Hearts for Girls Can Be @dirtywallproject

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Jan 272012
 

My friend Jolie just got back from India where she visited and volunteered with Kane, Cindy and Todd Ryan of the Dirty Wall Project.

Members of the yoUnlimited community joined with other community members in August of 2011 at a Silent Auction held at the Union Pacific Coffee House where we raised about $3,200 – enough to renovate a space in the Saki Naka slum of Mumbai, where women gather every day to learn skills, make connections and learn literacy, art and healthcare at sponsored camps.

While the first products to land in Victoria were expected to be aprons, they have ended up being hearts – but how lovely that it’s just in time for Valentine’s Day and our luncheon next week celebrating Rita Chand’s 365 days of hugging.

These hearts are $8 each, proceeds go to the continued success of the Girls Can Be Centre – and they will be available at the luncheon on Thursday, February 2nd, or by contacting me at info@younlimited.com – there is a limited supply available so if you want one for someone you love let us know!

Creatively United for the Planet Festival – April 20 to 22, 2012

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Jan 262012
 
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Dear Friend,

I just wanted to touch base and share with you that I’m super excited about the upcoming First Annual Creatively United for the Planet Earth Week Festival.

This fun-filled, all-ages event will feature art, music, dance, food, displays, lectures and a whole lot of fun all in support of 10+ amazing charities.

I know you’re very busy which is why I’m letting you know about this event a few months in advance and so that you don’t miss out on getting tickets for some amazing shows.

 
  • What: Creatively United For The Planet Festival
  • Where: 600 Richmond at Richardson, Victoria BC
  • When: Earth Week April 20-22, 2012

Cost: Free and Ticketed Events
Click here for Event Schedule

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Frances Litman
Founder, Creatively United for the Planet
Master Photographer @ Frances Litman Photography

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Vancouver Island Coaches celebrate International Coaching Week (February 6 to 11, 2012)

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Jan 182012
 

The professional coaches across Vancouver Island and Gulf Islands from Vancouver Island Coaches invite the entire community to experience the value of coaching.  Learn what coaching is all about  through participation in thought-provoking webinars and an interactive ½ day conference covering many topics related to professional and personal advancement.

What’s at the Heart of Coaching? 

February is heart month, hence our Vancouver Island Coaches theme for International Coaching Week is “What’s at the Heart of Coaching”. The focus this year will be coaching with heart, coaching in the heart of our community, coaching in the heart of our organizations and coaching in the heart of our global community.  This is not to say that professional coaching is only about the ‘heart’.  Business executives, entrepreneurs, business owners, and all professionals from all walks of life seek strategies and practical tools for enhanced performance and balance in their busy lives, constantly changing organizations and the dynamic marketplace. Participate this week and realize the value of having a professional coach who acts as a sounding board, confidential conversational partner and someone to keep other professionals focused on their goals and desired outcomes.

This week will be a terrific opportunity for the public from all parts of Vancouver Island and Gulf Islands to discover the resources available through the VI Coaches Association’s diverse membership of business, leadership, and personal coaches.

What’s planned for the week of February 6 to 11, 2012:

Webinars:

The VI Coaches are planning a full week of virtual webinars starting Feb 6.  Pick and choose topics that appeal to you.  Topics such as Conflict Resolution, the Art of Questioning, Building a Coaching Culture, Group Coaching, Body Centered Decision Making are a few on the roster..

The webinar schedule will be finalized and registration will be open on January 13.  Check your calendars and see which webinars will help you and your business.

To register, go to www.vicoaches.org , click on Events for webinar dates, times, and topics.  These webinars are open to the public and you can sign up from anywhere and participate.

½ day “The Heart of Coaching” Conference at the Parkside Victoria:

On Thursday, February 9th, the Vancouver Island Coaches are hosting an interactive ½ day event in Victoria at the Parkside Victoria, Humboldt Street, Victoria.  This event features sessions from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., with something of interest for all members of the business and coaching community. Sessions planned are:

*Coaches with Heart:  A facilitated Q&A panel of coaching schools and coaching approaches

*Coaching in the Heart of our Community: A showcase of coaching within the not-for-profit Community

*Coaching in the Heart of the Global Community: A presentation by Shannan Brown on a Global Coaching Experience

*Opportunities for conference delegates to explore coaching through private, one-on-one sample coaching sessions with a certified coach.

