Join author Ghada Alatrash for a book launch of short stories of Syrian women. Pianist Ivana Ferdaro (also of Cranbrook) will be joining Ghada to provide accompaniment. When: July 27 at 7:30 PMNext Week Where: Key City Theatre, Cranbrook Set between war-torn Syria and the West, Stripped to the Bone explores issues of identity, love, strife, courage and resilience in seven fictional portraits of Syrian women. Author Ghada Alatrash was recently profiled along with other Syrian

The evening will include a dinner, dance and silent auction. Where: Cranbrook, Colombo Lodge Doors open at: 5:30pm, Tickets: $ 40.00 per person. Tickets can be purchased at Pharmasave (Baker Street) and Lotus Books. Tables of eight can be reserved for people wishing to sit together, cheque in the amount of $ 320.00 payable to Lazy crow Productions, please indicate Refugee fundraiser on bottom left hand corner. Please see below for more details. #FundraiserEvent

The Grade 5 students at McKim Middle School recently held a bake sale to support the Kimberley Refugee Resettlement Group (KRRG). Sixty-nine students contributed $335.50 bringing the KRRG total to $28,000. Their sale of delicious treats included vanilla and gluten-free cupcakes, rice crispie squares, and chocolate-dipped strawberries. Before the bake sale, they watched videos on the KRRG website (kimberleyrefugees.ca) explaining why local residents are supporting refugee fam