DEW Drop-In Newsletter

National Volunteer Week: volunteerism definition, benefits to Women's Centre, reciprocal benefits for volunteer, thank you to Centre volunteers; Dioxins - carcinogens, don't microwave in plastic containers, saran wrap releases dioxins into food; diabetic friendly recipes; magic leaf drawing how to method; Calendar; Regular Programming: Access - math, english, and study skills taught by Institute of Indigenous Government; Chinese Women's Group (CWS); Creative Writing; Hairstyling; Library Literacy; Literacy Workshop; French Speaking Group; Massage; Piano and Voice - instruction and practice; Resume workshop; Women's Voice; Street Nurse; Arts and Crafts workshops: Beading with Denny; Crochet with Freeda; Fabric Arts with Freeda; Dreamcatchers with Denny. Evening programming: Battered Women Support Services; Alcohol and Drug Support Group; Music Jam; Women's Health Clinic; medical advocacy. Horoscopes; YWCA in Focus Pre-employment Program: definition, applicant profile; application process; program design, program outcomes. Poems and prose from the DTES: After I Gave up Drinking by Ilona Ferenczi; After the Fact (Oh Well) by P. Aimee Rowley; The Wind in my Hair by Annie Eskenazy; Love Store by Nitza Annie Eskenazy;