To register and find out more information on the conference, go to www.vicoaches.org and click on Events.

“Although our coaching community is quite diverse in geography and coaching genres, the Vancouver Island Coaches Association vision for International Coaching Week is for coaches and clients to educate the public about the value of working with a professional coach and to acknowledge the results and progress made through the coaching process,” says Sherry LeBlanc, President of the Vancouver Island Chapter of the International Coach Federation.  “So offering the learning platform of webinars is an innovative, affordable and accessible way for people to learn and to gain access to many of Vancouver Island’s professional coaches who are dedicating their time to facilitate and educate.  In addition to our webinars this year, we will be hosting a ½ day face-to-face event with a panel of Coaching School representatives and a heartfelt presentation by an island coach who has been coaching on a global initiative.  We are also excited to share that there will be an opportunity for attendees to have a coaching session with a professional ICF coach.  What better way to discover the power of coaching than to actually experience it.”

Again, our business communities and professionals from all parts of Vancouver Island and Gulf Islands are invited to participate. To register for the webinars and/or the ½ day event during the week of Feb 5-11th or to seek more information, please visit www.vicoaches.org.

Contacts:

Sherry LeBlanc        President VI Coaches    president@vicoaches.org  250-544-1071

Sarah Evans               Chair, International Coaching Week   vicepresident@vicoaches.org  250-655-6464

 The Vancouver Island Coaches Association (VI Coaches) is actively engaged in creating an inclusive community that provides high quality learning experiences from a coaching perspective for coaches, professionals, organizations, corporations, consultants, human resources professionals, entrepreneurs, executives and anyone who wants to expand their reach.

 

Vancouver Island’s Resource for Business and Personal Coaching

www.vicoaches.org

Bridges for Women Society and the Katie Cooke Circle of Friends Book Club – January 26th

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Jan 182012
 

Invites you to join us in celebrating our heroines

Thursday, January 26, 2012
5:30pm
304-455 Sitkum Rd.

We promise tasty munchies, great stories and lots of laughter while we expand the power of our circle – and put some fun into fundraising!

Dr. Katie Cooke is a Bridges for Women heroine. Many of you may have known her as she brought her intellect, experience and inspiration to the founding of Bridges employment project in 1988 and stuck with us until her death in 2003.

On the evening of January 26, those of us who knew Katie will draw a verbal portrait for you and share some of her stories. Conversation may lead us to ask: Have governments and bureaucracies changed in favour of women and families since Katie’s days?

If you would like to join us, please consider ordering your copy of her manuscript at the same time you register – that way, we can give you a deal! The cost for the evening + Katie’s manuscript is $40. The evening alone is $30; the cost of the manuscript alone is $20. And all of the proceeds will go directly to supporting Bridges’ programs and clients.

In the 1970s, Katie’s promotion of women’s priorities through the Canadian Advisory Committee on the Status of Women was legendary. In 1984, she served as Chair of the Federal Task Force on Child Care and, in 2000 was honoured by the Victoria YWCA with a Woman of Distinction award for a Lifetime of Achievement. As Katie would say “Indeed!”

If you didn’t know Katie, you can get a sense of the woman she was by reading A Civil Tongue, an “unfinished manuscript” in which she shares her life story. It’s full of wit, wisdom and lots of “a-ha” moments, especially for those with a connection to government or women’s issues.

Along the way, we are looking for like-minded women to broaden the power of the Circle and participate in strengthening the foundations of Bridges for Women. Funding through the Circle of Friends can help us respond to the ever growing need for bridging services. It may be support with groceries or additional counseling, or it may be funding for our online program to access women in rural or remote locations. All kinds of support and ideas are needed and appreciated at this gathering.

