Day camps to be offered this summer at neighbourhood parks and VanDusen Botanical Garden Day camps are set to begin operating this summer at 18 neighbourhood parks in Vancouver and VanDusen Botanical Garden. The Vancouver Park Board and Community Centre Associations (CCAs) will operate day camps in parks for seven weeks beginning July 20, while the Vancouver Botanical Gardens Association (VBGA) will operate nature camps for eight weeks at VanDusen Garden beginning June 29. “Day

Our neighbouring cities have posted some suggestions that you can check out. Gymnastics and other physical activities for children including visual arts, music and theatre Summer camps starting July Suggestions for art and cooking projects for children Outdoor programs throughout June for families and school age children There are suggestions for pre-schoolers, children 6-12 and youth Note: Click on any of the above images to open a new webpage. Some online programs and resources for

Have you checked out the Kerrisdale Community Centre’s Fitness Challenge? Kerrisdale Community Centre is hosting an online Fitness Challenge each week during the month of June. Anyone can take part in the challenge so why not challenge your friends or family members!  Everyone who completes a horizontal or vertical row of activities and shares their accomplishments through Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram using #KCCFitnessChallenge and mentioning @KerrisdaleCC has a chance to win a $25 KCCS gift certificate*

Amazing!  Over 5,400 community centre users responded to the survey asking for opinions about reopening Vancouver’s community centres! Patrons told us how much they value our community centres and how keen they are to have them open again.  While all the responses have not been collated yet, it’s clear that there’s a huge need for summer day camps for children and outdoor exercise programs for everyone.  The Kerrisdale Community Centre Society will do its best

During these unprecedented times, some members of our community have turned to creative expression to interpret the new norms we are living with. Share with us how you and your family are coping with “social isolation during COVID19?” Send us  your drawings, poems, paintings, photos or any other forms of media to feature here, in our new virtual gallery. Open to all ages for our worldwide community! Let us know if, and how, you would

Welcome Opera lovers! Gerard has prepared a series of videos, mostly singers and instrumentalists that have performed in past “live” Opera Zone concerts at the Kerrisdale Community Centre. This month, he has included balcony songs from his home in Vancouver where he has been performing every day at 7 pm as a “thank you” to our essential and healthcare workers. Additionally, he has included something he has always wanted to do, and that is to

Hello Opera Zone lovers! The Kerrisdale Community Centre Society is proud to bring you our first virtual Opera Zone performance (1 of 7 parts) today. With the help of Mehlinda, who gratuitously offered the amenity room of her house, Frantz De Rycke, Mehlinda Heartt and Gerard Satamian pre-recorded this special concert for these extraordinary times and included some past songs and clips for your enjoyment. Please share and/or leave a comment. “We hope it won’t

Presidents Message – Spring 2020 As we enter the second decade of the 21st century the Kerrisdale Community Centre Society (Society) enters its 78th year. First incorporated in 1943 to address challenges of finding recreational pursuits for local youth the Society worked with local businesses and residents, and with the City to construct the arena (1949), and the community centre (1955). While showing some wear, these facilities have held up well. We are now entering

Monarch Newsletter | March 2020 Get all the latest information on seniors news, programs, workshops and events for adults 55+yrs without leaving your home and save our trees! Here’s just a sample: Thursday Socials & St Patrick’s Day Special Lunch $9 – page 2 Bus Trips to Steveston (Mar 11) and Ft Langley (Mar 25) – page 4 Book Sale (Mar 5, 19 & 26 from 9:30 pm to 1:00 pm) – page 5 Daily Lunch