Encore presents program to help community members raise fundsCall for The Flicks for Funds program is now inthat service.participants go directly to the organization.action at Oakvilles Encore Cinemas.Heres how it works.Our goal every day is to deliver big moviesWere a community-minded company, saidA local group can book a date and film forat small prices, said Knoll. With the Flicks forpoets to Jeff Knoll, president and CEO of Encoretheir fundraiser through an Encore manager,Funds program, we can continue to do thatCinemas. We regularly get calls from commu-either through e-mail, phone or in-person, thenwhile helping out our community. Its a perfectnity groups, sports teams and schools asking if spread the word through their community.example of why I got into this business.read in wed be able to help them out with fundraisingCome movie night, 10 per cent of all tickets soldTo learn more about the Flicks for Fundsprojects. Flicks for Funds was created to provideand 15 per cent of all concessions sold to theirprogram visit www.film.ca.AprilApril is just around the cornerand the Oakville Poetry Alliance isgearing for a month full of verseand rhyme.If you have poetry you wouldlike to share, the alliance invitesyou to do just that at several publicevents that will be hosted through-out the month, which is OakvillesPoetry Month. The month-longfestival is an annual affair in Oakville.The events are free of charge.Two of them are open to people todrop in, read or even just listen. They will take place on Thursdaysof April 14 and 21 at TimothysCoffee, located at 321 LakeshoreRd. E. The Open Mic events runfrom 7-9 p.m.Another set of free public eventsrequire poets to register before-hand, which will take place at TheMoonshine Caflocated at 137Kerr St. The events run on Sundaysfrom noon to 2 p.m. The events areas follows:? Poetry with a Conscience willtake place on April 3. Poems willrelate to the environment, humanrights, war and peace, social equityand similar issues. Those who wishto read at the event should contactPoetry Month coordinator Elka Ruth Enola at ere@bell.net.? Poetic Multiculturalism willtake place April 10. It will featurepoems dealing with life in othercultures. Poems can also be aboutCanadian culture, about themessuch as tourism, immigration or asCanadians with roots in other cul-tures. The theme culture will bebroadly interpreted. As an exampleit can refer to the culture of therich or of the poor, religious orsecular cultures. To register to read at this event contact CherylXavier at cheryl.xavier@sympatico.ca.? Literacy Cafill take placeon April 17. It will feature bothpoetry and prose. To read at thisevent contact Xavier.The Moonshine Cafvents willalso feature Open Mic.The month long festival willalso feature a number other eventsthroughout the community. Formore information visit www.oakvillepoetry.org.19 Wednesday, March 16, 2011 OAKVILLE BEAVER www.insideHALTON.com