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The Quick Run Down:
RosemonyYYC.com
Pub Night - May 13
Volunteers
We need volunteers for many events this year.
Howdy Rosemontians! I hope everyone is doing well and staying safe.
New Name, Same Great Site
First, be sure to check out our new website at RosemontYYC.com if you haven’t already and make sure you are getting our ~1/month email blast. There is more info on there than in the physical newsletter, including things like City of Calgary requests for input, happenings around the community and lots more.
Contact 311 Support
As we move into spring, be sure to contact 311 if you see potholes, ice dams etc. The city can only help if they are aware of the issue. You can call them, submit it online or else you can use their app (it works quite well actually).
Block your calendar for May 13 at 7pm.
We will be hosting a Pub Night. Details are TBD as I write this so please check out RosemontYYC.com for the details, including RSVP.
Volunteers
We are looking for volunteers for many different activities this year. Check out the many options to get involved and help out the community.
An eye for design?
We are in the process of sprucing up the inside of our community hall with a new coat of paint. If you are a home decorator and would like to volunteer your services for an hour or two, we would appreciate your input. Please email us if you have an eye for this kind of thing and can help us make the community hall a little brighter and welcoming.
The Casino more your scene?
Our biennial casino night is May 11 and 12 at Elbow River casino. Volunteering at this event provides a dependable revenue stream for us to offer free and discounted events (such as the Winter Carnival and Stampede Breakfast) and maintenance to the hall, such as the new wooden boardwalk. Most spaces are filled (thank you to everyone who has signed up) but there are a couple spots still open. Please email us for more info.
Yahoo?
We would like to plan a Stampede Breakfast for July 15th. This event was a great time for everyone last year. Unfortunately this event needs a lead organizer to take the reins (pun intended) or it won’t be leaving the starting gate. If you’d like to get your cowboy on reach out and give us a shout. Don’t worry, you won’t be alone, you’ll have the board’s full support.
If you’re thinking whoa! Taking the lead is more than I can handle, don’t worry, we have many other roles that need to be filled to help out. Maybe you’re the fastest pancake flipper this side of the Rockies, if you are, we want you! Email us to join the fun and support this great Stampede event!
“You know, it would be so much better if xyz...”
If you’ve ever attended one of our events and had this thought, we’d love to have you help make them even better as we need fresh ideas!
We always need volunteer help with planning and executing our events. Please contact us if you would like to help with one of our upcoming events (Pub Night, Stampede Breakfast, September Start Up etc).
Unfortunately we are in the position where the same half dozen folks are helping to organize or execute all of our terrific events and we need additional help. Otherwise, we will regretfully have to start cancelling events, which we don’t want to do.
Maybe hockey is more your speed?
You guessed it! We are in need of a volunteers here too. We have been running our Shinny program for the past 24 years, with hundreds of kids getting to enjoy the joy of hockey at our outdoor rinks. Without amazing volunteers like Grant Parks and Jean Blackstock, we can’t run it.
This was Grant’s last year coaching and Jean needs help with coordinating it next year. Without a coach and coordinator, we can’t run it. Please reach out if you’d like to make sure we can offer this great program next winter.
Putting out a call for volunteers. We can't do these events without volunteers like you.
We rely on a small group of volunteers time and time again and it can be exhausting. Without more volunteers, we won’t be able to put on events. Please consider donating some of your time to help out. We have a great little community and we want to ensure we can continue to create opportunities for our neighbours to connect.
As we get into spring season, our friends at LDK Foundation karate group and Common Digs (both renters at the community hall) have terrific spring and summer programs coming up. If you haven’t checked them out already, I highly recommend you do so as they offer fantastic programming. You can find their details on our website at RosemontYYC.com
As always, keep looking after family, friends, neighbours and yourselves.
Matthew