We’re excited to have you join the Katie Cooke Circle of Friends on January 26

Please RSVP to Lorie Bennett at: lorie-paul@shaw.ca

Minerva’s Giving Tree (Donate by Feb 15/12)

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Jan 182012
 

Celebrate International Women’s Day on March 8 with the Minerva Tribute Tree

The Minerva Foundation for BC Women is building a sustainable community of women leaders.   There is a very strong Chapter in Vancouver, where their main office is, and other Chapters located in Prince George and Victoria.   This idea of a giving tree allows people to make donations at a variety of contribution levels to continue the good work being done for women and girls in our province.  Consider making a donation, if you can.

 

 Donations can be made in monthly installments.

To make a contribution today, please contact Carrie-Ann, carrieanng@theminervafoundation.com
604 683 7635 x 223

Delaney Tosh – Surge Strategies Group

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Jan 172012
 

The Surge Group supports leaders and teams to work to their authentic advantage, enhance leadership, make better business decisions, develop and follow through on innovative strategies. Our clients break the rules — their own, self-limiting rules.  We facilitate energizing discussions and exercises in order to DISRUPT the status quo, creating a shift to more creative thinking towards improving innovation performance; focusing attention on the key elements and actions that drive business performance.

What’s the best part for you of being part of yoUnlimited?  Connections with incredible people who inspire.

Favourite Books:  “Co-active Coaching” by Whitworth, Kimsey-House & Sandahl.  “A Billion Bootstraps” by Phil Smith & Eric Thurman.  “Invisible Acts of Power, Channeling Grace in Your Everyday Life” by Caroline Myss.

What qualities do you admire in others:  Honesty, courage, being of service, willingness to bring awareness to own thoughts and beliefs, joyfulness in the mundane.

What’s on your bucket list?  More travel, learn to play the cello, set up a women’s collective in a slum in Mumbai.

What is the best advice you have ever received?  When I was 14 years old, my grandmother’s  wish for me was that I listen to my own heart and have that courage to follow through on my own dreams and not let others distract me from achieving those dreams.

What or who inspires or moves you?  Children who laugh with joy even when their lives are less than joyful.

Advice you would pass on to yourself at 19?  Let go of self-imposed limitations and be bold!  …and I would tell myself to travel more.

Who is your favourite community organization for charity?  Dirty Wall Project. http://dirtywallproject.com.  I love what Kane Ryan has started. He embodies all the qualities I value most in others.

What brings you to your knees?  That we have a world in which children are made to suffer – child prostitution, child soldiers, poverty….

What is the lesson you learn over and over again?  To listen to the quiet voice inside me; it is always right.

Who or what motivates you?  My family, friends, clients,  business partners, people at their most courageous and giving and compassionate and myself; my inner voice that guides me to keep growing and trying.

Favourite quote…  “I want God to play in my bloodstream the way sunlight amuses itself on water.” Elizabeth Gilbert

Delaney was a model at the November 2010 yoUnlimited event and is the creator of “Girls Can Be” Women’s Collective, an initiative of the Dirty Wall Project – join Delaney at the July 8th Fundraiser

Contact Delaney

PO Box 55028 Stn. Cadboro Bay, Victoria, BC, V8N
P:  250-412-7819
E:  delaney@surgestrategies.com
W:  http://www.surgestrategies.com
T:  http://www.twitter.com/delaneytosh
LI: www.linkedin.com/pub/dir/Delaney/Tosh

Fiona Prince, Prince Heron Communications

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Jan 172012
 

An approved facilitator for the BC Provincial Government, Fiona is an instructor in the Continuing Studies Program, and Associate Faculty at Royal Roads University School of Communication and Culture.   She assists others through workshops and coaching, to discover and appreciate their communication and working styles, while  focusing on strengths and talents.   Fiona believes that  “Most problems in the workplace occur because of misunderstandings caused by different communication styles.  When people understand  how and why they occur, they can participate in developing strategies, goals and tactics to overcome them, moving forward with less stress and more fun.”

What’s the best part for you of being part of yoUnlimited? Seeing the personal and professional growth that happens for people between events.

Favourite Books: Please Understand Me II by Dr. David West Keirsey and People Patterns by Stephen Montgomery provide me with a framework for understanding myself and others.

