CALENDAR JULY / AUG / SEPT 2018 SO THAT NO ONE FACES CANCER ALONE.TM A FREE cancer support program providing social & emotional support for all whose lives have been touched by cancer. staff A Note from our Kristen Dawson MSc, CCLS NEW Program Director! CEO Leo Lobbestael MA, RCC, RP Program Director Hi Everyone! Suzanne Ure Office Manager It is an honour to be part of Gilda’s community. I am looking forward to connecting and getting to Erin Browning BSW, RSW know each of you in person. I have been working in Program Assistant mental health for over 10 years and hope to bring of Susan Haiplik some of my experience of working with individuals Volunteer & Community who experience anxiety, depression Outreach Coordinator and complex trauma to my work here at Gilda’s Club. I offer this from a journey of experiences. Anne Naumyk I personally have struggled with feeling Community Development Coordinator misunderstood in a world that has felt confusing, Katherine Speirs disorienting, and lonely at times. However, I am Fundraising & Events Coordinator also a poet, writer, painter, improviser, meditator, TO BECOME A MEMBER yoga practitioner, rock climber, runner, and Membership at Gilda’s Club Simcoe Muskoka is FREE, believer in magic. I am a lover of humanity and new and is a simple two-part process. other sentient beings, as well as nature, self, my board of directors member? 1. Call and register for a New Member Meeting family, art, music, and creativity. 2. Complete the Customized Membership Plan Leo Lobbestael MA, RCC, RP Barbara White – Chair Program Director Steve Periard – Past Chair NEW MEMBER MEETINGS Interested in learning more about Gilda’s Club, how to Michael Lassaline – Treasurer become a Member and having a tour of the Clubhouse? Natalie Ferguson – Recording Secretary Please join us for a New Member Meeting open to all adults living with cancer along with their family and friends. Patricia Gilbert – Founding Member Wednesday, July 11th from 1:00pm-2:00pm Michael Gleason Tuesday, July 17th from 10:30am-11:30am Thursday, July 26th from 6:30pm-7:30pm Gina Cameron Thursday, August 2nd from 6:30pm-7:30pm Kathryn Whitehead Friday, August 10th from 10:30am-11:30am Wednesday, August 15th from 1:00pm-2:00pm Mary Poeta Tuesday, August 28th from 2:00pm-3:00pm MEMBER INFORMATION Greg Stewart Thursday, September 6th from 6:30pm-7:30pm It is important that you register for any activity you wish Wednesday, September 12th from 10:30am-11:30am Ruth Watson to attend at least 24 HOURS IN ADVANCE so that we are able to appropriately plan for materials and room set up and/or can Monday, September 17th from 2:00pm-3:00pm Deb VanNatter contact you in the event that we should need to cancel. If you To sign up for a New Member Meeting please contact have registered for and are unable to attend an activity, please Christine Charlebois Program Staff at (705) 726-5199. try to give us as much notice as possible. To avoid the spread of germs, we ask that you please refrain from coming to Gilda’s Club if you are sick. “THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF BUGS” Thursday, July 19th healthy creative from 6:00pm-8:00 pm SUPPORT lifestyle corner Summer is a great time to explore GROUPS the fascinating world of our tiniest creatures…bugs! Have fun sketching a variety of insects and creating a GILDA’S WALKERS SEWING & QUILTING unique wall hanging on copper or SUPPORT GROUPS October 5th Topic: The Role of MONDAYS TUESDAYS aluminum foil. We will also look at All Support and Networking Groups Exercise in Cancer with special guest patterns in the natural world and presenter Joel Seymour, Supervisor of Come join fellow Members as we walk Tuesday July 24th are facilitated by licensed mental and talk our way around the Gilda’s Club how we can use them in our work. health professionals. To participate, Rehabilitation and Adult Fitness, YMCA of from 12:30pm-2:30pm: Bookmark Simcoe/Muskoka **Open to only Facing block. Witness the flowers blooming, MINDFUL SLOW FLOW: you must be a Member of Gilda’s Club or focus on increasing your stamina. Tuesday August 28th “WELCOME TO THE JUNGLE” Simcoe Muskoka. To join one of these Forward group members** THURSDAYS from 12:30pm-2:30pm: Cord Keeper All levels of walkers are welcome! Friday, August 10th groups, please contact Program staff at Weekly from 1:15pm-2:15pm Departing from the Clubhouse weekly Tuesday September 25th from 10:00am-12:00pm (705)726-5199. A flowing practice where body moves from 12:30pm-2:30pm: Chicken on Mondays at 10:00 am starting Rainforest habitats host the largest Interested in a support group but feel COMPLETE LIST with breath at a slow and mindful pace. Pin Cushion Monday, May 7th. variety of plant and animal wildlife like there aren’t any options for you? OF SUPPORT GROUPS