Mark your calendar for the September 26 All-Candidates Meeting! Find out who’s running in the Vancouver-Quilchena riding in the B.C. fall election. Meet the candidates and ask questions. Get informed before heading to the polls on October 19! WHEN: 7-9 p.m., Thursday, September 26, 2024WHERE: Kerrisdale Community Centre, 5851 West Boulevard, Vancouver
Fall has it all with live music, movies, mind matters and a B.C. Election All-Candidates Meeting. Read all about it in this month’s Monarch Newsletter. What’s more, liver and onions (with bacon) is back on the menu!
Longtime volunteer Keiko Honda was recognized for her contributions at the Kerrisdale Community Centre Society’s summer social in late July. After 14 years of dedicated service, the last 12 of which she sat as the Community Engagement Committee chair, Honda is stepping down from her society role. “Volunteering has introduced me to an incredible diversity of people,” she says. “Together, we’ve brought to life exciting projects like the community e-zine Kerrisdale Playbook and The Opera Zone.” Honda remains dedicated to fostering community through
Get ready for fall by signing up for a new or returning program! Three easy ways to register: • Online via our clickable Fall 2024 Guide• In person at our front desk (5851 W. Blvd., Vancouver)• By phone at 604-257-8100
Get ready for the busy season by checking out our Fall 2024 Guide – available online and at the centre. Packed with special events, (winter) camps, and new and returning programs, the guide is your ticket to planning the perfect fall! Find out how to register here.
As part of our fall season planning, we conducted a survey seeking feedback about the community centre’s pickleball programming. The survey was sent directly to 250 registered participants, with an impressive and enthusiastic response rate of 144 completed surveys. A common theme emerged throughout these results; people overwhelmingly favoured the status quo with 129 out of 144 (89.6%) respondents reported being neutral to very satisfied with the centre’s pickleball programming. With that being said, there
Upon witnessing just how much hearing aids can improve a person’s life, Dr. Katarina Vavrovicova set out to pursue a career in audiology. Growing up in Bratislava, Slovakia, she went on to graduate from Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania with a doctoral degree in audiology in 2006. Since then, Vavrovicova has been working with physicians and the medical community in the Vancouver area, all the while gaining extensive experience in the assessment, diagnosis and treatment of hearing disorders.
Get ready for summer by signing up for a new or returning program! Three ways to register: • Online via our clickable Summer 2024 Guide • In person at our front desk (5851 W. Blvd., Vancouver) • By phone at 604-257-8100
Open up to summer with this season’s guide! From summer specialty camps and special events to programming for all ages, the Summer 2024 Guide is available online and at the centre. Summer registration opens Saturday, June 8 (in person and online), and Monday, June 10 (by phone at 604-257-8100). Please note that you can still register for late-spring programs and summer camps in our Spring 2024 Guide.
Dear Community Centre Patrons: You may be aware that Vancouver City Council, by a vote of 8-3 on December 13, 2023, passed a resolution to eliminate the seven elected Vancouver Park Board Commissioners, and to ask the provincial government to pass legislation to transfer the Park Board responsibilities to a City department under the direct control of City Council. The elected Park Board has existed for more than 130 years. The Commissioners are elected by
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