Our hardwood floor has been refinished and looks wonderful! The Wednesday afternoon jam/dances will resume September 4th and the Saturday morning dances will resume Saturday Sept 7th.

We will be having our first Bingo marathon for the season on SATURDAY, AUGUST 31st. doors open at 9:00, play starts at 10:00, 1:00, 4:00 and 7:00.

Memberships, at $30.00 per year, for the Oct 1/24-Sept 30/25 year will go on sale on Tuesday, September 3rd. 

Activity prices will increase, effective September 3rd:
    Members:  $ 3 per session,
    Non-Members:  $ 5 per session.

New punch cards will reflect the above rates: 
   Members:   10 punches for $ 30, 20 punches for $ 60;
   Non-Members:  10 punches for $ 50, 20 punches for $100;
 
NOTE: WE STILL HAVE A FEW PUNCH CARDS AT THE OLD RATE AVAILABLE, mostly the $40 for 20 passes version and will sell them off in the next few days. If you want one come in soon! WHEN THEY ARE  GONE WE WILL BE SWITCHING TO THE NEW RATES. YOUR OLD CARDS WILL BE HONOURED UNTIL THEY ARE USED UP. 

Dr Max Uhlemann, retired clinical psychologist, will be presenting a free 2-3 session workshop on “Understanding Grieving and Moving Forward” at 10:30 on Monday mornings, September 9th, 16th and 23rd. Max’s practice focused on loss, grief, trauma and critical incident stress debriefing. PLEASE PRE-REGISTER by calling or signing up at the Centre. Space is limited. 

We NEED more volunteers! Our current areas needing help are:
1.  Receptionist Starting the week of September 2nd for 1/2 day weekly on Thursday afternoons.
2.  Bingo setup and takedown – this is a physically demanding job setting up tables and chairs and putting them all away after Bingo. Setup is  Friday mornings at 9:45 am sharp, and takedown is about 3:15 pm – or as soon as Bingo finishes. 
3.  We are looking for Directors and officers – we have at least one vacancy on the Board right now, and will have several vacancies, including Executive positions, at our November General Election meeting for 2025.

We ALWAYS need pens! If you find you   have a collection of spare pens that you will never use, please drop some off next time you come to the Centre!

We are so grateful to:
   –  All of the donors who made it possible to pay for the maple floor refinishing, and are now contributing to the kitchen update fund. 
   –  Our cleaner, Robert, who has brought our standards back up after the failed cleaning services last spring. He has also stripped and waxed the floors in the floor curling annex, the stage, music room, coffee room and lounge/library. The rest will be done over the next few months as time permits.
   –  Val Crowhurst and her small team from Ladies Keep Fit, who came in to help clean the kitchen while we were closed, and
   –  Everyone who helped put it all back together! 

Enjoy the last of the summer guests, gardens, golf and grandchildren!