-Believe it or not, HCA is busily planning our Harvest Festival for 2010. It is tentatively scheduled for Saturday September 25, 2010 to be held in conjunction with Culture Days in Saskatchewan. If you would like to become involved by volunteering, hosting a workshop or performing, contact Fran Markewich @ HCA - 757-9952. It is already gearing up to be a wonderful day and evening; Terrence Littletent is scheduled to be our wrap up performer with the closing ceremonies to take place under the light of the harvest moon in the Art Park.
-Scotia McLeod came up with a creative and generous idea for their holiday celebration this year. Having chosen the Heritage Community as the beneficiary of their goodwill, the staff went on a shopping mission for food and gifts, and celebrated into the evening with gift wrapping, munchies and cheer. The hampers will be presented to three Heritage families on Friday, December 18. Additionally, they have donated turkeys to five other families. Thank you isn't enough. To quote one father: "Wow, oh, wow!"
-HCA met with Tessa Kelln, General Manager of New Dance Horizons this week to peruse the possibility of showcasing our Art Park in their annual Secret Gardens Tour, July 16-18, 2010. We sincerely hope that a partnership will work out; but in any event, I/we enthusiastically encourage all to take in their programming:
The Blueprint Series
4th Edition
A tool for both artist and audience, the Blueprint Series is a dance development and literacy project, an encounter in which audience members can witness new works in progress in a low tech, low stress environment. Audience members are invited to engage in a dialogue with the artists about their work. Delve into the dance dialogue and join us in discussions led by Robin Poitras and guest artists.
The series is scheduled to take place on Sunday afternoons starting in January and will feature Saskatchewan artists from dance, theatre, visual art, music and performance fields.
January 3, 2010
February 7, 2010
March 21, 2010
Admission - $7.00
NDH House of Dance Studio
2207 Harvey St
Watch our website for further details
www.newdancehorizons.ca
5th Annual Ice and Fire Carnival
Winter Snow Games
Following a year of hibernation, The 5th Annual Ice & Fire Carnival returns in a unique celebration of the Saskatchewan winter with the theme, Winter Snow Games.
Produced by New Dance Horizons in partnership with Great Excursions, The Dunlop Art Gallery, Sâkêwêwak Artists’ Collective and Neutral Ground in conjunction with the City of Regina and the Olympic Torch Relay, the carnival pays homage to a history of playing in snow, while introducing some new ideas and approaches to snow games not yet charted on the world map.
The 5th Annual Ice & Fire Carnival: World Snow Games, features the work of Saskatchewan artists in an exhibition of ephemeral sculpture and games all created of ice and snow, inviting discovery and participation with winter art, sport, stories, games, dance and more!
January 9-10
Rider Practice Field
Mosaic Stadium
If you have any interesting tidbits to add to my blogging updates, please let me know -heritagecommunity@sasktel.net
Tis the season for sharing; thank you for sharing your energies with the Heritage Community!
Marci
Thursday, December 17, 2009
Friday, December 11, 2009
Regina Car Share Co-operative now has a vehicle...
Hello,
I am writing on behalf of the Regina Car Share Co-operative (RCS) board to inform you that RCS now has a vehicle to offer car-share members. It is a 2008 Kia Rio hatchback... with heated seats! The vehicle is currently parked in an obscure location on Athol Street between 14th and 15th Avenues (2221 Athol St) in the Cathedral neighbourhood. On it is our logo. We want to be able to park this vehicle in a more conspicuous location, both to enhance awareness of RCS and to make accessing the vehicle more convenient to our members, e.g. near a bus stop, or on a main thoroughfare. We have approached the city about acquiring a free parking space in the downtown area. But are still waiting to hear back from them. The board also wanted to approach community associations in the densest parts of the city to and see if any parking spots could be found this way at the various community centres.
We also wanted to let you know that RCS is “fully operational” so that you can, in turn, inform your networks. It would be great if you could let your communities know that we have a car available for their car-sharing pleasure and post this information in and on the various newsletters/bulletin boards. For RCS to be sustainable, the car needs to be in use as much as possible.
To use the vehicle, individuals first must become a member of RCS by paying a fully refundable $500 membership fee (sort, of like a damage deposit) as well as a non-refundable $25 application fee. There is also a single household joint membership option for the cost of $750. With their application, individuals must submit a driver’s abstract (easily obtainable from SGI) as well as a photocopy of their driver’s license. Once they are a member they are free to book the vehicle whenever they want by using our online booking system accessed through our website (http://www.reginacarshare.ca/). The vehicle’s keys are placed in a nearby lockbox accessed with a key code and there is a log book within the vehicle that we ask members to fill out after each use. And, it’s as easy as that.
