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opportunities for young Canadians. BC has by far more CPF members than any other province in Canada organized in 46 Chapters across British Columbia. Our present membership total of 5,400 represents more than a third of the individual CPF members in Canada. Dawson Creek is home to CPF's second largest chapter per capita in Canada.</p> <p>In the 2002-03 school year, CPF-BC & Yukon staff, parents and volunteers organized or helped organize 127 socio-cultural events, 8 summer camps and 78 information sessions for parents, made 42 presentations to school districts, issued over 100 Provincial and local media releases, offered 36 post-secondary scholarships to French Second Language students, held 270 Chapter and Branch regular meetings across 46 chapters and managed eight major partnerships with Francophone organizations. We have also established local and provincial partnerships with corporations such as BC Gas, Alcan, Tembec, Abitibi and BC Hydro. Our 5,400 members contributed some 75,000 volunteer hours to this effort.</p> <p>"Heather Newman is a wonderful addition to the CPF-BC & Yukon Board of Directors. She has three daughters who have all been in French Immersion in Dawson Creek. Heather has organized countless socio-cultural activities and proved to be a superb spokesman for French Immersion and Core French programs in her home school community. She has developed an expertise in French Second language learning and has served the community in countless volunteer activities including a term on the board of the BC Association of Child Development & Rehabilitation," noted CPF-BC & Yukon President Melanie Tighe-Lovsin, a Vernon parent.</p> <p>In her statement of candidacy for the Board, Heather Newman set out a series of priorities for her term as a Board member: "I hope to be able to contribute to the provincial board of CPF. I believe strongly in supporting French second language opportunities, not just through French Immersion, but through innovative core French strategies which might help to "turn on" more students to the value of learning French. I would also like to see CPF more involved at the local level in determining the best use of targeted and discretionary government funding to districts especially in the light of the announcement of new federal monies for French programs. I am happy to provide the northern and rural perspective on issues and respect the geographical, social and political challenges we all face.</p> <p>Heather Newman joins Melanie Tighe-Lovisn of Vernon, Sherry Taylor of Williams Lake, Laurin Shadforth of Burnaby, Marie Reed of Kamloops and Mary Ann Annable of Whitehorse on the CPF-BC & Yukon Board of Directors.</p> <p align="center">-30-</p> <p>For more information, please contact Adrian Dix, Executive Director, CPF-BC & Yukon <br>phone: 604-524-0134 or 1-800-665-1222 <br>or fax: 604-524-0135 .</p> <p> <br> </p> <p class="updated">The information on this page was late updated: November 1, 2003. <br> This page was last modified November 1, 2003.</P> <div align="center"> </td> <td width="80px"> </td> </tr> </table> <p class="contact"> <a class="ccontact" href="../../Other/FramePages/f_reachus.shtml" target="_top">Contact CPF - BC & Yukon</a> | <a class="ccontact" href="mailto:webmaster@cpf.bc.ca">Report Website Problems</a> | <a class="ccontact" href="../../Other/FramePages/f_termsConditions.shtml" target="_top">Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy</a></p> <div class="copyrgt"> Copyright © 2000-2006 Canadian Parents for French-British Columbia & Yukon Branch <br> All rights reserved. </div> <p> </p> </div> </td></tr></table> </body>