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December Monarch Newsletter & Menu
From musical entertainment and Christmas movies to a yuletide store bus trip, this month’s Monarch Newsletter will get you in the spirit of the season! Then there’s the menu, with plenty of winter comfort food like roast pork with applesauce and pasta with meatballs.
Winter 2025 Guide Is Here!
Plan for the season by perusing our latest guide, available online and at the centre. Includes spring break day and specialty camps. Winter registration opens Dec. 7, 9 a.m. Please note that due to the ongoing Canada Post strike, we will not be mailing out the Winter 2025 Guide. Extra copies are available for pickup at the centre.
Instructor Spotlight: Bing Zhao
It’s not every gymnastics coach who can say they helped a Canadian athlete make it to the Olympics. For Kerrisdale Community Centre instructor Bing Zhao, one of her career highlights was seeing student Kate Richardson successfully compete in the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. The then-20-year-old athlete made history by becoming the first Canadian woman to qualify for an Olympic final in women’s gymnastics. “I was so happy to have had a chance to coach Kate Richardson, who had been at the top of the Canadian
Winter 2025 Guide: No Mailout Due to Strike
Due to the ongoing Canada Post strike, the Kerrisdale Community Centre will not be mailing out its Winter 2025 Guide. Extra copies are available for pickup at the centre. The guide is also available online. Additionally, the guide is posted on our bulletin boards by the main desk and by the seniors desk (l-r, below).
A Donation from the Heart
Barbara Eveline Burman was a career elementary school teacher, avid gardener and Kerrisdale Community Centre patron. She was also a generous donator to causes close to her heart, which ranged from children’s health and education to the underprivileged and seniors. The only child of English immigrants Joe and Dorothy Burman, Eveline (the name she went by) was born and raised in Kerrisdale. Single throughout her life, she would go on to live alone in her childhood home on Cypress St. well into her later