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Avery Kadish awarded 100th Anniversary Scholarship

Centenary Award Winner Announcement
Six outstanding young women were nominated by local high schools for the 100th anniversary scholarship. After much deliberation, the Scholarship Committee is pleased to announce that the winner is: Avery Kadish of Brantford Collegiate Institute.
Well-known as a talented musician and performer, Avery is also an honour roll student who was accepted at several universities, and will be attending Humber College this September for a Bachelor of Music. She participates in BCI’s Laurier program for exceptional students, and is in a Specialist High School Major program with an Arts and Culture focus. She is active in the LINC mentorship program which supports grade 8 students as well as an anti-bullying program in local elementary schools. Avery created an original song from the personal stories of students, and performs it as part of the program. Avery uses her musical ability to support the many activities at BCI. She has taken roles in BCI’s musical productions, sung at Remembrance Day services, and is helping to offer arts workshops to local grade two classes through the Laurier program.
Avery has completed hundreds of hours of volunteer work all while developing her professional career – recording albums, performing at venues such as Roy Thomson Hall, Koerner Hall, Birdland Jazz Club in New York City, and several major jazz festivals. You may have heard Avery sing the National Anthem at a Toronto Blue Jays game, or perform in the Young Artists’ recital at the Sanderson Centre.
Members of CFUW Brantford will have the opportunity to congratulate our scholarship winner, Avery Kadish, when she is presented with a cheque for $2500 at the AGM on May 22.
CFUW Brantford AGM

There’s still time to register for Trivia Night!
Trivia Night!
Trivia Night
October General Meeting
Doors open at 6:45 p.m. Meeting Starts at 7:00 p.m.
Date: October 24, 2018
Speaker: Rita- Marie Hadley, Executive Director, Landsdowne Children’s Centre
Topic: “Landsdowne Children’s Centre, All Grown Up”
The presentation will explain the role of the Centre in the community
Come and join us at Thorpe’s Carriage House!
Mayoral Candidates Night – October 3, 2018
The event, sponsored once again by RTO District 40, was extremely well attended by CFUW members, RTO members and other members of the public. We had a full house! Six of the seven candidates were present: Kevin Davis, Chris Friel, Michael Issa, Wayne Maw, John Turmel and Dave Wrobel. Nora Fueten was, once again, our excellent moderator.
For more info, here’s the Expositor article.
Tour of the new YMCA
On Sept 26th, 28 CFUW members attended a guided tour of the new Laurier Brantford YMCA given by Pat Kitchen, Executive Director. It is a beautiful facility and will be enjoyed by all for many years to come!