Kozy's Corner

Welcome to Kozy's Corner.

It's your one stop for all community news and events.  I'll list your events here and it won't cost a you a dime.  That's the great thing about communities.  We help each other out.  And QX104 is part of your community.

Fax your event information or news to 989-5291 or email psa@hotqx.com  Even better if you e-mail me at bkozak@qx104.astral.com 


 

Lac Du Bonnet is doing something  you can participate in and help  KidSport Manitoba...it’s the Polar Bear Dare at the Main Beach and dock on park avenue  Sat. Feb 25th...learn more at www,sportmanitoba.ca/polarbeardare.


..Let’s all get together  for a special Steak dinner in support of the FAROOQ Family to help support the father who lost his whole family in a fire...Thursday Feb.9th  from 5-8 at Canadinn Garden City..tickets at the door......tickets just 15 dollars.....


Hey curlers..Springfield Curling Club invites you to their Wild Wild West Mixed bonspiel  on the weekend of  Feb 9th thru the 12th...Chances for a 1000 dollar worldwide travel voucher..jets tickets..big dinner n  dance too contact KEN  at 416-1459.


Be a Denim Donor at Warehouse one ..donate those gently used jeans for  local women’s shelters  til Feb.11th ..funds raised thru the program are used for shelters across the city...To Trade in your jeans  and get great discounts log onto www.warehouseone.com  


All the Pasta You Can eat is coming to St James Anglican Friday Feb 17th  from 5-7pm..then  it’s   Pancake Tuesday  Feb 21  also  from 5-7pm ..FREE...donations  greatfully accepted


Thursday evenings  from Feb 2nd to March 15th , St Paul’s  Anglican  at  830  North Drive   at Pt Rd, Scoittish  reels and jigs  are performed   in a relaxed social  evening..come , dance  and  enjoy..bring a friend  it’s just  5 dollars


4th annual  Trek  for Tourette will be held  at Assiniboine Park at the   Duck Pond  Sunday March  25th..want  to  help  log onto   www.tourette.ca... 


Romantic WHISPERS  ,the First Lingerie  Fashion show for Ovarian Cancer Research  will be held   Monday  Feb 6th with support from the WIVES  of the  Winnipeg Jets...come and help bring awareness  to  this  disease Feb 6th at the Fairmont..Tickets at Red River  Exchange Campus and  the Foxxy Shoppe.....


The  ALS   2012  Cornflower  GALA  will be held  Sat  March 24th   in the Hangar of  The Western Canada Aviation Museum...Dinner Dancing live n silent auction ..that’s  Sat March 24th....


The  15th annual  Live Music is Better Coffee House  in support of  Wpg Harvest  will be held  Sat Feb 11th 8pm  at St James Anglican on collegiate..admission is 5 dollars and a tin for the bin.


If  you’re a lover of paperbacks then take note of Children’s Hospitals Book Market sale  at the St Vital Centre  Feb 9th thru 11th....a great choice too...65 categories..get a paperback  and help pediatric research...


Curling OUTDOORS! No kidding..The Heart n Stroke foundations  IRONMAN Bonspiel  is on  Feb 3rd to the 5th down on the Assiniboine River  at the Forks as well as the Granite..reg ister your team  at ironmancurling.com.....


Grand Marais is where you want to be the weekend of Feb 10th thru the 12th...Saturday night  they hold a Hoedown and Barndance..come on out and celebrate Winter in Grand Marais......


Happy Mike’s Coffee House is on again at St James Anglican Church Saturday night Feb.4th..entertainment  from the all female accapella group  “ In Style”....


It’s that time again to enjoy local Dinner Theatre.....Headingly United presents  “ Song of The Mounties”..Feb 17th , 18th , 23rd,24th, and 25th...all performances at the community centre..info 255 11 23.....


Karen Thibodeau suffers from FIBROMYALGIA and  wants to do something to raise awareness for those who can’t get help..she wants your help to organize a benefit concert to bring awareness to  our city..would you like to help....Call Karen at triple 8 56 20..and thanks


Tara Players , the only Irish Theatre Company in Winnipeg  present the Irish Classic Candida at the Irish Association Theatre , 654  Erin on three January weekends, beginning Jan 19th..to  book tickets  best log onto taraplayers@hotmail.ca or call the club  at 918-3907..


SUNDAY Jan.29th it’s the annual Frostbite River Run at the Forks presented by the Manitoiba Runners Association.....it’s a 5k run and a 3k snow shoe race along the  Forks River Walk..pre registration at 8am ...learn more  at www.mraweb.ca ....


Here’s a great event for youth ages  14 to  25.... It’s  Folklorama’s  first ever  “Lead by Example” youth conference ,where you’ll learn about Volunteerism,Leadership,Resume Writing and interviews..Pre registration is required by Friday Jan 20th-Email  jacks@folklorama.ca.....Saturday 


Saturday Feb.4th  it’s a SNOWSHOE Adventure  at the Brereton Lake Campground  in the Whiteshell Provincial Park...you’ll join an interpreter to trek along a scenic ridge  in the snowy boreal forest. From  1-3  .learn more  at Manitobaparks.com


EDMUND PARTRIDGE SCHOOL  will present “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat..Friday Jan.27th and Sat Jan 28th ...this fantastic production is so big they need the Pantages Playhouse to present it..tickets at the school as well as at the door.


