When:  November 16 and 17

Where: Florence Filberg Centre, Courtenay  

We had our most successful Fiesta ever! Our booth was crowded with customers, many of them keen to buy our environmentally-friendly products – eco-wraps, produce bags, sandwich wraps, and veggie crispers. Felted gnomes and other critters also flew off the tables, and we sold 58 AIDS Angels. Many items completely sold out! Both cashiers and sellers benefited from the orientation at Dianne W.’s house. They knew the products, encouraged sales, took payments without a hiccup, worked hard, and enjoyed the bustle. We made a record $8,750.80 for the Stephen Lewis Foundation.

A big thank you to all who worked so hard to create our beautiful crafts: the sewers, felters, smockers, and Angelers, and the Grannies who made and packaged eco-wraps and produce bags. A big thank you also to those who set up the beautiful display, sold our wares, managed the cash desk, and cleared up at the end. Thanks once again to Dave Talbot for his energy and devotion and helping us out with an extra table and power so we could light up our display.

Kerry W. makes our eco-wraps by brushing cotton squares with a mixture of beeswax, jojoba oil and damar resin. She then heats them briefly in the oven to make sure they are thoroughly infused with the mixture, and hangs them to dry.

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When:  November

Where: Downtown Courtenay  

Glacier Grannies gathered for Knitting Bees and partnered with AVI (AIDS Vancouver Island Health and Community Services) and VIRL (Vancouver Island Regional Libraries) to host two Public Knit-Ins held at Courtenay Public Library. We had fun knitting up a red scarf storm in support of AVI’s Red Scarf Campaign.

The Red Scarf Campaign is a movement bringing community together to raise real awareness and knowledge about the positive advances in HIV&AIDS treatment and prevention. Red Scarf stands against stigma to improve the lives of those living with, affected by and at risk for HIV&AIDS in our community.

A tag that carries an important message about HIV&AIDS prevention, stigma and the World AIDS Day testing event was attached to each scarf and on November 21st the Red Scarves were displayed throughout Courtenay’s downtown core.

Click below for photos of our activities, from knitting the scarves to displaying them.(Hover cursor to enlarge.)

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When: September 7

Where: Comox United Church Parking Lot  

Many grannies brought their cars and opened their “boots” (aka trunks!) to sell gently-used items.  read more

When:  September 6

Where: An ocean-side property in Union Bay  

About 30 cyclists took part in the tour this year, riding from Campbell River to Victoria, a distance of 275 kilometers. As Laura Wilson, of the Victoria Grandmothers for Africa writes, “the potential difficulties, and the rain-or-shine commitment to the event, create a feeling of solidarity with the energetic and tireless African Gogos this group of women, and their sponsors, are supporting.”

We were privileged to provide lunch for these intrepid women and their support team, including 2 local riders, Maxine B. and Sue T. We entertained them on Bette A.’s beautiful ocean-side property in perfect weather. The cyclists arrived a little earlier than scheduled, but were happy to sit and relax in the sun, and then to enjoy a delicious lunch prepared by Donna G. and her team.

Many Grannies were there to greet the cyclists and to cheer them on their way. We were also happy that Ronna-Rae Leonard, MLA for Courtenay-Comox, came to add her encouragement and good wishes to the riders.

Thank you to Bette A. for her hospitality, Donna G. and her helpers for the wonderful meal, and the Grannies and Grand Others who helped with set-up, take-down, parking and traffic control.

Our luncheon raised an additional $336 for the Stephen Lewis Foundation.

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When:  September 1, 2 & 3

Where:  Kitty Coleman Woodland Gardens

Descriptions of the event:  open

Over three days of lovely sunny weather, we were pleased to make $1,813 for the Foundation.

Thank you to all the grannies and grand others who set up our stall, sold our sewn and felted crafts, and then packed everything up and took it back to storage.

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