News & Buzz @ Verity – February 15th
Upcoming Happenings
AT A GLANCE…
February 19th @ 6:30pm: Duplicate Bridge
February 25th @ 9:15am: Verity Mentors/Outreach Program
February 27th @ 2:00pm: Verity Knitting Group
February 27th @ 6:30pm: Author’s Night
February 27th @ 6:30pm: Verity Member, Dr. Jean Marmoreo - You have to get fit: the
question is, how?
February 28th @ 6:30pm: Wine Club
March 20th @ 6:30pm: Book Club
Save the Dates:
March 21st @ 6:30pm: Wine Club
March 26th @ 6:30pm: Smoking Cessation Session
March 29th @ 6:30pm: Martini’s and Manicures
April 23rd @ 6:30pm: Members’ Dinner
Club Information – New Knitting Group!
Knitting has become cool – celebrity knitters include Julia Roberts, Hilary Swank, Cameron
Diaz, Winona Ryder, Madonna, Daryl Hannah, Kate Moss, Uma Thurman – and Gladiator
star Russell Crowe!
The Verity Knitting Group is an ever expanding group of Verity Members who will meet
weekly to share conversation, ideas and skills over a glass of wine, or a cup of coffee …
while they knit! Knitting is enjoying renewed popularity. Busy women are discovering
that knitting provides important “me” time, a stress relieving way to connect with others,
and an outlet for creativity … and, not to mention, a sense of accomplishment, in the
midst of a chaotic and demanding life.
If you don’t know how to knit, come along anyway. Group members whould be happy to
share their technique and tips, their patterns and their support. From time to time, the
Verity Knitting Group will bring in experts from local wool shops to hold classes
(minimal additional charge). These subjects of these classes range from beginners’ skills
to detailed finishing and creative techniques. Many Group members have a variety of
needlework skills, all are welcome.
Date:
beginning Tuesdays February 27th @ 2:00 – 4:00pm in the
Library, Spa Lounge or Members’ Lounge depending on the availability
R.S.V.P:
not necessary, please join whenever you are available
Price:
Complimentary. Refreshments are available on a charge account
basis
Are Guests Welcome? This is for Members only
Verity and Canyon Ranch
Canyon Ranch has an incentive for you! Experience the pleasure of a Canyon Ranch and
receive a $110 allowance toward your choice of spa, sports or integrative wellness
services. Visit CanyonRanch.com and email Lindsay to request the incentive postcard.
[email protected]
Spa News
For the lucky Members who are going on the Egypt trip, or vacationing in any
destination to escape this cold - We have something for you!
The Verity Spa is offering a 15 minute complimentary skincare consultation to advise you
what skin care products would be best to use while you are away, based on the climate that
you will be in.
We carry the Valmont Swiss Alps Defense skin care line which is designed to provide safe
and effective sun protection for any type of skin, or they may suggest the Ingrid Millet SPF
50 UVA/UVB protection extreme.
Contact the Spa at [email protected] or ext. 244 to book this limited time complimentary
consultation.
Details on Upcoming Happenings – By Date
Discover the unique concept of Ashtanga Yoga in Water.
Please join Andrea Smith on Saturday mornings as she leads Aqua Ashtanga Yoga in and
around Verity's pool. Ashtanga Yoga, commonly referred to as "Power Yoga", is practiced
with intense movements timed to the sound of breathing which encourages
mindfulness. This class is suitable for everyone.
Date:
February 17th, 24th, and March 3rd
Time:
9:45am to 10:45am
SIGN-UP:
Carla ([email protected] or ext 225)
Price:
$30 for a series of 3 weeks or drop-in rate of $14 per class
* Guests are Welcome with a Member.
Duplicate Play @ Verity
Join us on Mondays for Duplicate Bridge. Lesson at 6:30pm and play at 7pm.
R.S.V.P:
Lindsay ([email protected] or ext. 236)
Are Guests Welcome? Please invite guests.
Cost per lesson:
Members -$10.00, Guests - $15.00
Lunchtime Pilates w/ Sagrario
Using your breath, concentration, and fluidity, in this class you will achieve results pertaining
to core strength and stability, better posture, increased body awareness, and efficiency of
body mechanics. Who does Pilates? People of all ages; injured people working towards
recovery and people working to increase or maintain overall well-being. The various
apparatus used in these classes are the Spine Corrector (barrel), Fitness Circle and Towel
(developed by Ron Fletcher based on the Pilates Technique).
Date:
Wednesdays and Fridays
Time:
12:25pm to 1:25pm
SIGN-UP:
Carla ([email protected] or ext 225)
Cost:
$80 for a series of 8 classes ($40 for 4 Wednesdays or $40 for 4 Fridays)
* Members Only
Verity Mentors
We have invited 10 women chosen by The Salvation Army to come to Verity to be
mentored by our Members and to enjoy our swimming pool, some of our spa services and a
delicious lunch. Volunteers from Verity will serve as mentors or simply provide a listening
ear for those facing significant social and economic challenges.
