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…CONGRATULATIONS and thanks to Guelph Arts Council volunteers Jane Caspers, Merle Griffin, Vaile Henry, Judy Kingdon and Mary Mulholland, who recently received Ontario Volunteer Service Awards, for which GAC nominated them.
…CANADIAN DIRECTORY TO FOUNDATIONS, published by the Canadian Centre for Philanthropy, has just been added to Guelph Arts Council’s Reference Library, thanks to funding received from the Advance Funding Program of the Ontario Lottery Corporation. This is a great source of information on potential funders for local charities.
.…RE-KREATIONS EMPORIUM, “a creative adventure in recycling retail,” offers “affordable and alternative art materials.” Open Wednesday to Friday, 10am to 5:30pm at Torrance School, 151 Waterloo Avenue, Guelph. (519) 826-4637.
…50 YEARS OF ARTS AND CRAFTS, a “Scrapbook History of the Guelph Creative Art Association,” has just been published. Copies available Guelph Artisans Store in the Eaton Centre.
…RETRACTABLE SEATING has just been installed in Co-operators Hall in the River Run Centre, meaning that this hall can now be converted from a flat-floor space to a theatre-style set-up with “just the push of a button.”.