literature from Stanford University, as well as masters degrees in African Studies and Film. Her first novel, The Theory of Flight, won the Barry Ronge Fiction Prize in South Africa. Her novel, The History of Man, is the second book published in her trilogy. She was recently awarded a prestigious 2022 Windham-Campbell Prize which is administered by Yale University.
Garvia Bailey is a Toronto-based, Jamaica-born journalist, producer, broadcaster, and former CBC host who is inspired and driven by the power of sharing our stories.
Donations of $20 and more will receive a charitable tax receipt directly from the Stephen Lewis Foundation.

May Grandmothers Campaign-Wide Call (Online)
2022-05-19 12:30 - 13:30 (America/Toronto) | Zoom

Welisa Gogos Mother's Day Baked Goods Gift Boxes
2022-05-07 12:00 - 14:00 (America/Vancouver) | Gift Box pick up, 3559 WEST 20TH AVE, Vancouver, Canada
TEA FOR TWO GIFT BOXES FOR MOTHER’S DAY
Treat mum (or any special person in your life) with a beautifully ribboned box of sweet afternoon baked treats (10 pieces) chocolates, a card, two flowers and of course tea!
CURBSIDE PICK-UP SATURDAY, MAY 7TH
3559 WEST 20TH AVE, VANCOUVER
BETWEEN 12:00 – 2:00PM
Pre-order only ; prepay by May 2nd.
Cost is $25.
To place your order, email: welisagogos@gmail.com
Use “Mother’s Day” as the subject line and include the following information in your email:
• Your name & contact number
• The number of boxes you would like to order
• Indicate your tea preference: black tea or herbal tea.
Once your order is received, you will receive an email confirmation and instructions for e-transfer payment and pick-up.
All proceeds go to the Stephen Lewis Foundation Grandmother’s Campaign.

Tea in a Box
2022-05-07 10:00 - 11:30 (America/Toronto) | QC
The Mariposa Grandmothers of Orillia invite you to celebrate Mothers’ Day weekend with tea in a box! For $20 you’ll get a sandwich, 3 sweet desserts, a cup, saucer and teabag. Orders will be taken in advance and paid and picked up at a specific time.

For the Love of Grandmothers Fitness Challenge (May 1 to June 30)
2022-05-01 08:00 - 20:00 (America/Toronto) | QC
The Greater Van Gogos invite members, their friends, family and supporters to join them in a fitness challenge from May 1st to June 30th. We hope to raise $50,000 in support of the Stephen Lewis Foundation’s Grandmothers Campaign. We’ve done it before and we can do it again!
Click here for more information and ways to participate.

Ujamaa Grandmas Fabric and Yarn Sale ( In-person)
2022-04-29 - 2022-05-01 | The Magic of Christmas #1, 4416 5St. NE T2E 7C3, The Magic of Christmas #1, 44165 St. NE T2E 7C3 Calgary
Since 2008, we have been accepting donations of fabric, yarn, books and patterns, and related supplies and equipment and selling them at fabulous prices to raise funds for the SLF. This year’s sale is April 29 to May 1 from 10:30 to 5:00. Admission is free, but customers need to reserve a time slot through Eventbrite https://www.eventbrite.ca/o/ujamaa-grandmas-32278280321
No cash sales. Bring your own bag.

Kingston Grandmother Connection’s unique African-oriented online store opens again April 3-29, 2022.
2022-04-29 | QC
Fine handcrafted items for Mother’s Day, Easter, Birthdays: large woven African baskets, African cloth placemats, distinctive light-weight nuno-felted scarves, soap and shampoo bars, note cards and more.
Pick up in central Kingston every Saturday, or get delivery.
All proceeds go to Help Lesotho and the Stephen Lewis Foundation’s Grandmothers to Grandmothers campaign, helping African grandmothers and their families.

