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Drive For Your Community – Mental Health Initiative – October 3rd 11 AM – 4 PM

Join us for our Fundraiser and help us kick-off Mental Illness Awareness Week: October 4-10, 2015

Mental Illness Awareness week focuses attention on mental disorders: signs and symptoms, how to get help, stigma, hope and recovery, and the impact of mental illness on lives, families, workplaces and society.

Take a FREE TEST-DRIVE and Ford of Canada will donate up to $6,000 to your community!

For every test drive taken on Saturday, October 3rd, Fitness Lifestyles earns $20!
The Fitness Lifestyles program promotes better mental health through better physical health.

Taking place at Mental Health & Addiction Services 314 Duchess Street
Saturday, October 3rd at 11am to 4pm

To pre-register, please go to the following website:

http://www.drive4ur.com/en/fitnessfundraiser/register

You don’t have to pre-register to participate – just stop by, but make sure to bring your Valid Driver’s License!
Help fundraise for a great program and drive a new Ford!

Please see the attached poster on Drive4URCommunity for details.

Curbside swap today

Do you have unwanted items in good, clean condition? Do you want free household stuff? Swap them! Join the Curbside Swap on September 12, or plan your own neighbourhood or household swap.
At a Curbside Swap, unwanted items in good condition are placed on the curb and marked as free, for anyone to pick-up. Participating in a Curbside Swap builds a sense of community, and giving these items a new home keeps them out of our landfill.
Starting early on September 12, residents can begin placing unwanted items out on their curb. After that, all items clearly marked as “FREE” are available to pick up. The swap ends by 6:00 p.m. when any unclaimed items are returned back into homes, along with any newfound treasures. Please remember to obey all traffic laws and to watch for children.
Some items you might find at a Curbside Swap include: Appliances, Bicycles, Tools, Furniture, Books/movies/CDs/DVDs, Building material, Computers and electronics, Yard and garden equipment, Clothes, Sporting goods.
The September 12 Curbside Swap is a one-day event supported by the City of Saskatoon. The City encourages neighbourhoods and individuals to plan your own Curbside Swap.

Grocery store closure discussion 

The City Park Community Association invites you to join in a neighbourhood discussion regarding the closing of the Shop Easy grocery store on 7th Avenue North. 

Thursday, September 17th at 7:30pm at the City Park Collegiate Library.

 

If you are unable to attend, please let Loblaws know how this will impact you as a resident of the City Park community.

 

Fall Street Sweeping Program Coming Soon

The two-week fall sweeping program is expected to start no sooner than October 15. The start date is determined by the current and forecasted weather and the leaves on the ground.

As with the spring sweeping, No Parking signs will be put out to alert residents of upcoming sweeping. Vehicles that remain on the street by 7 a.m. on the scheduled day may ticketed and relocated to a nearby street.

Neighbourhoods

The program includes 10 neighbourhoods with high-density tree canopies within the river corridor:

o   Buena Vista

o   Caswell Hill

o   City Park

o   Holiday Park

o   King George

o   North Park (TBC)

o   Nutana

o   Riversdale

o   Varsity View

o   Westmount

Don’t push leaves onto the street

A reminder to residents that it is illegal to push or blow leaves from your boulevard, sidewalk or yard onto the street. The City will investigate reports of residents pushing leaves onto the street and may deliver a bylaw notice.

Compost Depots

Residents should consider use of the City’s two compost depots and consider subscribing to our Green Cart program that collects leaves & grass every two weeks from May to November. Registration for the 2015 Green Cart program has ended, but come November residents can begin registration for the 2016 program, and will have a their green cart in the spring to use for the spring clean-up.

The City operates two Compost Depots. They are free-of-charge and operate until November 6th.

The West side depot is located at the junction of Highway 7 and 11th St. It is open every day of the week, including Stat Holidays, from 9am to 6pm.

The East side depot is located off Highway 5, by the junction of Highway 5 and Zimmerman Road. This location is open Thursday to Monday, including Stat Holidays. Hours of operation are Thursday, 11am – 7pm; Friday to Monday, 11am – 5pm.

Please note that vehicles are not admitted into the depots within 10 minutes of closing.

City Park Community Association Potluck and Gathering 
- August 30th @ 4 PM

YOU’RE INVITED

City Park Community Association Potluck and Gathering
If you live in City Park and have ideas on how this could be a healthier, more attractive or safer community, please enjoy a fine meal and share your ideas with like-minded people.

Date: Sunday, August 30, 2015
Location: Wilson Park
Time: Social 4 to 5 PM. Potluck at 5 PM Bring a salad or dessert or another food item, and bring cutlery for each member of your family who attends. Paper cups and plates will be available. The main course, juices and other drinks will be provided. Bring chairs or a blanket.

6 p.m. “Open mic” – an opportunity for people to talk about their concerns and ideas for City Park.
6.30 to 7 p.m.  A very short meeting to elect the 2015-2016 members of the Community Association – new members needed and welcome.

Good food and good company – see you there!

Salsa in the Street – City Park Supper & Street Dance – August 22nd

Please see the attached poster from Janis Hutton and Kim Miller.

If you are interested in the dinner and dance, please drop Janis a line with your address and she can drop by with a ticket for you.  Cheques can be made out to Kim Miller, Saskatoon Salsa Dance Co. or Danza Morena Dance Academy.

For the dance only, we are asking for a $10 donation.   Although there will be a cash bar available (on the City Perk Patio), all ages are welcome to attend.  You are most welcome to mosey by and join in the day of as well.  But for the dinner, I need to give the food truck accurate numbers, so please let me know by Sunday August 16th. Menu looks scrumptious and you can eat whenever you choose to arrive.  City Perks will also be open to the public providing regular service until 10pm.

I am so excited to have a street dance party in my hood and mostly to support the meaningful  entrepreneurial efforts of a deserving family in Cuba near and dear to many of us here in Saskatoon.

Hope you are all having an amazing summer 😉
Janis
salsa inthe street poster

Fall 2015 CPCA Programming Update

Have you received your Leisure Guide?! If so, you probably noticed it doesn’t have the specific programming for CPCA this fall. No worries! We are still offering programming!!

With all the renovations happening at City Park Collegiate we had to wait to confirm spaces for our programming which was after the Leisure Guide deadline- Sorry!

Please check out the link for our planned fall programs.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/118SbKEZG5Wyd6DUkaH0t-Zt-lFoz8oss7BMc9Y6AaMU/edit?usp=sharing

More information will be coming to you in the CPCA Newsletter that will be coming out shortly.

Please notice the ones that say pending may or may not be offered this fall- we are still waiting to hear.

Online registration will be open August 31st – September 7th and the Registration Night will be held Tuesday, September 8th from 7-9pm at City Park Collegiate.

If you have any questions don’t hesitate to ask (just send us a FB message).

Thank you for being patient with us as we work through these changes with our facility.