Wecan Food Basket Society

Hi everyone! If you are interested in getting fresh fruit, vegetables or meat more than 25% cheaper than at the grocery store, then you should take a look at the Wecan Food Basket Society

To take part, you simply buy a $5 annual membership to join Wecan. Then each month you can order a food basket. There are three different kinds of orders available:
Fresh Meat $12
Fresh Produce (fruit & vegetables) $8
Meat and Produce $20

A TYPICAL $20.00 FOOD BASKET CONSISTS OF:
MEATS
1 kg Beef or Pork Roast
1/2 kg Chicken Thighs
1/2 kg Lean Ground Beef

FRUITS
1 kg Apples
1 kg Bananas
1 kg Oranges

VEGETABLES
2 lb bag of Carrots
1 Bunch of Broccoli
1 kg Potatoes
This would cost almost $30 at a grocery store!

The way it works is you place an order by the first Friday of every month. Then at the end of the month you go to a depot (located at churches, community halls, daycares, and tenant centres) and pick up your basket. You can get a basket once every month. The depots are all located on or near bus stops.

The Food Basket program is open to everyone because we all have a right to proper nutrition at an affordable price. This means you don't need to fit any criteria; EVERYONE can take part.

Contact the Wecan Food Basket Society
By phone 780-413-4525
By email info@wecanfood.com

You can also volunteer with them as they are always looking for a bit of extra help. Contact the Society if you are interested!

Sports & Recreation Centers

If you are looking for a recreation center (rec center) to go to, then you may find this helpful:

Bonnie Doon Leisure Centre
8648 81 Street Northwest
This is the rec center that is closest to Ecole Gabrielle Roy.

There are many sports and rec centers around in Edmonton. Take a look at this website to see what kinds of sports you can do here!

If you are worried about how much it costs to visit the rec center, then check this out: The Leisure Access Program allows eligible low-income Edmontonians to access participating City of Edmonton rec centers.

Grant MacEwan Open House

If you are interested in going to university, be sure to check out Grant MacEwan's open house. The open house is a chance for you to go to the campus and see what it is like. There will be tables set up with people who work there and go to school there. They will tell you all about the programs you can take and answer your questions. There will also probably be draw prizes too!

Date: Saturday March 6
Time: from 10 am to 3 pm

Check out the website for the open house. There is also a website for students that are interested in going to Grant Mac.

Human Rights Cafés

If you are interested in human rights, you may be interested in John Humphrey Center's Human Rights Cafés. A café is where a group of people get together to talk about something interesting. There may be one speaker who leads discussions or who makes a presentation, and then everyone just talks... usually while enjoying a nice hot coffee!!

The days and topics for the John Humphrey Center's Human Rights Cafés are:

Sunday March 7 - International Women's Day (on March 8')
Sunday April 4 - Earth Day (on April 22)
Sunday May 2 - World Press Freedom Day (May 3)
Sunday May 16 - Aboriginal Awareness Week (May 25-31)
Sunday June 6 - Canada Multiculturalism Day (June 27)

The cafés are all located at:
Three Banana's Café, Sir Winston Churchill Square
1:00 - 3:00 pm

If you would like more information, contact:
Carrie Malloy, Education Program Coordinator
carrie@jhcentre.org
www.johnhumphreycentre.org

Norquest College Open House

For those of you that are graduating soon, be sure to check out Norquest College’s open house:

NorQuest College will be holding an Open House
Saturday, February 20, 2010 from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.

Check out their website at: http://www.norquest.ca/

Norquest has lots of great programs. Their nursing program in particular has had a lot of great reviews. An open house is where you go to the school and the people who work there are there to tell you about the programs they run. It is a great thing to visit if you are interested in post-secondary!

Also check out the new link to the Olympics website! There are lots of cool things including a cross-country skier from Brazil and a downhill skier from Ghana!

Schedule for February

Hello everyone! Here is the schedule of activities that we have so far.

We are still working out what days we will be coming to the school. It looks like Mondays from 11:10 to 12:25, and Tuesdays from 11:10-3:25. The days on the schedule here are mostly for Tuesdays. If we have a field trip one week then we won't be doing an activity earlier in the week.

February 12: Snowshoeing at the Strathcona Wilderness Centre 10-12pm. Bus pick up at 9am, should be back by 1pm.
February 16: Debate
Februrary 23: All About Me (scrapbook)
March 2: Learning Clicks (post-secondary)
March 9: Discover E (U of A students; soldering)
March 16: Stage Left (theatre games)
March 26: AGA Field trip "Sculpting with Degas" 9:30 to 11:30. Bus pick up at 9am, should be back about 12:30pm.

Make sure you bring in your forms for the field trips ASAP!