Community & Global Outreach
Our English as a Second Language (ESL) Program Winter 2012 Program.
Our Church, West Point Grey United Church, welcomes newcomers who wish to learn English with us. Each Tuesday and Friday during the school year we offer ESL Beginner, Intermediate, and Advanced classes taught by certified TESL Instructors.
In addition, there is a Conversation class with Volunteers each Friday from 9:30-11:30.
All classes include a break time for refreshments and conversation.
E.S.L.
CLASSES
Winter
Term 2012
January 6th
to March 11th.
Classes on Tuesday &
Friday
Lower Beginner (15
students max.) with Barbara Small
Upper Beginner (15 students max.) with Tina Rowan
Lower Intermediate (20 students max.) with Jennifer Partridge
Upper Intermediate (20 students max.) with Dorothy
Wiebe
Cost: $30.
For Present Students: in class in December.
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Other Activities in the Community and Global Outreach.
First United Church Mission
We provide food and warm socks -- over 3,000 pairs a year - to First United Church Mission in Vancouver's downtown eastside.
Stamps for Cancer Bandages
Save the stamps off your mail and bring or send them to the church office (tear them off with about 1/4 inch of the envelope around the edges). We give the stamps to the Order of the Eastern Star, who have the ink extracted and use the profits from the ink sales to make cancer bandages.
Recycle for Education
Drop your empty printer toner cartridges in the box marked Recycle for Education outside the church office. We take them to Staples Business Depot for recycling. For every eligible cartridge Staples donates one dollar to participating schools in the community.
Fair Trade Products
Fair Trade helps link farmers` co-operatives directly with importers who pay a fair price for the product, ensuring a sustainable wage for the workers. We use Fair Trade coffee for church purposes and offer the congregation an opportunity to purchase, on a monthly basis, Fair Trade coffee, tea, hot chocolate and chocolate bars. Orders can be placed through the church office on the first Sunday of the month and picked up the following Sunday.
Globally, Eyeglass Recycling
We collect old glasses and send them to Medical Missions International, a program helping people in Third World countries to achieve better vision. Please leave your old glasses in the church office.