The Manitoba Lung Association has kicked off it’s Breath of Spring TULIPS Campaign...Sign up your work place to order your bunches ...log onto breathofspring.ca...funds raised in support of Manitoban’s with lung disease!


The  University of Manitoba’s Black Hole Theatre  will present   the classic comedy “ Arms and the Man  at the Gas Station Arts Centre in Osborne Village Jan 20th  to  the 29th..reservations  and info   visit  bthc.ca on the web.....


Here’s a Call for Dancers  to  join the Movement Centre of Manitoba’s fund raiser “ Move n Groove 2012”..last year 100 dancers showed up and this year they hope to shatter that record  with  the launch at the New HYDRO  Building  Atrium this week...spread the word  and learn more  at movengroooveathon.com.


Children’s Hospital Foundation’s Nearly New Shop mis holding an HELLO DOLLY Sale , featuring Barbie Dolls, Clothes and Accessories  Jan 20th –Feb 4th..the shop  at 961  Portage avenue  mon to sat  10 to  4...all proceeds   in support of pediatric research


It’s time to become pro active about ALZHEIMERS Disease...many live with symptoms of dementia before seeing a doctor...attend a free seminar Tuesday Jan. 17th at 7pm at the Centro Caboto Centre to learn more.


NIVERVILLE’s  Clipper Hockey Teams  are holding a Cancer Care  Fundraiser Sunday Jan.29th at the Nivervile Arena....along  with hockey,there’s a silent auction as well as a draw for a SIGNED JETS Jersey....it begins  at 230 so come on out and help support the Clippers support Cancer Care ..


INNER CITY YOUTH ALIVE   works  with the poor, suffering and marginalized  young people in our city’s north end....it’s become a Beacon of hope  for  so many who  have been overlooked offering classes,shelter,food, and most of all a chance to make right decisions..please help...go online and make a donation at www.icya.ca...


Please  find an hour over the holiday’s to GIVE BLOOD...the demand goes up  and supplies go down , so Canadian Blood services asks for you give the Greatest Gift..the Gift of Life with a Unit of Your precious Blood..book an appointment at www.blood.ca  or call TODAY 1-triple 8 to donate.


Parents without Partners  kick off their new year at Rumours Comedy Club  Thursday evening  Jan. 19th  at 8pm...a 50/50 draw ,a silent auction and Replica Jets Jersey will also be offered...for more info visit pwpwinnipeg.org.


The  OPTIMISTS are selling Christmas trees again , but this year have changed location..it’s now at the Army Navy and Airforce  283  portage..all proceeds from sales go toward the Band program , Buffalo BarbeQUE, and  others..pick up your real tree here and know  you’re supporting our community.


RAINBOW Stage has the perfect Christmas present..two tickets to next summer’s  blockbuster Broadway Musicals....Footloose in June and  Annie  in August..log onto  Rainbowstage.ca. and order  today!


The Alzheimer Society  is asking for  Volunteers to knock on doors next January to  help raise  funds  towards services and programs for people  with dementia.You can help  at  www.alzheimer.mb.ca


It’s called the “One warm coat program” and the people at DELTA Airlines departure level  at  James Richardson airport need you to help..they want you to drop off clean gently worn coats ,jackets ,sweaters ,mittens for the needy in our city.


If you’re a woman who wants to learn Self Defence then  the Ft Garry Resource Centre  has what you  want  ..classes are held  on  Tuesdays  at the Robert A Steen  community centre on Palmerston..get details on the web site www.fgwrc.ca


Are you Separated,Widowed, Divorced??Many people are and  are suffering...there is a marvelous Non Profit Peer support group that has helped many ..it’s called Beginning Experience...they’ll help you deal with the grief process  and  turn the pain of loss into positive growth..... log onto www.winnipegbe.ca for information


The Cancer Society wants you to tell her how much you care...tell her about PAP tests...They say, you’ve got to get them when you’re well to stay well..if you haven’t had a pap test in 2 years DO IT NOW...for more information  log onto www.telleverywoman.ca 


Meals on Wheels  has lost drivers   who are helping in  the flood recovery...the NEED  Drivers  desperately..Can U  help..there’s an honorarium to cover gas and  they need you for 2 hours..call Meals on Wheels 956 7711


Winnipeg’s  Ronald McDonald House is a haven  for parents  from out of  town with sick kids needing treatment at Childrens Hospital.....last year it served  over 550 families who saved over 30 thousand dollars in hotel costs, while living together as a family...you can help....hold a fundraiser..volunteer....donate  learn more at   www.rmhmanitoba.org  or call Kerry  at 774 4777..


Did  you realize that over 50% of nearly 58,000  Manitobans whom  Winnipeg Harvest feeds are CHILDREN...an amazing statistic isn’t it ? Winnipeg Harvest NEEDS  Your help to continue supplying so many.For every dollar  you donate  to   Harvest   it  can distribute 20 Dollars  worth of  food...won’t you help? Send a Cheque to Wpg Harvest 1085  Winnipeg avenue..and Thanks


Wanna Sing Tenor or Bass? Then the Sisters of the Holy Rock want YOU! The Holy and Hilarious  Sisters do a 30 Plus concert tour a year to packed houses and it’s all for charity..interested, then  log onto  www.sistersoftheholyrock.org


 

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