DEW Drop-In Newsletter

New Support Group for women 45 and over; Julie Cyr craft workshops every other week; Hedy Fry Minister responsible for status of women is coming to centre for meeing with women; Workshops: First Nations Drumming; Autism- short video handouts and discussion what is autism and how does it affect us; Breast Self Examination. Regular Programming: Margareth from AIDS Vancouver will be here Mon; Lifeskills; Learning Group; Kathy Nurse; Law Student with legal help including welfare, MSS, handicapped etc.; Alcohol and Drug Support Group; Women's Voice - let us know what you think of the centre; Women Surviving Together; Raffles; Volunteer Nights every friday; HIV/ AIDS Women's Support Group; Bingo; Crafty Workshops; Dreamcatchers; Ceramics Painting. Outings: Boundary Bay Picnic; Canoeing and picnic Deep Cove; Mission Medicine Wheel trip to medicine wheel gathering; BBQ and Games at Strathcona Park. Four Corners Community Savings Bank needs to change how to handle low-income clients; Money Mart charging fee for cashing govenment cheques; Bank Act under review; changes to G.A.I.N.; low-income families and Leisure Access Passes; Canadian Assoc. of Anorexia Nervosa workshops at Mount Pleasant Community Centre; Cottonwood Gardens 10am clearing bushes to make space for Sweat Lodge; HIV/AIDS information and resources; Poem on drinking; Advocate says theft is occurring in center.