Women's Social

Tired of meetup events that feel empty? Join **Toronto Girls Giving Back** 💖 for our inaugural meetup. I am hoping to build a supportive community of successful women **from various backgrounds** dedicated to connection, growth, and hands-on service.👯‍♀️ We're partnering with The Shoebox Project to inspect and pack gift-filled shoeboxes for women impacted by homelessness in our city. These boxes are reminders to women that they are worthy, beautiful, seen, and heard. 🎁 Come meet your new support network, share your passion for giving back, and help us ensure every shoebox brings joy and dignity this December! 💃👸 🎯 What to Expect Alana (our contact) from Shoebox has over 200 boxes that need to be inspected, so the team will be helping her with that. Prior to beginning, she will explain what items they typically remove from the boxes and what are safe to stay in them! We will also go for coffee after the shift downstairs at Hale Coffee!

✨ About the Event We’re wrapping up the year with a cozy Girls Club holiday dinner and a playful White Elephant gift exchange 💗 Come sip, laugh, and celebrate the season with good food, good company, and a little friendly chaos. Bring a wrapped $20 gift basket— something funny, cute, or thoughtful — and get ready to swap and steal in true holiday spirit. Expect a pin holiday vibe, dinner bites, cocktails, and the warmth that comes with community and connection 🩷

Attendee list will be updated.

Sunday Morning Pick-Up Soccer - 7:30am to 9:00am Markham Soccer Dome 5300 14th Ave, Markham (McCowan and 14th) Indoor Turf Field. Game Play: 7 v 7 Fee: $15 Please EMT to miguel.jamal@gmail.com ALL AGES AND SKILL LEVELS WELCOME!!! Download the APP - Canadian Soccer Club OR Please go to www.canadiansoccerclub.com The App can be downloaded via Google Play or Apple Store. Click Register and create a profile. Log in using your credentials and select day you would like to play Please RSVP on Field 1. \*\*\*\*ALL PLAYERS MUST RSVP ON Canadian Soccer Club APP TO PLAY\*\*\*\* Games will begin at 10:00pm sharp. Players are requested to arrive by 9:50pm to pick teams and kick-off at 10:00pm sharp Players are responsible to bring the following: * Cleats or Turf Shoes * A white jersey and a black/dark jersey * Shin Guards (Strongly Recommended) If you have any questions, please contact the organizers at admin@canadiansoccerclub.com Thank you and look forward to seeing you guys out there.

Hello everyone, **\*\*Kindly Read Carefully\*\*** Please join me and my other groups for a fun Holiday Season Sunday social leisure nature walk that will include trails, parks and beautifully decorated neighbourhoods along our walk. The evening will continue as we hit a great location for dinner, beverages and conversation. **Time and Location: Where to meet us?** We will meet at out front of **Smoke Show** **744 Mt. Pleasant Rd)** \*Arrive early if you like (however we will meet out front at **2:30 p.m. (we will wait for everyone to arrive until roughly 3:00 p.m.)** This will give us an opportunity to introduce ourselves as everyone arrives; then make our way on our small adventure through quieter and more natural parts of the city we don't usually get to see. More details below: Sincerely, Steve Flemming (Organizer/Host) **Event Details:** **Holiday Season Nature and Christmas Lights Neighbourhood Walk! (with Dinner Party After)** -A great event planned as we explore Parks, Trails, Cafes and beautiful Neighbourhoods with Christmas Lights and Decorations (Restaurant Reserved with Dinner, Cocktails and Conversations after) -During the walk we will stop and rest at different spots, bathroom breaks, take some lovely scenic photos, group photos and share some laughs together -Play a couple ice breaker games near the beginning of the walk as well to help us get to know one another \*This event is a great way to naturally make connections, get some fresh air and (re) connect with some wonderful people **Bonus after our Leisure Nature Walk: (Optional)** \*Stick around after the walk for a fun Sunday Night gathering at an iconic venue with Reserved Seating, Great Menu, Beverages and Mingling **Event Fee:** 10 dollars (cash only) when you arrive (HST is included) or e transfer in advance to Steveflemming11@gmail.com \-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\- **Time and Location: Where to meet us?** **Date:** Sunday December 21st We will meet at out front of **Smoke Show** **744 Mt. Pleasant Rd)** \*Arrive early if you like (however we will meet out front at **2:30 p.m. (we will wait for everyone to arrive until roughly 3:00 p.m.)** \-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\- ***Thanks for reading everyone, remember to RSVP and see you real soon!*** :) \-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-

Members that are free tomorrow lets have our last meal for 2025 at Swiss Chalet (Hill Crest Mall) 9350 Yonge Street, Richmond Hill. Or just drop by for coffee and wish us Merry Christmas. Swiss Chalet has a Christmas special with all the fixings of cranberry sauce/stuffings etc but they also have the regular menu. See you soon.

