Events
INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S ORGANIZATION OF GREECE
a taste of christmas 2023
🌟 Sunday 26th November 2023 | Panorama Town Hall | 10:30 - 17:00 🌟
❗PRESS: Please click here to download the poster and flyer of the event ❗
μια πρωτη ΓΕΥΣΗ ΧΡΙΣΤΟΥΝΕΝΝΩΝ
ΤΟ ΩΡΑΙΟΤΕΡΟ ΠΑΖΑΡΙ – ΧΡΙΣΤΟΥΓΕΝΝΙΑΤΙΚΗ ΓΙΟΡΤΗ ΤΗΣ ΠΟΛΗΣ ΜΑΣ ΕΠΙΣΤΡΕΦΕΙ!
Το Χριστουγεννιάτικο Φιλανθρωπικό Παζάρι του Διεθνούς Συλλόγου Γυναικών Ελλάδας (International Women’s Organization of Greece) που απευθύνεται σε όλη την οικογένεια, σε μικρούς και μεγάλους, θα γίνει φέτος την Κυριακή 26 Νοεμβρίου στο Πολιτιστικό Κέντρο του Νέου Δημαρχείου Πανοράματος, από τις 10:30 το πρωί ως τις 5 το απόγευμα.
Οι επισκέπτες μας θα έχουν την ευκαιρία να απολαύσουν τις σπιτικές λιχουδιές που θα ετοιμάσουν, με περισσή φροντίδα,οι εθελόντριες – μέλη μας, να κάνουν τα ψώνια τους για τις γιορτές διαλέγοντας υπέροχα, πρωτότυπα δώρα από μια μεγάλη ποικιλία χειροποίητων εκθεμάτων, από κοσμήματα και κεραμικά μέχρι βότανα και καλλυντικά, διακοσμητικά, είδη σπιτιού, αξεσουάρ αλλά και βιβλία από δεύτερο χέρι!
Παράλληλα,θα διασκεδάσουν με το πλούσιο καλλιτεχνικό μας πρόγραμμα: τη Φιλαρμονική του Δήμου Πυλαίας – Χορτιάτη, την Παιδική Χορωδία και τους Μουσικούς του δημοτικού του Ελληνικού Κολλεγίου, το Dance Fantasy Club, την Παιδική Χορωδία της Αμερικανικής Γεωργικής Σχολής καθώς και τον Χορευτικό Όμιλο «Ξαστεριά» της Θέρμης, ενώ θα δοκιμάσουν την τύχη τους στην κλήρωση της Λαχειοφόρου Αγοράς με τα πολλά, όμορφα δώρα. Κι όλα αυτά με τη μουσική φροντίδα του DJ του Jazza Slam Radio! Εκπλήξεις όμως περιμένουν και τους μικρούς μας επισκέπτες: θα φωτογραφηθούν με τον Αϊ- Βασίλη που έρχεται εκείνη την ημέρα ειδικά για μας, θα απασχοληθούν δημιουργικά στα Εργαστήρια Διατροφής και Οριγκάμι, και θα περάσουν ευχάριστα τη μέρα τους με face painting και διάφορες άλλες δραστηριότητες με την εποπτεία των Προσκόπων Θεσσαλονίκης.
Όλα τα έσοδα της διοργάνωσης θα διατεθούν στην στήριξη του κοινωνικού έργου του Συλλόγου μας.
Γενική Είσοδος: 1ευρώ. Για παιδιά κάτω των 5 ετών η είσοδος είναι ελεύθερη.
Connected We Stand Festival 2023
Saturday 16th September 2023 | 11am - 11pm
IWOG is one of the 100 participants of this NGO Youth Festival organized by the YMCA Thessaloniki, that took place on Saturday 16th September from 11am to 11pm with a free entrance and loads of fun!
Check more about the event here: https://fb.me/e/33NWn2cI9
Come and enjoy our show, the lunch and the chance to wish your friends a happy summer vacation!
IWOG’S own top models will show us the new Amma Collection for Summer 2023!
Special guest stars Terry and Sharon Theocharides, from Santa Cruz, California, will perform a tango duet for us!
Despina Tsoleridou and UCHU dancers will once more be there with their uplifting dancing!!
And as always there will be the Grand Raffle organized by Diana!
Please do invite your friends for the lovely June lunch!
