Accomplishments

Achievements

Arts

Environment Advocacy and Action

Social Issues

Education

Federation Activities

Adopt a Road Project

As of 2008, 78 volunteer groups have adopted 167.85 km of roads and picked up 470 bags of litter.

The Canadian Federation of University Women Kelowna has been at this job for over eight years, making their contribution to the community. The Federation cleans Weddell Place and Poplar Point twice a year.

CFUW Kelowna Hosted CFUW BC Council AGM in 1990 and 2005.

CFUW Kelowna hosted the CFUW National AGM in 1997

Education

	An early project was to hold career night for High School girls at Kelowna Secondary School.
	For over 25 years a series of public lectures held at Capsule College to raise money for scholarships and to entertain and inform the general public.
	Individual members judged school debates, served on PAC boards and on School Boards.
	Established two endowment funds (one at COBSS and one at Okanagan College) to generate funds to support local students in the form of scholarships and bursaries.
	Scholarships at University of British Columbia Okanagan (one undergraduate, and one graduate).*

The Arts

	Sponsored drama workshops in schools.
	Sponsored drama, dance and symphony performances in the community.
	Started Kelowna and District Arts Council in 1996 to advocate for the arts. Now known as the Arts Council of the Central Okanagan.

December 2006

The club's spirit of generosity enabled us to take no fewer than ten lovely gift baskets of toiletries and special foods to the Kelowna Women's Shelter just before Christmas and to donate $316.00 each to the Westside Health Network and the Lake Country Food Bank. These are the largest donations CFUW Kelowna has raised for its Christmas recipients.

Environment, advocacy and action.

CFUW Kelowna presented a Workshop Tread Lightly on the Earth: The Canary in the Coalmine at the CFUW National AGM held in Vancouver. 12-15 July 2007.

Click on Environment for more information.

Provided dinghy and two paddles for the S. Okanagan Health Unit for taking water samples, 1970s.

Presentations and workshops for the public, promoting the 3 Rs "Reduce, Reuse, Recycle".

Workshop on Energy, 1980s. Public presentation with the City of Kelowna and Environment Canada on climate change, 1990s.

Successfully presented two resolutions to CFUW National AGMs, which are now CFUW Policy: 1. Adding ethanol to gasoline to reduce pollution (1992). 2. Labelling of genetically modified foods (1998).

Since 2000 The Club has been responsible for cleanup of two roads as part of the "Adopt a Road" programme.

Club Members are continuing to find ways to reduce their 'carbon footprint'.

Federation Activities.

We are part of the national federation's lobbying efforts on government issues. We receive NO government or corporate funding, and our input is thus felt to be unbiased. As a federation we were one of the original Non-Governmental Organisations (NGO) to have consultative status at the United Nations and still hold this distinction.

Individual members serve or have served on BC Council and on National or International Boards and take part in Conferences at the provincial, national and international levels.

See item above (under Environment) detailing two resolutions brought to National AGM

Social Issues

	Compiled and circulated the first three Community Service Directories (with sponsors).
	Advice Services Kelowna (ASK) initially run by club volunteers, then paid personnel; evolved into Community Resources run by the government.
	Major contributor to furnishing the first Women's Shelter. Ongoing support for present Women's Shelter.
	Acted as volunteer tutors for Project Literacy.
	1994 (with Government of Canada grant) published Affordable Housing in Kelowna - a background and resource document on what was available.
	1996 (again with government grant) hired and supervised a staff person to prepare a document regarding Secondary Suites - a how to guide, which was used by the City Planning Department as a resource document in policy formation on secondary suites.
	Instrumental in the building of the new Library
	Founded "Friends of the Library" and organized the first three book sales.

CONGRATULATIONS

The "CFUW Crafty Ladies" were officially thanked at a luncheon on 26 June, with the "Meals on Wheels" volunteers. The invitation was based on
the fact that they made and donated 130 Christmas crackers and Easter baskets which were included with the delivered meals.

Member of Parliament, Ron Cannan, is on the left and Kelowna City Councillor, Norm Letnick, is on the right.

CFUW Kelowna Presents

The 2005 BC Provincial Annual General Meeting & Conference

Theme: "Women Outside the Box"

CFUW Kelowna hosted the BC Council AGM from 29 April - 1 May 2005. It was a wonderful weekend of fellowship, learning, fun, good food, tours of Kelowna and awareness of our provincial and national links.

Dramatic presentation by club members at BC Council AGM 2005

Theme: “Women Outside the Box”

Four Okanagan Valley pioneering women of action

Left to right: “Rosa Casorso”, “Elsie MacCleave”,

“Hilda Cryderman” and “Ernestine Lamoureux”