Spring for Life 2006

Support Us

You can take a stand in the fight against HIV/AIDS by treating yourself or a loved one this Spring. Here's how you can help:

1. PICK a bright and beautiful gerbera daisy. On sale in malls and office towers nation-wide during the last week of March, gorgeous gerbs are raising funds for AIDS research and community services, while raising awareness about this devastating disease. For a low price of only $5, you will get three flowers, wrapped in cellophane. Click on your city at right at www.springforlife.ca to find out where you can purchase. Interested in pre-ordering flowers? Contact us at sfl@canfar.com.

2. DINE out! On Wednesday, April 26, 2006 , restaurants in selected cities at right are donating 15% of their proceeds to Spring for Life. Click on your city at right to find out where to dine in your city.

3. SHOP at participating retailers. Salons, florists and stores near you are donating a portion of their sales to Spring for Life during the last week of April, 2006. Click on your city at right to find out which businesses in your community are taking part.

4 . Support our national retail sponsors

5. Buy online at www.cangive.ca . Cangive has several leading online stores available to our supporters... such as Canadian Tire, Chapters-Indigo, E-Bay, Amazon.ca, Dell.ca, and Eddie Bauer to name a few. When you shop, just choose Canadian Foundation for AIDS Research (CANFAR) as your charity of choice, and fourteen AIDS agencies across Canada will benefit from your purchase. This is a fantastic way to make a difference while treating yourself to something fun!

6. Donate now. Don't feel like shopping? You can still make a difference by donating online on this secure website. When you make a donation, you will have the option to give your gift to the Spring for Life collection of agencies, or may choose the participating Spring for Life agency to which you would like your donation to be directed. You will receive your tax receipt instantly and you'll also watch our spring garden grow !


Spring For Life
165 University Avenue, Suite 901, Toronto, ON M5H 3B8
P:416-361-6281 / 1-800-563-CURE (2873) / F: 416-361-5736 sfl@canfar.com

Please Help Support Rethink Breast Cancer

Beads That Give provides a unique new way for you to support Rethink Breast Cancer. Offering a selection of custom-designed beaded jewellery, Beads That Give will forward 20% of the net proceeds from each sale to Rethink by simply having the buyer enter our code: RETHINK05 prior to making their online order.

Barb Daize, who has worked as an RPN for the past 25 years and full time with a local charity for the past 5 years, is the creative force behind beadsthatgive.com. She has watched people struggle with disease and has counseled families who don’t know how to help. Throughout her nursing and supportive care career Daize says it is obvious people find it difficult to know what to say, or how to comfort someone. She says beadsthatgive.com is the perfect solution.

To learn more please go to www.beadsthatgive.com or contact Barb directly: barb@beadsthatgive.com
905.869.8463 or toll free 1.866.464.9994

Letting Go of Stuff

To “let go” does not mean to stop caring,
it means, I can’t do it for someone else.
To “let go” is not to cut myself off,
it’s the realization, I can’t control another.
To “let go” is to not enable,
but to allow learning from natural consequences.
To “let go” is to admit powerlessness,
which means the outcome is not in my hands.
To “let go” is not to try to change or blame another,
it’s to make the most of myself.
To “let go” is not to “care for”,
but to “care about”.
To “let go” is not to “fix”,
but to be supportive.
To “let go” is not to judge,
but to allow another to be a human being.
To “let go” is to not be in the middle arranging all the outcomes,
but to allow others to affect their destinies.
To “let go” is not to be protective,
it’s to permit another to face reality.
To “let go” is not to deny,
but to accept.
To “let go” is not to nag, scold or argue,
but instead to search out my own, shortcomings and correct them.
To “let go” is not to adjust everything to my desires,
but to take each day as it comes, and cherish myself in it.
To “let go” is not to criticize and regulate anybody,
but to try to become what I dream I can be.
To “let go” is to not regret the past,
but to grow and live for the future.
To “let go” is to fear less and love more.

Winter City in Toronto - Jan. 27 to Feb. 9, 2006

Click on the following link to peruse information on "Winterlicious"
http://www.toronto.ca/special_events/wintercity/index.htm

Free Newsletter - Check it out!

