CLOSED--May Long Weekend
2024-05-18 08:00 - 2024-05-20 17:00 (America/Toronto) | Ontario
Closed for the long weekend. Time to spend with family, planting gardens, or even holding a yard sale. Whatever your plans, please stay safe and we’ll see you next week.

Gravenhurst--Meetsho Taak--Let's Eat
2024-05-14 13:00 - 15:00, 2024-04-30 13:00 - 15:00, 2024-04-23 13:00 - 15:00, 2024-04-16 13:00 - 15:00, 2024-04-09 13:00 - 15:00, 2024-03-26 13:00 - 15:00 | St James Anglican Church, 191 Hotchkiss Street (John Street door), Gravenhurst, Ontario, Canada
Join us every Tuesday in Gravenhurst for some soup and other treats. A way to provide good company and food and address some food security issues too.

Mother's Day Craft Market Fundraiser
2024-05-11 09:00 - 15:00 | Royal Canadian Legion, 290 Veteran's Way, Gravenhurst, Ontario, P1P 1K2, Canada
Join us as we sell some fundraising items for Muskoka Indigenous Friends Cultural Centre.

MMIWG2S+ buttons
ECM buttons
Sweetgrass plants
Wild Strawberry plants
Tickets for the Spaghetti Dinner on June 15

Huntsville--BYOP/UFO
2024-05-10 13:00 - 15:00, 2024-04-06 13:00 - 15:00 | Huntsville Public Library, 7 Minerva St E, Huntsville, Ontario, P1H 1W4, Canada
What unfinished projects do you have? Need some inspiration and companionship to push you through to completion? If so, bring your beads, leather, or whatever else project you have to complete and join our MIFC Huntsville volunteers.
A time of laughter, friendship, and hopefully getting some projects completed.
Pre-register with the Huntsville Library. Group size is limited to 12-15 participants.
Come out and make some new friends!! Don’t forget to bring your supplies.
BYOP — bring your own project
UFO — UnFinished Objects

Bracebridge--Orange Ribbon Removal
2024-05-08 10:00 - 12:00 | Memorial Park, 130 Manitoba Street, Bracebridge, Ontario, Canada
September 2023 several people joined together to cover Memorial Park in Bracebridge with Orange Ribbons to remember the children of Residential Schools.
Join us on May 8 at 10 am as we gather to remove all of the ribbons. These ribbons will be kept and incorporated in other works in order to keep the memories alive.
10 am start.

Gravenhurst--Peach Cobbler Kitchen Day
2024-05-07 13:00 - 15:00 | St James Anglican Church, 191 Hotchkiss Street (John Street door), Gravenhurst, Ontario, Canada
Due to a recent donation of canned peaches–we have decided to have a kitchen cooking event. Mmmmm! Peach Cobbler is something I’ve enjoyed making since childhood. Cinnamon is such a comfort food, the sweet taste of peaches, and oh, let’s not forget the bannock style topping!
Facilitated by: Diligent Harvester

Gravenhurst--Meetsho Taak--Let's Eat
2024-05-07 13:00 - 15:00 | St James Anglican Church, 191 Hotchkiss Street (John Street door), Gravenhurst, Ontario, Canada
Join us every Tuesday in Gravenhurst for some soup and other treats. A way to provide good company and food and address some food security issues too.
This week we will be sharing more tips and ideas on how to use the spices in your cupboard to change up the flavours of your meals. Make something new !!

MIFC Board Meeting
2024-05-06 19:00 - 21:00, 2024-04-08 19:00 - 21:00 | Zoom Meeting
This is the monthly Board of Directors Meeting. General members of our membership (2024 active) can attend these meetings as observers. If interested, email: info@mifc.ca to receive the zoom link. If not yet a member, join today.

Red Dress Day--MMIWG2S+
2024-05-05 | Ontario
Red Dress Day–take the time to remember the Murdered and Missing Women, Girls, 2 Spirit+ community members. Not everyone is able to escape their attackers.
When will the violence end!!

AGM--Annual General Meeting
2024-05-04 11:00 - 14:00 | St James Anglican Church, 191 Hotchkiss Street (John Street door), Gravenhurst, Ontario, Canada
This is the Annual General Meeting of the MIFC. If you are a member, this is your time to see the 2023 Financial Report and learn what the Board of Directors has been up to. We value your input and direction as to where you want services and programming to be focused.
2 more Indigenous Board positions are open to be filled at this time. If you would like to put your name in for this position, please fill out the following form:
Board Member Application Form

Gravenhurst--Red Dress Pin
2024-04-30 13:00 - 15:00 | St James Anglican Church, 191 Hotchkiss Street (John Street door), Gravenhurst, Ontario, Canada
Join us as we meet every Tuesday in Gravenhurst. For April we are beading Red Dress pins. These are being made to keep us mindful of the Murdered and Missing Indigenous Women, Girls, 2 Spirit & + community members. Every year, May 5th is set aside as a day to remember. Make a Red Dress pin and remember–these tragedies continue today!
Not all of us survived our attackers.
Facilitated by: Diligent Harvester (Theresa Buker)

Sundridge--3 Loop Beaded Earrings
2024-04-29 13:00 - 15:00 | Sundridge, Sundridge, Ontario, Canada
POSTPONED—PARTICIPANTS WILL BE NOTIFIED WHEN IT IS RESCHEDULED

Join Kokum Pamela for an afternoon of fun, fellowship, and learn how to bead a simple pair of earrings.
WORKSHOP IS FULL !!

