[Viva] Last support group at Women's hospital

[Danielle Lucia]

As is everything mainland, the support groups are too far away for me to
make use of but I am nonetheless sorry to hear that such a useful resource
is shutting down while there is still a need.  Were women meeting
regularly?  How much funding is required to keep a venue open?  What is
needed in order to facilitate a group somewhere?  What organization, or
who, previously covered the costs?

On Sun, 19 Jan 2020 at 15:02, Margarite Sanchez <margaritesanchez at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Oh! This news makes me sad. I'm SO disappointed that the Oak Tree group is
> folding!  (First the Surrey group and then the Women's Health Collective
> group, now Oaktree)
> That group has been so healing and so much fun over the years and it's
> touched the lives of hundreds of poz women.
> Are the attendees disappointed? Is there interest in getting new funding
> to keep it afloat?
> What do you think Melanie, Valerie and whoever else is still facilitating?
>
> I'm glad at least that SWIN hasn't lost it's funding.
> hugs to all,
> Margarite
>
>
>
> On Wed, Jan 15, 2020 at 8:05 PM M L <givemegiggles at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi Ladies, our support group scheduled for January 17 has been postponed
>> until January 31 due to weather conditions.
>> We no longer have funding so this will be the last support group and it
>> will be held between 11-1. For further information please contact Jane at
>> Oaktree Clinic.
>>
>> The SWIN (Strong Women in Numbers) Indigenous support group is still
>> ongoing and the next meeting will be February 14th at 10am at Positive
>> Living. They will be having a pancake breakfast meeting and then going
>> to the Murdered and Missing Women's March. For further information, contact
>> Valerie at 778 847 9752.
>>
>>
>>
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