No Be From Hia: A Homecoming Tale of a Family
2022-04-27 13:00 - 14:30 (America/Toronto) | Online
Join host Bianca Marais as she engages in conversation with Zambian writer Natasha Omokhodion-Kalulu Banda about her debut novel, No Be From Hia. Meet the Ayomides and the Kombes – Zambian-Nigerian-Jamaican powerhouse families brought together by migration and torn apart by tragedy and secrets. In a search for identity, love and acceptance – two ordinary girls travel from London to Lusaka to Lagos in order to save their family and discover their destiny. This event is the third in the Contemporary African Voices webinar series.
Click here to register.
Click here to donate.

Art From the Attic (In-person)
2022-04-23 09:00 - 2022-04-25 16:00 (America/Vancouver) | Comox Valley Curling Club, 4835 Headquarters Road, Courtenay, British Columbia, Canada
On Earth Day weekend, the Comox Valley Glacier Grannies are pleased to present ‘Art From the Attic,’ a huge sale of upcycled art.
Come and browse through hundreds of pieces of art featuring treasures and bargains for every budget and taste. Choose from a remarkable collection of works from near and far, including paintings (watercolour & oil), Japanese woodcuts, sculpture, decorative pottery, photography (modern & antique), drawings, African batik, felting, quilting, embroidery, limited-edition prints, stained glass, art and vintage posters, and Indigenous art from Canada, the United States, and Australia. Many pieces have been professionally appraised and will be offered below appraised value.
Our “Boutique” selection of higher-priced works includes a limited-edition Robert Bateman print, oil paintings by Salt Spring artist Gwen Ruckle, numbered prints by Bruce Cryer, a silk screen by Roy Henry Vickers, and signed limited-edition prints by Ojibwe artist Gelineau Fisher. Works in the medium range of “Fabulous Finds” include locally-made fabric art pieces, a Haida shawl by Clarence Mills, portrait drawings by African artist R. Klla, a limited-edition print by local artist Luke Raffin, and an original “Star Wars—The Empire Strikes Back” movie poster with as issued folds. We also offer a wide selection of “Bargain” posters and prints.
All funds raised by Art From the Attic will go to the Grandmothers Campaign of the Stephen Lewis Foundation. Through local grassroots organizations, grandmothers in sub-Saharan Africa are supported as they raise their grandchildren, orphaned in the HIV & AIDS pandemic.
This fundraising event will be held on Saturday and Sunday, April 23-24th, from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm, and Monday, April 25th, from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm at the Comox Valley Curling Club, 4835 Headquarters Road, Courtenay. Art remaining unsold after Sunday, will be marked half price for the Monday sale. For more information please go to www.glaciergrannies.org

Solidarity Cycle Training Sessions
2022-04-23 09:00 - 11:00 (America/Vancouver) | QC

GrammaLink- Africa's Fabulous Fabric Sale (In-person)
2022-04-22 09:00 - 14:00 (America/Edmonton) | Gaetz United Church, 4758 50 St, Red Deer, Alberta, T4N 1X2, Canada
Sale of Fabric, Yarn and Notions. Gaetz United Church 4758 Ross Street, Red Deer

VG4A Virtual Stride Walk
2022-04-22 | QC
Victoria Grandmothers is doing a virtual walk. The theme of this year’s walk is “Count your steps to awareness of the 94 Calls to Action”. Our goal is to walk at least 9400km; 100 km for each call to action. Once a week, those participants who would like, can join up for a group walk and coffee. Locations will be published in the weekly newsletters and will take in various sites of interest. From April 22nd- June 3rd

April Grandmothers Campaign-Wide Call (Online)
2022-04-21 12:30 - 13:30 (America/Toronto) | Zoom

Slocan Valley Grassroots Grammas Springtime Bakery and Boutique
2022-04-09 11:00 - 14:00 (America/Vancouver) | 3036 BC-6, Slocan Park, BC V0G 2E0, 3036 BC-6, Slocan Park, BC, V0G 2E0, Canada
Treat yourself to all kinds of magnificent baked goods!
