We will be hosting several events and activites throughout the week.

Please follow the link for details:

Elizabeth Fry Week 2013: Calendar-AGM Invitation-BBQs

History of Elizabeth Fry Week

National Elizabeth Fry Week is always the week preceding Mother’s Day.  The majority of women who are criminalized and imprisoned are mothers. Most of them were the sole supporters of their families at the time they were incarcerated.

When mothers are sentenced to prison, their children are sentenced to separation. We try to draw attention to this reality by ending Elizabeth Fry Week on Mother’s Day each year.

By focusing on “Meeting Women’s Needs in the Community and Alternatives to Institutionalization”, our member societies encourage Canadians to examine some productive and responsible means of encouraging community responses to addressing criminal justice matters from coast to coast.

Our hope is that, particularly in this time of fiscal restraint, this sort of proactive focus will encourage the development of and support for community-based alternatives to costly incarceration.

CAEFS challenges Canadians to reach behind the walls and bring women into our communities, so that they may take responsibility and account for their actions in ways that make sense to them and to us. 

National Elizabeth Fry Society Website

Come out and join us for a night of fun at Boston Pizza!

Games, prizes, 50/50 draw….

When:  Wednesday, April 17, 2013

Time:  6:00pm to 8:00pm

Location:  Boston Pizza, 120 Donna Drive, Sudbury, ON

Tickets will sell fast, reserve your tickets now by calling 705-673-1364.

All proceeds will support the Elizabeth Fry Society, Sudbury Branch.

Thank you for your support and we look forward to seeing you!!

Boston Pizza Booster Night Poster – Elizabeth Fry Society, Sudbury

Facebook Invitation

Mental Health First Aid is the help provided to a person developing a mental health problem or experiencing a mental health crisis.  Just as physical first aid is administered to an injured person before medical treatment can be obtained, MHFA is given until appropriate treatment is found or until the crisis is resolved.

Join over 38,500 mental health first aiders across Canada and get involved.

Date: March 27/28, 2013 advance registration required by March 20, 2013.

Cost: $180.00/person  (includes workbook)

Register early as seating is limited.

Location: Provincial Building, 199 Larch Street, Boardrooms C & D, Sudbury, ON

For more information:

2013 MHFA PAMPHLET EFRY

Mental Health First Aid Poster EFry March 2013 

Mental Health First Aid Canada

Contact Maureen at the Elizabeth Fry Society Sudbury to register for this training session and, for more information and to inquire about future training sessions at 705-673-1364.

Sexting is the act of sending sexually explicit images between mobile devices and Cyberbullying is the act of causing deliberate harm to others using the internet. These are very real and serious issues for youth. This workshop is designed to raise awareness around the risks as well as the social and legal consequences of Cyberbullying and Sexting. We also discuss local resources and places to find more information and support.

If you would like to book a workshop at your location or are interested in learning more, please feel free to drop into the office at 204 Elm Street or give us a call at (705)673-1364.

Our beautiful plants make excellent gifts, while also helping to support programs and services for women and families in our community.

Plants must be pre-ordered by Wednesday, December 05, 2012. Orders will be available for pick up during our Festive Open House or you may choose the option of free delivery for orders that total $50.00 and more.  Kindly complete the order form and fax your order (705) 673-2159 or you may call in your order (705) 673-1364.

FESTIVE OPEN HOUSE

Wednesday, December 12th, 2012 & Thursday, December 13th, 2012

11:00 to 5:00

204 Elm Street, Sudbury

CHRISTMAS OPEN HOUSE INVITATION 2012

POINSETTIA and FESTIVE PLANT ORDER FORM 2012

SAMPLE POINSETTIA AND FESTIVE PLANT PICTURES 2012

Mental Health First Aid Canada is a program of the Mental Health Commission of Canada and the Elizabeth Fry Society, Sudbury is now offering this training.

Mental Health First Aid is the help provided to a person developing a mental health problem or experiencing a mental health crisis.  Just as physical first aid is administered to an injured person before medical treatment can be obtained, MHFA is given until appropriate treatment is found or until the crisis is resolved.

Join over 38,500 mental health first aiders across Canada and get involved.

Date: March 27/28, 2013 advance registration required by March 20, 2013.

Cost: $180.00/person  (includes workbook)

Register early as seating is limited.

Location: Provincial Building, 199 Larch Street, Boardrooms C & D, Sudbury, ON

For more information:

2013 MHFA PAMPHLET EFRY

Mental Health First Aid Poster EFry March 2013 

Mental Health First Aid Canada

Contact Maureen at the Elizabeth Fry Society Sudbury to register for this training session and, for more information and to inquire about future training sessions at 705-673-1364.

Annually, this week is proclamed ‘Elizabeth Fry Week’ in Sudbury and, we are also celebrating our 40th Anniversary!!  Many events and activites are being hosted we invite you to join us!!

To highlight a few events:

MONDAY KICK OFF:

Proclamation Reading: Mayor Marianne Matichuk ‘Elizabeth Fry Week’ in Sudbury

TUESDAY:

Annual General Meeting at the Little Montreal Restaurant     

Our Honorary Guest Speaker will be:  Mr. Michael Cullen, Executive Director, United Way Centraide Sudbury &/et Nipissing Districts              Please RSVP

SATURDAY:

Ruby Gala & Charity Auction at the Hellenic Centre                

Our host for the evening:  Mr. P. Berk Keaney     

Special Guest:  Kim Pate, Executive Director of the Canadian Association of Elizabeth Fry Societies

Please contact us soon for ticktes as this event is almost sold out!

OPEN HOUSE, BBQ’S, EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES AND MORE!!!

EFry Week Calendar of Events 2012

EFRY AGM INVITE 2012

GALA POSTER 2012

We look forward to having you join us in celebration!

We invite you to the Elizabeth Fry Society, Sudbury Ruby Gala!

To mark the event, this spectacular evening will be held during National Elizabeth Fry Week at the Hellenic Centre on May 12, 2012.  Join us for dinner, dancing and a charity auction!

Our goal is to raise sufficient funds to be able to continue our programming and to make the much needed renovations to our building, which is over one hundred years old.

Put on your dancing shoes and come out and support this great cause!

Charity auction items will be updated regularly for your advance viewing!

AUCTION ITEMS

• Porter Airlines – 2 roundtrip tickets to Toronto

For further details and to purchase tickets, please contact the Elizabeth Fry Society, 705-673-1364.

Thank you EZ Rock Sudbury for helping to promote our event!!

Lowe’s Staff!

Elizabeth Fry Sudbury applied for assistance from Lowe’s Home Improvement, Sudbury, to increase our capacity to accomodate “A Space of My Own” where clients, peer leaders, students and volunteers would be able to engage in peer support, education, programming and skill development.  In recognizing our need for support and the work we do in our community, Lowe’s nominated us for their Lowe’s Heroes Program: “Transforming lives one community at a time” is the mission of this program which encourages Lowe’s employees to form a team and adopt a volunteer project with a local non-profit organization and help improve the community where they work.  On Friday, October 28, 2011 the volunteer team from Lowe’s came to renovate the existing room in our basement in order to increase capacity for clients, student and volunteers.

This contribution has made a significant impact on our agency and the women we serve.  We send a big “thank you” to Lowe’s Home Improvement, Sudbury and the volunteer team!!!

A Space of My Own is now equipped with a television, dvd, computer and resources!  Check with the EMPOWER Program for a schedule of events and programming in our new room!

BEFORE

AFTER – Amazing transformation!

EMPOWER NEWSLETTER ISSUE 2, November 2011 Download Issue 2 to read more!!!