Community Updates (7) – Mar 22, 2013
1) The next SPC Meeting is this
monday Mar 25/13 at 11:30 am at the City of Williams Lake.
Agenda –
Succession and Retention Subcommittee
For last month’s
minutes for your review, please visit
2)
Today is World Water Day and in the City of Williams Lake – free swim from
1:30 to 3 pm
The Mayor and Williams Lake City
Council did PROCLAIM March 22nd
as World Water Day in the City
of Williams Lake. The entire official proclamation can be seen
below. Thank-you Mayor and Council!
Williams Lake residents have REDUCED
their water use by 20% since 2006 when the Water Wise Program began. And
to to CELEBRATE this
achievement, the Conservation Society is hosting a FREE SWIM on World Water Day. We invite the
community to join us at the Sam Ketcham
Pool from between 1:30 to 3:00 on Friday, March 22nd.
CCCS Water Wise Staff will be at the
complex and have displays and information available (educational materials,
Water Wise Brochures, etc.) too.
3)
“Come Out and Play” 23rd Annual Nutrition Fun Run - Sunday April 7 at
11:00 am
Circle Sunday April 7 at
11:00 am for the 23rd annual community Nutrition Fun Run/Walk.
Celebrate Spring and Join in on the fun!... walk, bike, roller blade or bring
your strollers!. The event will start at the Cariboo Memorial Complex
& attracts over 350 people every year. We will begin with a high
energy warm up and finish with Great refreshments & prizes too.
Everyone Welcome! BYOB: Bring your own refillable water bottle!
For more info
you can contact:
Tatjana
Bates, RD, MHe
Williams
Lake, BC, V2G-1R8
250-302-5010
For healthy eating information go towww.interiorhealth.ca/healthy_eating.aspx
or call HealthLink BC at 8-1-1 and ask
for a Registered Dietitian
4)
Wii Olympics – Sunday April 7, 1:00 pm at TRU
Face off against other teams in a series of 6
Olympic-Style Wii events at TRU (1250 Western Ave). Medals and the grand prize
(Wii Gaming System) will be awarded at the closing ceremonies. There will also
be a fun, non-competitive station for children under the age of six, as well as
snacks and prizes for everyone.
This year there is also a “torch” relay event, with
the Torch making it’s way through local businesses leading up to the event!
Check out a video from last year’s events – just go
to the Boys & Girls Club facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/BoysAndGirlsClubOfWilliamsLake and follow the links.
This fundraiser costs $10/individual, $25/family
with all proceeds going towards local programs for youth. Snacks and prizes
available. For more info contact the Boys & Girls Club at 250-392-5730 –
registration forms are available online at
5) Connect Parent
Group in Williams Lake begins April 9/13
The connect parent group is a series of workshops in Williams Lake
that focuses on enhancing the building blocks of attachment, improving the
parents ability to reflect before acting, and adjust their feelings so they
respond more constructively to conflict when interacting with their children.
There are a series of 10 free one hour sessions over ten weeks
beginning April 9th, and to register or for more information please contact
Sheila Cohen, the Family Counsellor for Family Solutions at the Canadian Mental
Health Association’s CAriboo Chilcotin Branch at 250-305-4487.
6) Nurtured by Nature: Why We
Need Time Outside – Apr 5/13
This year’s Williams Lake Field
Naturalists’ Fundraising Banquet shines a spotlight on our vital need to get
outside.
Ex-Chilcotin cowgirl and
naturalist/writer Briony Penn shares the science on how being trapped
indoors is harming us.
Studies prove that our sedentary ways
are impacting life expectancy and quality for our children, and making them
less resilient to the upheaval caused by climate change. Briony brings
some of the best success stories on how to turn this juggernaut around.
She’ll share some rich seeds of ideas for natural history programs from
the mouths of the next generation themselves.
Join us on April 5, 6:00 at the United
Church Hall for a delicious meal and entertaining evening. Tickets are
available from the Open Book and Williams Lake Field Naturalists, and should be
purchased by March 30.
Jenny Noble,
Coordinator
Scout Island
Nature Centre
(250) 398-8532
7) Free Zumba Fitness Classes:
Mon &
Thurs from 5:15 – 6:15 pm at the Women’s Contact Society – Child minding is
available on Mondays. Space is limited to call to register at 250-392-4118
Wed from 9:15
– 10:15 am at the Salvation Army. To register call Candace at 250-855-8504
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