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Get Ready to Ride! Neighbourhood Bike Tune-Up Day.
When: Saturday, May 24, 1:00 to 4:00pm Where: Bonnie Doon Rink Cost: by donation Required: your current BDCL membership card Spring is here, and it’s the perfect time to get your bike road-ready! Join us at the rink shack, rain or shine, May 24 for our Bike Tune-Up Day — a community-powered event to help you get rolling safely into the season and ready for Bike Month in June. Our crew of four experienced volunteers will be on hand to provide basic bike maintenance and safety checks. From adjusting brakes to tuning gears and inflating tires, we’re here to help make sure your bike is in great shape. Work is done by donation, and all proceeds will go toward the installation of a public bike repair stand — a lasting resource for our whole community. If your bike needs more in-depth attention, like a new chain, brake pads, tires, tubes, etc we encourage you to bring your own parts. While we’ll do our best to help with what you have, we won’t have extra parts on site, so a little preparation goes a long way. A current BDCL membership card is required to participate, so don’t forget to bring yours along. If you’re not yet a member, memberships will be available for purchase ($10 individual or $20 family) at the event with proof of residence in Bonnie Doon. This is a great opportunity to connect with neighbours, support a greener, more active lifestyle, and get your bike in top shape, just in time for many rides throughout the summer. Whether you’re a daily commuter, weekend trail rider, or just pulling your bike out for the first time this year, we’d love to see you there. Let’s tune up, gear up, and ride into summer—together! Write to Cameron, [email protected], if you have questions. Come to Bonnie Doon Park Saturday, May 10 from 12:30 to 2:30 to get some snacks and supplies before heading to the ravine. We'll be set up beside the playground.
Our goal will be to pick up the trash in the east side of the ravine, north of 82 Ave. You can bring garbage bags of trash back to the park and put it in our dumpster. However, it would help if you can dispose of it in your personal garbage bin. Write to Mark at [email protected] if you have questions. The city's waste collection schedule is online for any address in Edmonton. Here is the May schedule for all of Bonnie Doon. Note spring's first of two yard waste collection days, May 12:  The owner of the Lee's Family Food Mart Building in Strathearn is soliciting community proposals for the building and a newly renovated commercial space at the corner of 95 Ave and 92 Street. Here is the letter he sent to the league, outlining his request for proposals.
You can be one of the volunteers that brings in over $70,000 to our budget. The work is simple. You will spend a fair amount of time chatting with fellow Bonnie Dooners or reading a book. A hot meal and snacks are provided. Cab fare or Uber costs can be reimbursed. Our casino days are Friday, July 5 and Saturday July 6 at Pure Casino, 7055 Argyll Road. This is the community's major fundraiser and helps to pay for the community hall, the playground, the rink and also provides funding to run great programs like soccer, the preschool playgroup, book club, etc. Here are descriptions of the different jobs and some general information. We need a few more volunteers! Please click this button and choose a shift: If you have a child in community soccer you can use this as your soccer volunteer commitment for either the indoor or outdoor season.
If you have any questions about the casino fundraiser, please write to [email protected]. Thank you! The best climate action is community climate action. Find out how to bring people together for the planet with the City of Edmonton's Neighbouring for Climate program. The City is hosting a workshop on Saturday, April 20 from 10 to 11:45 am at the Bonnie Doon Community Hall to answer questions and help you get started.
Learn more and register for the workshop at edmonton.ca/climateneighbours. Volunteers are the heart of the Flying Canoë Volant celebration! Their enthusiastic support ensures that all visitors have an amazing experience full of joy and magic. As a volunteer, you would receive these benefits:
To be part of the Flying Canoë Volant celebration, complete the registration form:  The EFCL (Edmonton Federation of Community Leagues) is offering an online workshop January 6...
Whether you're already a winter riding expert willing to share your knowledge, trying to get started with cold-weather cycling and looking for some pointers, or just hoping to build connections in your community and take action on climate change, this workshop is for you. Join the EFCL - Green Leagues and our panel of speakers for an evening of information and discussion on winter cycling! We're proud to welcome our guests:
In this event we will discuss:
We look forward to seeing you there! Happy New Year to all! We're late to the game re making a rink for the winter of 2023/2024. We've had turnover in our lead ice makers in the past year and a bit. One guy moved to Hinton and another began a vagabond lifestyle as a retiree! 😂 We really need a lead person to rally the troops and coordinate flooding and snow clearing. There's no need to do the flooding and the clearing but that person has to feel responsible to examine the rink most every day to decide if flooding or clearing is a good idea. Then that person has to send a text-message to the 10+ Bonnie Dooners who have volunteered to flood/clear, requesting the work be done. That's it! And you could team up with a second person. More fun and allows for the occasional day when you can't visit the rink. If you're up for this, please write to Mark, [email protected]. TIA 👍  |
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