President’s Report
With summer approaching we
have 2 community events, one in June and the other in July. On June
19th the annual Heritage Day Festival will be held in
Highland Creek. This event gets underway with a parade along Lawson
Road starting at Centennial School at 11:00 a.m. and finishing in
Highland Creek. Festivities then continue throughout the day in
Highland Creek. This annual community for the whole family is sponsored
in part by CCRA. Plan to attend.
The other community event
is our annual summer concert series held July 11th, 18th
and 25th at the Port Union Recreation Centre. This is a
wonderful way to spend a relaxing summer evening listening to some great
musical entertainment. This event is also co-sponsored by CCRA. Events
Chair Heather Lemieux has further information on the concerts in this
newsletter.
Last month we launched our
annual membership campaign. A number of streets requiring canvassers
were listed in last month’s newsletter. If your street was on that list
please consider volunteering to canvass even if it is only a few homes
on your street. The membership campaign is our only major fund raising
event of the year. Remember you can pay your membership through our web
page, or mail it in to our address shown in the newsletter or drop it
off in our drop box located in the Port Union Community.
This month marks the
official end of our Communications Chair Patricia Cruickshank’s
involvement in the production of the newsletter as she is moving from
our community. For the past 6 years Patricia has diligently
assembled articles and advertisements for the newsletter. She
transformed the newsletter into an electronic format that is transferred
to our printer and to our webmaster for posting on our web page.
The process has now been transferred to our new Communications Chair Ron
Paisley. On behalf of the community I would like to thank
you Patricia for your devotion and contribution to our community.
Looking ahead to the fall,
there will be an All Candidates meeting on September 13th
at St Dunstan’s Church Hall on Lawson Road co-sponsored by CCRA, West
rouge Community Assoc. and Highland Creek Community Assoc. More
details on this meeting in our September newsletter and on our web
site. In October we will be holding our Annual General Meeting. I hope
that some of you would give serious consideration to serving on the
executive. It is a rewarding experience that helps to maintain a
strong, vibrant community.
This is our last
newsletter until September.
I hope everyone has a
safe, relaxing and enjoyable summer.
Jeff Forsyth
President