Date:
Sunday, February 25th @ 9:15 am
R.S.V.P:
Lindsay ([email protected] or ext 236)
Are Guests Welcome? Yes
Author’s Night: “Getting to Maybe” by Frances Westley, Brenda Zimerman
and Michael Quinn Patton
Many of us have a deep desire to make the world around us a better place. But we tend to
think that great social change is the province of heroes - an intimidating view of reality that
keeps ordinary people on the couch. The trick in any great social project - from the global
fight against AIDS to working to eradicate poverty in a single Canadian city - is to stop
looking at the discrete elements and start trying to understand the complex relationships
between them. By studying fascinating real-life examples of social change through this
system-and-relationships lens, the authors of Getting to Maybe tease out the rules of
engagement between volunteers, leaders, organizations and circumstance - between
individuals and what Shakespere called "the tide in the affairs of men."
Getting to Maybe applies the insights of complexity theory and harvests the experiences of a
wide range of people and organizations - including the ministers behind the Boston Miracle;
the Grameen Bank, in which on man's dream of micro-credit sparked a financial revolution
for the world's poor; the efforts of a Canadian clothing designer to help transform the lives
of aboriginal women and children; and many more - to lay out a brand new way of thinking
about making change in communities, in business, and in the world.
Date:
Tuesday February 27th @6:30pm
R.S.V.P:
Lindsay ([email protected] or ext. 236)
Cost:
No charge
Are guests welcome? Yes
You have to get fit: the question is, how?
Join physician, author and columnist Dr. Jean Marmoreo as she talks about why fitness is no
longer an option for women, but an absolute imperative. Jean reviews the wealth of fitness
options –the perils and the promise – including the women’s marathon training group she
founded, JeansMarines.
Date:
Tuesday February 27th @6:30pm
R.S.V.P:
Lindsay ([email protected] or ext. 236)
Cost:
No charge
Are guests welcome? Yes
NEW! Resist-a-Ball Class with Carmen
Using the stability ball, this class will be a full-body workout with a focus on the coreabdominal and back muscles. Traditional exercises become more challenging by
incorporating the element of stability, greater body awareness, as well as improvements in
term of strength, balance, coordination and flexibility. Limited to only 7 participants so
register early!!!
Date:
February 28th, March 7th, 14th, 21st and 28th
Time:
7:45am to 8:45am
SIGN-UP:
Carla ([email protected] or ext 225)
Cost:
$50 for a series of 5 classes or drop-in rate of $14 per class
* Members Only
In Vino Verity (Wine Club)
Come and meet a contestant running in the National Post’s ‘Toronto’s Sexiest Person’ poll,
Zoltan Szabo, who is returning to Verity. Zoltan has studied for many years, and gained
recognition at the Wine International wine challenge – becoming the 5th best wine and food
pairing sommelier in the world. Join us as Zoltan hosts this guided wine tasting session
featuring the wines of Eastern Europe.
Please note: RSVPs are required 48 hours prior to event, no walk-ins please.
Cancellations are required 24 hours prior to event or a charge will apply.
Date:
Wednesday, February 28th @ 6:30pm
R.S.V.P:
Lindsay ([email protected] or ext. 236)
Cost:
TBD
Are guests welcome? Yes
Verity Members’ Book Club
Verity Member Susan Dawson will be leading the first Verity Members’ book Club
discussion.
Do you enjoy reading interesting, relevant and captivating books? Do you sometimes wish
you could share your views about a certain character or a pivotal event? Now you can, in the
comfort of Verity’s beautiful library with other women just as keen as you are!
Welcome to the launch of Verity’s own Book Club! Starting in March, we will begin our
journey with Irene Nemirovsky’s “exceptionally forceful and frank testimony” Suite
Francaise. This extraordinary novel of life under the Nazi occupation and the exodus from
Paris after the German invasion of 1940 has been hailed by European critics as a War and
Peace for the Second World War.
Written by the esteemed French novelist Irène Némirovsky, the book was conceived as a
five-part work, however she was only able to write the first two parts, before she was
arrested in July 1942. She died in Auschwitz the following month. Upon the arrest of her
husband, their young daughter Denise grabbed a small suitcase containing some family
photo’s, dairies, and a thick leather binder that had never left her mother’s side. “I didn’t
know what it was,” she said, “but I knew it was precious to mother.” These items followed
the daughters into hiding for the rest of the war. In the mid 1970’s, after decades of being
unable to bring herself to open it, Denise learned that what she thought was her mother’s
journal, was in fact, two completed novels. The process of transcribing took years, and it
was not until this past April, that Denise no longer believed that she would be betraying her
mother by publishing it.
Winner of France’s Prix Renaudot 2004; #1 Bestseller in France; Globe & Mail Top 100
Picks of the Year
Date:
Tuesday, March 20th @ 6:30pm
R.S.V.P:
Lindsay ([email protected] or ext. 236)
Cost:
No Charge
Are guests welcome? Yes
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