Women At Work:
A group of women who work at The Review, a weekly community newspaper in Eastern Ontario, decided to organize a trade show with a twist, just for women!

The idea came together from two different inspirations. One major encouragement for all of us was that about two years ago, a ladies night organized upstairs at the Vankleek Hill Community Centre was a roaring success and we were always being asked, “When are you doing this again?”

That event, organized by Louise Sproule (Publisher of The Review), Carole Robert (Owner of Interior Expressions) and Kathy Rodger (Owner of HP Boutique in Hawkesbury) was in aid of the Higginson Tower Restoration Project. Louise Sproule was the co-chair of that committee, which successfully restored the Higginson Tower in Vankleek Hill.

Review sales consultant Dorothy Hodge had also been listening to customers suggesting a magazine dedicated to women.

With Yes, Women Can!, we have put the two together and even during the planning stages, have received overwhelming enthusiastic feedback from our customers and friends.

We want to make this event a great opportunity for all women. We won’t get into all that we’re offering here, so take a moment to read more on the other pages of this website.

In the meantime, here are the women at work behind the scenes:

Our organizing team:

Tara Kirkpatrick:
Tara works for The Review as a part-time journalist and an advertising consultant for The Review’s special publications. Tara also has talent as an event coordinator and has created all of our registration forms for the show. Tara is also coordinating many of our prize contributions and is taking care of gathering and assembling goodies for the goodie bag. Lucky her!
tara@thereview.on.ca

Shirley Shuberynski:
A Review sales consultant who is full of ideas for this event. If you are one of Shirley’s regular customers, feel free to contact her to receive an exhibitor package or to find out more.
shirley@thereview.ca

Dorothy Hodge:
Dorothy is coordinating registrations and scheduling our keynote speakers, presenters (demonstrations). With her degree in fine arts and superb organizational skills, Dorothy is a great addition to The Review staff.
dhodge@thereview.ca

Diane Duval:
The Review’s accountant loves to have fun in her spare time! She keeps us young and is contributing ideas and is organizing the complimentary beverage and healthy snack that all guests are entitled to on show day. Diane is also soliciting some goodies and prizes for Yes, Women Can!
accounts@thereview.ca

Louise Sproule:
Now that the Higginson Tower project is complete, Louise had some spare time on her hands! The Yes, Women Can! show has been on her mind for the past few years and Louise is happy to be bringing together friends and customers for a fun day! Louise has been on the organizing committee for the Victorian Home and Garden Tour, the Victorian Christmas Home Tour, two antique and appraisal shows in Vankleek Hill, the town’s annual Trash and Treasure (town-wide yard sale), just to name a few things that keep her busy.
lsproule@thereview.ca

Tracy O’Neill:
A Laurentian Review’s Sales Consultant and Reviewbizlist.com Online Consultant. She is a new addition to The Review and will be contributing her trade fair skills, talents and fun disposition to Yes, Women Can! this year.
tracy@laurentianreview.ca

Sharon Graves-MacRae:
Sharon is also a new addition to The Review this year. She will be bringing her web design skills to bear as we continue to enhance and build this website to keep everyone informed. So watch for those website updates!
websitedesign@thereview.ca

Our decorator:
Carole Robert, professional interior decorator and owner of Interior Expressions in Vankleek Hill, is our official event decorator.
Prepare for elegance and style . . .

If you have any questions or comments please email us at
info@yeswomencan.ca