Sally Franks invites everyone to the Mainly for Women Trade Show at the Oliver Community Centre on February 20.
They are out there making a difference by enriching the lives of women and children in our community and beyond.
Women of Oliver for Women is a group of 20 devoted women from a range of lifestyles and backgrounds, yet they accomplish so much on a regular basis. The ladies are very enthusiastic, working together to achieve their goals.
With great pride they generate funds through four major fundraisers, one being the annual Mainly for Women Trade Show will be held on Feb. 20 at the Oliver Community Centre. This event has been running very successfully for 23 years. The funds raised go to support Desert Sun Counselling, a high school scholarship, and support for a woman, who due to circumstances must go back in to the workforce. This support may include monies for training, tuition, travelling, etc.
The trade show features businesses owned and operated by women as well as men. Displays are everything from beautifully crafted jewelry, pottery, wood crafts, fibre arts, health products, wellness, investments, insurance, food products, real estate, etc. The kitchen is manned by the Oliver Bakery with goodies to delight the palate of every man, woman and child.
Admission is free, although a donation will enable you to win door prizes and a chance to win a lovely handcrafted quilt with the monies going to a family in need.
Two charity bridge tournaments are held every year as well as a Christmas auction in December. Recipients from these projects are: Christmas baskets for seniors, the food bank, children’s programs including Sun Fun, families in need, a CPR course for the community, Safe House, hospice, Highway to Healing, and park benches placed in strategic locations.
The WOW ladies also provide services such as Adopt a Highway, Okanagan Gleaners, McKinney Place entrance gardens, and serving teas at the Oliver Senior Centre.
WOW is a non-profit service club meeting the third Tuesday of every month September to June. Any woman interested in becoming a member can contact WOW through the website www.wowoliver.org or Terry at 250-498-6420 or Sally at 250-498-0104. Look for the WOW table on Feb. 20; we look forward to meeting you.
By Sally Franks
