Attention Windsor Essex Young Entrepreneurs--Funding Available by Sept 5, 2014

Mentorship Program – Call for Applications!

Are you a student or recent graduate, under the age of 30, looking for funding and a mentorship to help start or grow your business?
Apply for our Mentorship Program, offering
**up to $5,000 and
**the help of a mentor
to help you reach your business milestones over the course of four months!
To apply, answer the following questions and send to
Nicole Sleiman nsleiman@uwindsor.ca by Sept. 5, 2014.

1. Name:
2. Are you a student or recent graduate?
3. In what program are you studying/What program did you study?
4. What is your business?
5. What are your current business challenges?
6. Do you have a business plan? If your business plan is partial or complete, please attach.
7. What upcoming milestones are you working toward?
8. Which skill sets would your ideal mentor possess?
9. Additional comments:

This opportunity is hosted by the Entrepreneurship Practice and Innovation Centre at the University of Windsor

*Please note: Your business must be based in
Windsor-Essex County*

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Amherstburg Tall Ships and Dockside Festival Highlights Aug 30 to Sept. 1, 2013

Ships Ahoy – the time has come! This weekend marks the last stop on the “Tall Ships Challenge-Great Lakes 2013” tour before the epic re-enactment of the Battle of Lake Erie takes place in Put-In Bay, Ohio. On Friday, Saturday and Sunday Amherstburg and the surrounding area will play host to 8 Tall Ships with an array of dockside festivities and deck tours.

Tall Ships 1812 replica’s, Friends Goodwill and Lynx will be the featured ships docked in Kings Navy Yard Park, Amherstburg; at one time an official ship building port during the War of 1812.

Festival highlights:

Public Deck Tours

Friday, August 30                  12pm to 5 pm

Saturday, August 31             10 am to 5 pm

Sunday, September 1          10 am to 5 pm

 

-        $15 for weekend pass

-        $5 for individual port pass; children 5 and under free

 

Special Events

Friday, August 30

11:00 am        Welcome ceremony; “Keys to the City”

12:00 pm        Art at the Gazebo

12:00 pm        Redpath Sugar “Sweetness Truck”

3:00   pm        Laura Secord re-enactor

6:00   pm        Mike Ure band

7:30   pm        Matthew Drouillard; Life of a Soldier

7:30   pm        “A Desert Between Us and Them” movie at Christ Church

8:30   pm        “Pirates of the Caribbean” outdoor movie in KNYP

Dusk                Fireworks!

 

Special Events (con’t)

Saturday, August 31

10:00 am        WFCU “Little Mates” Children’s Pavilion

1:00 pm          Kenneth McLeod and the Young Fiddlers

2:30 pm          Kenneth McLeod and the Windsor Salt Band

Afternoon      Masquerade; An a cappella strolling group

4:30 pm          Pirates Costume Contest

6:00 pm          Metis Fiddler Quartet

8:30 pm          Flames of War – epic outdoor film at Toddy Jones Park

 

Sunday, September 1

11:00 am        The Ladies of Amherstburg re enactment

12:00 pm        Noon Gun Salute

12:00 pm        Masquerade; An a cappella strolling group

1:00 pm          Greater Windsor Concert Band

2:00 pm          Woman’s March

3:30 pm          Concert in the Park; Allison Brown, Ron Leary, Kelly Hoppe

 

“This is a great weekend to come out and enjoy one last hurrah before the summer is over. We’ve got a great line up of activities and of course the stars of the show will be the Tall Ships side by side. The crew can’t wait to meet everyone!” says Anne Rota; Manager of Tourism and Culture.


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WFCU Scholarship Applicatons Accepted Until April 26, 2013

2013 Harold Hewitt Scholarship – CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS

 Windsor Family Credit Union (WFCU) is excited to announce that submissions are being accepted for the 2013 Harold Hewitt Scholarship.  The Harold Hewitt Scholarship (HHS) was established in 2001 as a yearly contribution to the post-secondary education of youth in our community.  Since 2001, over $60,000 has been presented under the HHS. WFCU is proud to continue the tradition by presenting a total of $5,000 to 16 youth through the HHS program this year.

Children enrolled in JK to Grade 12, are invited to tell us, in no more than 250 words, “What do you think would make the Windsor-Essex Community a healthier and more active place to live and why?”

Selected submissions from each age category (noted below) will be chosen and the authors will be named recipients of WFCU’s 2013 Harold Hewitt Scholarship. 

Recipients from each age category will receive:

JK – Grade 2	3 @ $100 each
Grade 3 – Grade 5	3 @ $200 each
Grade 6 – Grade 8	3 @ $300 each
Grade 9 – Grade 10	3 @ $400 each
Grade 11 – Grade 12	4 @ $500 each

This special scholarship was inspired by the late Harold Hewitt, WFCU’s long term Director on the Board whose dedication to the community was an integral part of the Credit Union. 

Harold Hewitt Scholarship submission forms are available to download by clicking on the link: Harold Hewitt Scholarship - Call for Submission Form

Deadline for submissions to be received by WFCU is Friday, April 26, 2013 no later than  5 p.m.  Details as to delivery methods are available on the WFCU Website – www.wfcu.ca.

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RUN FOR ROCKY THIS SUNDAY APRIL 14, 2013!

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March 25, 2013 Start Up Kids!

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Hear Michele Law Speak On March 20 at the Women's Economic Forum

The Women’s Economic Forum of Leamington (www.womenseconomicforum.com) invites you on Wednesday, March 20^th, 2013 to the  Pelee Days Inn, 566 Bevel Line Road, Leamington, for speaker .....

Michele Law, "Walking Through Every Door that Opens"
From hospital fundraiser to touring musician, Michele Law is now an award-winning singer songwriter and respected professional musician, with 6 CDs of original music. Together with her husband, The Laws have shared the stage with everyone from Randy Bachman (the Guess Who, BTO) to Blue Rodeo, have been featured on CMT, PBS specials, Entertainment Tonight and dozens of magazine and newspapers. Accomplished cooks, they also have a cookbook, instructional DVD and have done pasta-making workshops everywhere from Dallas, Texas to Melbourne, Australia. They recently opened two music stores: Rebel Cowboy Music in Wheatley and a new store in Kingsville. Michele is a licensed Kindermusik instructor, helping to bring the gift of music to children from newborn to 7 years of age. It seems that life has come full circle as she puts her fundraising and public relations experience to work on their newest venture: The Kingsville Folk Music Festival.

 

MEMBERS $25 GUESTS $35.
Registration and Networking begins at 5:30 p.m., followed by dinner at 6:30 p.m., and Guest Speaker at 7:40 p.m. Deadline for reservations is noon Monday, March 18^th.

 

For reservations Contact Eventbrite at: www.eventbrite.ca/event/5503063812
or Contact Rose Marie Roach at leampresident@womenseconomicforum.com

 

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4th Annual Candlelight Service For Children Who Have Died: Dec. 9, 2012

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