Minerva is proud to announce a five year partnership with Teck Resources. Teck have generously agreed to support the life changing Combining Our Strength™ Initiative from 2012 with a $500,000 investment. Thank you to all our friends at Teck from the Minerva family!
Thank you to everyone who showed their support today by attending our 6th annual Women In™ luncheon, Women In™ Transportation. Thanks to your generosity we raised $80,000! This money will help more women like our amazing protégée speakers, Binaifer and Ashley. Our congratulations again to all of our nominees and to Anna Dean, Marcella Szel and Jennifer Hawes for their deserved recognition. Photos will be available soon under the Photo Gallery page on our website. If you are interested in learning more about how you can get involved with Minerva please contact Carrie-Ann Goodfellow Resource Development Manager at Minerva for more details.
Photo credit: Flora Gordon
Join Award-Winning Food Professional Barbara-jo McIntosh and Canadian Queen of Talk, Vicki Gabereau, on a journey to discover the culinary and cultural delights of Vietnam and Cambodia. Enjoy an intimate small group experience. Travel through some breathtaking landscape; delight in the local cuisine; bargain in the village markets; take in the history; feel the local beat as you are welcomed into a unique and fascinating culture. All proceeds of this tour benefit the Minerva Foundation!
There are still seats available with the tour, and the deadline to join (end of November) is fast approaching. Please circulate this email to your colleagues to let everyone know about this fascinating and Minerva-beneficial trip!
For more information, or to join the tour, please contact Jenny Karmali at cwtravel@shaw.ca or 604 264 0552
http://www.journeyswithheart.com/vietnam–cambodia-2012.html
To commemorate 10 years of changing women’s lives, Minerva Foundation has launched a Tribute Campaign to honour the extraordinary women in our lives. A $500 donation to Minerva will place her name on a Leaf of the Tribute Tree, a $1000 donation places her name on a Tree Branch and a donation of $5000 or more places her name on the Tree Trunk. Please also provide a brief story of why you are paying tribute to this special woman in your life. Your donation will support women who are currently in a Minerva program. Donations can be make online or in person at the Minerva offices.
Donations can be made in full in one transaction, or you can make a monthly pledge to Minerva to receive the level of your choice on the tree (i.e. $42.00 a month for one year to receive a leaf, $84.00 a month to get a branch, etc). Contact Carrie-Ann at carrieanng@theminervafoundation.com for further details.
The following are Minerva’s Tribute Tree honourees thus far:
Joan Ross and Joan (JD) Carter honoured by Barb Ross-Denroche and Peter Denroche
MHWW is a unique career-mentoring program for women who want to re-enter the workforce. Our program runs for 12 weeks plus follow-up, and is held on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 9:30 am to 2:30 pm. The next session begins January 17, 2012. Apply now, applications are due by Monday November 28, 2011.
The MHWW Program will help you:
– Gain specific, realistic and valuable information and build your network
– Work in a setting designed for the way women like to work & learn
– Learn from the stories and experiences of others
Download the application and read more about MHWW programs.
If you have any questions, please contact us at mhww [at] theminervafoundation.com.
Kris Hunter
MHWW Program Manager
The Minerva Foundation for BC Women
The Woodward’s Building
Suite 320
111 West Hastings Street
Vancouver, BC V6B 1H4
office: 604.683.7635 ext. 230
email: mhww [at] theminervafoundation.com
Congrats to Lori Ackerman, Fort St. John’s new Mayor! Lori is currently enrolled in the Women Leading the Way™ Program with Minerva.
Congratulations to Minerva Board of Directors member Bob Elton for being recognized in the category of Male Champion of Women’s Economic Empowerment at the The International Alliance for Women’s (TIAW) World of Difference Awards!
Bob Elton, who serves on several boards, including the Minerva Foundation for BC Women, has this to say about being one of the first male recipients of the award: “It is great to see so many BC recipients recognized for this award, and I’m proud to be in this company. All parts of our society, including business, clearly benefit from having a mix of men and women working together.”
Happy National Philanthropy Day® from Minerva!
Today marks National Philanthropy Day®, which is the special day set aside to recognize and pay tribute to the great contributions that philanthropy—and those people active in the philanthropic community—have made to our lives, our communities and our world. We at the Minerva Foundation would like to take this opportunity to thank each and every one of you who donates their time, talent and treasure to help Minerva every year. Hundreds of women and girls are supported annually thanks to your generosity; you are all valued members of the Minerva family which is growing daily thanks to your support! We hope you can continue your amazing contributions to help us change even more lives as we enter our 11th year in 2012. And remember, all donations received prior to December 31st 2011 are eligible for a 2011 tax receipt.
Thank you all from the bottom of our hearts!
Fiona and Michelle
Minerva CEO and Minerva Chair
Leading by Tweeting Campaign
In a program focused on sustainability, a group of MBA students from the Beedie School of Business (SFU) is raising awareness and funds for the Minerva Foundation, one tweet at a time. With invaluable social media help from some of Minerva’s most prominent and long-time supporters, the goal of this campaign is to provide inspiration, insight, and hope in 140 characters or less. We call this Leading by Tweeting.
The online champions listed below will be supporting this campaign by sending out tweets to raise awareness about how the Minerva Foundation is changing lives and empowering women throughout our province. The Leading by Tweeting Campaign has the ultimate goal of building Minerva’s online community to increase awareness about the Foundation.
Supporting campaign is easy! Follow us on Twitter at @MinervaBC and retweet anything you like that we are saying, or retweet any of the messages from of our campaign leaders. Together, we can make an impact! If you would like to make an even bigger contribution to the campaign, you can become of one our Leading by Tweeting online champions. Please email our Administrative Coordinator at admin [at] theminervafoundation.com if you are willing to commit to sending 10 or more tweets about the Minerva Foundation and we will recognize you as one of our campaign leaders!
Click here watch an interview with Cynthia Roney (@cynthiaroney) about her participation in the Leading by Tweeting Campaign.
Thanks to the following Leading By Tweeting online Champions:
Barb Westlake @barb_2U
Ekaterina @VancouverWoman
Bridgitte Anderson @BridgAnderson
Patricia Graham @patriciagraham
Lena Hutzcal @ms_lena
Sarah Clark @blunt_blonde
Alice Longhurst @arlonghu
Charisse Chand @CharisseChand
NEXT Marketing @NEXTMktg
Jenny Wong @jennyyvr
Jen Schaeffers @JenU2
Cynthia Roney @cynthiaroney
Christine Tarves @tarves33
Melanie Rupp @melanierupp
We are thrilled to confirm that the three Honourees for the 2011 Women In™ Transportation luncheon are:
Excellence in Philanthropy and Service: Jennifer Hawes
Excellence in Leadership: Anna Dean and Marcella Szel
In collaboration with our fantastic partners at the Vancouver Sun, you can read an article today on these three amazing women and why they were selected:
http://www.vancouversun.com/business/Breaking+barriers+rails/5680121/story.html
http://www.vancouversun.com/business/Trucking+food+those+need/5680123/story.html
http://www.vancouversun.com/business/driver+changed+course+women/5680125/story.html
Tickets sales are now closed, thank-you to everyone who purchased.
It was only after Minerva’s process helped me understand my “transferable skills” (from Brazil) that I was able to focus my search for the right opportunity. I am happy to report that I have had success! Early this year, I received an appointment to the provincial Employment Assistance Appeal Tribunal. Now I can use the fundamental skills and concepts from my previous professional life in a brand new one. To say the least, I am grateful for Minerva’s guidance.
Ana Rocho, MHWW Protégée