Have you purchased your community membership in our 70th Anniversary year yet? You can do that via our website at https://www.highlandparkcommunity.ca/membership and follow the steps. You can also sign up for our email list on our home page. Once you sign up, you’ll get our monthly newsletter delivered to your inbox, as well as occasional emails about things happening that may not have made it into our newsletter the previous month.
Outdoor Rink Volunteers Needed!
While we have a couple of longtime volunteers lined up who are able to do the flooding for our outdoor rink, we really do need some younger dedicated volunteers who can commit to shovelling off the snow from the surface so it can be flooded overnight. Please contact [email protected] for more information.
Seniors’ Luncheon Volunteers Needed!
We are still searching for a new Seniors’ Luncheon Coordinator to take the lead for this program. This could be a shared role between more than one person. The coordinator role involves contacting Fresh Start (whose chef does all the cooking) regarding the menu for that upcoming month’s meal, then liaising with other volunteers to contact the seniors on our list to confirm whether they will attend the luncheon, then providing the final planned attendance numbers to Fresh Start, so they can make sufficient quantities of the meal for us. The role also involves confirming which of our existing crew of volunteers are available to set up, serve, and clean up on the day of the luncheon. The estimated time commitment for this role is six to eight hours per month, with most of those hours in the week or two prior to the luncheon. Please contact our Volunteer Coordinator, Anne, at [email protected] to get more information about this role, or to step forward to help fill these shoes. Training will be provided.
Friday Night Fires
Our steadfast volunteer Dee is still hosting a campfire at the Highland Park grounds every Friday evening starting 6:00 pm, unless there’s a fire ban, or the weather is terrible (too windy, rainy, or too cold). Come on by! You may want to bring your own blanket to sit on our bench or to wrap up in. Feel free to bring roasting sticks, and something yummy to roast over the fire (like hot dogs or marshmallows). Donations of firewood are gratefully accepted; please drop it off next to the HPCA shed.
Good Food Box and Highland Park Chats
There is no Good Food Box order date in December, as the Community Kitchen group that runs the program works on other projects until the New Year. As a result, there is also no Highland Park Chat session in December. You can still register with us for the Good Food Box program though and we’ll let you know when the 2025 schedule is released. To register with our lead volunteer, Ellen, please send an email to [email protected] with your name, email, phone, and the number of adults, children, and seniors your box order will feed. We’ll see you.
HPCA Community Market
Saturday, December 7, from 11:00 am to 3:00 pm. We invite you to join us at Highland Park’s third annual Winter Market. There will be approximately 30 local vendors of artisan crafts selling their wares. This will be a perfect chance to shop for holiday gifts and add unique items to your personal style. We’ll also be offering several free family activities (holiday crafts, games, etc.) and a food concession (cash or tap).
Buchanan Skating Week – January 27 to 30, from 9:00 am to 3:30 pm. Buchanan students will once again be using HPCA’s outdoor rink and the Skate Shack for free skate rental for their phys. ed periods. We expect we’ll need volunteers to help make and serve hot chocolate to the skaters after their time slot. Contact [email protected] for more information.
HPCA Family Skating Day: Saturday, February 1 will be HPCA’s Community Skating Day at our Outdoor Rink, from 1:00 to 3:00 pm, with free access to skates from the Skate Shack, hot chocolate, and a fire. Mark your calendars!
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