Vice-President’s Message
April 2024
Hello!
We are into SPRING! Hooray! This is the season I wait for because it means golf is just around the corner!
It also means our Nelle Carter Woman of the Year Gala is coming up May 22. We have a great night planned, and we hope you will join us. We are still accepting nominations, and the forms can be found on the website.
Speaking of the website, shout out to Corry Ticknor for updating our pictures, directory and on-line payment options. Considerable time and effort has gone into this and it is truly appreciated.
April 10th is the next OBWA MEETING, where we are honoring our previous Woman of the Year Recipients. Please, if you know any of these wonderful woman, invite them to the meeting, and
have them contact Leah Cavanaugh.
Happy Spring!
Trisha Cuthbertson, VP
April Dinner Meeting will be held on April 10th, 2024 at
Kelsey’s Roadhouse Restaurant, 405 Memorial Ave. Orillia, L3V 0T7
The restaurant will be following the Covid Protocol that is currently in place
at their establishment
You must e-mail OBWA at: reserve@orilliabusinesswomen.com
by 3 p.m. Friday April 5, 2024.
Our RSVP numbers are submitted to Kelsey’s that day as they need to know
numbers for staffing. If you reserved your dinner spot and can’t attend please contact us right away so that
we can try and fill the spot with someone else that may be on a waiting list.
As always we welcome all women to the OBWA and we are encouraging our members
to bring a guest or two to our March meeting!
We have brought back some of our old traditions to our OBWA Dinner Meetings!
Toonies for Toiletries where the money collected goes for hygiene products for those in need in the community.
The Sharing Place are desperately in need of Donations. We will be collecting non-perishable food items and as well Clean Reusable Grocery Bags which we will donate to the Orillia Sharing Place
Thank You to those that donated food & reusable bags!
In March OBWA Members Donated 27 pounds of food to The Sharing Place
As well we will be doing a 50/50 draw at each meeting!
Winner of March’s 50/50 was Leah Cavanaugh!
$100 Donation will be given to Kevin Gangloff of the Orillia Youth Centre.
Thank you to all members that participated in the Showcase & for their generous donations for the Swag Bags at our March Dinner Meeting
At our March meeting we had a couple of special draws! We would like to send out a big Thank You to
Sheelagh Gunn for donating two draw prizes won by Linda Kranich & Trisha Cuthbertson
& Erin Dooks-Overton for donating two draw prizes won by Kim Thompson & Suzanne Prosser
April’s Networking Dinner Meeting Agenda:
Doors open at 5:30 p.m.
There will be an event charge of $5 for members & Honorary members and
$10 for non members which is payable at the door
5:30 – Networking – please bring your business cards & brochures with you
5:50 p.m. – Vice President’s Welcome
6:00 p.m. -Dinners will be ordered
6:10 p.m. Business of the Month – Kimberly DesMoulin – Certified Health & Wellness Coach
Honoring our past recipients of Woman of the Year & Young Woman of the Year
April’s Dinner Meeting we will have as our special guests past
Women of the Year & Young Women of the Year Recipients at our meeting
Please contact our special guest co-ordinator Lea Cavanaugh if you have contact information
for past recipients or for more information
30 Second intro & our business updates
(please respect each other by keeping to the time limit)
Closing words from our Vice-President
Get your tickets today for the May 22, 2023 Woman of the Year & Young Woman of the Year Gala
Ticket price is $70 for a 3 course Prime Rib Dinner & a Vegetarian Option of Cauliflower Steak
(please specify if you are choosing the Vegetarian dinner)
Gala Tickets are now available on the OBWA Website.
https://orilliabusinesswomen.com/GalaTickets
Nominations for WOMAN OF THE YEAR are now open. Please contact a member of the Executive Committee or download the nomination forms from our website. Deadline for submissions is April 8th.
https://orilliabusinesswomen.com/2024NominationForm
OBWA is also looking for Sponsorships from our members and from the community.
https://orilliabusinesswomen.com/GalaSponsorship
Forms are now available and can be submitted online or dropped off to Leah.
Also Door prize donations can be dropped off May 15th at the latest to Leah Cavanaugh at
Century 21 B. J. Roth Realty Ltd,
450 West Street North, Orillia
We are reaching out for your help in finding a photographer that is available to take photos at our Gala on May 22nd. If that is your expertise or you know an amateur photographer please contact the OBWA
We are encouraging all paid members in good standing to update their Slide Show so we have one for each of our members. This slide show is shown at each of our meetings and lets those in attendance know who you are and what your business is. It is one of the perks of being a paid member. Corry Ticknor can take care of that for you but she needs your particulars so please contact her with your information. Also by being a paid member we encourage all members to make sure they have their business information on the Shop Orillia Site. It is free and all you have to do is register on the site. It is a great way to advertise your business online!
Cara Cooper
Kimberley Kneeshaw
Susan Zaroski
Starting at our October meeting and running until September 2024 we will be honouring our OBWA members in good standing with Birthdays in that month. When you attend our Dinner Meeting the month of your Birthday we will waive your $5 event fee. Those having Birthdays in May, June, July and August will have their event fee waived accordingly. Please make sure you let Susan Zaroski know the month of your Birthday so she can get you on our Birthday Month list. She will be sitting at the door at the meeting to take the information from you or if you wish please e-mail your Birthday Month to Networking@OrilliaBusinessWomen.com
Please note: Memberships were due September 1st , 2023 & need to be paid for you to be a member in good standing. $100 membership fee will keep you a member in good standing until August 31,2024 . Members have the privilege of posting on social media & have their information about their business and themselves on our website as well as posting on Face Book. Non-members can attend meetings though without the other privileges. If you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact one of our executive members. Paypal payments accepted only: https://orilliabusinesswomen.com/OnlinePayments
We look forward to seeing everyone in April!