What qualities do you admire in others: I value people who balance service to others with taking care of themselves and those who work to their strengths and ask for help when and where they need it.

What is your favourite activity? Learning and sharing

What is the best advice you have ever received? It’s not what you do but how you do it that makes all the difference.

What or who inspires or moves you? Rabbi and Chani Kaplan, who came to Victoria to raise their family and strengthen the Jewish community; they lead by example.

What is your personal philosophy? Miscommunication is inevitable. Sometimes I don’t even understand myself

What brings you to your knees? People who do not see their own potential

What is your most proud moment? When something I say or do helps another person move closer to their own goals.

When do you feel your healthiest? After a long walk

Favourite quote… “The person who says it cannot be done should not interrupt the person doing it” – Chinese Proverb

Fiona participated in the Networking Panel in November 2010 and also provided Laser Coaching Sessions as an exhibitor at that event.

Connect with Fiona

M:  4407 Wilkinson Road
P:  250.418.5982
E:  fiona@princeheron.com
W:  www.princeheron.com
F: www.facebook.com/princefiona
T:  www.twitter.com/princeheron
LI:  www.linkedin.com/in/fionaprince

Michele Powell – Tell Mia

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Jan 172012
 

Offering up an array of services and products,  TellMia’s guiding principles include providing great customer service, high quality, well priced products and current information towards finding or reclaiming your sexual happiness. Encouraging and supporting exciting sex lives, TellMia provides fun, educational Adult Home Parties, Individual Coaching,  and Workshops wherer you are invited to learn/shop in a comfortable, non-judgmental environment.

What’s the best part for you of being part of yoUnlimited?  Being inspired by bright, motivated talented women.

What is your favourite place in the world?  New York City, the perfect combo of history, culture, diversity & cool people.

Favourite Books:  Reallivenudegirl by Carol Queen

What qualities do you admire in others:  Self awareness, good communication skills, and an open mind.

What or who inspires or moves you?  Anyone following their dreams.

What is your personal philosophy?  I try to live my life with integrity, honestly and passion.

What moves you to tears?  Goodbyes.

Where do you find your joy?  My kids, my friends, lover, and my business.

What brings you to your knees?  A kiss with his hands in my hair.

What is the lesson you learn over and over again?  It works out in the end and if it is not worked out, it is not the end.

Who or what motivates you?  A desire to be acknowledged, financially successful, and respected.

When do you feel your healthiest?  When walking in the fresh air.

Connect with Michele:

Being the Best You Can Be in Business – February 17 & 18, 2012 (Victoria)

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Jan 172012
 

Ladies (and Gentlemen)!

Kerry Brown from SuccessBizCoach and Regional Director for eWomenNetwork is throwing a conference and wants to invite you to an inspiring, information-packed, uplifting, networking experience as only eWomenNetwork can deliver. Engage with mission-driven multi-million dollar entrepreneurs who are committed to helping you gain ACCESS to the critical information you need to meet and exceed the million dollar revenue threshold. Get connected to the people, resources and revenue-generating deals you need to grow.

All the information you need to get registered is at https://events.ewomennetwork.com/event/details.php?eid=15356

Here’s the line up of speakers:

Sandra Yancey

Sandra Yancey, is the Founder & CEO of eWomenNetwork, the #1 resource for connecting and promoting women and their businesses in North America.

Sandra is the recipient of numerous business awards including Excellence in Leadership from the Euro-American Women’s Council in Athens Greece; the Entrepreneur Star Award from Microsoft; the Woman Advocate of the Year Award from the Women’s Regional Publishing Association; Women Advocate of the Year from Enterprising Women Magazine; and the Distinguished Women’s Award from Northwood University.

Sandra is the author of Relationship Networking: The Art of Turning Contacts Into Connections, co-author, with Julie Ziglar Norman, of Mastering Moxie: From Contemplating to Creating Absolute Success, is featured in Chicken Soup for the Entrepreneur’s Soul, which showcases some of the top entrepreneurs in North America. She is also the producer and featured in the inspiring movie, The GLOW Project, which has impacted women all over the world.

