Last month I attended a 100 Women Who Care meeting in Sault Ste. Marie. It was my first time as part of this amazing group of women, but it won’t be my last. The premise is simple: Gather 100-plus women, who each contribute $100 to a charity of the group’s choosing. And just like that, a local charity gets over …
Thanks to volunteers
Nice to see some volunteers getting well deserved recognition Recently the Sault Star had a full colour page dedicated to thanking the volunteers who were involved in the Santa fund. “These special volunteers … helped us collect over $112,300 for Christmas Cheer! Exceeding our goal of $100,000.” Christmas Cheer Convenor Diane Marshall and the volunteers at the depot were also …
Quiet the clutter: sell it, donate it, change it or recycle it
Over the holidays I spent many a peaceful night admiring the Christmas tree lights in the dark, once the house was quiet. Now, with opened presents stacked under the tree in the daylight, all I can think is, “What’s that noise?” The noise is coming from the presents under the tree, it’s coming from the pile of papers on the …
It only takes a couple of minutes to save a lot of lives
Recently, I was surprised at how few Ontarians had signed up to be organ donors. I guess I always thought that everyone subscribed to the concept that if you’re dead and don’t need the organs anymore, why not donate them? Perhaps the process is overly complicated? I went to www.beadonor.ca and clicked on the “register now” button to find out. …