Movers & Shakers: Young professionals mixer next week

Young professionals, the board of trade has an event coming up that’s just for you.

On Tuesday, July 25, the board’s Burnaby Young Professionals Network is hosting a summer lawn bowls night at Central Park. There’ll be appies and drinks, and a chance to mingle with other young professionals while trying your hand at lawn bowling.

Tickets are $10 for board of trade or young professionals network members or $15 for non-members. The event runs from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the South Burnaby Lawn Bowls Club (at Central Park, Kingsway and Inman).

Call 604-412-0100 to get your tickets.

It’s meat time!

There’s a new meat business in town, and it’s bringing sustainable cuts right to your door.

MeatMe.ca is a Vancouver-based company that sells shares in animals and once fully funded, they buy the animal from a local farm and butcher it in-house. The goal is to reduce meat waste, support local farmers and reduce our “carnivorous footprint,” notes its website.

“Eliminating distributors and bypassing factory farms means you’re able to trace your dinner from the farm directly to your table. You’re also helping grow a community-based food system that supports local farming and produces the healthiest, freshest, best-tasting meat at a great price,” noted the site.

All meat is packed in butcher paper and professionally frozen and then shipped in an insulated box directly to the customer’s door (Burnaby included). Deliveries over $185 are shipped for free.

For sale right now are chicken, lamb, pork and black angus beef shares. Prices range from $40 to $130. For more information, click here.

Another networking opportunity

Develop your communication and leadership skills with help from the Burnaby Entrepreneurs Toastmasters Club.

The club meets every Wednesday night from 7 to 9 p.m. (networking starts at 6:30 p.m.) at Spacekraft, 201 – 4501 Kingsway (on the second floor of the Element Building, elevator is behind the coffee shop).

“Our meetings provide the opportunity to practise and develop public speaking skills and leadership qualities in a friendly and constructive environment while receiving effective feedback,” reads an event notice. “If you are interested and would like to know more, you are welcome to attend our meetings as a guest to check out the experience for yourself.”

Guests can show up any Wednesday and check it out. Note, there is a dress code. Athletic wear, sweatshirts, warm-up suits and cargo pants as well as running shoes, hiking-style boots, beach-type sandals and boat footwear are not allowed. Neither is apparel with advertising messages or slogans.

Find more info at www.burnabytoastmasters.com.

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