🧁 For reservations please RSVP Christina Scragg by the 6th of June
🎄⭐ A Taste of Christmas ⭐🎄
THE BEST CHRISTMAS BAZAAR IN OUR TOWN IS BACK !!!!!
After an absence of 3 years …….finally we are back, of course observing the necessary hygiene and safety protocols.
This year the charity Christmas bazaar for the whole family, organized by the International Women’s Organization of Greece, will take place on Sunday 27th November at the Cultural Center of the New Panorama Town Hall, from 10:30 am. until 6 p.m.
Our visitors will have the opportunity to enjoy the homemade delicacies that will be caringly prepared by our talented volunteer members, to do their shopping for the holidays choosing wonderful, original gifts from a wide variety of handmade exhibits, from jewelry and ceramics to herbs and cosmetics, small festive items but also second-hand "treasures" (CDs, books, decorations, household items and accessories, etc.).
At the same time, they will be able to enjoy our entertainers: the Philharmonic and Children's Choir of the Municipality of Panorama, the dance groups DANCE FANTASY, UCHU ANGELS, the Cretan dancers of XASTERIA Thermis, the children's band KRUSTOFONO and try their luck in the Lottery draw where great prizes can be won. And all this in a festive atmosphere created by the DJ from JAZZA SLAM RADIO!
But surprises await our little friends as well. They will be photographed with Santa Claus who is coming especially for us and they will have the chance to play and create under the care of KIDS FUN FACTORY and enjoy themselves with face painting, drawing, music and much more.
As always, all the proceeds of the event will be allocated to support the social work of our Organization which endeavors to support those in need of assistance in Thessaloniki in these difficult times and also by offering scholarships to needy students etc.). All our charity work of can be seen on our website.
Poster: To download the poster in high resolution (PDF file) please click here or request a printed copy.
General admission: 1€
Children under 5 get in free
images to be used
A3 Poster
A6 leaflet
Check out our Facebook Page for pictures
Past Events
Syzathlos 2022
Sunday 23rd of October 2022, 08:00-16:00 - @ Chapel of St.Vasiliou
JOIN US to support this worthy Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) for those afflicted with blindness and additional disabilities which is organizing the 7th “SYZATHLOS” on Sunday 23rd October at Seich Sou in Thessaloniki.
This is a walk/stroll or run for the whole family through the beautiful forest surrounding Thessaloniki. The starting point is the chapel of St.Vasiliou (Αγίου Βασιλείου) near Hotel Philippion at 8am- 4pm.
The aim of this event is to give people the opportunity to enjoy outdoor activities, a healthy lifestyle ,the beauty of nature and to support the work of “SYZOIS” by strengthening efforts for equal education and social integration of children with blindness and additional disabilities.
You are offered 3 routes .A participation donation to “SYZOIS” should be made for the route you choose :
5 kilometres – donation 10 euros
15 kilometres – donation 15 euros
25 kilometres – donation 20 euros
Children under 10 pay 8 euros
All participants will be given a T-Shirt and a bag of refreshments containing water or juice, an energy bar and fruit. At the end of your chosen route you will be given a medal !
TO PARTICIPATE CONTACT:
2310 460777 (8am-4pm) or send an email to syzoi@syzoi.gr
Don’t miss the chance to make your Sunday meaningful !
Connected we stand Festival
in Thessaloniki
The 3rd Connected We Stand Festival 2022 returns to the centre of Thessaloniki on Saturday 24 September 2022, with concerts, live music, dancing, workshops, exhibitions, dialogue & panel discussions and many more actions in a workshop of joy and optimism.
IWOG – The International Women’s Organization of Greece - is participating in this festival on Saturday 24th September. Learn more about non-profit organizations that offer essential work to create a better tomorrow through volunteering.
Looking forward to seeing you by the Statue of Alexander the Great on the 24th !
For further information and the Programme of the Festival, please click on the following links:
Come and join us for a lovely lunch at the Panorama Hotel on Wednesday 8th of June at 12:00. Don't miss the opportunity to meet your friends once more before the summer break! We will enjoy a Fashion Show with our very own IWOG models and be entertained by dance demonstrations.
The garments will be from Amma One’s Garment.
“AMMA draws its creative energy from the fact that the name means mother in the colloquial Indian language. We believe that it can serve as a rich source of inspiration within the concept of a “mother” of creative ideas”.