You will be guided through a series of Join us weekly with fellow Members in the world. Escape the heat Feel free to contact the program staff *Please note that Clubhouse is closed standing, balance and floor postures Family & Friends Support Group and volunteers as we create projects. No and learn the secrets of the jungle team with your suggestions. To start a closed on Monday July 2nd, August 6th, that will create a greater sense of the Mondays *NEW TIME* experience necessary! Not sure what you while creating interesting three new group we need a minimum amount and September 3rd* body mind connection. All postures can from 1:15-3:15pm want to work on? Feel free to join us on dimensional artwork using oil paint of interested Members, therefore we be modified and practiced in a chair the 4th Tuesday of every month to learn markers, acetate and photographs. could have other Members interested Living with Loss Support Group YOGA FOR BEGINNERS if needed. a new project. Check out the schedule in the same thing you are looking 2nd & 4th Thursdays Is taking a break for the summer, from *NEW TIME* 6:00pm-8:00pm *Please note that there will be no class and sign up! Limited spots available! “LINES! LINES! LINES!” for already! but will be back in the fall! on Thursday, July 12th or Thursday, Circle of Life Support Group Thursday, September 20th Finding it difficult to commit to a support September 6th* PROJECTS WITH A PURPOSE Mondays July 9th, July 23rd, from 6:00pm-8:00 pm group? We are looking for your feedback! Thursday, September 6th August 13th, August 27th, GENTLE YOGA DURING American artist Jackson Pollock from 10:00am-3:00pm FACING FORWARD: LIFE AFTER September 10th and September CANCER TREATMENT rocked the art world with his unique CANCER TREATMENTS 24th from 11:45am-1:00pm Is taking a break for the summer, Can’t seem to get those creative juices drip painting technique. His large- Breast Cancer but will be back in the fall! flowing? Stumped on what to sew next? scale line paintings sparked great Join us for this monthly group as we Networking Group Join fellow Members and volunteers as discussion about art criticism and explore a variety of topics and coping 3rd Wednesdays QIGONG they work together on projects that made him popular. Participants will mechanisms related to living life beyond from 1:00pm-2:30pm benefit numerous people within our have fun using their imaginations to cancer treatments. Members are welcome Is taking a break for the summer, & **NEW DAY**3rd Thursdays cancer support community and beyond. create colourful abstract designs that to participate in both the daytime and but will be back in the fall! from 6:00pm-7:30pm All levels of experience are welcome. are inspired by Pollock. evening groups each month with their registration. Blood Cancers ENCAUSTIC PAINTING Daytime Group 1st Wednesday of the Networking Group TUESDAYS AND THURSDAYS month from 1:00pm-3:00pm 3rd Thursdays COMPLETE LIST OF Tuesday July 10th from 1pm-3pm from 11:00am-12:30pm CREATIVE CORNER CLASSES Evening Group 3rd Thursday of each Thursday July 12th from 6pm-8pm month from 6:00pm-8:00pm Living with a Chronic Tuesday August 7th from 1pm-3pm Knitting & Crocheting Cancer Diagnosis Tuesdays from 10:00am-12:00pm July Topic: Relationships 1st Thursday of every month Thursday August 9th from 6pm-8pm Sewing & Quilting August Topic: Emotional Aspects of Life from 6:30pm-8:00pm Tuesday September 11th from 1pm-3pm Tuesdays from 12:30pm-2:30pm Following a Cancer Diagnosis Family & Friends with Thursday September 13th from 6pm-8pm September 20th Topic: The Role of a Chronic Cancer Diagnosis Join Patty for Encaustic painting, Exercise in Cancer with special guest 1st Thursday of every month also known as hot wax painting, presenter Joel Seymour, Supervisor from 6:30pm-8:00pm which involves using heated coloured of Rehabilitation and Adult Fitness, wax to create some beautiful and YMCA of Simcoe/Muskoka **Open to all, one-of-a-kind pieces. including those who are not registered for the Facing Forward support group** Please sign up for all activities & events at: 705 726 5199 or New Member Meetings Kids & Teens & Families Support Groups JUL 2018 - PROGRAM EVENTS [email protected] monday tuesday wednesday thursday friday saturday 2 3 4 5 6 7 CLUBHOUSE CLOSED 10:00am-12:00pm Knitting & Crocheting 9:00am-3:00pm Kids Kamp - JUNIOR ~ 1:00pm-3:00pm Coffee Talk CLUBHOUSE CLOSED 12:30pm-2:30pm Sewing and Quilting Gilda’s Fairy Tale 1:15pm-2:15pm Mindful Slow Flow 4:00pm-6:00pm Families Connect: BINGO 10:00am-12:00pm Clubhouse Bake 6:30pm-8:00pm Living with a Chronic Cancer Diagnosis 1:00pm-3:00pm Facing Forward: Life After 6:30pm-8:00pm Family & Friends with a Chronic Cancer Treatments –Relationships Cancer Diagnosis 9 10 11 12 13 14 10:00am-11:00am Gilda’s