Events
Thank you for supporting the fundraising initiatives of grandmothers groups across the Campaign! Browse the calendar below to learn about the many online, in-person and multi-day events that grandmothers groups are organizing, as well as Campaign-wide events.
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Blue (online)
March Trivia Madness
ZoomJoin Grandmothers 4 Grandmothers Regina for an evening of trivia fun with a Canadian theme!
A Tapestry of Food, Family and Forgiveness (Online)
ZoomSave the date for "Butter, Honey, Pig, Bread," a discussion with author Francesca Ekwuyasi in conversation with Donna Nurse.
Discovering Birds & Finding Happiness in Nature (Online)
ZoomJoin Toronto Grandmothers Embrace for an introduction to birdwatching with expert Andrés Jiménez.
Capital Grannies Canadian Museum for Human Rights Tour
This virtual tour of the museum in Winnipeg is an opportunity to view its exhibits and galleries, as well as its stunning architecture, with an experienced tour guide. The gallery exhibits range from Indigenous perspectives and the right to safety and justice for Aboriginal women in Canada, to human rights in a global setting, with […]
Kingston Grandmother Connection’s unique African-oriented online store opens again April 3-29, 2022.
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 […]
No Be From Hia: A Homecoming Tale of a Family
OnlineJoin host Bianca Marais as she engages in conversation with Zambian writer Natasha Omokhodion-Kalulu Banda about her debut novel, No Be From Hia.
For the Love of Grandmothers Fitness Challenge (May 1 to June 30)
The Greater Van Gogos invite members, their friends, family and supporters to join them in a fitness challenge from May 1st to June 30th.
Contemporary African Voices-Siphiwe Gloria Ndlovu
ZoomSiphiwe Gloria Ndlovu, Zimbabwean award-winning novelist, filmmaker and academic, in conversation with Garvia Bailey.
For the Love of Grandmothers Fitness Challenge (May 1 to June 30)
The Greater Van Gogos invite members, their friends, family and supporters to join them in a fitness challenge from May 1st to June 30th.
Salt Spring’s 14th Annual Scrabble Fundraiser
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 […]
Raising Monarchs (Online)
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 […]