Month: November 2016

Neighbourhood Watch Bulletin for 2016-11-07

This week’s topics:

  • Invitation from Councillor Jeff Lieper – Community meeting about Bayswater/Somerset violence.
  • STEP in November – Red lights and stop signs.

– Alex

—– Forwarded Message —–
Subject: Neighbourhood Watch Bulletin for Nov. 7
Date: Mon, 7 Nov 2016 14:02:11 -0500
From: Dawn Neilly <wellingtoncpc@gmail.com>

Attached is the Neighbourhood Watch Bulletin for November 7, 2016. Please feel free to pass it on to anyone who might be interested in reading it. Any comments, information or requests to be added to or deleted from the list may be sent to wellingtoncpc@gmail.com. If you need to get in touch with Cst. Dawn Neilly directly, please use neillyd@ottawapolice.ca.

Eileen Reardon
Volunteer, Wellington Community Police Centre
(613) 236-1222 x5870

NeighbourhoodWatch-2016-11-07.pdf

Champlain Park’s Annual General Meeting – November 22

Champlain Park Community Association (CPCA)
Annual General Meeting (AGM)

Tuesday November 22, 2016
at the Champlain Park Fieldhouse
7:15 to 7:30 PM: Refreshments
7:30 PM: Business Meeting

Guests:

  • Councillor Jeff Leiper: Updates on Champlain Park Issues (20 minutes)
  • Catherine McKenna, MP, Ottawa Centre (sends her regrets)
  • A representative of the Ottawa Mosque

(Q & A will be hosted by each guest)

Business Items:

  1. Approval of minutes of 19 Nov 2015 AGM – Liz (2)
  2. Community Plan – Nick (5)
  3. Election of Executive for 2016/17 and Call for Volunteers – CoChair1 (5)
  4. Reports (5 minutes each)
    • Treasurer – Joan
    • Membership – Boris
    • FCA (Federation of Citizens’ Associations) – Roland
    • Planning and Zoning – Duncan
    • Social – Carol
    • Environment – Nick
  5. Other Business
  6. Adjournment

Election of Officers and Call for Volunteers:

  • You can ask to be nominated for any of the listed positions.
  • Names of current nominees are listed on the chart. Most are current executive members who are willing to stay on.
  • However we are actively seeking new board members.
  • Some positions can be shared, as there is always plenty to do. For example, we have 2 Co-Chairs.
  • We also have an executive position called “Member at Large”. This allows people to be on the executive without a specific “portfolio” and to contribute in a variety of ways as per your interests. Some of our current board members started as Member at Large and then “specialized”.
  • Please see the CPCA organizational chart to get some ideas of how you might contribute if you are interested in becoming an executive member or non-executive volunteer.
  • If you are thinking of joining the executive/board in the future, attending some of our open executive meetings (advertised on our website) is a good way to familiarize yourself with the work of the community association.

To be added to the slate of executive/board member nominees for the election, contact CoChair1 CPCA, at champlainpark@gmail.com

Please provide: Name, Position/area of interest

Also see the Community Plan for a description of our activities. Contact the listed co-ordinator if interested in a specific volunteer area.

Christmas Sleigh Ride – December 22

Horse and sleigh ride

All Aboard ! The annual sleigh ride is back!

What a great way to start the holidays!

The sleigh is currently scheduled to depart:

From: The Fieldhouse
When: 6:15pm – 8:00pm
Date: Thursday, December 22, 2016.

We’ll update the status on the website if there are delays due to weather or other problems.

If the horses are unavailable, we’ll just meet at the Fieldhouse for a party.

Weather permitting, the plan is to have the horse-drawn sleigh gliding through the neighbourhood starting at around 6:15 p.m. at the Fieldhouse.

santa's hat

We hope to have carols along the way and may even work in a stop at a place reputed to be the local hideout of Old St. Nick.

Christmas sugar cookies.The evening should wrap up at the Fieldhouse, where there will be hot drinks and treats.

Please feel free to bring Christmas cookies or snacks for sharing at the party.

Jim Cocks, 613-728-7881, has very generously donated his time, yet again, to organize the event.

If you’re able to volunteer any time with set-up, cleanup, treats or hot chocolate, please let Jim know at email jim.co@sympatico.ca (One can never have too many elves!)

Please call Jim at (613) 728-7881 asap for details or email him at jim.co@sympatico.ca. We thank-you in advance!

For reference, here’s a PDF of the copy of map.
Please appreciate that the map is only an approximation of the route.

Here’s the PDF poster for this year’s sleigh ride:
Christmas-Sleigh-Ride-2016-Poster.jpeg
Christmas-Sleigh-Ride-2016-Poster.pdf

Halloween Fun Run Wrap-up

From: PETER LAUGHTON
Date: October 30, 2016 at 5:38 PM
Subject: Champlain Park Halloween Fun Run THANK-YOU!!!!!

The count is in and it looks like we have collectively raised over $600 for Right to Play Canada this year – a record haul!!! We will be sending the cheque to them this coming week.

Thanks so much to all of you for coming out and being so generous with your time and donations. See you next year!

Pete

The Starting Lineup
The Starting Line-up, photo courtesy of Amanda Shaw
Fun Runners Dashing through the Woods
Fun Runners dashing through the Woods, photo courtesy of Paul O’Blenes