Bowling 4 Change 2007
2007 Lerners Balancing the Scales: Making Justice Work for Women Fundraiser
2006 Bowlathon
A Night Out With a Difference
Community Planning Meeting
Community Film Screening: Looking for Angelina
Community Open House 2005
20th Anniversary Event

On Saturday November 24, 4:00-6:00 PM, METRAC held its annual bowlathon at the Bowlerama West and raised $12,000 in support of METRAC's ReAct youth program. Over 100 people participated as bowlers, Team captains, volunteers, and pledgers!

2007 Bowling 4 Change Lane Sponsors were: Canadian Auto Workers, Lerners LLP, and Wilson Christen LLP Barristers. METRAC would like to thank everyone who participated in the bowlathon and to our generous donors and sponsors.

Lerners Balancing the Scales: Making Justice Work for Women, a fundraiser for METRAC’s Justice Program, was held on Thursday May 10 at 6:30 pm at the SPIN Gallery (1100 Queen Street West). $15,000 was raised to allow METRAC to enhance legal trainings for community service providers and improve the Ontario Women's Justice Network, in order to increase access to justice for women experiencing violence. Festivities of the night included:

• Fabulous hors d’oeuvres and drinks
• An exciting silent auction
• Gift bag goodies for event attendees
• Live entertainment from jazz vocalist Farheen Beg
• The soulful sounds of DJ Vashti

METRAC would like to thank our 2007 Lerners Balancing the Scales supporters, including our Event Sponsors, event attendees, and the following Silent Auction donors:

Robert Armstrong, Avon Canada, Blacks Photography, Canadian Woman Studies Journal, Carpe Diem by Akon, Cineplex Entertainment LP, Come As You Are, Kim Drosdick, Esther Myers Yoga Studio, Fairmont Royal York, Fielding Estate Winery, Flare Magazine, Frangipane Patisserie, Good for Her, Goodlife Fitness, HBC Foundation, Jamie Kennedy Kitchens, Lula Lounge, Patricia Marshall, Meridian Credit Union, Pages Books and Magazines, Parachute School of Toronto, Angelo Sartorelli, Sharky Music, Shoppers Drug Mart, Sleep Country Canada, Shoppers Drug Mart, Soulpepper Theatre, This Ain't the Rosedale Library, Toronto Newsgirls Boxing Club, Toronto Women's Bookstore, VIA Rail, Wm. G. Pollock Dance Studio, WMI

On Saturday, December 2^nd, 2006, METRAC held its first Bowlathon at the Bowlerama West (5429 Dundas Street West). 100 people collected pledges and participated as Team Captains and Bowlers to support Respect in Action (ReAct), METRAC's peer-to-peer youth violence prevention program. Together we raised $15,000 to make a difference in our communities!

2006 Bowlathon Lane Sponsors are: All Languages Ltd.; Anne Spencer Insurance Agencies Ltd., Borden Ladner Gervais LLP; Bosley Real Estate; Debra Smith, CA; Frito Lay; Kristyn Wong-Tam; Kyle Spencer; Lerners LLP; Sherrard Kuzz LLP; Woolgar, Van Weichen Ketcheson, Ducoffe LLP; Donovan by Design Inc.

Read about our fundraising event.

Read a summary on METRAC's Community Planning Meeting, held on December 1, 2005.

On Thursday September 22, 2005, METRAC participated in a special screening of and panel discussion about Looking for Angelina, the true story of anItalian-Canadian woman sentenced to death for murdering her abusive husband in 1911.
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METRAC's Open House was held on Wednesday June 22 at the Cecil Community Centre. Filled with games, prizes, activities, food, and fun, we shared what we're doing at METRAC in the community.

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Read about METRAC's 20th Anniversary Event, Dining Out With a Difference, held on October 24, 2004.