Thetis Island Refugee Group ~ fundraising & info

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Ping Pong Rescheduled

Due to a conflicting hall booking, this week's Friday evening ping-pong session has been rescheduled to Friday afternoon 2-4pm .

Matt Hess

Punch Bowl

Cut glass punch bowl and 24 punch glasses.. great for your Christmas nog gatherings.

e-mail  chief11@telus.net

Christmas Bazaar ~ this Saturday

All you Thetis Islanders, this is the weekend for the "Christmas Bazaar" come join us for fun, food, and lots of great gift ideas on Saturday 4th December at "Forbes Hall" 10AM until 4PM.

There is also a drop-off box for food donations for Harvest House, all contributions greatly appreciated

Thank you

Helen Bird 250 246 2469.

 

Thetis Island Marina ~ Friday Dinner ~ December 4th

Burger and sandwich night  5-7 pm

Burger Options: Beef, Chicken, Crunchy Chicken, Salmon or Lamb served with French Fries

Sandwich Options: Pulled Pork with BBQ or Chipotle served with French Fries and Coleslaw 

Our selection of Appetizers includes: Steamed Mussels, Popcorn Shrimp, Wonton Prawns, Chicken Fingers, Dry Pork Ribs, Poutine, French Fries and Yam Fries

This is our last Friday Night Dinner event for 2015.

Families and Groups Welcome.

Reservations Recommended.

Phone us at 250-246-3464 

Hope to see you on Friday

Anglican Communion ~ Wednesday, Dec. 2nd

An ANGLICAN COMMUNION SERVICE to celebrate the Advent Season will take place:

Wednesday, December 2nd 3:00 p.m.

at Lucy Hayward's home, 21 Bella Vista Road

Rev. David Wimmer will be officiating.

Tea and goodies following

ALL ARE WELCOME

Furniture for Sale

Need a table or a chair?

We'll give you a deal if you take the pair?

Need a bed or an end table?

Will deliver if your unable!

Microwave for warming food?

Safer when cooking in the nude!

Little low in your coffers?

Price is negotiable, what's your offer?

-One European double bed with futon style mattresses

-Wood table with two wooden chairs

-Night stand with double drawers

-Assorted framed nautical pictures

-Microwave

If interested please email telwestconsulting@gmail.com

Soup's On ~ Wednesday, December 2nd

11:30 ~ 1:00 at Forbes Hall ~ $5.00

Menu:

Mushroom Barley Soup (vegetarian)

Cheese Biscuits

Assorted Homemade Cookies

Pot of Gold Coffee ~ Tea ~ Hot Chocolate

"Soup is liquid comfort." Irish Saying

Drop by the Library at 1:00 PM and join the Bridge Group. You don't need to be an expert player!

Robbie Burns Supper Tickets for Sale ~ Christmas Bazaar

 Robbie Burns Supper tickets will be for sale at the Christmas Bazaar this Saturday! 

We are pleased to let you know that TIMA is sponsoring another faboulous Robbie Burns Supper on January 30th 2016 at 5:30PM. The traditional meal is lovingly prepared by the very capable crew consisting of Don, Rick and Nancy Sinclair and Nettie Hayter.  To add to the delicious meal the event includes a variety of entertainment such as the very skilled Highland dancer Elaine Vallis, speeches, a bag pipe player, limerick contest, Scottish Country dancing and maybe a surprise skit or two.

There will also be opportunity to purchase wine, beer and whiskey to complement your meal. It takes place at  the Thetis Island Community Centre and is bound to be a sold out event. If you would like to sit with a group of friends let us know and we will do our best to reserve a table (or part of it)  for your group. Food sensitivity friendly meals can be requested only when buying your tickets. Tickets are $ 30.00 per person and are on sale until 23rd January .

More info call Andy Keir  250 - 246- 2132  or Simone Luckham  250 - 246- 4802

Early Days on Thetis ~

Recently this memoir came into the hands of the writer's descendant by marriage (Rosie Anketell-Jones, wife of Andrew ~ grandson of the writer), who in turn has offered to share it with islanders.  

