UPCOMING EVENTS
- The National Chapter of Canada IODE 100th Anniversary Grant Program to alleviate child abuse and neglect Application Form. Grant valued at $25,000 due 31 October 2010
- The 110th IODE National Annual Meeting 26 –30 May 2010, Crowne Plaza Airport Hotel, Toronto
- Express News - 110th National Annual Meeting
- IODE Prince Edward Island Annual Dinner
- Community Events
PRESS RELEASES
- War Memorial Scholarship winner 2010 Ben Speers Roesch
- War Memorial Scholarship winner 2010 Brooke Halpert
- War Memorial Scholarship winner 2010 Heather Kharouba
- War Memorial Scholarship winner 2010 Karen Rideout
- War Memorial Scholarship winner 2010 Tasha Hubbard
- Five scholars win IODE war memorial scholarships
- National Chapter of Canada IODE RCMP Community Relations Award Winner
- Violet Downey Book Award Winner 2010
- Students Form IODE Juno Beach Chapter, Calgary, Alberta
- IODE Capt. Nichola Goddard Chapter Formed in Toronto
- Other Press Releases
IODE CELEBRATES 110TH ANNIVERSARY

IODE Canada
110th National Annual Meeting and Convention in Toronto, Ontario
Celebrate ... TARGET 2010
For 110 years, the members of IODE Canada have dedicated their volunteer time and talents for a better Canada. In honour of this significant anniversary, members across Canada will convene for the 110th Annual Meeting and Convention from 28 to 30 May 2010 at the Crowne Plaza Toronto Airport Hotel.
At the Friday morning Opening Ceremonies, President Catherine Moore will welcome IODE delegates and guests inviting them to Celebrate … TARGET 2010. TARGET 2010 … and beyond is the name of IODE’s 110th anniversary project aimed at poverty and homelessness; children and youth; or seniors. Each provincial chapter selected as their focus one of the three identified areas with the collective goal to contribute one million dollars to Canada.
During the morning meeting, The National Chapter of Canada IODE (RCMP) Community Relations Award will be presented. Following an All Members Luncheon, a representative of the Toronto Military Family Resource Centre will speak. The National Chapter of Canada IODE Violet Downey Book Award winner will be announced during the afternoon session and will speak to members. Membership Awards for significant growth will be presented. Friday evening, members will be entertained at IODE Ontario’s, Down Memory Lane.
Saturday 29 May, members will participate in round table sessions entitled “The Ties Which Bind Us Together”. Following the All Members’ Luncheon, members will hear from a representative of Raise the Roof who will inform delegates about poverty and homelessness in the greater Toronto area and across Canada. In the afternoon, IODE members will review national plans for the walkathon, IODE … Walks for Canada, on Saturday, 12 June. Also throughout June, IODE … Steps for Canada, sees members monitoring their steps on pedometers donated by ParticipACTION. The aim is to total all steps to “walk across Canada” as a cooperative health and citizenship initiative.
The Honourable David C. Onley, Lieutenant Governor of Ontario and Her Honour Mrs. Ruth Ann Onley will attend the National Annual Dinner Saturday 29 May where His Honour will address attendees. Entertainment by the OPP Chorus will follow dinner. Officers for the term 2010 – 2011 will be installed.
Founded in 1900, IODE Canada is a national women’s charitable organization dedicated to enhancing the quality of life for individuals through education support, community service and citizenship programs.
For further information, please contact:
Ann Dyer
Public Relations Officer
IODE Canada
iodecanada@bellnet.ca
416-487-4416
613-862-2474 (cell)
IODE WELCOMES TWO NEW CHAPTERS
IODE JUNO BEACH CHAPTER, CALGARY

IODE CAPTAIN NICHOLA GODDARD CHAPTER, TORONTO
EDUCATION
Our goal is to make Canada the most literate nation in the world, and in doing so, the Read for Life literacy initiative was introduced in 2005. To empower students to learn, IODE members have distributed scholarships, bursaries, awards and equipment across Canada in the amount of $584,197 in 2008!
SERVICES FOR THOSE IN NEED
IODE responds to help those in need in our communities. $2,124,205 was raised in 2008 for equipment and furnishings for hospitals, nursing homes, crisis centres, women’s shelters, homes for youth; clothing and bedding; Food for Thought; Snack Pack; Fresh Start Baskets; toys; camperships.
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