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Dear Villagers: Christmas Eve seems like a long time ago. Everyone’s contribution was appreciated and recognized. This small investment of time by the volunteers allowed our Village to shine with its generosity. Thank you.

There is a story out there that the new council benchmarks performance. It’s true. I will be asking everyone next year to volunteer again and hope you will agree to participate. Please continue to practice your musical instrument, singing, and solicitation skills with the purpose of surpassing this year’s collection.

Here is a letter of appreciation from The Salvation Army to Lions Bay.  Click here to read!

 

Photo by Nancy Wombat via flickr

On Sunday, September 25, 2011 a team of volunteers coordinated by Eric Fleury went out to clean Lions Bay Beach and Kelvin Grove Beach. This was sponsored by the TD Great Canadian Shoreline Cleanup. A record of the items collected went on data cards. These cards are then used to see what types of litter are most prevalent and problematic in our area.

We collected paper bags, plastic bags, balloons, beverage cans, caps, pull tabs, glass bottles, items of clothing, food wrappers, rope, fishing line, lots of cigarette butts, building materials, styrofoam and wire. The most unusual item we found this year was an aluminum foam filled pontoon which was 6 feet by 2 feet by 1 foot in size. We collected about 43 pounds of garbage.

The top 3 litter items removed throughout the coastal cleanups in British Columbia continue to be cigarette/cigarette filters, food wrappers/ containers and plastic bags. The top recyclable items that continue to end up as litter are plastic bottles and beverage cans.

Also, we want to include an update from the Knight family in Brunswick Beach that they are continually picking up stuff from their shorelines and they note that the Alberta Bay Beach section has been fairly clean except for when a big storm hits. They would like to pass on a message for everyone: "whatever you bring to the beach make sure you pack it out with you".

Great job to everyone who pitched in. See you all in September of 2012 for our next annual Shoreline cleanup in Lions Bay.

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This summer, the hottest fundraising ticket was the Traini Family Pizza Party, where a hundred tickets raised over $1000.00 for our ESS Emergency Social Services.  Our beloved hosts, Art and Lucy Traini created a gorgeous Italian Villa which beautifully reflects their passion for entertaining family and friends.  With help from their fabulous family, Art and Lucy lovingly baked over 125 gourmet pizzas, using their custom built fire burning  trattoria oven.  This way of baking retains all the smoky savoury flavour and the Pizzas were absolutely delicious.

Made from their traditional family recipe that dates back to the renaissance, with one bite, I was magically transported back to Italy, where Pizza Lovers from all over unite.

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When Harold Gienger invited Project Hands to be the charity of choice in his annual Lions Bay Golf Tournament again we were delighted. To be invited two years in a row is quite an honour and to be once again so generously supported by the village is truly humbling. Thank you so much!

We had a great time this year. We finally got some wonderful weather (the first of the season), were able to have all our 72 golfers tee off at the same time with our 'shot gun start' and we raised a whopping $11,200 for Project HANDS. That's 3/4 of the cost of a full surgical trip. AMAZING!

FundraisingKidsThumb2Zackory Turpin, Vaughan Smith, Maya Peat and Tavish McKay were four of many students at the Gleneagles School who took off the head of hair they had for the Shave for the Brave event. Jasmine Grant and Haley Fleury also donated their pony tails and Maya was able to get three pony tails for wigs for kids!

At another fundraiser, local students Sarah Kemp, Madison George-Berlet, Jayden George-Berlet, Tripp Smith and Zackory Turpin took part in the Child Run on Sunday of the Miracle Weekend. Maya, Zackory, Sarah, Madison, Jayden, Tripp and Gleneagles school raised over $6,000 for the Children’s Hospital Miracle Weekend. They are SuperHeros indeed!

Our hats are off to you all! Thanks so much. Great job Kids!

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I am on the Board of The Salvation Army and Chairman of “The Hope in the City Breakfast” held  at the Vancouver Convention Center  in early December. The Salvation Army has a very positive profile and many constituents have advised me either  they, a family member, or friend has benefited from their services. At the Hope in the City Breakfast Mary and I were having some photos taken when it struck me that perhaps one of the kettles could make a road trip to Lions Bay. Through the generosity of volunteers and donors this turned out to be a success. Located at the store, on Friday night and Christmas Eve the sound of sleigh bells, music, and singing heralded the season and attracted residents and visitors to the kettle. kettle6Our Village’s generosity was never more apparent. The kettle was filled to overflowing, to the extent that the pedestal could not support the kettle.

I would like to acknowledge Cheryl Wozny and the Lions Bay Community News for advertising the event, and thank the below noted enthusiastic Villagers who contributed their time and talents to assist this worthwhile charitable organization.

Mary McLaughlin and Mary Brown
Mayor Brenda Broughton
Former Councillor Lisa Turpin and her husband Greg
Chief Andrew Oliver and the Lions Bay Fire Department
Councillor Scott Ando and his daughter Elyse and son Ty
Tina and Jan Schneider
Former Mayor Doug Pollock and his wife Sally
Thomas McLaughlin and Daniel Fiss
Former Councillor Ruth Simons and her daughter Danielle
Carol Langley, her daughter Carlee Trembley, and her fiancé Carey Aronetz

Happy New Year to everyone!

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TREASURER: Project HANDS is in need of a new Treasurer and we are hoping to find someone in Lions Bay to join our dedicated working Board. This is a volunteer position and we require someone with financial background/ experience.

BOOK- KEEPER: We are also looking for a Book-keeper who would work with the Treasurer. We estimate this position would require an average of 10 hours work per month and we would be able to pay $25 per hour. A knowledge of Quick Books would be required.

For more information please contact George Maryniak, 604.817.5759

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Linda Heneault, 604.921.1880.

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Project HANDS is a registered charity and we are based in Lions Bay. We send voluntary medical and surgical teams to Guatemala several times a year.

To take a closer look at our work, please go to our website www.projecthands.org

DoggieBagsEach time I hike the Centennial Trail I am reminded what a fantastic contribution the trail is to our community. Rarely do I have a day where I am the only one on the trail. Every time I pass a lone hiker/a group/a family/or someone who just happens to come across the trail I tell myself how lucky we are to live in such a special place where we can strap on our boots and walk out our front door.

The Opening of the Centennial Trail in May seem a distant memory now.

After the dust settled and we started to sleep normal hours again,

soroti2Yoga Noi (a very good Hello) to all my fellow Lions Bay residents: 
I have been home now for almost 4 months from my second volunteer trip to the TSMP (Teso Safe Motherhood Project) clinic in Soroti, Uganda....delayed  by a cancelled flight when the storms over Europe played havoc....and life seems to continue to fly.