Well…once again the weather was not on my side, but at least it wasn’t raining or worse-snowing! We had a pretty good turnout considering the fierce winds.
A Huge thank you goes out to Hawkwood Auto’s generous donation, Hawkwood Dental, who helped sponsor Froot Loop the Clown, Hawkwood Dry Cleaners, The Medicine Shoppe, Kirby Cox with Royal LePage Realty for helping sponsor the bouncy house, Kurtis and Dixie Bains with Home Life Central Realty for helping sponsor the yummy burgers and drinks, North Star Ford for donating the BBQ, Shannon and Partick Rafferty with Greater Calgary Realty, CFSI grant from the offices of Gord Lowe, The City of Calgary Community & Neighbourhood Services, North Area for sponsoring the ice cream and the PA system and Larry Arnfinsonwith CIR Realty for donating the fun family movie basket.
With support from community businesses such as these, the Hawkwood Community Association has been able to offer ALL our social events free of charge! So please, show your appreciation by supporting them.
Congratulations to all the young people who took the time and effort to decorate their bikes and for participating in the bike parade. Way to show your community spirit! Also congratulations to Cathy Boulanger for winning the “Family Movie Night” Basket. I am sure you and your family will enjoy it!
The day started out with a bike parade, followed by loads of activities for all ages, including the rock climber, mini golf, cow milking and we also had a kid’s rodeo where the cowboys and gals raced around on ponies, picking up chickens and pigs! We even had great colour commentary from Phil Heaton, who was our volunteer Rodeo Announcer. Thanks for making it that much more fun Phil!There was gold digging and bubble blowing, carnival games and to top it off we served hot dogs and hamburgers, drinks, chips and even had an ice cream sundae bar! After all that, we threw in a candy toss to end the day.I hope all of you that came out, enjoyed yourselves. I know I did!
We had a lot of volunteers helping out at the Family Fun Day. It is because of you, it was successful. I would especially like to thank the “newbies” who came to volunteer as well as all the junior and high school students. Your time was much appreciated!Thanks to Diane Heaton, for Emceeing- you are a natural, Lauren Kirychuk and Deb Steel for getting all the food and necessities and to JoAnne MacGreggor, Cathy Boulanger and Shawna Hansen for all their help in organizing the kid’s activities.
Finally, I would like to thank the HCA Social Committee for making my role on the committee such an enjoyable experience. I have made some great friends over the years by volunteering in both the community and in the school. I encourage all of you to come out and do the same! Involvement brings communities together.
Fifth Annual Family Winter Festival
Despite the weather, our 5th Annual Winter Festival saw about 75 people come out to brave the great Canadian cold to partake in the festivities. Thank you to all who came and endured the wind and snow!
Once again, the Hawkwood Community Association would like to thank SUPERSTORE for donating the hot dogs, hot chocolate and cookies for all to enjoy. Also to the City of Calgary-Rec Department for donating the sound system, so we could enjoy some good music on a blustery day and to the Skate Shack for the use of their skate rental equipment.
The next social event will be the Picnic in the Park. We have the Turbines band lined up again this year for your listening pleasure. There will be great things planned for the whole community. We look forward to sharing an old fashioned hoe down with y’all!
Even after all those days of really nice weather, where the rink looked more like a small lake, our “Rink Rat Dads” managed to keep the ice in good condition for everyone to enjoy. You guys rock.
Volunteers are a huge part of pulling functions, like these, together. Bruce Lee, (my new best bud!)For the countless hours of hitting the pavement trying to come up with donations and all your cool new ideas on how to make this a true event- thank you and I look forward to working with you again! Teresa Hirata and JoAnne MacGregor- without your clever ideas and resources, things wouldn’t run as smoothly as they do, you gals are awesome.
2nd Annual Picnic in the Park Was Another Great Hit!
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It was a little squishy, but our 2ndAnnual Picnic in the Park was another great hit!A fun time was had by all who attended, especially thanks to the fantastic music of a local band called the “Turbines” who performed throughout the festivities and to Kurtis and Dixie Bains with Home Life Central Reality for helping sponsor the great hamburgers and soda that we were able to offer free, because of their generous donation!
Another huge thank you goes out to the many local businesses that helped make this event a success. Hawkwood Auto, Hawkwood Dental, Hawkwood Fine Wine and Spirits, Hawkwood Cleaners, Hawkwood Palace, Hawkwood Husky, The Medicine Shoppe, Superstore, Edward Jones,7- eleven, Gymboree, ATCO Gas for the BBQ, KidSport Sport Shack, Kirby Cox , for donating the very popular cotton candy machine, Larry Arnfinson with CIR Reality for donating the Movie Night raffle basket, Sean and Dana Furlong for the chocolate raffle basket and Tony Schlee with the Sutton Group reality for the liqueur and chocolate raffle basket.
Volunteers are a huge part of pulling functions, like these, together. Bruce Lee, (my new best bud!)For the countless hours of hitting the pavement trying to come up with donations and all your cool new ideas on how to make this a true event- thank you and I look forward to working with you again! Teresa Hirata and JoAnne MacGregor- without your clever ideas and resources, things wouldn’t run as smoothly as they do, you gals are awesome.
Also, thank you to Lauren Kirychuk, for all her leg work in getting the food organized and having to run back to get more.You rock! Melanie Coulter, for organizing the senior activities and to Diane Heaton, for getting all the entertainment organized and doing such a great job emceeing for the day!Thank you as well to all our other volunteers who helped set up, flip burgers, serve burgers, man the raffle table, work at the very sticky cotton candy table, Bingo calling, picking up the Atco BBQ, and general running around to pick stuff up and for the dreaded clean up help. Without people like you, we could not hold social activities for this community. We would also like to thank the Youth Volunteer Corp for sending us some much needed youth volunteers to help run our Kids Passport Zones. As well as Hayley Newman, Jocelyn Heaton, Jayme McCann, Danielle Foster, Riley Steel, Madison Duncan, Melanie Gascoine, Jocy McCormack and Kennedy Hughes for donating your time to and community spirit to help us out. Thank you everyone!
If you missed it, you missed all the fun.We had live entertainment, bouncy houses, crazy blow up horses, Bingo, the kids passport zone, a tot lot for the younger kids, Bingo with prizes, vendors selling their products, community service booths; like the Public Library, Woman’s health centre, and GoNaeco, the Police, Ambulance and Fire Truck were out as well. All that and FREE hamburgers, drinks and chips!
Come out and enjoy the Hawkwood Community Associations next event which is SUNDAES ON SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 12 FROM 1-3PM. We have the portable rock climber coming again! Spread the word, and let’s make this event even bigger and better than last year.
Come be a part of your community, share in the joy of being a part of it and reap the benefits by helping us build a beautiful, vibrant and cohesive community in which we are all proud to call home.
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Any Great Ideas?
The social committee is always looking for new and fun ideas on ways to get our community to come together and celebrate. Want to get in on the fun?Join us!
