Join  host Jody Vance, co-host/news anchor of Citytv’s Breakfast Television and BC’s leaders and innovators, for an evening of delicious food & drinks, great networking opportunities and of course our signature live & silent auctions!DATE: Wednesday, April 18th, 2012
TIME: 5:30 – 7:30pm
LOCATION: The Fairmont Pacific Rim (1038 Canada Place, Vancouver)$90 Early Bird Special (prior to February 17th)
$110 Regular Price
$125At the Door (if available)OR get a group together & buy 9 tickets and get the 10th FREE!

Tickets can be purchased online or contact Carrie-Ann for more details

Spirit of Minerva Alumnae Awards 2012

Nominate a deserving Alumnae or Volunteer today for Minerva’s Spirit of Minerva Alumnae Awards!

Minerva is proud to honour outstanding Minerva Alumnae and volunteers for their achievements in their community.  May 24^th 2012 will see the 3^rd annual Alumnae event being hosted at the Four Seasons Hotel in downtown Vancouver, and we are pleased to announce that nominations are now open for the Spirit of Minerva Awards!  If you are an Alumnae or Volunteer with Minerva and want to learn more about how you can be nominated or nominate someone, then click here to download the nomination form today.

These awards are open to all of Minerva’s program participants and anyone who has volunteered on a Minerva program, organising committee, etc. Nominations close on March 19^th at 4.30pm and nominees can be nominated or nominate themselves.

Please contact Carrie-Ann at carrieanng@theminervafoundation.com with any queries. Tickets for the event will go on sale on April 1^st.

 

Thank you to everyone who supported Women In™ Transportation!

Thank you to everyone who showed their support today by attending our 6^th 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

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

Journey to discover the culinary and cultural delights of Vietnam and Cambodia

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.