Starting September 6th, the Centre is open weekdays 9am to 3pm and Emily is back with her full delicious menu. The 22nd is limited to soup and sandwich, because Emily and her crew will be preparing for the Volunteer Appreciation Luncheon on September 23rd.
It’s been such a long time since we’ve been able have such an event! If you are a regular volunteer at the Centre, sign up at the front desk to reserve your spot at the volunteer lunch. There are limited seats.
The button program is starting up again in September. If you feel like “paying it forward,” pay a little more for your lunch. The extra money goes into a fund so people who need a little help paying for their lunch or frozen entrees might be able to get it.
If you have visitors and want to bring them for lunch, or if you know of anyone who would like to try some activities, but don’t want to purchase an annual membership ($30), we now have temporary one week memberships for $5. Proof of vaccination is still required. If they opt for a full membership within the week, they only need pay $25.
Our friendly office manager Eric has been organizing the new activity schedule and surveyed the members coming into the Centre about possible new activities.
Check out the schedule and try something new. If there is an activity you would like to see/lead, have a chat with Eric.
There are activity tickets available from the front desk in packages of 10. You can purchase them with cash, credit or debit and it saves you having to find loonies and toonies every time you attend an activity.
During regular hours, you will enter through the front door, sign in and pay for your activity at the greeter table. You can use an activity card or exact cash. This should make things easier for activity coordinators and ensure that every activity gets credit for the revenue it is generating. If you’re going for lunch before your afternoon activity, you should still pay as you enter the building.
In addition to weekly activities, there is talk of Bingo, Karaoke and Trivia! Unfortunately, the Funtastics event won’t be going ahead in October, but members Jay and Collene from Line Dancing are starting to investigate possible dates for dances! The Totally Twain event in July was so successful and fun, it is clear that people are ready to dance again! As with all events, especially coming back from a hiatus without a special events or fundraising team, it might take a while, and there will be hiccups, but there will still be plenty of laughter and fun as we continue to get the Centre hopping again.
Thanks to an incredibly generous grant from Community Forest and the District of Sechelt, we will be able to buy portable Audio Visual equipment for the Centre, to be used in the Lunch Room primarily. The grant is for $15,000! Yes, you read that right, and it includes a portable tv, sound system and technical items I don’t understand. The quote is from Patrick from Soundwerks who is a local expert that the Centre has relied on in the past for our audio visual equipment in the auditorium.
This equipment will make the lunch room perfect for our own events, rentals for community groups, Birthday Celebrations, Receptions and Celebrations of Life. All of these are important purposes and will raise revenue for the Centre. Our new Technology Committee will be working on moving this project forward as quickly as possible.
