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Volume 10, Issue 21, Week of May 27, 2013
Saskatoonʼs REAL Community Newspaper Stories on the category winners, who are selected by an independent jury of five, can be found on Pages 13-17.
Women
of Distinction
Margaret Tosh received the lifetime achievement award at the Women of Distinction dinner (Photo by Joelle Tomlinson)
Another successful gala for the YWCA
Ned Powers Saskatoon Express or the Saskatoon YWCA, its 32nd annual Women of Distinction Awards dinner on Thursday at TCU Place was another moment of triumph. Thanks to the major presenter, PotashCorp, a strong group of sponsors and a crowd estimated at 660, the YWCA’s major fundraising event of the year will produce close to $100,000 to serve the needs of the community. Barb Macpherson, executive director, told the story of attending a conference on
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homelessness just recently where a woman at the back of the room “invited anyone to come and live with her at any time and no one took her up on the offer. “We don’t know how difficult it is, and what life is like for the people who come to our door,” says Macpherson. “We try to make life better for them. We try to help clients to develop their skills so they can get out and help their families and children. At the YWCA, we try and give these people hope.” The YWCA provides programs like crisis shelter and residence, employment
and learning facilities, a child development centre as well as maintaining the longstanding tradition of a fitness centre. The focus is placed on trying to eliminate poverty, homelessness and violence within families. “I feel privileged every day to watch the exhilarating group of people in action at the YWCA whose desire is to find hope for women and children,” said Macpherson. Vlatka Tustonic accepted the challenge of being the dinner chair for the fifth straight year, sharing the celebratory mood that the 33 award nominees in 10
categories might inspire everyone at the dinner. And, as enthusiastic as Tustonic was at the beginning, she was even more upbeat at the end. “How inspiring was the message and the spoken word poetry of Zondra Roy (the youth award winner) and how uplifting was the storytelling of Margaret Tosh (the lifetime achievement winner)?” said Tustonic. “I was blown away by what they said and the way people got to their feet and gave standing ovations to both of them.”
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