FIRST US TOO MEETING - TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 2000
CAMPUS AUDITORIUM, WILLIAM OSLER HEALTH CENTRE, 7:00 - 9:00 PM
BRAMPTON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, 20 LYNCH STREET, BRAMPTON.

WELL, MY FRIENDS, THE SUMMER IS ALMOST GONE AND WE ARE INTO ANOTHER NEW SEASON WITH US TOO BRAMPTON. YOUR STEERING COMMITTEE, AND IN PARTICULAR YOUR CHAIRMAN, FRED NORRIS, HAS BEEN VERY BUSY OVER THE PAST FEW MONTHS. FRED TOOK THE TIME TO TELEPHONE EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU TO UPDATE OUR RECORDS AND FIND OUT THE STATE OF YOUR HEALTH. US TOO BRAMPTON CARES!

SOME INTERESTING SPEAKERS HAVE BEEN ARRANGED FOR THE COMING SEASON:
SEPTEMBER 12TH - DR. FLAX - LAPORASCOPIC PROSTATE SURGERY.
OCTOBER 10TH - BEV. JOHNSON, RN, OCN
NOVEMBER 14TH - TANYA GIAQUINTO, RD, HEALTHY EATING.
DECEMBER 12TH - MARY GOSPODARWICZ - PRINCESS MARGARET.
MORE INFORMATION TO COME.
JANUARY 9TH, 2001 - YOUR FINANCE OFFICER, GERRY BRUNJES, HAS ARRANGED FOR THE PLAY "NO BIG DEAL?" TO BE HELD AT LESTER PEARSON THEATRE.
IT LOOKS LIKE WE ARE IN FOR ANOTHER GREAT YEAR.

THE NEW MEMBER COMMITTEE, HEADED BY COORDINATOR ALEC GARDINER, CONTINUED TO HOLD MEETINGS DURING THE SUMMER AT SHOPPERS WORLD - BRAMPTON. ANY MEMBER, OLD OR NEW, WHO WOULD LIKE TO DISCUSS THEIR PROSTATE PROBLEMS, PLEASE CONTACT ALEC. WE NOW HAVE MEMBERS WHO HAVE BEEN THROUGH ALL KINDS OF TREATMENT, INCLUDING BRACHYTHERAPY AND LAPORASCOPIC SURGERY.
MEETING DATES: SEPTEMBER 11TH, OCTOBER 16TH AND NOVEMBER 13TH.

TWENTY - FOUR WOULD-BE TIGER WOODSES ENJOYED A GOLF OUTING AT BANTY'S ROOST ON MONDAY, AUGUST 14TH. IT WAS FOR A GOOD CAUSE AS WELL, AS WE RAISED $120 FOR OUR TREASURY. WE WOULD LIKE TO THANK JACK TOTHE, MORRIS RAMBOUT, AL AND EMMA HUSTINS AND MY WIFE EILEEN FOR DONATING PRIZES. THERE IS TALK OF EXPANDING THIS TOURNAMENT NEXT YEAR.

THIS YEAR PROSTATE CANCER AWARENESS WEEK IS SEPTEMBER 18-24. FOR THE FIRST TIME IT IS PROPOSED TO HAVE THE WEEK RECOGNIZED BY THE CITY OF BRAMPTON, THANKS TO MEMBER JIM MULDOON AND MAYOR PETER ROBERTSON. THE MAYOR'S LIVE TALK SHOW ON ROGERS ON SEPTEMBER 7TH WILL FEATURE THE MAYOR AND A FRIEND, C.P.C.N. PAST CHAIRMAN WALLY SEELEY, AND JIM MULDOON. JIM, CHAIRMAN FRED NORRIS AND I WILL APPEAR BEFORE CITY COUNCIL ON SEPTEMBER 11TH.

US TOO - BRAMPTON HAS BOOKED THE V.P. ROOM AND SPACE IN FRONT OF THE V.P. ROOM ON SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 23rd FROM 9:30 AM TO 6:00 PM
TO HAND OUT LITERATURE ON PROSTATE CANCER AWARENESS. ON SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 24TH, IN CONJUCTION WITH THE CANADIAN CANCER SOCIETY - BRAMPTON, WE WILL HAVE A BOOTH FROM NOON UNTIL 5:00 PM IN THE BRAMALEA CITY CENTRE. WE HAVE SOME VOLUNTEERS AND COULD USE MORE FOR BOTH DATES.

THE TELEPHONE COMMITTEE IS A VERY IMPORTANT PART OF OUR CHAPTER, CALLING MEMBERS ABOUT MEETINGS AND INQUIRING ABOUT HEALTH PROBLEMS. WE ARE LOOKING FOR TWO OR THREE VOLUNTEERS TO CONTACT APPROXIMATELY 6 TO 8 MEMBERS ONCE A MONTH. WHAT SAY YOU?

JUST A REMINDER YOUR ANNUAL $10 MEMBERSHIP FEE IS DUE ON SEPTEMBER 12TH, AS AGREED UPON IN JUNE. THIS FEE PAYS FOR MEETING NOTICES, ENVELOPES AND STAMPS FOR THE CURRENT YEAR.

YOUR WEB SITE HAS NOW RECEIVED OVER 1,200 HITS, ONE EACH FROM AS FAR AS SWEDEN AND JAPAN. WE HAVE ADDED PICTURES OF SOME OF THE OF STEERING COMMITTEE. TAKE A LOOK.

WE HOPE YOU ARE IN GOOD HEALTH AND ENJOY THE SEASON.

Enjoy the evening,........................................ Don Grant, Communications.