Rosamond Anketell-Jones, the writer of this memoir, was born in 1893 in Manitoba, but her father Harry E Donald (born Folkestone, England 1866) followed his best friend, a Sitwell (also of England) to Cowichan Bay, the Sitwells being already settled on Thetis Island. Eleanor (Nellie) Sitwell visited her brother on Thetis in c1890 (age 18) with her parents. She was from a wealthy family. She & Harry fell in love on this trip & wanted to marry. Her father said she had to return to England, but if in two years she felt the same he would give his permission. Harry & she married in 1892 in Manitoba. They settled finally around Chemainus clearing the land to build their home with infant Rosamond & later a brother, Colin. Nellie was quite someone leaving a very large comfortable home in Leamington Hastings for initially a 2-room shack in Canada. Rosamond married Edward M Anketell-Jones in Nanaimo in 1921. Her memoir written to her daughter Susan in c1980 is from family history.

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Syrian Refugee Sponsorship

We’re pleased to let you know that after attending some meetings and connecting with the Cowichan Intercultural Society in Duncan we are fundraising to bring a Syrian Family, the Kaiyalis, to the Cowichan Valley.

The Kaiyalis are a family of four, comprising of a couple in their 30’s, their 10 year old daughter and 5 year old son. Dad is trained as a carpenter. This family’s journey started when they had to leave their home in the devastated city of Aleppo, Syria. They travelled from Syria to Lebanon in 2011 and have since been waiting for the opportunity to restart their lives in a welcoming and safe community.

The Kaiyalis have members of their family who have lived, worked and grown up in the Cowichan Valley for 25 years.  This makes it an ideal place for the Kaiyalis to settle and integrate. We have been in touch with the family’s cousin, Hanadi Ponsford, who, after growing up in the Cowichan Valley, now lives in Victoria with her husband and three young children. She has been able to provide us with other information and a photo of the Kaiyali family, which we can share directly with community members, but we are not publishing it so as not to identify and endanger them.

The Thetis Island Refugee Group has set an ambitious goal to raise $10,000 by mid-December and, to date, our group has raised $4,000.  For more information, we will be at Soups On December 2nd and 9th, the Christmas Craft Fair on the 5th, and the Recycling Depot. There are several ways to donate: write a cheque payable to the Cowichan Intercultural Society (CIS), call them at 250-748-3112 and speak to Lynn or Pema, donate online, by email with a donation sheet, or with a paypal account (see below).  Please make a note with your donation that it is connected to Thetis Island Refugee Group so the funds are directed to the account specifically for the Kaiyali Family Sponsorship.

Tax refundable receipts will be issued by the Cowichan Intercultural Society for donations over $25.  If you would like to give your donation as a Christmas gift, we can provide you with a card that explains the sponsorship gift for the recipient. In this case, please contact Michelle Black at 250-246-1898 or michelle@mlblack.ca 

Cowichan Intercultural Society

205 – 394 Duncan Street, Duncan, BC. V9L 3W4;

250-748-3112

Ways to donate: http://cis-iwc.org/donating/

http://cis.iwc.org                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           Addressed envelopes, paper donation sheets, and cash donation boxes will be available from the group members at the above Thetis locations. Michelle also has a list of ways to volunteer with the family directly. Please contact her if you are interested.

With thanks,

Peggy, Vicki, Ellen, and Michelle for the Thetis Island Refugee Group

“The people of Syria lived life with purpose, joy, dignity and normalcy in school, work, and daily living. I know this personally because I have been to Syria many times, visiting family. They are good hearted and strong willed. This has all been taken by war and with each year the situation deteriorates. They now live in fear, of the daily unknown. They need our help to start over and a chance to live their lives, raise their children and take them to school in peace. This is a right to all people. The people of Syria have fallen. So let us make a direct difference and help, let’s lend our hand and allow them to stand up again.”

Hanadi Ponsford,

Cousin to the Kaiyalis

Wanted ~ Car for Hire

My good friends from Liverpool, Harry (Scouse Troubadour) and Rose, are to spend four weeks on Thetis from the last week in January through the first three weeks in February. They both intend to integrate into the swing of things on the island. They are asking if there is anyone on the island that may have a spare vehicle that they could 'hire' for the period of their stay.

Harry is a taxi driver in Liverpool and has an immaculate driving record.

Please contact Dr Martin Randle at erskine2814@outlook.com or

harrychambers27@gmail.com