Community Updates – October 19, 2012

Community Updates – October 19, 2012

1) Social Planning Council Monthly Meeting – Monday Oct 22/12

The monthly SPC meeting is this Monday, October 22 from 11:30 am – 1:00 pm at City Hall (includes a light lunch). Attached is the agenda and last month’s meeting minutes for your review. Reminder to also come join us for a casual café style meeting over lunch for our Annual General Meeting scheduled for Monday Nov 5th at TRU between 11:30 – 1pm.
2) Communities that Care’s Positive Action Program’s WORD of the WEEK is:
Unique - To be one of a kind

For more information contact Carla Bullinger, Facilitator, Communities that Care in Williams Lake, BC, email: comthatcares@sd27.bc.ca or cell: 250-267-8249
Punky Lake Wilderness Camp presents The 3rd Annual Fright Night Dinner & Live Auction
October 26th • 6 pm at the Gibraltar Room. Please join us for dinner, auction, dance and stay for some fun and ghoulish games!
Family of 5 - $25
Adult - $10 • Youth (13-17) $7
Child (5-12) $5 • Child (0-4) Free
As this is a family event, it will be alcohol and drug free. For more information call Samantha 250-392-3918
3) Public Engagement regarding Sam Ketcham Pool

The new concept for the possible renovation of the Sam Ketcham Pool wants your input. Visit http://www.williamslake.ca/newpool.html for more information and/or to submit your comments.
4) Boys & Girls Club’s Halloween Haunted House
Halloween FUN - Drop by October 27th and 28th 6:00 to 10:00 (if you dare!) (not suitable for little ones)
Boys and Girls Club/ Noopa Youth Centre/ (Across From Safeway).
Food bank donations appreciated. For more info call: (250) 392-5730
5) Boys & Girls Club’s Pumpkin Chucking Fundraiser
Don’t know what to do with your Halloween pumpkins… Bring your pumpkin and see how far you can launch it using the trebuchet! Sunday November 4th, 1:00 pm, Cataline Elementary Field.
Fun for the whole family! PRIZES! By donation in support of the Boys and Girls Club. For more info call: (250) 392-5730
6) Update - Shifting Gears Mountain Biking Event
Hello there,

Just a follow-up to thank you for your help with or Shifting Gears Mountain Biking Event. We raised approximately $7500 dollars towards our programs for kids in our community, and had a lot of fun doing it. Your contribution is greatly appreciated! On behalf of all of us at the Boys and Girls Club, enjoy this short presentation of our day. Please pass this along! http://animoto.com/play/5MQYr9Rg5fskZ8Bf0CxDpA
All the best,

Monica Monica Johnson, Executive Director,
Boys and Girls Club of Williams Lake
51 South 4th Avenue
Williams Lake, BC. V2G 1J6
250-392-5730
www.bgcwilliamslake.com
7) Online Survey for the Food Policy Council – quick & easy
Here’s the 5 second version, so you can quickly determine whether you're interested in learning more: Below this is the link to a quick, 6 question survey, for those of you who want to consider becoming involved.
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/Q2CKBWF - By completing this short survey, you'll help the WLFPC to create action-groups that work for you, and we thank you in advance for your interest. The WLFPC will gather survey results until the end of October.
7) Recreation Centre’s – upcoming free events

Girl Guides and Boy Scouts sponsored FREE SKATE
At the Cariboo Memorial Recreation Complex
October 21, 2012
1:00pm-2:30pm
Western Financial Group sponsored FREE SKATE
At the Cariboo Memorial Recreation Complex
November 4, 2012
2:45pm-4:15pm

9) First section of fence at the Memory Garden, Saturday, October 27th, 9am

Hello everyone,
If you've driven down Carson Drive in the last few days, you may have noticed that the community has put in the fence posts for the first section of fence at the Memory Garden site, that all of the raised beds have now been placed and filled with soil, and (perhaps most excitingly) that the Garden's welcome sign, designed by WLSS students, is now up. It has been making me immensely happy to see the sign each time I drive down the Carson Drive hill and see it, as it represents the incredible power of the individuals, groups and businesses of WL to cooperate and collaborate in service to the whole community! I know it won't be long before the Memory Garden is a buzzing hub of positive activity benefiting the whole community!

The community support to help us come this far has been amazing, and now your next chance to be a part of the process is on Saturday October 27th, from 9 am until around 1.

We warmly invite everyone and anyone to come help out with the work, which will consist of attaching the fence pickets to the fence. Carpentry experience is not necessary, but please note that each volunteer will need a cordless drill, and that the opportunity to contribute will be very limited for those who do not bring a cordless drill.

Also very useful, but not necessary, to bring will be:
- an extra battery and/or the charger for your cordless drill (without these, you'll be done when your drill battery dies)
- a standard size Robertson drill bit (square head).
- a level
-please put your full name on any tools you bring, to avoid confusion, and so that I can return items to you if they are accidentally left behind -

I will provide instructions to the volunteers at 9am, but please feel free to come and join us when you can, for as long or little as you wish.
We look forward to seeing you there!

Cody Slinn
Food Action Coordinator
WL Food Policy Council
250-392-0294
codyslinn@hotmail.com