Central to Sandra’s commitment to serving others is the eWomenNetwork Foundation, a 501(c) (3) non-profit, which supports the financial and emotional health of women and children in need. Since its inception in 2000, the Foundation has awarded millions of dollars in cash grants, in-kind donations and support to over 80 women’s nonprofit organizations across North America and 113 Conference scholarships to emerging female leaders of tomorrow. CNN featured Sandra as an American Hero for her role in mobilizing much needed resources for the girl’s high school basketball team of Pass Christian, Mississippi in the wake of the Hurricane Katrina devastation.

Belanie Dishong

Belanie is motivational, interactive and engaging with her audience. She incorporates her own life stories; failures, and successes, as she creates relatedness with each person, regardless of the size of group. She captures the room through her power of connection, empowerment, and authentic relationship. The material she presents is always heart-felt and life-changing. Though Belanie is fun and playful… she is serious; It’s not about the Rha, Rha… she offers true techniques that can be used to enrich lives for a lifetime.

Topic: Experience The Magic of Appreciation… Enrich Your Life and/or Grow Your Business Effortlessly!

Do you remember a time when you absolutely felt appreciated? Knowing you are appreciated brings an energy into the very fiber of your soul and when this experience is present, it can’t be matched by any other recognition… it is absolutely in a league all its own. It has the power to quadruple your business and enrich your personal life beyond your imagination.

  • Discover the power of appreciation and how it can fix a marriage
  • Create desired closeness with parent to child
  • Eliminate resentment and other relationship killers
  • Mend friendships/work relationships/client relationships
  • Learn the 3A’s… action steps that you can start immediately
  • Get the REAL scoop on attracting more clients/customers
  • AND, learn the very technique that will quadruple your business and/or exponentially change all your relationships in your life for the better.

Wayne Lee

If there’s one thing peak performance experts like Wayne Lee agree on, it’s that the mind is capable of leading us anywhere.

He also knows that for many of us, our minds are littered with detours, potholes and accidents waiting to happen. Fear, self-doubt, inhibitions of all kinds, these beliefs reside in our subconscious and prevent us from reaching our conscious goals. But if you set your GPS (Great Programmable Subconscious) for success, you can achieve anything while taking the ride of your life. He is one of North America’s premier corporate presenters, a veteran of thousands of successful shows, a published author, and peak performance coach to professionals of all walks of life. Recently, he was named “Entertainer of the Year” for the Canadian Events Industry.

Wayne has presented to clients such as IBM, General Motors, Princess Cruise Lines, eWomen Network and the Direct Selling Women’s Alliance. Through his motivational presentations and comedic hypnosis shows, Wayne entertains, educates and shows his audiences how to reprogram their subconscious mind (GPS) to get the results they want.

Topic: Set Your GPS for Success

Wayne Lee helps you access and harness the power of your GPS (Great Programmable Subconscious) for peak performance at work and at home. His presentations open the mind and melt away stress and negative interference, and reveal what’s possible when you program your GPS for success. You will learn how to:

  • Master and trust your Internal Navigation System
  • Open your mind to the power of positive suggestions through laughter and hypnosis
  • Set and accomplish any business or personal goal
  • Eliminate the impact of self-doubt, fear, negativity – and the stress they produce
  • Plan and visualize performing at your peak – and then do it
  • Bring your best self to everything you do, on your own or on a team
  • Apply a simple and powerful 3 step success strategy

Michele Scism – the Results Lady

Michele Scism is the leading authority on social media and online marketing and the Founder of both DecisiveMinds.com and The Global Social Media Managers Association. Her clients call her “The Results Lady” because as a business strategist she uses her signature “Take Action Get Profits” system to help entrepreneurs get visibility and then turn that visibility into profits. Michele’s knowledge in the areas of online marketing and social media marketing have been recognized during recent interviews on several web TV shows, including being interviewed by Kristi Frank from Donald Trump’s The Apprentice, as well as multiple Talk Radio shows and tele-classes. Whether you want freedom and flexibility, more time to be with your family, more money, or the feeling of satisfaction you get from creating a successful business, Michele is there with her expert business knowledge, strategies and accountability skills to help you get the results of your dreams.

