Writers circle of Durham Region

Whether you are a fiction or non-fiction writer, poet, playwright, screenwriter, songwriter, editor or someone who loves the way words connect – make yourself at home on our website. Check out our Member Web Pages and Paeans pages to find out more about our active members. Sign up for WCDR-sponsored Workshops and events, preview upcoming guest speakers at our Breakfast Meetings, or read past issues of our newsletter, “Word Weaver.” Enter a WCDR sponsored contest or follow our links to the plethora of contest opportunities that are out there for poets, novelists, short story writers, memoirists, creative non-fiction writers and others.

We have also put together Links pages to other writing organizations and associations, as well as publications and miscellaneous resources. We offer help for writers on our Grammar Puss, Ask a Writer and Recommended Book List pages. Find out how to join WCDR and/or one of the local writing circles in and around Durham Region.

Durham Dragons Running Club

Based in Oshawa Ontario , The Durham Dragons Track & Field club serves runners of all ages ( MTA OTFA ) from the Durham Region. Athletes from Pickering , Ajax , Whitby , Oshawa , Courtice and surrounding areas are welcome to join along with all high school athletes. The Durham Dragons Athletic Track & Running Club has a goal to promote wellness amongst youth by providing and encouraging quality running activities and events, both recreational and competitive for the beginner and elite athletes. You can join the club at anytime and begin a program designed to meet your goals. The Dragons are the club most recommended by high schools for providing over and above basic training to their athletes.

Founded in 2001 as an offshoot of an older, more established club, and now with over 200 members . The Durham Dragons Athletics Club is the fastest growing, in both size and success, running clubs in Durham , Ontario . DDAC members from all across the region Scarborough , UxBridge, Pickering , Ajax , Brooklin, Whitby , Oshawa , Bowmanville, Courtice, Port Perry, and Cobourg are track athletes, and runners of all ages and levels from beginners to very competitive

For more information visit the Durham Dragons Web Site.

Durham Women For Friendship

There is a FREE social meetup group for women in Durham Region, called “Durham Women For Friendship (DWFF)”, that has been helping women across the region have fun and make friends, for nearly three years now.

Begun in July of 2006 by a single mom who just wanted to make a difference in the community, Durham Women for Friendship has grown to whopping 219 members and has hosted over 220 events, ranging from potluck get-togethers, women nights out, going to the movies, bookclubs, home parties, walks, mommy playgroups, games of golf, skating, dance classes, and more. The women have gone to concerts together, held scrapbooking sessions, hold business meetings, and regularly play volleyball. There are several events held weekly, and this is growing.

“It’s all thanks to the members, and particularly our head assistant organizer – Marcia – that DWFF has grown to become so successful”, says founder Karri Hull. “I started the group at a point in my life when I couldn’t really put a lot of time into it, but knew that it was really needed in our community. I was looking for someone who would really take off with it, organize events, and manage stuff. Marcia stepped forward to accept the challenge and we’ve never looked back. There are 3-5 new members joining weekly now and the variety of events that are held are spectacular!”

“Durham Women For Friendship” (known by members as DWFF) is FREE to join, and members simply login to the website to see what’s going on. Once logged in you can email and chat with the other members, post and reply to messages on the message boards, and check out what events are coming up. If you want to attend an event you simply go to the calendar and rsvp that you will be there. You can see who else is going and get all the details.

More assistant organizers/hostesses/volunteers/are always welcome, so it is up to the individual how involved she wishes to become.  It very well organized group and an excellent way to meet people.

Visit www.durham-women-for-friendship.com to sign up or to get more information.

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