[Viva] Last support group at Women's hospital

[Danielle Lucia]

Thank you

On Sun, Jan 19, 2020, 4:02 PM Margarite Sanchez <margaritesanchez at gmail.com>
wrote:

> What made the Oak Tree support group interesting is that women from
> outside of the lower mainland could try to align their appointments to be
> in Vancouver for the group. Which meant that we would only see some gals
> once or twice a year since we only met once a month.
> When I helped start the groups many years ago the funding was from Mac
> Cosmetics. I don't know if Oak Tree ever tried to get funding from other
> sources.
> It's not expensive to run a peer support group (I'm fond of saying it only
> takes two or more people and a tea bag) but at the Oak Tree funded groups
> we always tried to have a warm healthy meal, a picnic in the summer and in
> December there was often a little budget for gift bags.
> All that said, I don't think that's necessary. it doesn't need to be
> expensive. I think a pot luck or community kitchen would be great ways to
> build community, try new foods and make new friends.
> all the best,
> Margarite
>
> On Sun, Jan 19, 2020 at 3:32 PM Danielle Lucia <
> northern.islander at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> 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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