Mark your Calendars,

Everyone! The annual ELTOC AGM will

be taking place during the

evening on Thursday,

September 26th, 2013.

Since ELTOC is moving by

the end of August this year

(exact date to be confirmed),

we hope to hold this event at

our at our new premises, 404

McArthur St in Vanier. All

ELTOC students and tutors

are welcome and encouraged

to come to this event.

We will be sending out

formal invitations to the

AGM closer to the actual

date. The event will review

the past year at ELTOC,

feature guest speakers

and entertainment, and will

of course have our usual

de l ic io us snacks and

refreshments.

We hope to see you there!

Your News

Welcome New Students 2

ELTOC is moving! 2

Congratulations 3

ELTOC at GGGS 4

Sheila Rorke: Welcoming

Adult Immigrants 4

Student Submission 5

Obituary: Gerry Beaudoin 5

Tips from Our Tutors 6

Quarterly Quote 6

June 2013

Inside this issue:

June 2013 Page 1

Are you looking for an interesting and rewarding

volunteer position?

English Language Tutoring for the Ottawa Community (ELTOC) is

looking for new volunteer board members to be elected at our AGM on

September 26 2013. We hope that the volunteer can give us a commitment

for at least one year, preferably more.

ELTOC with the help of volunteer tutors has been tutoring

newcomers for the last 21 years. This is a one-on-one home tutoring

program offered to those who cannot go to regular language classes for

various reasons including; poor health, caring for a new baby, advanced age,

disability or working long or irregular hours. ELTOC has 5 paid staff

members, a volunteer board of between 5 to 9 members and approximately

100 volunteer tutors. ELTOC receives 98% of its funding from Citizenship

and Immigration through the Language Instruction for Newcomers to

Canada (LINC) program.

The Board meets once a month, normally on the third Thursday of

the month. New Board members will be invited to join one of the Board’s

working groups. (Meetings are scheduled as is convenient for the members)

This year we are looking for board members who can bring interest and

expertise in the following areas; law, HR, marketing, research and/or policy

development. We especially require a candidate to fill the Treasurer

position for which a solid knowledge of finance and accounting is essential.

If interested, you are asked to send your resume to mita@eltoc.ca.

As part of the recruitment process candidates will be asked to come in for

an interview. Successful candidates will need to provide 2 contacts for

reference checks and complete a police records check.

For more information about this volunteer position please contact

Mita Basu( 613-232-8566 or mita@eltoc.ca) To find out more about

ELTOC please visit our website: www.eltoc.ca

The ELTOC office will be moving to a new

location in late August.

The old Giant Tiger building on 404 McArthur Ave

has been renovated to house 18 charities and non-profits

under the umbrella of the Heartwood House, another

charity.

Our new mailing address will be as follows:

Our phone number will stay the same, as will our

email and fax. We will notify everyone by email of the

exact date of the move; till then, please send the mail to

old location.

Your News Page 2

New Students

Fatima Niaza

Xue Fang

Jiajun Wang

Hanin Awadh

Shokria Dawod

Farouoita

Abdoulghani

Naggat Abbas

Osaigbobo

Ojbemudia

Lei Xin

Gulmira Sufyanova

Mashaal Saleh

Jamila Ghawsuddin

Zhao Zhen Zheng

Amina Mohammed

Khina Tiwari

Mowry Dee

Yi Kwa

The staff at ELTOC would like to extend

a most heartfelt welcome to our

students who joined us for the first

time between April 2013 and June 2013:

Attention: ELTOC IS RELOCATING!

English Language Tutoring for the Ottawa Community (ELTOC)

Heartwood House

404 McArthur Avenue

Ottawa, Ontario K1K 1G8

New Tutors

The staff at ELTOC would like to extend a most heartfelt welcome

to our tutors who joined us for the first time between April 2013

and June 2013:

Janet Watson

Elizabeth Lamarche

Elizabeth Spence

Marcia Scrimgeour

Kathy Dillon

Patricia Basset

Eryn McConnell

Leanne Vase

Rachael Manion

***And a very BIG

thank you to

all returning

tutors who’ve

taken on a

new student!***

Sanaa and her husband Ali

welcomed Ibrahim on June 3rd –

a baby brother for Ahmad!

