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www.oakvillebeaver.com The Oakville Beaver, Friday January 16, 2009 - 29 Update Community Forward announcements of non-profit local events for Community Update to the Oakville Beaver, 467 Speers Rd., Oakville, ON, L6K 3S4; e-mail ablackburn@oakvillebeaver.com or call 905-845-3824, ext. 248. Free. BULLETIN Ontario March of Dimes annual door-to-door campaign is on in Oakville to raise funds to help those who are physically disabled live independently, office at 259 Robinson St. Lighthouse Program for Grieving Children needs volunteers for grief support groups for children and teens. Call 905-337-2333 or email lighthouseprogram@bellnet.ca. Canadian Parents for French (CPF) Halton, French courses for parents, 7-9:15 p.m. Wednesdays, Feb. 4 to April 22, White Oaks Secondary School, visit cpfhalton.com or or email french@cpfhalton.ca. Tickets available to Abbey Park High School's Annual Dinner and Dance Fundraiser on Friday, Feb. 6, Oakville Conference Centre, $80, contact Erica at aphsgala@yahoo.ca or 905-465-0776, or the main office at the high school. Oakville Literacy Council needs volunteer tutors, Information session , 6:30 to 7:30 p.m., Woodside Library, 1274 Rebecca St. Tutor training on two Saturdays in February. Contact 905-469-8528, info@oakvilleliteracy.ca or www.oakvilleliteracy.ca. FRIDAY JAN. 16 Registration deadline for Friends of the Oakville Public Library Annual General Meeting on Wednesday, Ja. 21, 7 p.m., Central Library Auditorium, 120 Navy St., Second Floor, RSVP to 905-815-2042. Fish Fry at Oakville Legion Branch 114, 36 Upper Middle Rd. E., 4:30-8 p.m., $8.50 per person, all welcome, call 905-845-6271. Taize Night Prayer, St. Aidan's Anglican Church, 318 Queen Mary Dr., 7:30 p.m. Breastfeeding Café, free, 10 a.m., Oakville Parent-Child Centre, 461 North Service Rd., Unit 17, contact 905-844-8946. Women's Bible Study, A Mile in Her Shoes: Women of the Old Testament, six weeks beginning today, 9:15 a.m. at St. Cuthbert's, Maple Grove/Oakhill. RSVP to 905-844-6200. Roast beef Dinner at Bronte Legion, 79 Jones St., 6 p.m., adults $10, call 905-827-4722. SATURDAY JAN. 17 Words of Peace, 3-4 p.m., Oakville Central Library, Second Floor, Program Room 2, 120 Navy St., all welcome, contact 416-657-2124 or www.wordsofpeace.ca. B'Nai Shalom Congregation Shabbat service at 10 a.m., kiddush follows service, contact www.bnaishalom.ca or 905-469-4344. SUNDAY JAN. 18 Young Achievers of Halton registration, 3-5 p.m., Oakville Town Hall, 1225 Trafalgar Rd. Sessions held 2-5 p.m. Sundays at the Oakville Church of the Nazarene, 320 Bronte Rd. For youths aged eight to 16, fees $100$250. Graduation cotillion to be June 7. Call 905-582-8319 or visit www.YoungAchieversOfHalton.com. Young People's Concerts, Italian Maestros, 2 p.m., Royal Botanical Gardens, 680 Plains Rd. W. Burlington, tickets $20 at the door. Canadian Celiac Association Halton Peel Satellite, 2 p.m. doors open Munn's United Church, 5 Dundas St. E., contact Marilyn at 905-878-4793 or www.celiac.ca. MONDAY JAN. 19 Cooking with a Chef, 7 p.m., $55, Whole Foods Market, 301 Cornwall Rd. , call 905-849-8400. Oakville Literacy Council needs volunteer tutors, Information session, 6:30 to 7:30 p.m., Woodside Library, 1274 Rebecca St. Tutor training on two Saturdays in February. Contact 905-469-8528, info@oakvilleliteracy.ca or www.oakvilleliteracy.ca. Sybil Rampen speaks to e-mail ablackburn@oakvillebeaver.com or call 905-845-3824, ext. 248 Birth moms support the Canadian Federation of University Women-Oakville, group, 2501 Eaglesfield Dr., International Union of Burlington, 7 p.m., contact Operating Engineers, 2245 Jean at 905-544-0654. Speers Rd. Members only, to Spousal Support Group become a member, contact cfuwoakville@yahoo.ca or 905-815-1130 or www.cfuwoakville.ca or www.cfuw.org. Halton-Peel Chapter of Professional Organizers in Canada meets at Tansley Woods Community Centre, Burlington, 7 p.m., contact halton-peelchapter@cogeco.ca or visit www.organizersincanada.com/halton-peel. Big Brothers Big Sisters of Halton Information Session, 7 p.m., 464 Morden Rd. Call 905-339-2355. Tots and Us, open to parents and grandparents taking care of a preschooler, free. 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