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ClassifiedsStisville NewsSECOND SECTIONBusinessDirectoryTHURSDAY MAY 30, 2013Fun DayBig Soul Project concertJOHN BRUMMELL/METROLANDIn dog showLouise Beggs of Stittsville shows11 month old male miniatureSchnauzer Ebonylyn’s Knight SirLancelot (call name is Lance) inthe Ottawa Kennel Club dog showat the Richmond fairgrounds inRichmond last Saturday, May 25.JOHN BRUMMELL/METROLANDIn RichmondJeannie Cameron shows BrydensPretty Woman – Ashley owned byDeborah Brummell of Stittsvillein the Ottawa Kennel Club’s dogshow at the Richmond fairgroundsin Richmond on Saturday, May 25.Rotary clean-up crewSpecial to the NewsEMC news - It’s a Sundaybut it’s also going to be aFun Day at Stittsville UnitedChurch on June 2 nd .That’s when there will notonly be a multi-generationalworship service at 10 a.m. towhich everyone is welcomebut there will also be a followingSunday Fun Day towhich everyone is welcome.And it’s all free.There’s going to be aninflatable obstacle course,games, races, a BBQ picnic,cotton candy and balloons.New this year will be giantbubbles and there will alsobe tattoos available. Beverages,burgers and hot dogswill all be provided. Art doneby Amy Mesdag, a memberof the church’s youth group,will also be on display at thisFun Day. Those planningto attend this Fun Day areurged to bring along lawnchairs for comfortable seating.Everyone is welcome.JOHN BRUMMELL/METROLANDAssembled at Tim Hortons on Carp Road in Stittsville following a clean-up of litter and debris alonga stretch of Hazeldean Road west of the Carp River bridge on Monday evening, May 13 are membersand supporters of the Rotary Club of Ottawa – Stittsville, from left, young Oliver Wray, Marie-PierLevesque, Rosemary Brummell, Club president Carolyn Clark, Valerie Wright, Victoria Hunter, SteveHunter (behind Victoria), Susan Spriggs, Tony Wright, Sam Spriggs, Grace Bell, Leo Maiorino, BradSpriggs, Spencer Spriggs and Alfredo Patricio, behind Spencer. Tim Hortons sponsors the annualspring and fall clean-up campaigns in the city of Ottawa.Special to the NewsEMC news - You will be able to hearthe Big Soul Project gospel choir andband in concert this Saturday, June 1at 7 p.m. at St. Paul’s Anglican Churchon Young Road just north of HazeldeanRoad in Kanata.It’s all a fundraising effort for theKanata/Stittsville Refugee SponsorshipGroup.Tickets for the concert by Big SoulProject gospel choir and band are availablefrom Stittsville United Church at613-836-4962. Tickets are $20 for adultsand $12 for children under 12 years ofage.Big Soul Project and its talented band“Deep Grove” entertain audiences withtheir joyful energy and songs of peace,hope and joy.Big Soul Project performs music frommany genres including gospel, rhythmand blues, rock, Motown, reggae, popand blues.The choir has performed at Bluesfest,Westfest and at the Black Sheep Inn inWakefield, just to name a few locations,besides singing with Barbra Streisandlast October.Roxanne Goodman is the music directorof this community choir, bringinga wealth of experience as an accomplishedvocalist, composer and pianistto the position.The choir was established in 1999 asthe Ottawa Community Gospel Choir,growing from 12 members to over 50 by2007. It is a non-auditioning choir withno affiliations with any particular organization.Since its founding, the choir has performedthroughout the National CapitalRegion, performing at numerous charitablefundraisers.The Kanata/Stittsville Refugee SponsorshipGroup (KSRSG), which wasformed in 1996, consists of seven memberchurches – four in Kanata and threein Stittsville (St. Andrew’s PresbyterianChurch, St. Thomas Anglican Churchand Stittsville United Church).The mandate of the KSRSG is tosponsor United Nations Convention refugeesfrom around the globe in order toprovide assistance in their current countryof residence, to provide them witha safe haven and the opportunity for anew life in Canada and to provide settlementassistance for refugees already inCanada.Sponsorship means ensuring financial,social, emotional and logistical supportof sponsored individuals for their firstyear in Canada. This includes supportin the areas of housing, food, transportation,education, employment, culturalintegration, language skills, medical anddental care, friendship and documentationto receive government services.Sponsorship also involves helpingthose being sponsored make links withother individuals or groups who arefrom similar geographical areas and culturalor religious backgrounds.Fundraising events such as this Saturday’sconcert featuring the Big SoulProject gospel choir and band are one ofthe ways in which the KSRSG receivesits funding.Contributions by individuals are alsopart of the group’s fundraising.In 2012, the KSRSG offered ongoingfinancial support for the education offour orphaned children from the Rwandiangenocide. They live in Africa buthave family members in Canada.The KSRSG completed its sponsorshipcommitments to Shay Ray and histhree family members who are fromBurma.The KSRSG offered financial assistanceto help St. John the Evangelist AnglicanChurch sponsor Medhat Asmahand his family of eight from Syria.The KSRSG also welcomed MaryanAli to Canada after four years of effort.Maryan is a refugee from Somalia whohad been living in Kenya. Family membersin Ottawa also assisted with hersponsorship.This year the KSRSG is continuing tooffer financial support to four orphanedsiblings in Rwanda to help them obtainan education and become self-sufficient.The KSRSG is also completing itssponsorship commitments in assistingMaryan Ali to become integrated intoCanadian society.This year the KSRSG is proceedingwith the sponsorship of a family ofsix who are refugees from Afghanistanpresently living in Tajikistan. Familymembers who live in Ottawa are also assistingwith this sponsorship.For more information about theKanata/Stittsville Refugee SponsorshipGroup (KSRSG) or to arrange to makea donation, you can contact StittsvilleUnited Church at 613-836-4962 or viaemail at suchurch@primus.ca; or St.Thomas Anglican Church at 613-836-5741 or via email at sttoms@magma.ca;or St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church at613-831-1256 or via email at st.and@on.aibn.com .0307.R0011949739A Proud Partner of Your Stittsville Communityvisit ouroptical department613-831-76971251 Stittsville Main Street
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