Qian became certified by the Society of

Clinical Research Associates!

Page 3 Your News - June 2013

Esra’a had twins!

Congratulations!

Gulfer delivered a beautiful

baby boy!

Rahmata passed her G1 license test!

Lei had a baby girl named Hu Anna

and

passed her driver’s test.

Both mother and baby are doing very well!

Nesreen was hired as an instructor at the

Arabic school that her daughter

attends on Saturdays.

We need student submissions!

Our Next Issue will be published in September 2013

ELTOC’s NEXT ISSUE: Tell us about your summer, or your kids going back to school!

We’d love to hear all about the summer, or about your kids and back to school time.

We are also always looking for more yummy recipes!

Please send us your submissions by September 15, 2013

ELTOC at the Great Glebe Garage Sale

Page 4 Your News

The ELTOC fundraiser at the

Great Glebe Garage Sale on Saturday,

May 25th, turned out to be a great

success. The day was bright and

sunny, and crowds of people were out

and about bargain-hunting. A good

portion of what we had collected was

sold and we have received some tutor

applications from people who learned

about us at the event. We are happy

to report that $1,442 was raised for

ELTOC’s programs.

A big thank you goes to all those

who donated the goods and to all the

volunteers who manned the stands and helped to set up. Well done, everyone!

ELTOC would like to give special thanks to all those students and tutors

Sheila Rorke: Welcoming adult immigrants with individual tutoring

Our tutor Sheila Rorke has shared her

experience with ELTOC in an interview with the

Kitchissippi Times.

Check out the full article at:

http://kitchissippi.com/sheila-rorke-welcoming-adult-

immigrants-with-individual-tutoring/

Page 5 Your News - June 2013

By: Anisa Sufi Student Submission: A Letter to my Cousin

Obituary: Geraldine Beaudoin

It is with a heavy heart that we say

goodbye to our friend and tutor, Gerry

Beaudoin, who passed away June 15th,

2013.

Gerry was a tutor with ELTOC for

almost 3 years. Her sense of humour and

easy-going nature will be missed.

Dear cousin,

I live on Caldwell Ave. in the City of Ottawa. I am writing this letter to tell

you some information about my area and describe life here. My neighborhood is

beautiful and nice. We have some stores in our area, for example, Wal-Mart,

Food Basics and Loblaws.

I like this area because it is clean and I like some people who live here. We

have two parks in our area so we go every day to the park in the spring and

summer. Also we have a community centre and gym to do some activities.

However, I do not like the bus service and sometimes we do not feel safe. I

hate the fire alarm because it goes off often and it is too loud. It bothers me

that some people smoke in the elevators. Also, we do not have an Arabian food

store.

Finally, the weather sometimes is nice but sometimes it is too cold. When

we first moved here we hated this area. After a while we loved it and now we are

happy. I think my area is a good place to live.

Goodbye for now. I hope you are well,

Anisa

Page 6 Your News - June 2013

Counsellors’ Corner

We’re on

Facebook!

Look up our new page:

ELTOC

ELTOC Inspirational Quarterly Quote:

“I'm not a teacher: only a fellow traveler of whom you asked the

way. I pointed ahead - ahead of myself as well as you. ”

― George Bernard Shaw

http://www.kidslearningstation.com;

http://www.bogglesworldesl.com/adultesl.htm

http://www.esltower.com/index.html

Free crossword maker: http://worksheets.theteacherscorner.net/make-

your-own/crossword/crossword-puzzle-maker.php

Dialogues:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ufk146es6jw

www.learn-english.co.il

www.worksheetfun.com

Helping With Furniture is a volunteer-run charitable organization that

provides gently-used furniture and household goods to families and individuals in

need. In particular, they focus on newcomers to Canada who are living in the

Ottawa area.

Since 2005 they have helped more than 783 families and currently have

more on a waiting list. Most of our families come to us through referrals from

social agencies. They have often fled from conflict and life-threatening situations

and arrive in Canada with little more than hope to sustain them. Those who can

find housing often spend months with little or no furniture.

Contact www.helpingwithfurniture.org for more information.

*Remember, the eltoc.ca/resources

page has many links to useful ESL

related websites!*

Tips from Our Tutors

Do you have some furniture in good condition you would like to donate?

Is your student in need of furniture?