Shake off those January Blahs! Esteem Workshop, Family Literacy Day....

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The Nonviolence Festival
In celebration of the life of an iconic figure about positive social change, Waterloo Region's Non-Violence Festival will be holding the Third Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day Celebration.
Date: Monday, January 18, 2010.
Time: 7pm to 9pm.
Location: Kitchener City Hall Rotunda.
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Perhaps for some with older children
WISE Public Lecture Series
Public Lecture with Dr. Alistair Miller! Complimentary refreshments will be served at 5:30pm. Kicking Our CO2 Addiction: Difficult but doable; dither or deploy. FREE lecture! Presented by the Waterloo Institute for Sustainable Energy University of Waterloo Campus! Map & driving directions http://www.uwaterloo.ca/map/index.php Visitor parking is available in Lot N.
Date: Thursday, January 21, 2010.
Time: 5:30pm to 7pm.
Location: University of Waterloo, Davis Centre Rm DC 1302.
Website: http://www.wise.uwaterloo.ca/seminar.html
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23rd KW Regional Spelling Bee Competition-Registration now open!!!
Registration: November 2009 to February 2010. Registration fee: $20, includes Study Manual, coaching & SpellPal Membership. Registration Venue & Contacts: Kitchener Waterloo Bilingual School, 600 Erb St. W. Waterloo 519-886-6510. Call 519-954-0710 or 519-886-0802. Email: kwsepllingbee@gmail.com
Coaching session: March 27 & April 3, 2010. Regional Competition: April 10, 2010. Ontario Championship May 2010.
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Sensational Saturdays Morning Enrichment Camps
Six weeks of challenging activities for gifted students in Grades 1-8 in an action packed environment!
Dates: January 23, 2010 to February 27, 2010.
Time: 9am to 12noon.
Location: F. of Ed., WLU.
Website: www.wlu.ca/leap
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Dove Mother and Daughter Self-Esteem Workshop. Join the Kingsdale Community Centre for a great two hour workshop all about you. Pre-registration is required. Workshop will take place on January 23, 2010 1-3 p.m. at 80 Wilson Avenue 519-748-6463
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Big event at Conestoga Mall for Family Literacy Day Jan 31st
http://www.shopping.ca/getmallevent?id=17558&mallid=cns

Actual family literacy day is January 27th, might want to check your local schools, book stores & libraries for events as well (& send them on to me for posting -thanks)
The theme this year is sing for literacy

http://www.abc-canada.org/en/system/files/SFLToolkit-standalone.pdf
additional events are listed here
http://www.abc-canada.org/en/fld/2010/
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Free Community Skate
Join your neighbours and Kitchener Centre MPP John Milloy for a free community skate on the Kitchener Rangers home ice! Warm refreshments will be served.
Date: Sunday, January 31, 2010.
Time: 1pm to 3pm.
Location: Kitchener Auditorium, Dom Cardillo Arena.
Website: www.johnmilloy.onmpp.ca
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