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• January Membership Meeting 2025

  • When
    January 28, 2025
  •  
    1:00 PM - 3:30 PM
  • Location
    Beaver Valley Community Centre

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  We look forward to seeing you at our November meeting at the Beaver Valley Community Centre.

  Date: Tuesday, January 28, 2025
  Doors open: 1:00 PM
  Meeting begins: 1:30 PM
  
  Speaker: Linda Caron
  Title:  Hospice Georgian Triangle

  Sandra Sullivan is the Executive Director of the Hospice Georgian Triangle Foundation, an organization dedicated to supporting compassionate, end-of-life care for individuals and families in the towns of The Blue Mountains, Collingwood, Clearview, and Wasaga Beach. With a deep commitment to community service and a passion for making a meaningful impact, Sandra leads the Foundation’s efforts to raise funds, build awareness, and ensure the sustainability of hospice programs and services. Sandra brings extensive experience in nonprofit leadership, strategic fundraising, and community engagement. She has a proven track record of fostering partnerships and mobilizing resources to enhance the quality of care for those in need. Under her leadership, the Foundation continues to provide vital support to Hospice Georgian Triangle, ensuring access to palliative care, grief and bereavement support, and educational initiatives that benefit the entire community. Prior to laying down roots in Collingwood, Sandra was the Director of Strategic Events for UJA Federation of Greater Toronto, and head of Community Engagement for North York General Hospital Foundation. She has worked as a reporter for Bloomberg news and started her career in finance in institutional fixed income for a leading Canadian investment dealer and bank. She has served on the North York General Hospital Foundation Board of Directors and the Board of Directors of the TFS Canada’s International School (Toronto French School). 

  Book Exchange:
  The Book Exchange will be set up at the back of the room starting at 1 PM. Books should have a copyright date no older than 10 years. Bring a Book, Take a Book. We ask that you exchange no more than 3 books at a time. Please contact Nancy Hart with any questions!

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• February Membership Meeting 2025

  • When
    February 25, 2025
  •  
    1:00 PM - 3:30 PM
  • Location
    Beaver Valley Community Centre

  Register

  We look forward to seeing you at our November meeting at the Beaver Valley Community Centre.

  Date: Tuesday,  February 25, 2025
  Doors open: 1:00 PM
  Meeting begins: 1:30 PM
  
  Speaker: Bruce King and Valerie Jones
  Title:  Kolapore Trails and Kolapore Wilderness

  Bruce King’s career was spent with the Ontario government working on Crown land and provincial park plannng. Highlights in his career were being the Project Manager for a task force that led to the creation of the Rouge Park in Toronto, being the principal author of the 1999 Ontario’s Living Legacy Land Use Strategy, which created a large number of new protected areas, and developing Ontario’s Guide for Crown Land Use Planning. When Bruce was a university student he was one of the founders of the Kolapore Wilderness Trails in 1973, and he has been working on the trails ever since. Bruce and his wife Valerie Jones live in the Kolapore area. In 2023 Bruce and Valerie jointly received the Town of the Blue Mountain’s Volunteer Award in the Sports and Recreation category, in recognition of their long term commitment to both the Kolapore Trails and the Bruce Trail.

  Just over 50 years ago a small group of university students were inspired to start building the Kolapore trails network at the south end of the Town of the Blue Mountains. Bruce King was part of that group, and he will talk about the evolution of the trails over the years. The trails have gone from being a rustic network catering to a small number of back country skiers, to an important community asset that is visited in all seasons. Kolapore is the largest block of protected wilderness in the region, and the talk will highlight some of the important natural values. Bruce will provide recommendations on how to explore and enjoy the Kolapore area.

  Book Exchange:
  The Book Exchange will be set up at the back of the room starting at 1 PM. Books should have a copyright date no older than 10 years. Bring a Book, Take a Book. We ask that you exchange no more than 3 books at a time. Please contact Nancy Hart with any questions!

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