Last Chance to Buy Tickets for OWIN Women's Day Event

Wednesday, 26 February 2020 13:12

The networking dinner will include three guest speakers including Robert Alexander who will share a tragic story about his sister and Domestic Abuse.

WOODSTOCK - Oxford Women in Networking is hosting a dinner and speaker event next week in celebration of International Women's Day.

The event will run on March 4th featuring a variety of activities and multiple speakers. Tomorrow is actually the last day you can purchase tickets for the event, which is almost sold out.

Co-chair Jennifer Boyer says they will focus on networking for the first hour of the evening.

"So we will have one solid hour where we will have appetizers available, we'll have a few trade tables setup for different community organizations. The Woodstock Zonta Club of course will be there with their roses."

She says guests will also have the opportunity to put tickets towards either wine at a wine table or prizes at the prize table.

It'll be ahead of International Women's Day on March 8th.

Boyer says everyone is welcome.

"You don't have to necessarily be a member, you can come as just kind of a patron. We are also encouraging youth to come to really show that women in the community value our youth. So tickets for youth are actually being offered, and youth being ages 15 to 29, at a reduced price of $30.00 a ticket. Regular tickets are $55.00."

She add the evening will include a three-course meal and three local community speakers including Lorna Larsen. The other speakers will be Robert Alexander and Shelley Knott-Fife.

Alexander joined the Heart FM will be sharing a tragic story about his sister Lois.

"Lois and I are from Woodstock, born and raised here, Lois's marriage broke up when she was 59, she was murdered on August 8, 2005 by her husband. That event changed my life, I have done a lot of speaking on domestic violence. I'm looking forward to speaking next week, because I haven't spoken on the subject in 10 years."

Alexander says he started public speaking after his sisters murder after doing research on domestic violence.

"It was kind of strange for me at first, I usually speak in front of a couple hundred women and a few men, men just don't come to hear me speak, I have even had men get up in the middle of my speech and leave, which is kind of sad. I will say one thing, the only way I think this is ever going to change and I have always said it, is if you get important or powerful men involved, something will happen."

You can click here to learn more about the event and purchase a ticket.

It goes from 5:00 to 9:00 pm inside the Quality Hotel & Suites in Woodstock on March 4th.