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Halloween Meeting 2020
We celebrated Halloween at GlenAbbey Toastmasters like never before! Unlike other years that we had an in-person celebration for Halloween, we met online for this year. However, that did not stop us from wearing costumes and having fun. We changed our names to...
District 86 Membership Leadership Award
Glen Abbey Toastmasters won the Membership Leadership at the District level in 2019/2020! The Membership Leadership Award is given to the club with the highest number of points in the Membership Leadership category - clubs who have successfully grown their...
Halloween 2019
We had our Halloween improv meeting on October 30, 2019! Everyone looked great in their costumes, and we had a lot of fun with the Improv.
Gift Baskets for Toastmasters
Congratulations to the first place winner of the baskets: Bernardo Torres. Also congratulations to the other winners.
District Champion Roger Caesar visits Glen Abbey Toastmasters
On May 8th, 2019, Glen Abbey Toastmasters had the pleasure of welcoming guest speaker Roger Caesar to our club. Roger Caesar is a 4-time District 86 Speech Champion, a 3-time international award winning speaker and a 3 time semi finalist at the World Championships of...
Congratulations 2019/2020 Club Officers
President - Krista RowanVP Education - Rose FordVP Membership - Muraad ShahVP Public Relations - Tamur ShahTreasurer - Janet NewcombeSecretary - Bahareh TehraniSergeant At Arms - Zehra RazaPast President - Gordon Vuong
2019 Mary Heary Tall Tales Contest
On April 24th, the club organised the Mary Heary Tall Tales Contest. It was a great chance for participants to use creative ways to add some fun and exaggerations to their stories. We had three contestants and one winner! Participants:- Krista Rowan- Gordon...
2018 Humorous Speech Contest
Glen Abbey will be hosting it's Club Humorous Speech Contest on November 21st, 2018. What is A Humorous Speech? Humorous Speeches are 5 to 7 minutes long. They should be thematic in nature (having an opening, body, and close), contain original...
2019 International Speech & Evaluation Contests 2019
International Speech Contest & Evaluation Contest 2019 was held on January 16th, 2019 at Glen Abbey Toastmasters Club. The Winners of the first and second places will represent our Club at the Area 83 International Speech contest and Evaluation...
2019 Area 83 International Speech & Evaluation Contests
On Thursday February 7th, members of the Glen Abbey Toastmasters club competed in the Area 83 Evaluation and International Speech Contest. The competitors were selected from 4 Toastmasters clubs in the Oakville area: Horizon, Sheridan Bruins of Oakville, Own the...
2018 International Speech & Evaluation Contests
Area 83 International Speech Contest & Evaluation Contest 2018 was held on February 21, 2018, and was hosted by our very own Glen Abbey Toastmasters Club. We are excited to announce that our members did very well in the contest....
Congratulations Keith Rabey – Distinguished Toastmaster
Glen Abbey Toastmasters Club Member Keith Rabey recently achieved a big Toastmasters milestone - his Distinguished Toastmaster designation. What is a Distinguished Toastmaster? The Distinguished Toastmaster is the highest award Toastmasters bestows. The DTM recognizes...
Congratulations 2018/2019 Club Officers
President - Gordon VuongVP Education - Alisha BraundVP Membership - Krista RowanVP Public Relations - Yas SakkaTreasurer - Araceli HernandezSecretary - Muraad ShahSargeant At Arms - G. MereiPast President - Rose Ford
Halloween 2017
A fun halloween-themed meeting was held at the GATM on November 1st, 2017. Our members were dressed up in great Halloween costumes and shared ghoulsidh stories and spook-tacular evaluations. What a fun night!
2017 – Area 83, Division D – Table Topics & Humorous Club Contest
We cheered for Glen Abbey Toastmasters Humorous and Table Topics Club Contest winners, Zehra Raza and Srini Kesavan, as they represented our club at the Area 83 contest. After an exciting round of speeches, we are proud to announce that Zehra Raza was...
Congratulations 2017 Humorous & Table Topics Speech Winners & Participants
Congratulations to the winners of the 2017 Humorous Speech & Table Topics Speech Contests. Humorous Speech Contest Winners First Place: Zehra RazaSecond Place: Srini KesavanThird Place: Keith Rabey Table Topics Contest Winners First Place: Srini...
Congratulations 2018 Humorous Speech Winners
Congratulations to the winners of the 2018 Humorous Speech Contests. First Place: Krista Rowan Second Place: Richard Kitney
2017 – 25th Anniversary Charter Party
Glen Abbey Toastmasters is celebrating it’s 25th Anniversary – 1992-2017 Join us for a celebration dinner on Wednesday, June 21, 2017 at Tavolo Restaurant in Oakville. Dinner will include: Complimentary CocktailAntipasti - Mixed Greens Salad OR Caesar Salad OR...
Congratulations 2017 Mary Heary Tall Tales Contest Winners & Participants
Congratulations to the winners of the recent Mary Heary Tall Tales Contest - (left to right) Keith Rabey - 3rd place; Srini Kesavan - 1st place; Richard Kitney - 2nd place. And To All Our Competitors - It Takes Courage To Compete! - (left to right) Keith...
Congratulations 2017 / 2018 Club Officers Elect
to our 2017/2018 Club Officers elect: President - Rose Ford Vice-President Education - Fatima Hussain Vice-President Membership - Lucy Martins Vice-President Public Relations - Zehra Raza Treasurer - Nancy Simonot Sergeant At Arms - Helena Karabela Secretary - Flora...
Congratulations Flora Sun
In November 2016, Flora Sun received her Competent Communicator designation. The Competent Communicator is the first speaking designation in the Toastmasters program and is achieved after creating, practicing and delivering 10 speeches with specific project...