Membership drive underway, runs to June 22

Please welcome your volunteer canvassers when they knock at your door to offer an annual Champlain Park Community Association (CPCA) Membership.

The drive will be held from May 26 to June 22.
To keep you informed about community events, they will also be asking you to confirm your phone number and email address.

WHAT ARE OUR GOALS ?
• To provide needed revenues for community events and offset the cost of CPCA work associated with in-fill development projects
• Increase memberships to 75 per cent of all households in our community.
• Gather sufficient emails to create an electronic communication system

WHAT DOES IT COST?
$15.00 per household (cash or cheque.)

In addition, individual donations will be welcome and will go directly to the Community Action Fund. The Fund was recently created to offset the costs incurred by our CPCA as it addresses the new in-fill development challenges.

SPECIAL EVENTS
Your contribution to the CPCA Membership Drive helps fund:
• Winter carnival • Halloween party • Christmas sleigh ride for kids • Website, Speaker costs

OTHER BENEFITS
Your purchase of a CPCA membership card also provides:
• Discounts on fieldhouse rentals
• Special invitations to candidate meetings, Annual General Meeting (AGM)
• Voting rights at AGM on issues that impact you and your neighbourhood
• Discounts at local businesses (details TBD)
• Special draw – will award prizes to three households that have renewed their memberships

As you can see, membership has its privileges!

Ottawa Heritage Tree Workshop – June 8 2012

The Ontario Urban Forest Council and Ontario Heritage Trust and the Ottawa Forests and Greenspace Advisory Committee (OFGAC), are sponsoring an Ottawa Heritage Tree Workshop, to take place on June 8-9, 2012. This workshop may be of particular interest to Champlain Park residents. Our Champlain Oaks are an item on the agenda.

General information about the workshop and a list of what’s covered in each session: OttawaHeritageTrees20120608.pdf
A more detailed schedule, pricing, and information about the field trip on June 9th: OFGACHeritageTreeWorkshopProgrammeJune8-92012Agenda.pdf

Soccer in the Park

Soccer : Ottawa Internationals Soccer Club (OISC)

Soccer in the park is available for the Boys Under 7, on Tuesdays and Thursdays.

Soccer is also available for boys and girls in the following age groupings depending on the number of registrants:

Under 5, Under 7, Under 9 and Under 11

Select a location on the grid for the different age groups and locations:
Team Availabity Grid

Registration:
The 2012 registration is presently underway – please see DSP-Developmental Soccer Program 2012 Summer Registration

Ottawa Internationals Soccer Club-DSP
1237 Newmarket St. Ottawa, Ontario K1B 5N6
dsp@ottawasoccer.com
mailto:dsp@ottawasoccer.com

Many thanks for a successful Spring Cleanup!

A message from our Spring Cleanup Coordinators:

A big thank-you to the more than forty of you who turned up yesterday for the Champlain Park Spring Cleanup. By noon at least a dozen garbage bags of trash had been collected, as well as a blue box full of recyclables.

Most memorable trash was Desmond’s giant “sponge toffee” foam–perhaps from underneath a dock upriver?

Thanks also to Kay who brought over some tasty oatmeal cookies.

Cheers and thanks again,
Andrea & Ian

We would also like to extend our many thanks to all our volunteers and especially for Andrea and Ian for coordinating this community event.

A great job done by all – our community thanks you for your help and efforts in keeping our environment a beautiful living place! Very much appreciated

Friendly reminder: It’s Spring Cleanup time!

CHAMPLAIN PARK GOES GREEN AND CLEAN ON APRIL 28!

The last weekend in April is Capital Cleanup Weekend, and Champlain Park needs volunteers.

Spring Cleanup is an annual tradition in Champlain Park. It is a chance for neighbours of all ages – kids, teens, and adults – to get together and help spruce up the neighbourhood. It is part of the city’s Cleaning the Capital campaign to beautify public green spaces each spring.

We’ll meet at the fieldhouse Saturday, April 28 at 10 a.m. Juice, coffee and cookies will be served, and people will sign up and pick an area to do. Usually the work is done by noon. In case of rain, we’ll meet instead on Sunday, April 29.

The designated cleanup areas are the south side of Premier above the transitway; the boulevard on Northwestern and the path at its north end; and the areas along the fence on Patricia and Pontiac. It can also include the area along the river at the foot of Carleton, or any other public spaces you think need it.

We recommend wearing pants and long-sleeved shirts. Wear appropriate footwear and bring gloves. The City will provide garbage bags and other supplies.

The Keyworth School Age Program has adopted Champlain Park and the students of St. George School are doing a great job cleaning it each spring and fall. Thanks go to them.

Now it’s time for the rest of us in the neighbourhood to do our part. Last year 40 people showed up – a wonderful turnout.

If you have any questions or suggestions, call Andrea Murphy or Ian Reid at 613-715-9504.

ELECTRONICS RECYCLING – April 21

On Saturday April 21 (9 a.m. to 3 p.m.) the Broadview Avenue Public School Parents Council will be holding an e-waste collection fundraiser. This is a good opportunity to get rid of those old cell phones, computers, monitors, scanners, CD players and other bits of technology you might have lying around. Funds raised from this drive will go toward the Broadview Yard Renewal Project.

