Mark your calendars, start the countdown – SPA’s annual Canada Day BBQ is only 1 week away!
Community
Volunteers Needed
Calling all Sturgeon Pointers and friends of the community!
SPA is looking for help from any and all members of the community, whether it is for 5 minutes or 5 hours. All help is appreciated! Below are descriptions are the help we are currently looking for. We are sure there is something for everyone so, please contact us ([email protected]) if you have any time to help us. Any of these volunteer positions would be great for students looking for community hours!
175th Civic Weekend Anniversary
There are some special things planned for this weekend, but we need help! We are looking for people to help out at all the fun events (Civic BBQ & Dance, Running Races, Water Races), people to help with the coordinating and selling of the memorabilia items, and people to help put together some historic displays.
Social Events
Do you have a favourite social event at the Point? Do you love doing some of the behind the scenes organizing? Or do you just like to help out where a BBQer is needed? Our Social Director is looking for volunteers to help out at the SPA events. What role you take and for which event/s is up to you.
Social Media / Webpage
Are you a fan of Social Media? Always on facebook or love designing websites? Well then you are the right person to help the Communication Director. She is looking for someone to help out with all of SPA’s social media and website related tasks.
Sturgeon Point Properties
Hello Sturgeon Pointers,
The last of our social events at the park for 2012 was a great (if not wet) success! Thanks to Judy Havercort for organizing, and to everyone who contributed to and participated in the Halloween Party and Trick or Treating on October 27th. The park has now been prepared for the winter: the port-a-potty has been removed, the grounds have been tended to and the toys have been wrangled. We encourage people to continue to use the park throughout the fall/winter/spring since it is just as enjoyable now as in the summer.
There appears to be an anonymous network of generous people who donate toys to the Park and Public beach. This is greatly appreciated by the kids and parents as it adds to the fun of spending time at both locations. We do request that when dropping toys off you ensure that they are in like new condition with no broken parts. Please also ensure that the toys donated to the park be limited to sand box toys. This summer there were other types dropped off that ended up spread out over the property, which created a mess and resulted in more time clearing the way for lawn maintenance. While at the park or beach, if you see any toys that have gotten damaged please put them in the garbage box on site.
Something we all need to be diligent about is how to deal with garbage at the Park, Public Beach and Upper Wharf . All garbage, especially food related or diapers, should be placed in one of the garbage cans inside the box by the road (at the Wharf, the box is on the east side of the rain shelter near the bottom of the new steps). Please note: there are other garbage cans at the Park for use during social events. Please do not put anything in these other receptacles as they are not “put out” on garbage day and will draw racoons and other unwanted critters who spread the contents around the grounds.
Thank you for helping SPA keep our public areas tidy!
Regards,
Lisa
Landmark Buildings
In the past few weeks, there have been a few landmark buildings in the local news….
First is about the new ‘jewel’ in Fenelon Falls:
On October 19th, there was an official grand opening for the new Fenelon Falls arena, which is a multi-million dollar, state-of-the-art facility. It is a bright, beautifully designed building that will be great for hosting everything from sports to dances. There is a single-pad arena and a community centre that can accommodate 350 people.
This year for Fenelon Falls Santa Day, Santa’s workshop will be at this new facility. Great chance to check this new ‘jewel’ out if you haven’t already!
The other landmark building in the news is the Academy Theatre in Lindsay….
The Academy Theatre has just started and aggressive two-month campaign to raise $50,000 called Keep the Magic Alive. This campaign is asking 1,000 people to donate $50. That is it. That $50 will help to keep the lights on in the theatre instead of seeing the doors close forever.
For more on the campaign, please see this article: http://www.mykawartha.com/community/article/1528354–academy-theatre-turns-to-community-to-save-cultural-landmark
To donate: http://academytheatre.ca/friends/donate
At this time, they are almost 50% there to reaching their goal! Please try and help them out!!