The Outdoor Rink (ODR) is now officially open!

Come out and enjoy our community rink and have fun with your family and friends!

Don’t forget to dust off your skates and get sharpened.. bring your helmet! skate safe, have fun!

HOURS OF OPERATION:
Monday 6 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.
Tuesday 6 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.
Wednesday 6 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.
Thursday 6 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.
Friday 6 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.
Saturday Noon to 6 p.m.
Sunday Noon to 6 p.m.

Specific Ice time events:

Women’s hockey Sunday from 8 to 9:30 p.m.
Hockey for kids 10 and Under Tuesdays from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Hockey for kids 11 to 14 Tuesdays & Thursdays from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m.

Rink Volunteers needed!
Helping with supervision and shoveling, please contact Jim Kot phone 613-722-7519 or e-mail kris.tom@sympatico.ca
High school students can earn Community Volunteer credit hours by helping out.

Rink Coordinator:
Please contact Jim Kot for rink availability, special events and booking arrangements at phone: 613-722-7519 or e-mail: kris.tom@sympatico.ca.

 

Halloween Safety Tips

From: “Neilly, Dawn R” <NeillyD@ottawapolice.ca>
Date: October 28, 2015 at 12:49:12 PM EDT
Subject: Halloween Tips for the community

The Ottawa Police Service would like to remind everyone to be safe this Halloween. To help families have a safe trick-or-treating experience, the Ottawa Police offers you the following tips and tricks:

  • Make sure your children can be seen. Visibility is an important safety consideration. Flashlights with fresh batteries, glow sticks and reflective tape are must-haves on Halloween and will enable drivers to see kids as they go door to door.
  • Children should walk on the sidewalk and go to well lit homes on one side of the street; then cross safely at an intersection to visit homes on the other side of the street.
  • Ensure costumes are fitted. Make sure your child’s Halloween costume is made of flame-resistant materials and is well fitted. Costumes that drag on the ground can pose a tripping hazard, which can be a serious danger if kids fall while crossing the street. Masks, hats and other accessories should also fit your child properly without inhibiting their vision. Halloween makeup is a safer option.
  • Always trick-or-treat in groups. Accompany your children when they go out trick-or-treating. Older children may want to go with friends. If so, plan a route and make them carry a fully charged cell phone in case they get separated from the group.
  • Check Halloween candy carefully. Treat your kids to a Halloween snack before they head out so that they are less likely to eat the candy they gather before you have a chance to inspect their loot bags. Teach your children never to eat treats that are in packages that have been opened, show pinholes or have other damage. And remember, avoid homemade treats or fruit unless they are from a family member or close friend.
  • Find help. Teach your children to find a police officer if they are lost or need help while trick-or-treating.
  • Motorists: be aware of children on the streets. With all the excitement some may forget to look both ways before crossing. Drive carefully and slowly when on residential streets.

For more Halloween safety tips visit ottawapolice.ca


Le Service de police d’Ottawa tient à rappeler à chacun d’être prudent pour la fête de l’Halloween. Pour aider les familles à vivre une cueillette de friandises en toute sûreté, la Police Ottawa vous propose les conseils et astuces suivants:

  • Assurez-vous que vos enfants soient faciles à voir. La visibilité est un facteur de sécurité fort important. Des lampes de poches aux piles neuves, des bâtons lumineux et du ruban réfléchissant sont des incontournables à l’Halloween, aidant les conducteurs à bien voir les enfants circulant de maison en maison.
  • Les enfants devraient marcher sur le trottoir et visiter les maisons illuminées, un coté à la fois, et traverser prudemment aux intersections.
  • Vérifiez le bon ajustement des costumes. Assurez-vous que le costume d’Halloween de votre enfant soit fait d’un matériau résistant aux flammes. Des costumes qui traînent au sol posent un risque de trébuchement, ce qui s’avérer fort dangereux si un enfant fait un chute en traversant la rue. Les masques, chapeaux et autres accessoires devraient aussi aller à votre enfant sans nuire à sa vision. Le maquillage d’Halloween est un choix plus sûr.
  • Faites toujours la tournée d’Halloween en groupe. Accompagnez vos enfants lors de leur cueillette de bonbons. Les enfants plus vieux voudront y aller avec leurs amis. Dans ce cas, dressez leur parcours et assurez-vous qu’ils aient avec eux un téléphone cellulaire pleinement chargé, dans l’éventualité qu’un enfant se retrouve séparé du groupe.
  • Inspectez minutieusement le butin d’Halloween. Offrez une collation d’Halloween à vos enfants avant leur départ pour qu’ils soient moins portés à manger leurs bonbons avant que vous n’ayez l’occasion d’inspecter leur butin. Enseignez à vos enfants de ne jamais manger des friandises se trouvant dans un emballage qui a été ouvert, présentant des trous d’aiguille ou autrement endommagées. Et ne l’oubliez pas, évitez les confections maison ou les fruits à moins qu’ils ne proviennent d’un membre de la famille ou un proche.
  • Trouver de l’aide. Enseignez à vos enfants à trouver un agent de police s’ils se perdent, ou ont besoin d’aide durant leur tournée.
  • Automobilistes : soyez conscient de la présence d’enfants dans les rues. Dans toute cette agitation, il se peut que certains oublient de regarder des deux côtés avant de traverser la rue. Conduisez lentement et prudemment, surtout dans les secteurs résidentiels.

