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The
Youth Committee continues to plan great events for UFCW members.
ü Silent Auction - The UFCW Local
1400 Youth Committee is holding a silent auction on a Haley
Wickenheiser autographed team Canada Jersey.
Born in Shaunavon, SK,
Haley is an inspiration to girls across the country. She plays centre/forward and was
instrumental in the women's Team Canada win of the gold
medal at the 2002 Olympics.
The opening bid has already come
in for $50 . The auction will be
ongoing until July 1st, 2005, at which time the highest bid will take
home this unique jersey. To
place a bid, please contact Brandi at blt1013@hotmail.com or by phone at
(306) 230-2707.
The bidding will be updated weekly
on this website’s home page.
ü The next Youth
Committee meeting is
scheduled for May 1st, 2005 at 6:00 pm at the Saskatoon
Union office. Uncle Barley’s will
be supplying the food for this meeting, please RSVP in advance to
Brandi Tracksell at blt1013@hotmail.com or by calling
her at the Saskatoon
office.
ü The Talking Union program is now
underway in Saskatchewan. Lots of young people never hear about
unions except when they see them picketing or protesting on
television. In this program UFCW
Youth Instructors will, by appointment, visit high schools and deliver
an interactive program that will provide students with information on
workplace rights and issues that are often unknown when they first
enter the workforce such as what unions are and do, myths about unions,
some labour history, and your rights at work. For more information, Click
Here for a .pdf brochure on the program.
Past Events
ü UFCW Local 1400
Youth Committee hosted a Texas
Hold’em Poker Tournament on Saturday, April 23, 2005, at the
Saskatoon UFCW Education & Training Centre.
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On
April 23, 2005 the Local 1400 Youth Committee hosted a Texas Hold’m
Poker Tournament with approximately 40 people in attendance. Players bought into the games for
$20 and were allowed to buy in any number of times until 9:00
pm. Door prizes were drawn for
at the end of the first round.
The
chip leaders from each of the tables played for cash prizes with the
top three winners receiving $70 for third place, $100 for second
place and $300 for first place.
However, in a show of brotherly solidarity, the first and
second place winners decided to pool their winnings and then split
it, taking home $200 each.
The
event was extremely successful with the majority of the participants
eagerly waiting for the next tournament to be organized. We raised just over $460 for
Leukemia Research and had a great time.
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Pictured, (left)
second place winner Duane Munro and (right) first place winner Nelson
Sousa.
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Third place
winner Garrett Johnson
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ü The Curling Funspiel was held on
March 12, 2005. On Saturday,
March 12, 2005, the Local’s Youth Committee hosted it’s first ever Curling
Funspiel at the Hub City Curling Club.
There were 14 teams in and each team brought cheerleaders, so
the event was a great success with well over 70 people in
attendance. Each team was
guaranteed three – two end games with a few teams playing four – two
end games. The cost was a
nominal $35 per team with each team taking home a prize. Carey Wallace from Saskatoon Varsity
Common IGA was the big winner of the night, taking home $201 as the
winner of the 50/50 draw. After
all was said and done, the UFCW Local 1400 Youth Committee raised
$424.50 to donate towards Leukemia Research. Thank you to everyone who contributed
towards making this event a huge success.
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Best
Costumed Team winners: Shandel
Telfor, Justin Ziola, Brett Zabos, Carey Wallace (Bagpipers Bryon Urkhart and Troy
Maurice and Coach Stacey Allen)
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Best Costumed
Team Runner Up: Mike
Schraeder, Don Frey, Brendan Ambrose, Jeff Krawchuk
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First
Place Team:
Brandi Tracksell, Clint Sampson, Kandice Tracksell, Luke Walker
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ü Details from the
March 6th, Youth
Committee meeting are as follows:
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The next Youth Committee meeting is
scheduled for May 1st, 2005 at 6:00 pm at the Saskatoon
Union office. Uncle Barley’s
will be supplying the food for this meeting, please RSVP in advance to
Brandi Tracksell at blt1013@hotmail.com or by calling
her at the Saskatoon
office.
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The next Youth event will be the Victoria
Park Dragon Boat Festival and summer BBQ and will include a softball
tourney. Further details on this
event will be posted.
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Update from the National Youth Committee
liaison, Darren Kurmey: A
National Leukemia Fundraising Challenge has been issued by our National
Director, Michael Fraser to all Canadian Local’s Youth Committees.
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Craig Thebaud is our liaison with SYND
(Saskatchewan Young New Democrats).
You can contact him at
thebaudcraig@hotmail.com with any
questions or comments you may have or if you are interested in joining
the SYND.
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There was a Youth Committee meeting for all members of the Youth
Committee on Sunday, January 9, 2005.
Highlights from the meeting:
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The next Youth Committee meeting is
scheduled for March 6th, 2005 at the Saskatoon Union
office. Further details will be
available closer to the meeting date.
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Any members in southern Saskatchewan
who are interested in becoming active on the Youth Committee, please
contact Jerod Pryputnisky at
(306) 591-5867.
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If you have any suggestions for info to
go onto this web page, please contact Jackie Houben via email at devilish.angel@sasktel.net
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The Talking Union program is getting set
to start. This is a program
where UFCW Youth talk to other Youths in high schools about their
rights as workers in general and also educate and answer questions
about the purpose of unions and their purpose in the workplace and the
communities.
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The Youth Committee has decided to enter
the Dragon Boat races in Victoria Park again this year. More details will be available about
this event soon. If you are
interested in being part of the Dragon Boat team, please contact Brandi
at the Saskatoon
office at 384-5787 or by email at blt1013@hotmail.com
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The UFCW Local 1400 bandanas are in.
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Youth Committee
member Ranjini Penugonde models the new UFCW Local 1400
bandanas. At a generous 21.5”
square, they can be worn bandana style, as a headband, a scarf or . .
. and at $10.00 each they are a great way to show your Union
Pride.
To
purchase one, please drop in or call the Saskatoon office (384-5787) or
contact a Youth Committee member.
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ü The committee
hosted a Grey Cup party on November 21, 2004 at the Education and
Training Centre. The party was
enjoyed by all in attendance.
Various door prize winners took home t-shirts, hats and toques;
raffle prize winners Jeff Pinque from UFCW Local 248P won an
autographed Henry Burris jersey and Dawn-Marie Anderson from UFCW Local
1400 was the winner of an autographed Saskatchewan Roughrider’s team football. The event raised approximately
$225.00 and will go towards Leukemia Research.
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Pictured: Dawn-Marie Anderson raffle winner of
the autographed Saskatchewan Roughrider’s team football.
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All
proceeds from Youth Committee events will go towards Leukemia research.
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