EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES FOR 2024-2025
Saturday, September 12, 2026
11:30AM – 1:30 PM
CFUW/Calgary Membership Coffee Party
Place: **Living Spirit Centre, 629 – 49 Avenue S.W., Calgary**.
Bring a friend. Meet our members. Discover our Interest Groups.
Monday, October 5, 2026
6:30 PM – 9:00 PM
Place: Hope Lutheran Church 3527 Boulton Rd NW
Speaker: 74 Doors – Susie Bishop
Social time at the beginning for new members to socialize with new members, speaker and business
Monday, November 2, 2026
4:00PM – 6:00 PM
Place: Calgary Curling Club
Speaker: speaker? depending on venue/backup Zoom speaker
Saturday, November 28, 2026
11:30PM – 3:00PM
Christmas Luncheon
Place: **Calgary Golf & Country Club – 919 – 50 Avenue S.W.**
Ujamaa Grandmas 1⁄2 hour presentation – information about Ujamaa Grandmas and, if you’d like,about some of the partner organizations we visited on the Grandmother’s Solidarity Trip
Donations of apparel, upholstery, and quilting fabric, all types of yarn, craft supplies, sewing notions, patterns, books, finished handcrafted items, everything from quilted table runners and bowl cozies to full sized quilts, baby quilts, knitted and crocheted items such as shawls, mittens, hats, and toys, children’s clothing, seasonal decorationsfor Christmas/Hanukkah and otherseasonal celebrations, handmade jewellery.
January Luncheons or Dinners dates TBA
Interest in one or the other to be selected by membership at the September coffee party
Monday, January 11, 2027
6:30 PM – 9:00 PM
General Meeting
Topic: Addictions and Recovery – to be confirmed by Susan
Speaker: Amy McLeod
Monday, February 1, 2027
6:30 PM – 9:00 PM
General Meeting
Place: Zoom
Speaker: Sahiha Zaman – Assistant Professor U of C biomedical research
Monday, March 1, 2027
6:30 PM – 9:00 PM
Scholarship Celebration with Student Recipients
Celebration with Scholarship recipients – recipients to speak
In person at U of C TBD
Saturday, April 10 , 2027
Meeting time TBA
AGM
Topics: Annual Report Presented, Resolutions, Election of Officers,
Annual Report Presented, Resolutions, Election of Officers,
Budget
Place: TBA
May 1, 2027
Spring Luncheon
Place: ROAAR – River Cross Ranch 243233 Range Road 40, Calgary AB T3Z 2G8
Topic: Equine Therapy for youth at risk & seniors
Saturday, April 24, 2026
Alberta Council AGM
Time and Location TBA
Saturday, August, 2026
National CFUW AGM and Conference
Montreal, QC
Group Convenor
Please contact the Group Convenor through the President’s email on the Contact Us page) with new and exciting ideas for any other Interest Groups. New participants and convenors are always welcome.
Random Readers
A daytime reading group that meets on the 3rd Thursday of every month from September to June.
At the June meeting the selection of books, location and presenter is decided.. Book selections represent a wide variety of genres. A full book list will be available.
Convenor: Julia Maynard
Thursday Walking Group
The Thursday Walking Group walks every Thursday morning year round from 10 a.m. to 12 noon. We generally walk in the city but once a month in the summer and fall we take a trip to the mountains. If you enjoy the outdoors and good conversation, consider joining us.
Convenor: Joanne McNair
Book Circle
Book Circle is a non-meeting group. Each month, you get a new book to read, and, each month, you pass on your previous book to a designated person.
The books chosen for the Circle are always new and untried. We pick the books from a variety of types – you could get a mystery, historical novel, non-fiction, graphic novel, biography or some other genre. The cost to be a member is the average cost of the books we buy to supply the Circles. There are usually 8 books per year. Your suggestions will be graciously received at the coffee party but we can make no promises of which ones will be included in the selections.
The charms of Book Circle are meeting authors new to you, reading new books that may or may not live up to the reputation of the author or the reviews, and attending the only meeting of the group (in the spring 2012) to discuss and choose the book you will keep. Come join us!
Convenor: Susan Threadkell
Lunch Bunch
Lunch Bunch has three objectives: to lunch at different restaurants and cafes around Calgary; to spend time in conversation with other members, and to enjoy both. It is a simple formula but it works well for about 7 lunches from October through to May. We choose restaurants that can accommodate a group from 5 to 18 people and restaurants that will give us separate cheques. We meet at 11:30 – 11:45am on the third Wednesday.
The Lunch Bunch convenor and her co-convenor are responsible for finding a restaurant in the southwest/east and northwest/east alternately each lunch. Then the members who signed up at the September meeting are emailed to advise where the lunch will be. Additionally, an announcement is placed in the CFUW Newsletter.
Convenor: Lois Anderson
Jaunters
This group meets in person to explore unique or unusual venues in Calgary.
Convenor: TBA
Alberta Council AGM
April 25, 2026