Sunday Brunch

Hello everyone, I'd like to invite you out to our **Christmas** **Dinner with Friends** get together. -Reserved seating, friendly people, good conversation and great food awaits! So please plan to join us if you can :) \*Joined by my other groups too; so we can anticipate a fantastic evening \-\-\-\-\- **Where and When to Meet us?** **Location: Smoke Show 744 Mt. Pleasant Rd)** (Just mention Steve from Meetup when you arrive- to find our reserved section) **Date:** Sunday December 21st, 2025 **Arrive between:** 5:30 pm and 6:30 pm (if you can) (Dinner Menu Provided) Event Details Bellow: Sincerely, Steve Flemming (Organizer/Host) Event Details: **Christmas Dinner with Friends! (Sunday, December 21st)** -The great thing about this dinner party is you're free to move around to different tables and meet the other members too throughout the evening **Dinner Party Topics** may include but not limited too: The Holidays, Travel, Culture, Spirituality, Relationships, Modern Dating, Work/Life balance, Art, Technology, Economy, Music, Movies, Sports, Fashion, Hobbies, Books, Psychology, Philosophy, the Future, History, Pop Culture, Theatre, etc.) **Arrival Time:** \*Join us any time between 5:30 pm and 6:30 pm (if you can) for a fun and highly interactive evening as we get to know the members over dinner and great conversations (of your choice) Event goes until roughly 9:00 pm **Event Fee:** 5 dollars (cash only please) (HST included) or in advance by e transfer to **[steveflemming11@gmail.com](http://steveflemming11@gmail.com/)** \-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\- **Friendly Reminder:** \*One beverage or appetizer minimum to support the venue- this is greatly appreciated :) \-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\- **Parking Available:** \*Plenty of parking on Mt. Pleasant **Close to Subway Station:** Just a 2 minute bus ride from Yonge and Eglinton Station \-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-

Best way to get a hold of us is on our [WhatsApp chat](https://chat.whatsapp.com/Kj63TzHIqYL5hPrRJolhyD), also great way to join a community of amazing like-minded people :) ***Let's Dance!*** ***¡Vamos a bailar!*** ***DJ Geronimo 🎧 will be playing your favorite Salsa 🎵 Bachata 🎶 Chacha 🎵 Merengue hits 🔊 DJ Sweetlike will be jamming in the Kizomba room*** Cover $10 includes: ***Free Bachata and Kizomba Lesson at 6pm (you choose)*** ***Dancing til 11pm*** ***\*Casual dress code*** ***\*Cash Bar*** ***👠Please wear comfortable & clean shoes👞*** **Location:** Islington & QEW [Map](https://maps.app.goo.gl/NiBwLRbovskPkUZp9) 110 Jutland Rd, Etobicoke, ON M8Z 2G6 ***FREE PARKING*** Cover $10 before 7pm - $15 after 7pm

We have decided on the Duke of Kent for our Christmas party. It is the Yonge/Eglinton location. **YOUR RESERVATION FEE of $20 WILL BE RETURNED TO YOU UPON ATTENDANCE OR AT LEAST A WEEK'S NOTICE OF NON-ATTENDANCE. WE ARE NOW PERMITTED TO ORDER FROM THE MENU. https://dukepubs.ca/duke-of-kent/#view-menu THANKS TONY!** We will do Secret Santa. The gift should be no more than **$15-$20**. We will draw numbers from a hat and each person will pick their gift accordingly. IF YOU HAVE NOT BROUGHT A GIFT PLEASE DON'T TAKE A NUMBER. PLEASE CHECK OUT PHOTOS BELOW FOR ANYONE THAT HAS LIMITTIONS CLIMBING STAIRS. WE WILL ONLY HAVE TO CLIMB IT ONCE SINCE THERE ARE 2 BATHROOMS UPSTAIRS.

**Our February novel is: Julia by Sandra Newman** **This month is a classic, dystopian, fiction, literary fiction, women’s fiction, and science fiction novel. The book is 394 pages in print and 14 hours and 20 minutes on audiobook.** **An imaginative, feminist, and brilliantly relevant-to-today retelling of Orwell’s 1984, from the point of view of Winston Smith’s lover, Julia, by critically acclaimed novelist Sandra Newman.** Julia Worthing is a mechanic, working in the Fiction Department at the Ministry of Truth. It’s 1984, and Britain (now called Airstrip One) has long been absorbed into the larger trans-Atlantic nation of Oceania. Oceania has been at war for as long as anyone can remember, and is ruled by an ultra-totalitarian Party, whose leader is a quasi-mythical figure called Big Brother. In short, everything about this world is as it is in Orwell’s 1984. All her life, Julia has known only Oceania, and, until she meets Winston Smith, she has never imagined anything else. She is an ideal citizen: cheerfully cynical, always ready with a bribe, piously repeating every political slogan while believing in nothing. She routinely breaks the rules, but also collaborates with the regime when necessary. Everyone likes Julia. Then one day she finds herself walking toward Winston Smith in a corridor and impulsively slips him a note, setting in motion the devastating, unforgettable events of the classic story. Julia takes us on a surprising journey through Orwell’s now-iconic dystopia, with twists that reveal unexpected sides not only to Julia, but to other familiar figures in the 1984 universe. This unique perspective lays bare our own world in haunting and provocative ways, just as the original did almost seventy-five years ago.

***Galentine's Day*** is typically marked as February 13, but can be observed any day. Galentine's Day events are typically all-female occasions of mutual "empowerment...a reminder for women to support and uplift one another. **LADIES**: Treat yourself & your besties to a Sunday of shopping, music, crafting, coffee and cocktails! **WHERE**: 6th annual Galentine's Party is located inside The Exchange- conveniently located in our favorite area of Columbus-Bridge Park Dublin! **AFTER PARTY**: We can join for brunch at a Bridge Park eatery.

Hike approx 4.0 miles at approx. 18 minute mile pace. Meet in front of the Nature Center.

Hi ladies. We will meet in front of the Nature Center and head to the two Observation decks. We will then hike Hickory Ridge, Ripple Rock, Overlook and Sugarbush trails to get approximately four miles total distance. We will walk approximately a 18 minute mile pace. Please wear appropriate hiking shoes.

Meet in the Maple Grove Picnic area. If trail conditions are poor, we will use the Multipurpose Path.

We will hike approx 4 miles looping through the gardens, boardwalk trail and chipmunk trail.