Although the main event is on Saturday there is an early bird drop-off on Friday, April 20 from 4:00 to 7:00 p.m.

Items can be dropped off at Broadview Public School, 590 Broadview Avenue (at Avondale) in Westboro. Use the Broadview Avenue entry.

A complete list of the devices that you can donate can be found at www.broadviewparents.org/yard/2012/01/20/give-us-your-old-electronics-please

For additional information please call 613 721-1460.

Other Electronics Recycling:
Best Buy – Recycle and Save Event April 20 – May 3, 2012

Thank you Champlain Park!

Dear friends and neighbours,

The bake sale and raffle for Kadra’s Family Fund was a big success: we raised $4250! We had a ‘great big’ turn out with kids, bikes, dogs, strollers, moms and dads, teachers, seniors, and everything in-between spilling out onto Daniel Avenue. Thank you to everyone in Champlain Park who was able to come out and buy baked goods and raffle tickets. We had pre-sold at Churchill and D. Roy Kennedy schools around $1300 worth of raffle tickets before the start of the sale on Saturday afternoon so almost $3000 was collected on our driveway!

Raffle tickets were drawn for the prizes at 4:00pm on Saturday and a number of Champlain Park residents were winners. They have all been contacted.

Many thanks to the Holland family on Patricia (Eloise, Ian and Lydia) and Edlin-St.Pierre family on Keyworth (Carole, Cliff, and Nadia) for their help with the event: we couldn’t have done it without them or without the many bakers from Churchill and D. Roy Kennedy schools who contributed baked goods. Thank you also to the many Churchill students and families who helped out during the sale. A big thanks to our neighbour Helen Spencer for letting us use her driveway (which is joined with ours) for the sale. And thank you to the Wellington Village and Westboro retailers and restaurants for their generous prize donations and support.

We live in a wonderful neighbourhood and community!

Sincerely,
Nancy, Detlef, Annika and Sacha

Garage Sale

Yes, it’s that time of year again!

Time to buy back all that stuff you sold to your neighbour last year, but at twice the price.

We are planning to hold the community-wide garage sale again this year.
As usual, it will be held on the first Saturday in June.

Event date: Saturday June 2, 2012.
Rain date: Should it be pouring rain, the sale is moved to Sunday, June 3.

We anticipate that residents on Island Park will take part as well.

Think about donating a portion of your proceeds to the charity of your choice, or to help support Champlain Park Community Association.

Leftover treasures
If you have leftover treasures when the garage sale ends keep in mind that the 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.

Website guidelines for Champlain Park committees

Comments and postings submitted by the Champlain Park Community Association, Environment Committee and Development Committee are not pre-moderated. Each committee should review and agree upon any submission sent to be posted on this website, as it should reflect the views of the committee, rather than the views of an individual.

Here are some guidelines to follow when posting information from your committee on the Champlain Park Community website:

Please observe copyright rules for graphics, photos and text. That includes copying and pasting from other sites without permission and attribution.
Do not violate the privacy of any individual. That means asking permission to take/use a photo if a face is clearly identifiable. Ask if it’s OK to post contact information.
Permission must be requested for development drawings.
Confirm names are spelled correctly and that the subject has given permission to be quoted.
Do not post text in caps (this is difficult to read and in online speak it looks like you’re shouting).
No submissions that can be construed as personal attacks or defamatory statements.
No racist, sexist or offensive language.

Comments that violate these rules will be removed from the site.

Committee members can submit information they would like to have posted using email, or they can post the information themselves if they have a WordPress account. Adrian will provide training for anyone interested in learning how to use WordPress.

Bake Sale and Raffle for Kadra’s Family Fund on April 14th at 248 Daniel Avenue

Churchill Alternative School recently lost an Educational Assistant, Kadra Koulmiye. She leaves behind four sons (ages 19, 18, 12 and 6) and many students who benefited from their time with Kadra. The two eldest boys who are in first and second year university are hoping to keep their family together.

On Saturday, April 14^th from 1:00 – 4:00pm three Champlain Park families are holding a bake sale and raffle at 248 Daniel Avenue to raise money for Kadra’s Family Fund. All proceeds will go to the fund.

The raffle features over $500 in prizes! Win a gift certificate or gift basket from one of these retailers:

Boomerang Kids
Bridgehead
Cube Gallery
John’s Restaurant
Kiddie Kobbler
Mrs Tiggy Winkles
Newport Restaurant
Parma Ravioli
Saslove’s Meat Market
Thyme and Again
Tivoli Florist
Truffle Treasures
Wabi Sabi

Raffle tickets are $5.00 for one and $10.00 for three. The raffle draw will be made on Saturday, April 14th at 4:00pm (at 248 Daniel Avenue). Winners will be contacted by phone or email.

And there will be lots of delicious home-made bake sale goodies to buy!

We would like to extend our sincere thanks to the local retail community for their generosity and support, and to the many Churchill Alternative School families who will be providing baked goods for the sale.

If you would like to buy a raffle ticket and will not be able to drop over during the sale, please contact Nancy Elias at nancy.joan@hotmail.ca or at 613.728.7885.

Donations to Kadra’s Family Fund may also be made directly at http://kadra-koulmiye.ca/

Please come to the bake sale and raffle rain or shine!