Churchill Foundation Auction June 7

Do you have something you could offer in the Churchill Foundation Auction?  Maybe you are willing to share your time, your talent or use of recreation property?  All the better if it is Churchillian - but that is not necessary.
Here is an action item that has been donated:

Come Sail With Me

Enjoy lunch for two during a two hour sail along Oak Bay and Cadboro Bay. Weekend date to be arranged for summer or September 2012.  Enjoy sitting in the cockpit or the wheelhouse of this lovely Endurance 35 sailboat, with a picnic lunch (menu choices to be discussed), while viewing the shoreline knowing that your enjoyment has helped a student at UVic through the Churchill Foundation Scholarship .

If you would like to offer an item, a special event or your help in some way, please email cfvi@shaw.ca and tell us about it by Monday June 4 to be included in the June 7 silent auction at the Churchill Memorial Dinner June 7.

Meet Peter Clarke author of the new book "Mr. Churchill's Profession"

Thanks to SWCSVI member Chris Gainor for alerting us to the Munro Books Event .
Author Peter Clarke presents his new book "Mr. Churchill's Profession" Tuesday June 5th at 7:30p.m. 
Fairfield United Church 
1303 Fairfield Rd. (at Moss St.) 
Tickets $5 from Munro's Books.

Churchill Vignette submitted by Mario Tobia: No Fear of Failure

There was a Cabinet meeting in London during the darkest days of the Second World War. France had just  capitulated. Prime Minister Churchill outlined the situation in its starkest colours. Quite literally, the  tiny British Isles stood alone. Grim faces stared back at him in stoic silence. Despair and thoughts of  surrender were written in their looks. The visionary statesman momentarily remained silent,lit a cigar,  showed a hint of a smile, and with a twinkle in his eye, responded to that dispirited company of officials,  "Gentlemen, I find it rather inspiring."... What a great line! No wonder people followed the man. Fear of  failure never entered his mind!

                                 -from DroppingYour Guard by Charles Swindoll

Churchill Memorial Dinner

The Sir Winston Churchill Society of Vancouver Island will be hosting a Gala Memorial Dinner with speaker, Dr. John H. Mather on "Churchill's Health: a Critical Look at Churchill's Doctors" at the Union Club.
Date: Thursday, June 7, 2012
Where: Union Club of BC, 805 Gordon St, Victoria BC
When: 6:30 - cash bar  7:30 - 3-course meal with wine
Admission*: $65 - members/member guests $75 - non-members $50 - students  *reserved and prepaid by June 1st
Dress: Black Tie or Business
Buy your tickets online using your credit card or view and print a copy of the Poster at the SWCSVI website.

Celebration of Life for Shirley Burstall

We gathered a few photos of Shirley Burstall from our photo archives to make this little collage.  In the centre you will notice a plate of Christmas cookies and squares that Shirley baked for the Movie Monday event last November. Shirley was always doing things behind the scenes to make sure every event was a success while spreading her unique sense of humour and joy.  The surrounding photos are from Churchill events she supported  for the Churchill Foundation and the Sir Winston Churchill Society of Vancouver Island. Shirley will be greatly missed. 

A quote by Winston Churchill made in Dundee, Scotland, on 10 October 1908, seems especially appropriate as we remember our dear friend Shirley Burstall:  "What is the use of living, if it be not to strive for noble causes and to make this muddled world a better place for those who will live in it after we are gone?  How else can we put ourselves in harmonious relation with the great verities and consolations of the infinite and the eternal?"  

Family friends are invited to attend a Celebration of Life to be held at the Union Club of BC, 805 Gordon Street Victoria, B.C. on Friday May 4, 2012 from 2-4 PM. A Celebration of Life will also be held at the Ranchmen’s Club in Calgary, 710 - 13th Ave S.W on Saturday May 12, 2012 from 2-4 PM. Full obituary available on Times Colonist website.