CFUW SSI is partnering with the Salt Spring Public Library to show the NFB film “The Nest” on March 7, 2026 at 2:00 PM. Poster IWD movie
2024-2025 Program
- Sept. 19, 2024 Welcome Back Lunch – Salt Spring Golf Club Paco’s Tacos
- October 24 at 11:30 – Salt Spring Wild Cider – Lunch with Maggie Allison, Manager Career Development & Community Initiatives Gulf Island Secondary School (GISS)
- November 28 – Lunch with Janine Fernades- Hayden – The Circle Education
- January 23 – Hope Meeting
- Feb 27 – Lunch with Sophia vom Bauer Jackson, Manager of Adult Programming, Salt Spring Public Library
- Mar 8 – International Women’s Day film showing “The Story of the Coast Salish Knitters” by local producer Christine Welsh in the Salt Spring Library
- April 24 – Lunch with Deborah Dancik, CFUW BC Council Vancouver Island representative
- May 29- Annual General Meeting
IWD Film Showing Mar 8, 2025
To celebrate International Women’s Day, CFUW SSI partnered with the Salt Spring Public Library to show the film “Story of the Coast Salish Knitters”. It was very well received especially afterwards with the special guests.
Membership Update
Our Membership total recovered post Covid 19 with the resumption of in-person meetings in the Fall of 2021. In 2025 we now have 16 members. In lieu of formal general meetings, we have lunch meetings with special guests. This year, our theme for these meetings is education.
Hope Project Award
We were very pleased to receive an award from CFUW National for our Hope project in 2024. This project was started in 2005 to support secondary school education for girls in need but with potential in selected Commonwealth Countries. This project is a co-action with the Commonwealth Girls Education Fund. Through the Hope Project CFUW SSI has funded 213 girls to completion of sponsorship.
Last Year’s Program 2023-2024
- Sept. 16, 2023 Welcome Back – Lunch Salt Spring Wild Cider
- October 26 at 10:00 PM – Helen Hinchliff – Senior’s Housing GISRA
- November 28 – Lunch meeting with Gayle Baker Local Community Commissioner (LCC)
- January 23 – Hope Meeting at Salt Spring Public Library
- Feb 22 – Lunch Meeting with Laura Patrick, Islands Trust local Trustee
- Mar 7 – International Women’s Day film showing “The Magnitude of All Things”
- April – Resolutions None
- May – Annual General Meeting – Lunch Meeting
IWD Film Showing Mar 7 2020
To celebrate International Women’s Day, our club co-sponsored with the Salt Spring Island Library, a CFB film “20th Century Gals” . It was a fabulous upbeat film produced by Cathy Jones.
Christmas Lunch 2019
Our CFUW SSI Club held their annual Christmas Lunch on Dec. 7 at the Harbour House Hotel. It was a delicious lunch and a successful fundraising event for the Hope Project and our “Second Chance” bursaries. We appreciated the fine service provided by the Harbour House management and staff.
Second Chance Bursaries
In 2019, CFUW SSI decided to award an additional Second Chance Bursary. We received many good applications and were able to award 2 bursaries to Salt Spring Island women continuing their post-secondary education. Funds to support these bursaries were raised partially through our annual flower basket sales generously supported by Fraser’s Thimble Farms. We are also grateful to the Thriftys Foods Smile Card Program and the Country Grocer Cash Register Tape Program.
Hope Project 2019
In 2018-19, the CFUW SSI Hope Project sponsored 21 girls, 5 continuing and 16 new students. Of the 21 girls, 3 girls are from Rwanda, 4 girls from Jamaica, 1 girl from Sri Lanka, 5 girls from Uganda and 8 girls from India.