HELPING HANDS WALK-A-THON

NeighbourLink Sarnia-Lambton is very pleased to invite you to join us in helping our less fortunate neighbours by participating in our Annual Helping Hands Walk-a-thon. (HHW) on Saturday October 15, 2022. Together we can make a difference.

The Sarnia WALK begins and ends at The Sarnia Christian School, at 1273 Exmouth St, corner of Pontiac Drive and Exmouth Street. Donning iconic ball caps and jackets, participants will walk a 2km, 5km or 10km route, warming up or cooling down with refreshing drinks and a quick snack at the rest stop along London Road and return for a celebration BBQ..

It is a family-friendly walk to raise money for NeighbourLink to help fund the services provided to those in need within our community free of charge.

Together we can make a difference.

Take Back The Night event of the year will be taking place in Pembroke on September 28th. A pre-march rally will be held at the Women’s Sexual Assault Center, 526 Pembroke St W, Pembroke at 6:30pm. The march will begin between 6:45 and 7:00pm and end at approximately 7:45pm. There will be a gathering and light refreshments back at the Women’s Sexual Assault Centre after the march. All are welcome to attend and participate.

About Take Back the Night: Take Back the Night Marches began in the 70’s and are held every year in late September to protest sexual and gender-based violence and the reality that women often need to be accompanied by a male “protector” in order to feel safe when walking at night. Take Back the Night Marches are a time for women to gather in solidarity to reclaim the night as our own and declare that women have the right to walk the streets at night and be safe.

The Women’s Sexual Assault Centre of Renfrew County’s Support & Crisis Line is available 24/7 at 1-800-663-3060. If you are looking for in-person support, please call the Women’s Sexual Assault Centre at 613-735-5551.

MUSIC JAM INSTRUCTIONAL!

With Music Instructor, David Cambell

Thursday, September 22nd @ 6PM, Renfrew Public Library 

Want to learn how to jam with others? Need some playing guidance? David will show us tips and tricks to harmonize with others at any level!

*Registration required by September 20th

IMMIGRATION MATTERS: WELCOME WEEK FILM SCREENING AND POST-FILM DISCUSSION

In Partnership with LIP and Daryna Z.

Saturday, September 17th @ 6:30PM, Renfrew Public Library 

We'll be turning the library into a movie theatre after hours on Saturday, September 17th for this special event! "The more welcoming communities are, the more newcomers feel at home and contribute locally!" We will be watching, 'Peace by Chocolate' - a story of Tareq Hadhad and his family's journey to Canada. Post film, Daryna will share her experiences of displacement from Ukraine.

*Snacks provided, registration required by September 15th

Tour the countryside and drop in at 19 artist studio's located from Milton to Carlisle with stops in Georgetown, Eden Mills, Kilbride and Carlisle.  We have 41 artists located in 19 locations.   See painters, potters, stained glass artists, jewelry, metal art, wood sculpture, photography and a custom guitar builder.  This is a free self-guided tour so you can go at your pace and see as many artists as you can fit into this weekend.   See our FB page  @fasm-annual-studio-tour  for daily updates and feature presentations of the artists.  Meet the artists in their studio and have a chat about their process, artistic journey and how they learned their techniques.   The FASM studio tour has been an annual event for over 20 yrs and a highlight of the fall season.   If you are an artist, art collector or just like to be inspired... this tour is a must for YOU!  For locations and a map go to www.fasmstudiotour.ca.    If you are an artist and would like to join the tour next year, go to www.fasm.ca and check us out!