DEW Drop-In Newsletter

International Women's Day; Volunteer News; Volunteers only retreat - Sasamat Outdoor Centre with beautiful wooded site canoeing, fishing and hiking, workshops on conflict resolution, communication, anger, etc.; Poem about being powerful and Farewell to a Friend poem; Calendar; Regular Programming: Learning Group; Battered Women's Support Services (BWSS); Shiatsu Massages; Alcohol and Drug Support Group; Law Student; Women's Voice; Women Surviving Together; Raffles; Spanish Classes; Anti-Violence Discussion Group; Crafty workshops - Beading with Leona; Ceramic and Tile Painting; Fabric Arts with Freeda; Dreamcatchers; Outings: Swimming Evelyn Daly Center; Nature Walk at Serpentine Fen in White Rock; Bowling at Commodore Lanes; going to sweat afterwards with Reta Blind at Centre; News from sister Alice Advocate with Residential Tenancy Act; Community Services Fund - fund projects to build skills; Learning Group is back; Volunteer Coordinator position full-time - will see improvements in how program is run; New Logo and Centre Brochure; four nations and four directions; new center brochure coming soon, made possible by grant from Law Foundation; All Funders Meeting - all contract funders invited to meeting; Bridge Housing not ready until 2000; File Income Tax; New To Centre BWSS - starting a 10 week session with 2 new facilitators; Makeovers; New Stopping Violence Worker to replace Deepa