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art show this saturday

Dear friends,

During the last month, we’ve had a special guest on retreat at Queenswood from Alberta, Leya. Leya heard about Queenswood from a friend, explored our website, decided to take a chance, and drove all the way out here not knowing what she might experience. Her time with us has been extraordinarily healing, particularly through the discovery of a profound talent for art. Although Leya is leaving next week, she’s graciously offered to display her art and share her inspiring story with us. These are her words:

“My decision to come to Queenswood arose from a need to strengthen a healing process that I had initiated eight months ago. I have been sick for many years and resistant to treatment.
“Since I have been here, I have awoken the artist inside of me.
“It is with so much joy that I can finally express myself and share with others my journey to transformation.”

Short, informal presentation by Leya
When: Sat. Nov. 28
Where: Queenswood dining room (her art will be on display here until she leaves on Dec. 4th)
No cost. Just come for a cup of coffee or tea, and listen to how Queenswood has made a difference for another special person.

more now than ever

Local nonprofits and charities are close to our heart, here at Queenswood. They come here for their planning & training work, and their staff come to Queenswood wellness retreats. We're hearing firsthand that some local nonprofit organizations are worried about whether they can make it thorugh 2010.

The Vancouver Foundation recently released a report on BC's nonprofits and charities. It notes that in many ways, what we've been through the last year is similar to having a hurricane plow through our community.

Their survey found that despite the Bank of Canada reports that the recession is easing, the sad fact is that the challenges to our communities are not over. And for the charities that serve those communities, this is especially true. Their conclusion: today, every bit of support, large or small, matters even more!
You can read the report online by clicking here.

get what you want from qw e-news

Posted on Nov. 18, 2009, by Stefan Jonsson, Programs and Marketing Coordinator.

On Wednesdays, I usually send out an email to our e-News members about something happening at Queenswood. I've been thinking a lot about how full our inboxes get with "junk mail" and emails that we'll never read because they're just not that important to us. The e-News emails are a great way to keep in touch and stay in the loop with Queenswood; often there are so many things happening at Queenswood, it's hard to keep track of them all, so these emails keep us all up to date. But not everyone is interested in everything that's coming up and featured in the weekly emails. So I wondered if there was a way for e-New members to indicate what topics each member is interested in hearing about so that I could send e-News members just the emails that are relevant to their interests.

And so today, I've finally finished a system that will allow me to do just that. There are 10 topics of interest that e-News members can select from:

Queenswood news
Art, music, writing
Christian spirituality and practices
Eastern spirituality and practices
General spirituality and psychology
Health and healing, care-giving, helping professions
Life transitions: living simply, grief, death, addictions recovery
Native spirituality and practices
Self-exploration: discernment, spiritual direction, Enneagram, Myers-Briggs
Social justice and ecology

So, how do you select your interests? If you're already an e-News subscriber, then go to the bottom of any Queenswood e-News emails that arrive from today on, where you'll find a link that says, "Click here to modify your subscription details." Your internet browser will then open with a page for you indicate your preferences. Submit that, and voila! If you're not currently an e-News subscriber, then click here to go to our sign-up page and you'll be able to indicate your preferences there.

Here are a few other notes:

You'll still continue to receive periodic emails with important information that Queenswood sends to all its e-News members, but the majority of your emails will only cover the topics you indicate.
You can modify your subscription at any time by clicking on the link at the bottom of any Queenswood emails.
If you decide not to indicate any interests, you'll continue to receive emails from a variety of topics.

I hope this all makes sense and will be useful for you. If you have any questions or concerns, please let me know: programs@QueenswoodVictoria.ca.

Blessings,
Stefan