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Check out the events below!
Movie Night, featuring “Fresh” Saturday, April 9 at 7 pm Trinity United Church 21 Arthur St. N., Elmira Free FRESH, a documentary that “celebrates the farmers, thinkers and business people across America who are re-inventing our food system.” Join us for refreshments and a discussion after the movie. For more information visit: http://www.freshthemovie.com/Contact person: Barb Taylor 519-669-3961
Hike on the Hopewell Trail in Breslau Sunday, April 10 at 2pm
Join Lisa to explore the new Hopewell Trail in Breslau. Please dress for possible wet, rainy weather. Meet Lisa at the parking lot near the mill pond on Woolwich St., at the corner of Woolwich St. and Victoria St.
Contact: Paul Miller at 519 664-3643 to confirm meeting times and locations.
Maps with meeting locations are posted at www.healthywoolwich.org
Learn how to shrink your electricity bill and simple ways to reduce your energy and water use. Buy green products, talk with solar, geothermal and other green energy providers, and much more! Forty vendors. Children’s activities too!
Recycle your old bicycle by donating it at the Fair to support The Working Centre. Free electronic waste drop off at the Fair courtesy of Greentec! View a list of acceptable and unacceptable e-waste items here.
Workshops new this year!
12 & 2 pm: Solar Panels on My Home? Q & A for solar electricity, hot water and the FIT program by Paul Parker
12:30 & 2:30 pm: Green Your Faith Community/School/Camp/Youth Group by Greening Sacred Spaces
1 & 3 pm: Shrink Your Electricity Bill by Community Renewable Energy Waterloo (CREW)
1:30 & 3:30 pm: Energy Saving Ideas for Less Than $100 by Residential Energy Efficiency Project (REEP) Green Solutions
Ride the Grand River Transit bus route #21 to St. Jacobs www.grt.ca
Contact: Maureen 519-664-3534 ext. 241 or mpeterson@wchc.on.ca or Joy at ext. 230
To view the event flyer click here. For a list of participating vendors click here.
REEP House for Sustainable Living: Visit a super-insulated near net-zero performance century home in Kitchener, featuring shingles made of old tires, water recycling system, geothermal and more. Attend tour by bus only. Shuttle bus departs from the Green Living and Tech Fair at St. Jacobs Arena, 29 Parkside Dr. at 12, 1 & 2pm. No charge, donations welcome. Limited space. To view the event flyer click here.
Birding Hike on the Health Valley/Trans Canada Trail in St. Jacobs Sunday, April 17 at 2 pm
Join Mark Bauman for birding and hiking. Meet at the kiosk at the trail entrance behind the fire station in St. Jacobs. Take King St. N. to Albert St. Turn right or east on Albert St. and continue to the kiosk at the back of the parking lot.
Contact: Paul Miller at 519 664-3643
Enjoy the wonders of local food! Join in this popular annual event; meet local farmers, chefs and restaurateurs; learn the secrets of savoury local dishes and what the consumer can do to support the local food movement. Take part in fun kids’ activities too!
Drop in to hear: 5:30 p.m. Fabulous Fruit Preserves by Edna & Melinda Brubacher 6:00 p.m. Home-made Soup Basics by Laurene & Bonnie Martin 6:30 p.m. Local Home-made Bread by Jesse Gingerich 7:00 p.m. Local Food in the Grocery Store with Elmira Foodland owner Dough Pagett and consumer activist John McVicar presented by the Waterloo Region Food System Roundtable.
Contact: Carol 519-883-2004 ext. 5336 or Barb 519-669-3961 To view the event flyer click here.
Students, staff and volunteers from St. Jacobs Public School will hike along Spring Street in the village and onto the 105-year-old Mill Race Trail. The school community of Riverside Public School in Elmira will join in their own School Hike Day
Hike Day is a way to encourage students to be involved in an activity that combines healthy and happy living with an appreciation for our natural environment.
For more information on starting your own hike tradition, please contact Ann Roberts 519-669-6027 or aroberts@woolwich.ca
Help protect Woolwich’s creeks and rivers. Plant trees with the Conestogo and Park Manor Public Schools, and the Floradale Parochial School. No experience required. Contact: Barb Taylor : 519-669-3961
Community Clean-up Day Saturday, April 30, 8:30am – 12 pm Join with others in Woolwich to help beautify your community.
Please contact Ann Roberts about a location in your neighbourhood. 519-669-6027 or aroberts@woolwich.ca
Yellow Fish Storm Drain Painting by the Elmira Girl Guides and Beavers Saturday, April 30
A nation-wide environmental initiative where young people in our community raise awareness about pollution entering local waterways through storm drains. Visit www.tucanada.org for more information about this program.
“Try-a-Tri”(athlon) Sunday, May 1, 1-4 pm Woolwich Memorial Centre 24 Snyder Ave. S., Elmira
Adult /Youth/Children Age Events Team/Family Events
This is a NON competitive, NON timed event.
Funds raised will go to support Woolwich Healthy Communities & the Woolwich Memorial Centre Capital Fund To Register: Online: at www.woolwich.ca/register In person: Woolwich Memorial Centre, 24 Snyder Ave. S.,
Elmira, Ontario
To view the event flyer click here.
TWEEC Tree Planting Saturday, May 7, 8:30am – 12pm
Contact Ann Roberts at 519-669-6027 or aroberts@woolwich.ca
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