Winter Carnival – January 28

When : Saturday January 28, 2017
Where: Champlain Park Fieldhouse
Time: Noon – 3:00pm

Snow, rain or shine, this festive annual event takes place on the last Saturday in January.

Hope to see you there!

Activities

12:30-2:30pm Free horse-drawn sleigh rides

After lunch skating, hockey skills competition, and prizes throughout the afternoon

2pm live music, games

Spread the word

Please spread the word, and bring your friends and family.
Admission, hot chocolate and coffee are FREE.

Food & Beverages

There will be Chili cook-off , baked goodies, juice, hot dogs and more for sale in the Fieldhouse.

Your help

If you are able to bring a chili or baked goodies, or helping out in any other way, PLEASE contact one of the organizers to let us know.

We would be VERY grateful!!

Event organizers

As of December 2017 (in case you are volunteering for the 2018 carnival):
Sarah Kotyck email: sarahkotyck@gmail.com
Natalie Raffoul email: nraffoul@cbrcanada.com

Previously:
Sarah Kotyck email: kotyck@rogers.com
Natalie Raffoul email: nraffoul@cbrcanada.com

Poster for the 2017 event:champlain-park-winter-carnival-2017-poster-v1.pdf

Notice of Change in Agenda for Tomorrow’s AGM

Catherine McKenna has sent her regrets, as she will not be able to attend tomorrow’s Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Champlain Park Community Association (CPCA).

However, we will still be welcoming Councillor Jeff Leiper and a representative of the Ottawa Mosque.

Please join us at 7:15 for refreshments; 7:30 for the meeting.

More details here:

Community Solidarity Walk – November 20

Our city councillors invite you to a solidarity walk in response to the recent graffiti on religious buildings. Besides a special service on Saturday morning at 11, there is a walk on Sunday:

Please join us at the corner of Island Park Drive and Scott Street on Sunday at noon, from where we’ll walk to Wellington and Somerset streets and finish at Plant Bath. It’s 3k in total, and shouldn’t take more than an hour and a half.

For background information, and details about the service and walk, see: https://kitchissippiward.ca/content/community-solidarity-walk

Wreath Making Workshop – December 4

Come and make your own holiday wreath for your door at the Champlain Park Garden Club workshop on Sunday December 4 at 12:30 (it runs about 1 to 1.5 hours).

Using a grapevine wreath base you will build a fresh wreath with 4 kinds of evergreens and berries. No experience necessary just garden gloves and a hand garden cutter (snips).

Cost is $28.00 plus we’ll have a few holiday cookies and punch. It’s lots of fun. To register call Laurie at 613-728-1945.

wreath

Christmas Sleigh Ride – December 22

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.

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.

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.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

Halloween Safety

There are lots of Halloween safety tips at https://www.ottawapolice.ca/en/safety-and-crime-prevention/Halloween-Safety.asp including how to receive visitors, safety aspects of costume and accessories for trick-or-treaters, and ominous warnings about empty houses and other dangers.

Champlain Park Craft Show – November 19

The Champlain Park Craft Show is set for Saturday November 19, from 10am to 3pm at the field house.

Come and shop for handmade jewelry, stained glass, soaps, knitting, sewing, art cards, homemade holiday cookies and much more. For details call 614-728-1945.

Email Correction: Trimming help wanted with SJAM Winter Trail within our forest

Oops Sorry! Email address correction to this post , should have read as follows:

If you can help with the trimming of buckthorn bushes and small branches along the edges of the proposed Winter trail in the NCC forest please send your email to champlainpark@hotmail.ca with your contact information and you will be added to a mail listing. This list will be used to contact volunteers with dates and times for trimming parties. If you are available, your help will be greatly appreciated.

i.e. Please send to champlainpark@hotmail.ca

Thanks

Trimming help wanted with SJAM Winter Trail within our forest

Looking for volunteers who would be able to help in trimming small bushes and branches along the proposed 2016 Winter trail within the NCC forest. This forest trail will be joining up with the main Sir John A. MacDonald (SJAM) Winter trail network which be running along the SJAM Parkway.

champlain-woods-x-ski-trail-2016 — 2016 Proposed SJAM Winter Trail within the NCC – Champlain Park forest area

We plan to start trimmings on Sat Oct 22 weekend and continue with additional weekend mornings over the next few weeks as required.

Please contact Adrian Bradley is you have any questions: 613-722-2248;

Project Details

Work involved
– trimming back buckthorn brushes at base where possible
– trimming over head branches of bushes
– trimming over head branches of small trees
– placing and spreading all trimmings flat on the forest floor away from the trail (as there will be no chipping provided). Placed so they don’t stick up for safety purposes

Equipment:
– No mechanical equipment will be used
– Only manual garden tools will be used. i.e. Small garden saws and garden clippers.
– Volunteers asked to provide their on equipment, suggest wear garden gloves and safety glasses

When?
– Will be staring late-October 2016
– We expect trimmings to take place at various times over a 3 week period

Steps for this Project Activity:
– All volunteers will be asked to sign our waiver form when they sign up as volunteers

Benefits: The trimming of Buckthorn bushes and small over-hanging branches along the edges of the proposed Winter trail in the NCC Forest is to ensure the accessibility and safety of all users of the trail. This work has been coordinated with agreement between the NCC, Nakkertok and the CPCA’s sponsored activity approval.

Other Trail related

SJAM Winter Trail grooming fund

If you wish to contribute, any amount however small would be most welcome!
For donation details for SJAM Winter trail grooming fund please check here.
This is a crowd sourced funding initiative which has a closing date of November 14, 2016.