Welcome back to school and life after summer. We hope you enjoyed the summer months. At least everything stayed green! The ECCA has been busy since our Annual General Meeting in April. Some of our accomplishments include: building a successful community garden and donating the entire crop to the Calgary Food Bank; creating a litter program with walking club; increasing our membership by nearly 50%; purchasing lawncare equipment for the Community Park; increasing content on our website and introducing an Instagram account; establishing Board Code of Conduct and Conflict of Interest policies; putting 144 Avenue safety to the City and police service as matter of urgency; creating a discount program for ECCA members from no businesses to 18 and counting; reconnecting with the two seniors’ complexes; and taking on fundraising projects to ensure the Association is on sound financial footing. We raise every dollar to help run the ECCA. It starts with a dedicated Board of volunteers so come along and join us!
ECCA Membership Rewards Program
We have 18 amazing local businesses who are a part of the ECCA Membership Rewards Program. Discounts at these businesses are available for all ECCA members who show proof of membership. For the current list of discounts, visit www.eccacalgary.com.
Any household can become an ECCA member at www.eccacalgary.com/register. This will pay for itself in two or three visits. Tell your friends, neighbours, and family. There are lots of savings with this program and there is more to come!
Community Garden Harvest Day – Cancelled Because…
…With full sun exposure and plenty of rain, the Community Garden produced so well that most of our vegetables were harvested well before our planned date. There will be no official Harvest Day as we had to collect the vegetables on a continuous basis. Apologies to those who planned to volunteer on our original date of September 20. If you are interested in helping with the Community Garden for the Calgary Food Bank next year, please email [email protected].
Wine Tasting – Thursday, October 16
Wine Tasting returns to the ECCA. For more information and to book your spot, please email [email protected]. Bring your friends and family, although keep the little ones at home. This is an 18+ event. Tickets are available now and there is ECCA member pricing and non-member pricing.
Holiday Mingle and Silent Auction – Sunday, November 30, 6:00 pm
This family-friendly event has been hugely successful in the past two years. This year, we are holding it at Boston Pizza Creekside so that we can hold more people and families! We are looking for donations for the silent auction, so please contact [email protected] to help. Tickets for this event will go on sale in the autumn.
Join Your Association
Purchase your membership at https://www.eccacalgary.com/register/. We have a robust Membership Rewards Program that, with proof of ECCA Membership, you can be eligible for discounts at local businesses in and around Evanston!
Want To Volunteer?
Add your name to the volunteer list at https://www.eccacalgary.com/volunteer. We are always looking for enthusiastic people to help! If you are interested in joining the Board, please contact [email protected]. Our Board is ten-strong, all volunteers and all live in Evanston. To give you an idea of our current make-up, we have a small business owner, a handyman, a sustainability expert, and a realtor.
This Newsletter…
…is free for the ECCA to use and helps get our message out. It is paid for by the adverts you see in each edition. If you would like to help with the newsletter, please email [email protected]. Time commitment is approximately one to two hours per month.
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