Canadian Federation of University Women Orillia
This webpage updated January 24, 2012.
Canadian Federation of University Women Orillia
Our Homes Tour provides funding for:
SCHOLARSHIPS FOR YOUNG WOMEN FROM ORILLIA
We also support the following four organizations through our Christmas Silent Auction (voted yearly by our members):
LOCAL:
- Couchiching Jubilee House
- Green Haven Shelter for Women (and their children)
NATIONAL:
The CFUW Charitable Trust, which gives scholarships to women
INTERNATIONAL:
The Virginia Gildersleeve International Fund - VGIF
Virginia Gildersleeve - a "remarkable woman who helped found the International Federation of University Women. In this she was a practical visionary, as well as being a fine student, teacher, educator, administrator and diplomat
who walked the world stage." *