Topic: Stop Wasting Time On Social Media: Start Cashing in on Your Expertise

You will learn how you can cash in on your expertise using social media. Being the “expert” and knowing how to share that with your community requires a clear strategy. You’ll learn:

  • Why social media doesn’t work for most business owners
  • An easy to implement 3 step Facebook fan page strategy
  • What to do to your LinkedIn profile so your potential clients find you
  • The #1 Mistake business owners make online
  • How to get your business name in front of 10,000 people in one single Facebook update

Kathleen Mailer

Kathleen D. Mailer is in tremendous demand as one of the most dynamic passionate and influential speakers in the world today.

Kathleen’s story in her early days of business is one extreme highs and lows. The trials and tribulations she went through spilled over into her personal relationships, health, AND finances. In short, her life was a stressed-out, crazy rollercoaster mess! In her struggle to ‘be somebody and do something huge with her life’ she uncovered certain irrefutable truths and laws that set the stage for her teaching platform today. She is a CEO, the Founder/Editor-In-Chief of Today’s Businesswoman Magazine, Canada’s Leading Authority on Self-Publishing, Author, Philanthropist and Business Coach.

Her life experiences, wisdom and teaching help people not only find their own unique purpose, passion and mission in life; she also shows them how to package that ‘message’ to create the income they need in order to enjoy the life they were destined to live. In her very own words, “We have everything we need (all of us) at our finger tips to live a life of prosperity and abundance. We have to learn to unearth the nuggets, discern which ones are gems, polish them up and, like all gifts, share it with the world.”

Topic: The Power of Your Testimony!

You will learn how you can cash in on your expertise using social media. Being the “expert” and knowing how to share that with your community requires a clear strategy. You’ll learn:

Kathleen believes that unleashing your story will change your business & your life! Using your story to open doors, overcome objections BEFORE you get them, give you instant credibility, turn tire-kickers into paying clients can dramatically change your results. You will learn if you are you unknowingly bankrupting your clients plus you will learn a plan that if you put it into ACTION in the next 6 months you could radically change your income!

Linda Hunter, Author and Event Planner

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Jan 172012
 


Linda is an event planner and professional writer who is dedicated to service and open to possibility.  The author of “An Unforgettable After-Grad”, she has over 20 years of conference and event planning experience and has successfully produced five unforgettable After-Grad events for Parkland Secondary School.  Linda lives in Sidney, British Columbia where she shares her heart and her home with her husband, her mother, and three grown children.  She divides her time between conference & event planning and writing her second book.


What’s the best part for you of being part of yoUnlimited? The energy from the other women and the new things I learn each time.

What is your favourite place in the world? Any place that family is gathered, and if it’s by the ocean, even better!

Favourite Books: The Road Less Traveled by M. Scott Peck , Gift from the Sea by Anne Morrow Lindbergh

What qualities do you look for in others: Honesty, integrity and authenticity.

What’s on your bucket list? A trip to India, attend a meditation retreat and to learn Spanish.

What is the best advice you have ever received? To accept rather than resist those things I cannot control or change, from my father-in-law when at 59 he was diagnosed with terminal lung cancer.

What or who inspires or moves you? Small children learning to walk, blind people who ski, fearless adventure seekers, those who overcome adversity or tragedy.

What is your personal philosophy? Take only what you need, and share what you have.

Advice you would pass on to yourself at 19? Don’t worry about what anyone else thinks, just do it!

Who is your favourite community organization for contribution? Food Bank – food is life.

What moves you to tears? The song “Amazing Grace”.

Where do you find your joy? In my gratitude walks, cooking, and watching my children interact.

What brings you to your knees? Suffering, images of war.

What is the lesson you learn over and over again? Be myself, I AM ENOUGH!

When do you feel your healthiest? On vacation, when I am swimming in the ocean.

Favourite quote… Ring the bells that still can ring, forget your perfect offering, there is a crack in everything, that’s how the light gets in.  Leonard Cohen


Linda will be speaking at the summer 2011 yoUnlimited event on “Celebration, Traditions, and the “Open” Dinner Table”, part of the Living with Grace Series,

Contact Linda:

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