Public Notices/Announcements - Windsor/Leamington - Windsor Quilters' Guild - Quilt Show
The Windsor Quilters' Guild is hosting a fantastic quilt show at the WFCU Centre on May 3, 10am-6pm and May 4, 10am-4pm. 200+ quilts and quilted items, large and small, traditional and modern including original art quilts, enjoy light lunch in the Tea Room, shop the Guild Boutique for unique one-of-a-kind items, peruse the Book Nook and stroll our multi vendor mall.
As part of the show, we run a charity raffle - prizes include 3 quilts worth in excess of $2000.00 plus a terrific Spitfire Package. In the last twelve years we have donated $52,000.00 to local charities. This show, we selected our own Comfort Quilt Program as recipient of our raffle funds. Comfort Quilts has provided quilts and pillowcases plus other needed items to numerous charities across Windsor and Essex County. Last year alone we provided 168 quilts and 229 pillowcases to shelters, immigrant women, women's shelters, The Children's Aid, Maryvale, Hospice and Ronald McDonald house. Plus we do extensive and ongoing work supplying Met Hospital Pediatrics and Child Services with items for NICU and the Beads of Courage project.
Community Event - North Bay - Come Try Ringette - for free! March 30th, 4 - 6 pm
Come Try Ringette - For Free!
Join the West Ferris Ringette Association for fun and friendship on the ice, at the WFRA spring "Come Try Ringette" event.
Saturday, March 30th, 4 to 6 pm, Pete Palangio Arena
Skates and helmet are required. Please contact us in advance if you need to borrow skates or a helmet - all other equipment is available on loan from the Association for first year players.
The sport of ringette was invented in North Bay in 1963 by Parks and Rec director Sam Jacks. There are now over 30,000 players across Canada, playing the fastest game on ice!
� Family friendly
� Fair play: every player plays
� Special goalie programs at all ages
� Programs and play from JK to adult
� Equipment to borrow
� Learn to Skate program
� Recreational and competitive teams
� New players welcome at all ages
� Transition from Learn-to-Skate to playing on a house team
Affordable fees, including a special reduced rate of $99 for first-year players
The West Ferris Ringette Association has a new special rate for first year players! For just $99 first-year players can register for a full year of house league ringette. Please share the word with friends and family, including players currently involved in other ice sports (figure skating, hockey, etc.) who might want to try the fastest game on ice for the 2019-2020 season!
Registration opens on March 30th, and you can register online using our online form or a pdf form can be downloaded from the WFRA web site. Register on-line or at Skaters North Source for Sports.
Community Event - Niagara - Choralis Camerata presents: Schubert and Vivaldi
Niagara-based chamber choir Choralis Camerata is set to deliver a dose of joy and spirituality to its audience as it presents Franz Schubert’s Mass in G and Antonio Vivaldi’s Gloria later this month.
The choir’s annual spring concert will be hosted at St. Andrew’s United Church (5645 Morrison St.) in Niagara Falls on Sunday, March 31 at 3 p.m.
Tickets are $28 per person ($25 for seniors and $12 for students) and are available online at choraliscamerata.com, by calling 905-646-9225, by speaking with members of the choir, or at the door.
Community Event - Niagara - 57th Niagara Regional Science Fair
On Saturday, March 30th and Sunday, March 31st, over 200 students from across Niagara will be at Brock University (Pond Inlet) displaying their science and engineering projects as part of the 57th annual Niagara Regional Science and Engineering Fair. Over 100 volunteer judges comprised of local scientists, engineers and business professionals will judge the projects on Saturday March 30th with a Community Open House taking place on Sunday March 31st from 1:00pm until 3:00pm.
The topics of the projects being displayed are as diverse as the students who have researched them. Projects are presented in both English and French and represent the work of students from grade 5 through to grade 12. Titles this year include:
“Solar Speedway”– Grade 6 (Juvenile)
“OOPS…I Wet My Plants” – Grade 8 (Junior)
“Berrytricity: Enhancing Dye-Sensitized Solar Cell Performance Using Rotten Blueberry Extracts” – Grade 9 (Intermediate)
“Mobile Technology and Triangular Health” – Grade 12 (Senior)
Winners will be announced at the awards ceremony on Wednesday April 3rd at St. Catharines Collegiate in St. Catharines from 7:00 – 9:00 p.m. Top awarded students will take their projects to compete at the 58th Canada Wide Science Fair in Fredericton, New Brunswick in May.
Community Event - Niagara - Giant Library Book Sale
Mon. March 25-Sat. March 30th open during library hours. Come to the Pelham Library in Fonthill at 43 Pelham Town Square & find books, DVD'S, puzzles & more at great prices! Sat. March 30th from 1-5 fill a plastic grocery bag for $2.00! For info call: 905-892-6443 or visit: www.pelhamlibrary.on.ca
Community Event - Belleville - St. Thomas' Anglican Stitchers Artisan Display
St. Thomas’ Anglican Church Stitchers Artisan Display
Friday May 3rd, 2:00 – 6:00pm and Saturday May 4th, 10:00am – 2:00pm
201 Church St. Belleville K8N 5P2 Admission $2.00
Join us as we display beautifully handcrafted items in the pews of our sanctuary. An Artisan Market Place will be available, as well as a refreshment area for you to enjoy. The display will feature the work of Canadian Quilters’ Association’s Youth Challenge participants from the Quinte Area.
Raffle tickets on a beautifully handcrafted quilt will be available, with the draw taking place at 2:00pm on Saturday May 4th. Tickets are $3. Each or 2 for $5.00
Community Event - Niagara - Judy’s Junk Lawn Sale for Hydrocephalus Canada
This is my 6th year having a fundraiser for Hydrocephalus Canada. It always is held around the date I had my brain surgery (May 13th 2013). We have books, toys, games, clothes etc. Rain or shine. No early birds. Free info brochures, and bookmarks about hydrocephalus are available.
Événement communautaire - Salaberry-de-Valleyfield - Ateliers sur la mémoire
Les ateliers Musclez vos méninges s'adressent aux aînés qui vivent un vieillissement normal. Une foule de sujets intéressants sont traités : le lien entre le stress et la mémoire, comment se rappeler des noms, mieux utiliser sa créativité. Les mardis du 23 avril au 25 juin de 9 h 30 à midi. Inscription gratuite : 450 373-2111.