We will have Zumba with IWOG member Despoina Tsoleridou and her team from UCHU (G. Papandreou 94, T. 2310 412221).
And our new member Harileni Papeli from Brazil will demonstrate Latin American dancing!
And of course we will have our Raffle with very special prizes!
Gallikos River
& Visit to the Bird Sanctuary
Wednesday 18th May, 10:00
Meeting Place: Ecological Park, Kalohori, 10am
Guide: Stella Vareltzidou
Our starting point will be the Ecological Park in Kalohori at 10:00am. We will walk towards the estuary of Gallikos River, where we will have the opportunity to watch flamingos and other birds with special binoculars provided by the Axios Delta Management Authority and be informed by Stella (MSc in Pollution & Environmental Control) about the preservation work in the area. After a 5,5 km walk, we will drive to the Bird Sanctuary. Following this, we will have lunch at a local taverna. Make sure you have your cameras with you!
Stella Vareltzidou is a conservation biologist from Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTH) with an MSc in Pollution and Environmental Control, from Manchester University (Erasmus with AUTH). Since 1993 she has worked for the Hellenic Ornithological Society (7 years), Axios Delta Management Authority (13 years) and as an independent environmental consultant until today.
Stella Vareltzidou - Free Lance Biologist and Eva Katrana - Ornithologist, of the Delta Management, showed us around a fraction of the Natura 2000 area of the Kalochori lagoon and the Gallikos Delta. Dimitra-Lida Rammou - Biologist Phd in the Susliks explained a few things about susliks that are plenty in the area. Froso Parcharidou - ornithologist (Apus-Apus specialist) and one of the managers of the Action for Wildlife, explained to us the works of the Sanctuary. We adopted a bird and had a chance of freeing a little bittern after a short recovery period at the sanctuary. Finally, we had a lovely lunch at a local taverna called "Karnagio" in Kalohori.
https://www.drasi-agriazoi.gr/http://axiosdelta.gr/en/https://www.facebook.com/groups/souslik.gr/?ref=share
Newcomers Coffee Morning
Wednesday 6th April, 10:30am
IWOG invites its members to meet our newest ones at a special get-to-know-you coffee morning on WEDNESDAY, APRIL 6th, at 10:30 a.m. at ZEN GARDEN,
67 Nikolaou Plastira street, tel.:2310303162.
Parking is available or take the bus 11 & 58
For more information call Christa: 6972 899400, 2310 321388
Some pictures of the day
IWOG Walking Tour
ROMAN, BYZANTINE & OTTOMAN THESSALONIKI
Wednesday 23rd March 2022, 10am
Meeting place: 10am in front of the Rotunda
Art Historian, Phil Simmonds, our guide
The free walking tour will visit important historical monuments of Thessaloniki including the Rotunda, Acheiropoiitos, Alaza Imaret, Agios Dimitrios. During our walk we will pass from Roman Forum, Loutra Paradisos, Alcazar Mosque and Bezesteni. Followed by lunch in a local taverna (optional).
"wEAVING ANEW" EXHIBITION
Wednesday 23rd February 2022, 10am | MOMus - Museum of Contemporary Art | Admission: 3€
We have arranged a visit to the “Weaving Anew” exhibition at the Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art.
With two guided tours in English - max 20 persons per group, (one at 10:30 and another at 11:30 - only if numbers are sufficient).
You are welcome to bring a friend. Covid restrictions will apply: proof of Covid-19 vaccination, recovery or a negative rapid-test and the wearing of facemasks will be required.
For more info please check here.
Admission 3€.
february meeting - virtual
Wednesday, 9th February 2022, 10am | Zoom | Invitations & instructions through email
"In February our meeting will be held virtually, by zoom, where you will all have the opportunity to meet the new Board and also brainstorm about how to move forward in the future."
jANUARY MEETING - CANCELLED
"I would like to apologise to all of you for cancelling the January meeting but when we heard that there were nearly 50,000 cases of Covid in Greece we felt that was the safest option for all."
Christine Willis, President
December luncheon
Wednesday 8th December 2021 | Panorama Hotel
railway museum excursion
Wednesday 24th November 2021, 11am | Railway Museum of Thessaloniki
Cost: 2€ | Meeting Point: Museum Entrance
