Annual General Meeting
Geranium Sale
Mental Health Week
PAR South Bake Sale and Lunch
Taste the Magic of PAR South Cookbook

Annual General Meeting

CMHA/Peel holds their Annual General Meeting on the fourth Tuesday in June.

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Geranium Sale

The Annual Geranium Sale campaign has been a fixture of CMHA/Peel Branch since 1986. Volunteers co-ordinate the selling of geraniums at their place of work or home by taking orders in April and early May. Other volunteers deliver the plants in mid-May, in time for planting on the long Victoria Day weekend.

All it takes to be a Volunteer Salesperson is a willingness to post a flyer, keep track of an order sheet, fax the sheet in by a specified date, and collect payment prior to delivery of the plants. On Delivery day your office/agency/home will be enlivened by lush, vibrant-coloured (red, salmon, light pink, dark pink and white) 4.5-inch pots of geraniums, which come from Haase Greenhouses in Brampton.

The 2009 Geranium Sale was a success. More than 30 volunteer sales and delivery people helped us raise more than $4,000 for CMHA/Peel.

If you think you might be interested in volunteering to help sell or deliver plants for the 2010 Annual Geranium Sale, contact Shelagh at 905-451-1718 x 320 or nuttalls@cmhapeel.ca Sales people start selling plants at their place of work or neighbourhood in April/early May and receive delivery on the Wednesday or Thursday before the long Victoria Day weekend.

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Mental Health Week

The first full week in May is Mental Health Week. This national event gives Canadians an opportunity to find out the importance of mental health and how to achieve it in their community.

This year Mental Health Week is May 3 – 9, 2010 and the slogan is:

Building your mental health: one support at a time

The 2010 theme targets the importance of supports to our mental health and their role in building resilience.

CMHA/Peel is in the process of planning awareness events in our region. During Mental Health Week we hope to once again go to three GO stations in Peel Region with our mascot, Miranda the Mental Health Panda, to hand out Hershey chocolate HUGs and HUG cards, urging morning commuters to “Celebrate Mental Health Week! Hug someone you love today.” The business card-size cards have a panda bear on them, CMHA/Peel Branch contact information, and a list of 10 mental health tips.

Once plans are finalized we will post them on our Coming Up page.

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PAR South Bake Sale and Lunch

Unfortunately there will be no Bake Sale and Lunch in 2009.

The first Wednesday in December from 11:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m, PAR South Clubhouse hosts a Bake Sale and Lunch. Their slogan is “Let PAR do your holiday baking for you.” Signature items like yummy lemon squares, macaroons and preserves get customers coming back year after year. It’s a chance to welcome the public to the clubhouse, demonstrate the purpose of the program, and raise money. Funds raised allow members take advantage of training outside the Clubhouse, such as international conferences on the Clubhouse model of rehabilitation.

To pre-order and save 10% contact Nela or Eva at 905-270-6295 or fax: 905-270-8110 or e-mail: esperasn@cmhapeel.ca. Click here to read the flyer, price list and order form.

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Taste the Magic of PAR South Cookbook

PAR South has prepared a cookbook of their favourite recipes. It’s called Taste the Magic of PAR South Clubhouse. For $10 you can own one of your very own. Just call PAR South at 905-270-6295 and ask to speak to a staff member, or e-mail parsclubhouse@cmhapeel.ca to make arrangements.

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