Pour plus d’informations sur l’Halloween, visitez ottawapolice.ca

4th Annual Champlain Park Halloween Run!

This year’s run on Saturday Oct.31st at 9:45a.m. takes runners through a wooded trail between Champlain Park and the Sir John A. Macdonald Parkway – one loop of approximately 800 meters for little legs (4 and under) and one longer and more challenging loop of approximately 2 km for the 5 and ups.

Suggested entry fee is $5 (or whatever you can afford) and 100% of the funds go to Right to Play.  No registration required.

VOLUNTEERS: Our biggest requirement for volunteers is as on-course Marshals who can keep kids safe and on the right trail.

Marshals will be asked to meet beside the Champlain Park play structure at 9:00 a.m. for a brief meeting and a walk to their race position (race begins at 9:45ish). One Marshal will be nominated as the ‘sweep’ and follow the last runner through the course collecting Marshals as they return to the Park.

Cookies etc.., juice boxes or refreshments would be great if you can bring them. There will be muffins of course (:

To volunteer please go to the following link and sign-up:
http://www.signupgenius.com/go/70a0c4caea72c7-champlain

Kids are encouraged to come in costume (something easy to run in).

Event will take place rain or shine (please shine, please…).

Volunteers for Halloween Party

Halloween Volunteers Needed!

Have you ever planned a kids’ party? Then you have just the skills we need!

The Annual Champlain Park Halloween Kids’ Party needs an adult organizer and a group of volunteers to help out.

It’s easy, it’s fun and it’s a great way to meet all your neighbourhood ghoulies and ghosties! The time commitment is minimal and the benefit to your community is enormous.

(psst – all you high school students take note – this is a great way to gain your volunteer hours too!)

If you are interested in leading in organizing the party, volunteering to be part of a committee of organizers, or willing to help out with baking or running activities please contact Carol Arnason at carol.arnason@ocsb.ca.

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Community Garage Sale – June 6 Reminder

Just a reminder that the garage sale is this weekend. As described on our https://champlainpark.org/garage-sale/ page, the details are:

The sale generally begins at 8 a.m. and usually winds up about 1 p.m.

Rain date is Sunday, June 7.

Residents of Island Park Drive will hold their sale on the same day.

Please also considered donating a portion of your proceeds to the charity of your choice, or to help support Champlain Park Community Association (CPCA).

Leftover treasures

Should you have any leftover gems, keep in mind this is Ottawa’s Spring Give Away Weekend and items may be left by the curb for elves to take to places unknown.

Ottawa’s Spring Give Away Weekend
Will take place the same weekend as the garage sale (both days).

See Rules for setting out at your Leftover Treasures at the “Ottawa’s Spring Give Away Weekend” link provided above.

Spring Cleanup Photo Essay

I went to the Spring Cleanup today and took some photos…

First, we met up at the fieldhouse, with Debra dressed up as the Spring greeter:
20150425_100249_AS_2994 Debra Huron the Spring Cleanup Greeter
Debra’s hat:
20150425_100239_AS_2993 Debra's Spring Leaves Hat
Coffee, cookies and other refreshments awaited:
20150425_100406_AS_2995 Cookies for volunteers
On the assignment map I slapped down a post-it note to claim Pontiac street from Patricia on eastwards. Of course, being next to the school and at a secluded corner, there was lots of litter, starting with zillions of cigarette butts.
20150425_101748_AS_3004 Cigarette butt detail
There were also dumped piles of construction debris, next to a car with someone sleeping in it.
20150425_102159_AS_3005 Pile of concrete debris at Patricia and Pontiac
Ironically, a few metres away was a sign about not littering.
20150425_102302_AS_3007 No littering sign nearby
Typical of the school area were candy wrappers and plastic bottles of cheap brandy (I found two, other people in other areas found more, and a passing dog walker reported finding similar stuff (and cleaning it up) on their daily expedition). I also found some blue earbuds, an eye safety visor, a large plastic flower pot, broken glass bottles of assorted types, a pile of hair (apparently it doesn’t biodegrade quickly), a downed telephone line, and assorted bits of paper. There’s lots more garbage remaining in the woods on the other side of the fence, since I only had time to do the road side up to the gate to the forest path.
20150425_104145_AS_3011 More brandy and candy wrappers
After a couple of hours out in the nice cool sunny weather, everyone brought their garbage bags back to the fieldhouse. Each one contains debris from a block or two of street.
20150425_120050_AS_3016 Some of the garbage bags, each is a block or two of garbage
I stuck around for a bit of snacking and chatting at the fieldhouse, and then it was time to go home. Thanks go to Andrea and Ian for organizing it.

– Alex