QuintZine is a free career and job-hunting newsletter filled with timely and topical tips for springboarding careersDec. 30, 2005, Vol. 6, No. 21: Year-End Index/Bonus QuintZine is a publication of Quintessential Careers.
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This Year-End Bonus/Career Resolutions issue of QuintZine provides a quick reference for readers, especially newer subscribers, to look up main features from the past year on career topics of interest. Regular-format issues resume with the Jan. 16 issue.

This issue also includes a bonus Career Doctor, a main feature on creating a New Year's Career Action Plan, an article on goal-setting for the new year, and a companion article on knowing when you've reached your goal.

Happy New Year to all. May 2006 be your best career year yet!

Gift of Life

With the new year quickly approaching, please consider signing the Gift of Life Donor Notification Card that is remitted with your driver's licence renewal.

In the past I have given this much thought, and have always felt somewhat disappointed in my not being able to make a decision in this regard. Today I have made my decision -- I will sign and give my card to my loved ones so that in the event of my dealth, they are aware that I have consented to donating any needed organs or tissue in the hope that I may help others.

Please think long and hard about giving the "Gift of Life" in early 2006!

For further information, refer to www.giftoflife.on.ca or call 1-800-263-2833. Thank you.

Employability Issues for Experienced Workers

Hello Mr. Ridge. I feel a personal need to request that the subject of employability issues for individuals 45+ be acknowledged, and hopefully addressed. What I would like to know is whether or not your party is willing and able to address employability issues for individuals who are 45+ years of age, who live in the Etobicoke South riding, such as myself who find themselves in 'dire straights' because they are not able to secure employment, after searching for at least one year's time. Will any government monies be made available for training programs for experienced workers who live in your riding, who are Canadian-born? My immediate concerns deserve to be heard. Is this issue important enought to your party for it to be addressed before we go to the polls on Jan. 23rd?

The purpose of this email is to request a brief meeting to discuss how deeply myself, and numerous other women, have been discriminated against in our search for viable, gainful employment for 1 1/2 years. My personal thought is that I would love to work for an environmental organization, in any capacity, where I can make a valued contribution in taking steps to save our planet.

We (my friends and I) are all Canadian-born, white, women, 40+ yrs. of age, and we're continously being passed over for many jobs for which we are qualified. We participated in a job creation program last spring (almost a full year ago) during which we dealt with non-profit agencies to gain some experience, and to date, no followups have been scheduled by our EI counsellors, no training program referrals have been made, and job offers have not been forthcoming. Why are we being 'left out in the cold' by our city, and our government?

We've been declined for training programs. We've depleted our RRSP monies/savings. We've even been deemed ineligible for welfare because of residing in a subsidized apt. (that was obtained as an abused woman).

Why should we accept being treated in such an unfair way. We've reached the point of no return. Something has got to be done about this NOW! WE REALLY NEED YOUR ASSISTANCE in making a connection with the appropriate party (i.e. an ombudsman) as we've already voiced our concerns/frustration with the MPs' offices in our riding (for the other parties), asked for help/referrals for jobs, attended numerous job fairs, job finding clubs, and experienced workers programs.

We're fighting-mad, and totally disgusted by the numerous government-funded programs designed for new immigrants, (i.e. a program detailed in Jean Augustine's article in the Etobicoke Guardian months ago stating that JobStart is getting $400,000 worth of funding to run a program for immigrant professionals!) Hey, what about us?

To whom do we turn next for help? Should we call the Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities for info? Should we (collectively) be putting in a grievance with the Human Rights Commission? We deserve to have 'an end to our daily suffering'.

I appreciate your being intensely-local and urban-oriented. I am requesting that you focus on our 'Day in the Life' reality of being the new minority, that is, a 40+, white, Canadian-born, unemployed woman. We deserve to be heard and want to have 'our day in court'. I am comfortable voicing my concerns to you and hope that you'll contact me as soon as possible to help me with my plight.

And most importantly, I am VERY interested in assisting the Green Party, as a volunteer if need be. Please call me directly at (416) 231-1695 to discuss the foregoing.


Respectfully yours,

Mary L. Moorhouse

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