The Youth Engagement Society at the Community Garden

The Youth Engagement Society's garden plot is up and running! Over the past two weeks, the group has been busy planting flowers and veggies- including: onions, tomatoes, hot peppers and cucumbers, among other things. They have used old tires as planters, and later this summer, the group hopes to paint the tire planters in bright, fun colors to add some pizzazz. The community garden is located in Kinsmen Park, by the ice cream shack. The group meets every Tuesday night for a little weeding and watering. They have an active Facebook group- search for "Youth Engagement Society of Martensville" to keep in the know, and drop by on Tuesday evenings to see what its all about!

Buster Days Parade 2014

The Martensville Community Access Centre was at the Buster Days Parade on June 7- did you see us there? Our centre's coordinator, her daughter and her friend, and the board president decorated a truck with black and green balloons and streamers (the MCAC colors), Canada Day flags, and our program posters. Our office assistant wore a "Storybag Dragon" costume and walked behind the truck to promote our Storybag program. We have a fun theme idea for next year- can't wait!

Spring 2014 Baby Babble and Toddler Talk- Finished for the season!

Spring 2014 Baby Babble and Toddler Talk ended yesterday afternoon. This final session coincided with a few of the Baby Babble moms going back to work- we hope you’ll stop by to say hi in our new office! This spring session was very low-key; discussion topics included emergency preparedness, language development and healthy senses. We were pleasantly surprised to see a couple of toddlers we hadn’t seen since they were infants. We hope to see more returning moms and little ones as well as a few new faces in fall 2014. Check back later for program dates.

Thank you to everyone who participated! 

Canada Day Volunteer Sign Up

Calling all volunteers! We need volunteer help with Canada Day 2014. There are lots of different opportunities available, including:

- set up and clean up
- face painting
- BBQ
- concession
- running activities, such as Donut on a Stick and the Bouncy Castle
- bingo calling

You can sign up for a shift here. Hope to see you there!

Canada Day Volunteer Committee Opportunities

Our annual Canada Day event is coming up faster than anticipated (as usual!) We are looking for volunteers to help out with our planning committee. Would you like to help? Contact us to find out when the next meeting will be.

Community Event: Martensville Business Expo

Featured Storybag: Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown

Now, I realize most parents of toddlers probably have this book. It’s a classic! But that shouldn’t stop you from borrowing this Storybag. Activities are geared towards ages 2-4 and includes:
- motor skill activity "Red Balloons"
- pre-writing and tracing
- color and size matching
- vocabulary games
- and other PreK activities.

It is currently on display in the MCAC office, ready for borrowing! Come on by!