THE Maple Leaf January to March 2015 New Year, New Faces! Greet our newest members at our January Welcome Coffee! Activities Galore in Store Lunch Bunch, Fiddleheads, Pop-Up Events and more. The Annual Snow Ball is this March Grab you tickets now! Catch up with Canada s Fall Festivities in this year-in-review issue CLUB CANADA THAILAND
Say Hello! Honorary Chair Chantal Meagher President Kirstin Lamoureux...clubcanadapresident@gmail.com Treasurer Carla McLean...ccttreasurer@gmail.com Secretary Claudia van der Heyden Delphine Jamieson...clubcanadasecretary@gmail.com Membership Julie Lestage...clubcanadamembership@gmail.com Welfare Kirstin Lamoureux Sharon Kania...clubcanadawelfare@gmail.com Activities Suzanne Rush Brenda Pincura Danielle David...clubcanadaactivities@gmail.com Activities-Nichada Position open. Fiddleheads Claudia van der Heyden...fiddleheadsbookclub@gmail.com Lunch Bunch Julie Lestage...cctlunchbunch@gmail.com SnowBall Daniele Lavoie...clubcanadasnowball@gmail.com Tickets Claudia Daniele...cctsnowballtickets@gmail.com Newsletter Editor Liz Lu...mapleleafnewsletter@gmail.com Assistant Editor Delphine Jamieson...mapleleafnewsletter@gmail.com Member at Large Vanida Kasemsri 2 The Maple Leaf is published by Canada Thailand, which supports and promotes the Canadian expatriate community, local charities and Thai-Canadian friendships. Please feel free to contact us at clubcanadathailand@gmail. com We welcome new members and look forward to your participation!
Dear CluB Canada Happy New Year! Two-thousand fourteen was a fun-filled, wonderful year and I hope you enjoyed all the wonderful activities and opportunities Canada Thailand offered. Work has taken my family to Myanmar, but I ll be visiting Bangkok on a regular basis and will be able to serve out my term with the kind assistance of fellow Boardmembers. I look forward to seeing you all at Canada s exciting Snowball Gala on March 14. For tickets, please contact vcctsnowballtickets@gmailcom. Again, on behalf of the whole team I would like to wish every one of you a very healthy, happy and laughter filled 2015. Kirstin Lamoureux President Canada Thailand In this issue: 12 Upcoming Events 7 Recurring Events Previous 16 Events 20 Calendar 3
UPCOMING EVENTS Lunch Bunch Please RSVP at least two days before the luncheon by contacting Julie Lestage at cctlunchbunch@gmail.com Friday, January 10: White Flower Factory Rama 1 Road., (4 Floor, Siam Square One) BTS Siam Station whiteflowerfactory.com 02-252-2646 Amazing Thai and fusion cuisine. Great decor, atmosphere and service. Conveniently located in the spanking new Siam Square building at BTS Siam. Wednesday, February 11: Maison Blanche 38 Narathiwat Road, Soi 2 BTS Chongnongsi, maisonblanchebkk.com 02-634-7939 Let s Speak French! Lunch Bunch. We have plenty of French speakers in CCT, so let s get together and parlons francais! Even if you speak little or no French, please come and enjoy the French cuisine and learn new phrases Wednesday, March 11: Gianni s Italian Restaurant 34 Soi Tonson, Ploenchit www.giannibkk.com 02-252-1619 Elegant Italian dining. Great atmosphere and service, and excellent, authentic Italian cuisine. We will try to book the private dining room. 4
RECURRING EVENTS Join us! For more information about recurring events, please contact the Activities Team at: clubcanadactivities@gmail.com MONDAYS group game from 7:30-9:30 AM One-hour beginner s coaching session from 8:30-9:30 am. WEDNESDAYS Just like bridge, majong is fun and sharpens mental skills. Interested in joining other CCT members for a game Fiddleheads FRIDAYS Come share your love of reading with us. We read a new book every month 5
Cancer Care Run November 2014 CCT members turned out at Lumpini Park to support an annual cancer care fun run hosted by Four Seasons Hotel and the Thai Red Cross. Proceeds were donated to fund cancer research at Chulalongkorn. She did it! (Left) Julie Lestage crossing the FINISH line! Ready to Start. (left) Front row (L-R): Phil Calvert, Linda Dishart, Liz Lu, Dawn Lynn Bowness, Delphine Jamieson. Back Row (L-R) : Jack Mauri, Chip Bowness, Danielle David, Yves Coderre, Claudia van der Heyden. 6
Welcome Coffee November 2014 A Very Special Welcome Chantal Meagher, Honorary Chair of Canada Thailand and wife of Canadian Ambassador Philip Calvert, graciously hosted an Nov. 1 a Welcome Back Coffee for CCT members at the Official Residence. Guests greeted friends, met new members, and enjoyed a wonderful array of tasty treats, including maple leaf-shaped cookies baked by Julie Lestage. 7
Melbourne Cup Luncheon November 2014 Hats off to you! Joining other ladies groups to celebrate the Melbourne Cup, CCT ladies attended a Nov. 4th luncheon and showed off their beautiful and colorful chapeaux. Above (L-R): Delphine Jamieson, Danielle David, Claudia van der Heyden, Freda Erismann, Carmen de Shuster, Raymonde Lemieux, Car- la McLean, Melanie Lamoureux, Catherine Dufour, Caroline Bergeron, Julie Lestage, Sarah Lesko, Kirstin Lamoureux Below (L-R): Julie Lestage, Caroline Bergeron, Catherine Dufour, Melanie Lamoureux. 8
Above (L- R): Kirstin Lamoureux, Carmen de Shuster, Freda Erismann. Congratulations to Carmen de Shuster whose hat was nominated for Best Novelty Hat! Above (L-R): Kirstin Lamoureaux, Daniele Lavoie, Delphine Jamieson and Danielle David. Right (L-R): Sarah Lesko, Delphine Jamieson, Raymonde Lemieux, and Carla McLean. 9
January Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Lunch Bunch 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 February Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Lunch Bunch 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 20
March Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Snow Ball 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 April Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 21