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Boat Launch and Pageant

11 May

Saturday June 23

Gathering at PARC – 4:30 PM

Pageant – 5:30

Raft tours and comments of gratitude at 7:30 PM Lantern Ceremony at 10:00 PM

 

For the last year, we have been building a handmade raft and canoe and will bring these to the shore of Lake Ontario. Join the Adventure!

We imagine Parkdale as a kind of river that we flow up and down on. The raft represents the creation of the kind of temporary meeting place that we find at PARC where people come together traverse the rapids of life.

From now until the event they take place Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday afternoons. Contact me for more information.  I am also open to working with staff to bring workshops to the various groups that folks are involved in at PARC. I want to include as many members in as many ways as possible.

We are also hunting for 15 plastic barrels (with lids) and 200 feet of 2×4 lumber to be donated. If you have either of these items, please let me know! Michael Burt  mburtt@parc.on.ca

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Buy the book “Let’s Face It”

11 Jan

A 241 page book filled with creative work from PARC members you would  want to have in your library and share with friends. “Let’s face it” documents and presents publicly the talent of the homeless, social-isolated and marginalized people in Toronto.

I thought that you were lost or in hiding

I thought that you had abandoned me

I found myself searching for you everywhere

I looked in the trees

I looked amongst the leaves

and the bark

and the roots……

— excerpt from A Letter (My Dear Soul) by Renata Edan

To buy this book ($25), please contact Raveen at 416-537-2262 ext 268

 

 

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PARC wants your body!

22 Aug

This is because your body is amazing.

  • Your body moves 6000 ml of oxygen per minute just by standing still.
  • Your body could move $6,000 toward essential PARC programs in the community.

How can your amazing body do this?

Support PARC

By showing your community spirit with PARC at this year’s Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Marathon. PARC has been chosen as the official charity to represent Parkdale/Roncesvalles in the Neighbourhood Challenge.  Whether you’re a Parkdalien or you just love the hood we want your involvement with the community at this important event!

This event has the potential to keep PARC programs running that without additional funding would otherwise have to be cut. There are many ways to be a part of it, here’s some more info:

  1. Are you a runner or a walker? You can walk or run in the 5K or runners can enter in  the half or full marathon.  Click here to join Team PARC and start receiving pledges. To register at the discounted charity rate use PARC’s code: 11SGCC
  2. Not a runner? We have four Neighbourhood Champions who have chosen to run and receive pledges for PARC in this year’s marathon. Each person has a unique story, and their own reasons for why they are running for PARC. To sponsor a runner and learn more about who they are, check out our marathon page here. Over the next few weeks we will be speaking to our champions about what inspires them, check back here  for updates.
  3. OR… Show your neighbourhood pride by supporting PARC at our cheering booth on race day. Scotiabank awards $6000 dollars to the charity representing the neighbourhood booth that has the most people, best entertainment and vibrant displays. So come down and celebrate with us at our MARDI GRAS themed cheering booth located on the Lakeshore in front of the Boulevard Club, anytime between 9:00am – 12:00pm on Sunday October 16th, 2011.  Click here for more location details, info on our live band and more.
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