On Wednesday, October 26th at 7PM the Central Ontario Humanists are pleased to present Dr. Monika Havelka, biology professor from the University of Toronto. Dr. Havelka is a fantastic speaking having multiple nominations for TVO’s Best Lecturer of the Year. Make sure to invite your friends to hear as Dr. Monika Havelka tells us that aging is an inescapable fact of life — or is it? This talk examines the biology of aging among a variety of organisms and explores mechanistic and evolutionary theories of why we age, raising questions about whether aging is inevitable, preventable or even reversible. We meet at the Barrie Public Library. Guests are welcome.

Doors open at 6:30, and the presentation starts promptly at 7 PM. As is our tradition, we will be meeting for dinner and discussion at 5 PM at Swiss Chalet on Bayfield St. Anyone is welcome to come. If you have any questions about our pre-meeting dinner, please email me and ask. Guests may visit us 3 times for free before buying a membership or paying per event.

RSVP or invite your friends on our Facebook events page for The Biology of Aging, or retweet from our Twitter page.

The Central Ontario Humanists are pleased to announce the 2011 Annual General Meeting and Winter Solstice Party. Both will take place the afternoon of Sunday, December 11th from 12 noon until 4:30 PM at the Flying Monkeys event room which is in Down Town Barrie:

Call for candidates: We are looking for people to run for executive positions. If you want to run for Treasurer, Membership Secretary, Secretary, Vice-President or President we really want you. Fresh ideas and fresh perspectives are welcome, no experience needed, and only 1 executive meeting per month is required. (A description of positions is available on our website.)

If you would like to run for any position, please contact Tom Cooke:

tom46@sympatico.ca
(705) 792-4217

AGM: The AGM will see our executive for 2012 voted it. It is free for all members to come and vote. Parking is also free.

Winter Solstice Party: The winter solstice party will be held directly after the AGM. More details to come.

COHA Members and Guests,

Last months meeting provided me and my team of executives with great information about what you want from our winter solstice event, and we will move forward on that. If anyone has any new ideas please let me know.

This month: The Biology of Aging

On Wednesday, October 26th at 7PM the Central Ontario Humanists will have Dr. Monika Havelka telling us that aging is an inescapable fact of life — or is it?  This talk examines the biology of aging among a variety of organisms and explores mechanistic and evolutionary theories of why we age, raising questions about whether aging is inevitable, preventable or even reversible. We meet at the Barrie Public Library. Guests are welcome.

Doors open at 6:30, and the presentation starts promptly at 7 PM. As is our tradition, we will be meeting for dinner and discussion at 5 PM at Swiss Chalet on Bayfield St. Anyone is welcome to come. If you have any questions about our pre-meeting dinner, please email me and ask. Guests may visit us 3 times for free before buying a membership or paying per event.

RSVP or invite your friends on our Facebook events page for The Biology of Aging.

Charity Beyond Belief

We are continuing to collect for our fellow humans:

• We are taking food donations at every meeting for the Grocery Assistance Program at the Simcoe Elizabeth Fry Society.
• We are collecting financial contribution to buy a Library in a Box through Plan Canada. (Already half way to our goal!)
• We are going to hold a volunteer day where a group of us will go out into the community and make a difference. (If you know of an organization or event that needs more volunteers let me know and we can work together. If you are interested in being one of the volunteers, let me know!)

Upcoming Meeting Dates

• October 26
• Winter Solstice in December

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