Ryde--Red Dress Pin
2024-04-25 13:00 - 15:00 | Ryde Co-op Community Centre, 1624 Barkway Road, Gravenhurst, Ontario, P1P 1R3, Canada
Join us as we get back into regular monthly meetings at Ryde Community Co-op Centre. For April we are beading Red Dress pins. These are being made to keep us mindful of the Murdered and Missing Indigenous Women, Girls, 2 Spirit & + community members. Every year, May 5th is set aside as a day to remember. Make a Red Dress pin and remember–these tragedies continue today !!
Not all of us survived our attackers.
Facilitated by: Diligent Harvester (Theresa Buker)

Beading and Stitching Feather on Canvas--Day 2
2024-04-23 13:00 - 15:00 | St James Anglican Church, 191 Hotchkiss Street (John Street door), Gravenhurst, Ontario, Canada
This will be a multiple week project. While learning some basic embroidery and stitching techniques, we will be also embellishing these painted feathers with beads. Learning basic 1 and 2 needle techniques.

Gravenhurst--Cleanup--Clothing Giveaway
2024-04-20 14:00 - 17:00 | St James Anglican Church, 191 Hotchkiss Street (John Street door), Gravenhurst, Ontario, Canada
Our event is now over, and the cleanup begins. All the items not re-homed today now have to be packed up and removed from building. Items need to be taken back to be stored at Free Stuff 4 Daily Needs. Can you help?
Everyone is tired from running the free Clothing Giveaway and a few more hands helps make the work easier. Maarsii, Miigewetch, Nia:wen, Thank You for your help.

Huntsville--Red Dress Pins
2024-04-20 13:00 - 15:00 | Huntsville Public Library, 7 Minerva St E, Huntsville, Ontario, P1H 1W4, Canada
Join us in April as we are beading Red Dress pins. These are being made to keep us mindful of the Murdered and Missing Indigenous Women, Girls, 2 Spirit & + community members. Every year, May 5th is set aside as a day to remember. Make a Red Dress pin and remember–these tragedies continue today !!
Not all of us survived our attackers.
Pre-registration is through the Huntsville Public Library. Workshop is limited to 12 participants.

Gravenhurst--Clothing Giveaway
2024-04-20 09:00 - 14:00 | St James Anglican Church, 191 Hotchkiss Street (John Street door), Gravenhurst, Ontario, Canada
Open from 9 am to 2 pm–come and check out the assortment of free clothes and more items to choose from. An average of 300 people will be assisted today–come out and see if a new outfit awaits you too.

Gravenhurst--Set-up Clothing Giveaway
2024-04-19 09:00 - 12:00 | St James Anglican Church, 191 Hotchkiss Street (John Street door), Gravenhurst, Ontario, Canada
Gearing up for our first Clothing Giveaway for 2024. There is a lot of work to do in order to set up for this event.
Tables set up, clothes sorted and put out for display and more.
This is an event that typically sees about 300 community members benefit from these free clothes and more. Can you help give a hand helping us get set up?

Beading and Stitching Feather on Canvas--Day 1
2024-04-16 13:00 - 15:00 | St James Anglican Church, 191 Hotchkiss Street (John Street door), Gravenhurst, Ontario, Canada

MIFC Finance Committee
2024-04-15 19:00 - 21:00 | Zoom Meeting
Monthly meeting of the Finance Committee.

Gravenhurst--Meetsho Taak--Let's Eat
2024-04-02 13:00 - 15:00 | St James Anglican Church, 191 Hotchkiss Street (John Street door), Gravenhurst, Ontario, Canada
Join us every Tuesday in Gravenhurst for some soup and other treats. A way to provide good company and food and address some food security issues too.
Being the first Tuesday of the month–it is our foodbank day as well. Sometimes we are able to share items such as meat, milk, pasta, cereal, and more.

National Indigenous Languages Day
2024-03-31 | Ontario
National Indigenous Languages Day is March 31, and it is a day to celebrate and honour Indigenous languages in Canada.

CLOSED--Easter Weekend
2024-03-29 08:00 - 2024-04-01 17:00 | Ontario
We acknowledge that not everyone observes Easter weekend, but out of respect for those who do, and those who use the weekend to gather close to family–the MIFC programming is closed for the weekend.
