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BloggersUnite for Haiti: Oakville Helps

January 31, 2010 by Wendy S

BloggersUnite for Haiti‘s objective is to share information about this disaster and how people around the world can provide aid to ongoing relief efforts.

Every day on the news you hear about all of the Provincial and National efforts and fundraising events going on.  I want to focus on some local efforts.

Oakville Haiti Relief Fundraiser 

You are invited to a Haiti Relief Fundraiser to honour Oakville residents Dr. John and Sandy Yates who are currently in Haiti doing humanitarian work. All proceeds go towards International Child Care Canada Inc and is matched 100% by the Canadian government.

Please come out to the Firehall to listen to a rockin’ band, Still Garage, eat some great food and get together as a community to show John and Sandy how very proud we are of them.

Tickets are only $15
Contact Krista at krista.downey@hotmail.com for more information or to purchase tickets.
Tickets can also be purchased at the door.

Town of Oakville

The Town of Oakville is sending condolences to the people of Haiti who were struck by a devastating earthquake on Tuesday and is encouraging Oakville residents to provide support to relief effort organizations.

“On behalf of Town Council, I extend deepest condolences and sympathies to all Oakville residents who have family and friends in the areas devastated by this week’s earthquake in Haiti. Our thoughts and prayers go out to all those affected by this terrible natural disaster,” said Mayor Rob Burton.

Oakville residents wishing to contribute to relief efforts can donate money to established relief organizations that can respond immediately to the crisis. Well-known Canadian organizations already involved and working in Haiti include:

  • Canadian Red Cross
  • World Vision
  • Unicef
  • Plan Canada
  • Doctors Without Borders
  • Humanitarian Coalition (made up of Oxfam Canada, Oxfam-Quebec, CARE Canada and Save the Children Canada)

Information on how to donate money can be found on their websites. More detailed information about the relief effort can be found on the Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada website.

Early reports indicate extensive infrastructure damage and concern about large numbers of killed and injured persons. The Red Cross reported that more than three million people could be affected by the quake and that the damage is catastrophic. The 7.0 earthquake occurred as Haiti was still struggling to recover from devastating hurricanes in 2008.

Containers of Hope for Haiti

Now, and over the next several months, residents of Oakville will be able to contribute much-needed supplies to Haitian earthquake victims in a direct, trusted and reliable way.

Please help however you can.  If you know of other events or groups who are helping Haiti, please leave me a note in the comments and I will be sure to add them here.

Filed Under: news

BloggersUnite for Haiti: Oakville Helps

January 31, 2010 by Wendy S

BloggersUnite for Haiti‘s objective is to share information about this disaster and how people around the world can provide aid to ongoing relief efforts.

Every day on the news you hear about all of the Provincial and National efforts and fundraising events going on.  I want to focus on some local efforts.

Oakville Haiti Relief Fundraiser 

You are invited to a Haiti Relief Fundraiser to honour Oakville residents Dr. John and Sandy Yates who are currently in Haiti doing humanitarian work. All proceeds go towards International Child Care Canada Inc and is matched 100% by the Canadian government.

Please come out to the Firehall to listen to a rockin’ band, Still Garage, eat some great food and get together as a community to show John and Sandy how very proud we are of them.

Tickets are only $15
Contact Krista at krista.downey@hotmail.com for more information or to purchase tickets.
Tickets can also be purchased at the door.

Town of Oakville

The Town of Oakville is sending condolences to the people of Haiti who were struck by a devastating earthquake on Tuesday and is encouraging Oakville residents to provide support to relief effort organizations.

“On behalf of Town Council, I extend deepest condolences and sympathies to all Oakville residents who have family and friends in the areas devastated by this week’s earthquake in Haiti. Our thoughts and prayers go out to all those affected by this terrible natural disaster,” said Mayor Rob Burton.

Oakville residents wishing to contribute to relief efforts can donate money to established relief organizations that can respond immediately to the crisis. Well-known Canadian organizations already involved and working in Haiti include:

  • Canadian Red Cross
  • World Vision
  • Unicef
  • Plan Canada
  • Doctors Without Borders
  • Humanitarian Coalition (made up of Oxfam Canada, Oxfam-Quebec, CARE Canada and Save the Children Canada)

Information on how to donate money can be found on their websites. More detailed information about the relief effort can be found on the Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada website.

Early reports indicate extensive infrastructure damage and concern about large numbers of killed and injured persons. The Red Cross reported that more than three million people could be affected by the quake and that the damage is catastrophic. The 7.0 earthquake occurred as Haiti was still struggling to recover from devastating hurricanes in 2008.

Containers of Hope for Haiti

Now, and over the next several months, residents of Oakville will be able to contribute much-needed supplies to Haitian earthquake victims in a direct, trusted and reliable way.

Please help however you can.  If you know of other events or groups who are helping Haiti, please leave me a note in the comments and I will be sure to add them here.

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: news

i hope this didn’t happen to me

January 29, 2010 by Wendy S

Seriously?!?  Pelvic exams done without consent?!?  So much for your “privates” being private.

Yep.  According to this article in the Globe and Mail,

Medical students routinely practice doing internal pelvic examinations while surgery patients are unconscious, and without getting specific consent, at least in Canada.

I can’t even imagine how they could possibly think that this is okay?

I had my tubes tied and was unconscious and now I wonder if this could have happened to me.  Please God, I hope not.

Please sign this open letter to doctors and the people in charge of doctors to stop this from ever happening again.

Thank you @herbadmother for writing it and making us all aware of what is going on.

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: health

forget webster…we’ve got muchkin (2)

January 28, 2010 by Wendy S

I have a rental car for a couple days as my van is in for service.  The kids are excited about the “new” car so are in the little PT Cruiser with me while I install the car seats.

Peanut’s forward-facing car seat takes more time to install so I do hers first.  I get the kids to move over to the other side.

Munchkin says, “Yes, Peanut move over.  Mommy is a car seat technician.”

Yep, that’s my girl! I congratulate her for remembering the big words.

M: “and she’s also a mapsgirl.”

I laughed. “The real word for that is cartographer.”

M: “You draw carts?”

Chuckling some more, I say, “No. Carto is Greek for map”

M:  “And ‘ograhper’ is Greek for girl.”

Gosh, I love this kid!!!

(See my first installment here when she was almost 2)

Filed Under: Car Seat Safety, mapsgirl, munchkin

yes, i’m 12 years old

January 26, 2010 by Wendy S

Amazon.ca put out a nice list of suggestions for Valentines Day gifts!

How can you not giggle at this?

Filed Under: fun

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Wendy is a cartographer! She draws maps!

When not mapping, Wendy is also a mom to two daughters. They are the inspiration of this blog. Passionate about child passenger safety, Wendy was a certified Car Seat Technician in Ontario, Canada from 2008 to 2020. [Read More …]

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