Fundraising

SAWC 2015 Fundraising Gala: Highlights

SAWC’s Annual Fundraising Gala was held on March 6, 2015 at the Casa Do Alentejo at Dufferin and Dupont. The theme was “End Violence and Honour Women”, this is SAWC’s way of reclaiming the true definition of the word honour which is to respect women. The event was emceed by Angie Seth, reporter for Global News. The Gala was very well attended by array of dignitaries, donors, supporters,

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Share a hug and support SAWC

START A HUG CHAIN Join the Time to Hug by Huggies movement in support of the South Asian Women’s Centre! 1/ Take a picture of you hugging someone special in your life. Hug your baby, your spouse, your friend, or a family member. 2/ Upload your photo to the Time to Hug* Facebook page using #timetohug. 3/ Share the photo with your friends to

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INSTRUCTORS ANNOUNCED FOR YOGATHON!!!!

The South Asian Women’s Centre and We are Your Sisters is pleased to announce the Instructors and studios who will be participating in Yogathon 2014 Annu Gaidhu – Reigning Miss India Canada & Toronto’s youngest certified yoga instructor at the age of 23 who recently launched her own yoga business “Bliss Yoga With Annu” Auni Boghossian – Lead instructor at Yoga Vision, Mississauga. She

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SAWC & WAYS Yogathon 2014 – Sign up today!

The South Asian Women’s Centre is proud to partner with We Are Your Sisters (www.weareyoursisters.com) to highlight the issue of violence against women in our communities through a Yogathon! The 2014 Yogathon will raise funds to support much needed programming in Canada and India for women surviving violence. To register and support this initiative, please visit: Toronto Event on October 18, 2014: http://waystorontoyogathon.causevox.com/ Ottawa Event on October

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