Apadana Housing Women in Need - Nancy Lavimizdeh

Join us on October 31 2022 at noon for a luncheon meeting of the Rotary Club of Edmonton West. The meeting will be held at:

The University Club

11435 Saskatchewan Dr NW,

Edmonton, AB T6G 2G9

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Alternatively, if you are unable to attend in person, you may join the meeting over Zoom.

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Register for in-person attendance using the link on this page no later than end of day October 26 2022. Remember to scroll down and click SAVE!

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In-person attendance will include lunch for $25 per person, payable in cash or by cheque at the door. Zoom attendance for those unable to attend in-person will be free.

OUR GUEST SPEAKER Nancy Lavimizadeh

Nancy Lavimizadeh established and directs Apadana Housing for Women in Need.

Nancy came to Canada from Iran October 1993 to go to university and have a better future for herself and her family.  She graduated from business school in 2000 having studied general public accounting.  While working on her degree, she took break from  school in 1994 for her daughter and in 1996 for her son.

Since 2002 she has been helping abused women while continuing her full time job as an accountant.

She met with the Sisters of Providence in 2009, helping them with accounting and bookkeeping.  She was spending more time to doing voluntary work with them than with her own family, because she loved the work so much.

In 2011 the Sisters of Providence decided to move to BC and the Montreal-based owner of the building in which the Sisters lived and worked with abused women decided to sell the building.  They asked Nancy if she was interested and she said yes!

The owner gave Nancy a good price on the property to continue what the Sisters had been doing for 88 years from 1924 to 2012 – helping hundreds of women who stayed in this building called Rosary Hall.

In March 2012 Nancy began working on Apadana and the doors have been open to all kind of women since July 2012.  Apadana means ancient Persian palaces.

Apadana is a part of Edmonton history and Nancy’s goal is to continue what she is doing, making the place more useful for all women in need, including those with young children for the present and generations to come.

PARKING

Parking for those attending the luncheon meeting in-person is available in Lot 5108, accessible off 116 Street, south of Saskatchewan Drive for $5.50 between 11:30 AM and 1:30 PM.  Remember your license plate number. You can pay for parking at the machines located at the southeast corner of the lot or in the lobby of the University Club, or using the Honk Mobile App. Note that fines for illegal parking at the U of A are substantial.