Saturday June 15,2019 at Westminster Presbyterian Church in Smiths Falls. Roast Beef, potatoes, vegetables, salad, dessert and coffee or tea. Dinner served at 5:30, advance tickets only.

Pro-Cathedral of the Assumption CWL June Dinner Meeting and Service Awards Presentation Ceremony will be held on Wednesday, June 5th. Members are asked to gather at 5 PM in the Parish Hall, Spiritual Program at 5:30 PM with dinner served at 6 PM.  Tickets are $25 and can purchased until June 1st  from Shirlene Condie-McVeigh, 476-2748, or Annette Dutrisac,  705-495-3584. This year’s theme will be ‘Swing into Summer!’.

Many Windows, One Light 2019 invites all ages to come out and play at the Community Potluck Picnic on  on Saturday, May 25, 2019 from 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm at the Picnic Shelter at Nichols Oval Park. Delicious Diversity - a feast we all bring and share is the theme for the day. Participants are encouraged to bring a potluck item to share and your own dishes and drinks. All are welcome. Supported by the 

Community Race Relations Committee, Kawartha World Issues Centre, New Canadians Centre, Unitarian Fellowship of Peterborough, Beth Israel Congregation.

More details on the Many Windows, One Light Facebook page, or by calling (705) 768-8795.

This May the surviving Dionne quintuplets turn 85.  It’s a personal milestone for Cecile and Annette – yet it will be widely and publically celebrated by Canada’s multiple-birth community.

In 2005, Cecile and Annette gave Multiple Births Canada (MBC) approval to use their birth date as the day now observed as “National Multiple Births Awareness Day”.  It has become the time when Canadian multiple-birth families hold picnics, rallies, and bring attention to a key theme – focusing on unique challenges faced by Canada’s multiple-birth community.

The inaugural event, held on the lawn at the Dionne Quints Museum, was well attended and included many MBC members who travelled to North Bay from across Canada.  As the MBC Chapter located closest to North Bay at that time, Temiskaming Multiple Births (TMB) aided in planning that event.  This is why TMB, along with the Dionne Quints Heritage Board, are celebrating Cecile and Annette’s 85th birthday by hosting a Family Day on the grounds of the new location of the Dionne Quints Museum on Saturday, May 25th 2019 from 1-4 p.m.

We invite North Bay’s multiple-birth community and ALL families to join us for kids’ inflatables, bubble soccer, birthday cake, a tour of the Dionne Quints Museum and an opportunity to network with other multiple-birth families.  We hope you will assist us in sharing this news.  This is a free event, hosted by TMB and the Dionne Quints Heritage Board. All we ask is that anyone planning to join us sends an RSVP message so we can plan the food and games accordingly. Our email is temiskaming@multiplebirths.ca.

Thank you!

Gail Moore, Temiskaming Multiple Births