Now, we’re still in the process of developing an ideal pricing system that is both cost-effective, provides incentive to drive at lower-use times, and assures RCS is able to pay its bills. Currently, the cost is $0.50/kilometre and $5.00/hour, but we are working to build more complexity into the system. Considerations include charging members a mandatory pre-paid amount of $50 that acts as a monthly credit as well as weekend & midnight- 6AM rates. Remember this price includes everything, both gas and maintenance. All members have to do is drive and pay the invoices they get at the end of each month.
As RCS works out most if not all of the kinks, and finalizes both our pricing and billing systems, it would really benefit the organization if, in the interim, you could inform your respective communities of this new and exciting alternative to vehicle ownership and get back to us regarding the possibility of a parking spot. Feel free to e-mail me back on this and other matters regarding car-sharing, or contact RCS’s president, John Klein, by e-mailing info@reginacarshare.ca. I thank you for your time.
Best regards,
Jennipher Karst, RCS board member
Jennipher Karst, A.Ag, B.Sc
Stewardship Activities Coordinator
Nature Conservancy of Canada - Saskatchewan Region
Suite 100, 1777 Victoria Avenue; Regina, SK; S4P 4K5
Phone: (306) 347 0447 ext. 229
Fax: (306) 347 2345
I am writing on behalf of the Regina Car Share Co-operative (RCS) board to inform you that RCS now has a vehicle to offer car-share members. It is a 2008 Kia Rio hatchback... with heated seats! The vehicle is currently parked in an obscure location on Athol Street between 14th and 15th Avenues (2221 Athol St) in the Cathedral neighbourhood. On it is our logo. We want to be able to park this vehicle in a more conspicuous location, both to enhance awareness of RCS and to make accessing the vehicle more convenient to our members, e.g. near a bus stop, or on a main thoroughfare. We have approached the city about acquiring a free parking space in the downtown area. But are still waiting to hear back from them. The board also wanted to approach community associations in the densest parts of the city to and see if any parking spots could be found this way at the various community centres.
We also wanted to let you know that RCS is “fully operational” so that you can, in turn, inform your networks. It would be great if you could let your communities know that we have a car available for their car-sharing pleasure and post this information in and on the various newsletters/bulletin boards. For RCS to be sustainable, the car needs to be in use as much as possible.
To use the vehicle, individuals first must become a member of RCS by paying a fully refundable $500 membership fee (sort, of like a damage deposit) as well as a non-refundable $25 application fee. There is also a single household joint membership option for the cost of $750. With their application, individuals must submit a driver’s abstract (easily obtainable from SGI) as well as a photocopy of their driver’s license. Once they are a member they are free to book the vehicle whenever they want by using our online booking system accessed through our website (http://www.reginacarshare.ca/). The vehicle’s keys are placed in a nearby lockbox accessed with a key code and there is a log book within the vehicle that we ask members to fill out after each use. And, it’s as easy as that.
Now, we’re still in the process of developing an ideal pricing system that is both cost-effective, provides incentive to drive at lower-use times, and assures RCS is able to pay its bills. Currently, the cost is $0.50/kilometre and $5.00/hour, but we are working to build more complexity into the system. Considerations include charging members a mandatory pre-paid amount of $50 that acts as a monthly credit as well as weekend & midnight- 6AM rates. Remember this price includes everything, both gas and maintenance. All members have to do is drive and pay the invoices they get at the end of each month.
As RCS works out most if not all of the kinks, and finalizes both our pricing and billing systems, it would really benefit the organization if, in the interim, you could inform your respective communities of this new and exciting alternative to vehicle ownership and get back to us regarding the possibility of a parking spot. Feel free to e-mail me back on this and other matters regarding car-sharing, or contact RCS’s president, John Klein, by e-mailing info@reginacarshare.ca. I thank you for your time.
Best regards,
Jennipher Karst, RCS board member
Jennipher Karst, A.Ag, B.Sc
Stewardship Activities Coordinator
Nature Conservancy of Canada - Saskatchewan Region
Suite 100, 1777 Victoria Avenue; Regina, SK; S4P 4K5
Phone: (306) 347 0447 ext. 229
Fax: (306) 347 2345
Tuesday, December 8, 2009
Wonderful is the word of the day...
Our Executive Director, Leila Francis is enjoying a well-deserved holiday this month, and it seems that I have been busy in her absence--or at least that is the excuse I am using for not blogging in the past week.
Our Urban Agriculture Coordinator, Fran Markewich has been working on an Adopt the Park program proposal for tendering to the public to ensure that the strides that were made in the Art Park last summer with the assistance of Bank of America donations and volunteer efforts continue as we look forward to the next season in our Park (aren't we all looking forward to some plus temperatures given the weather the past few days?).
Our Special Events Coordinator, Kierin Gorlitz has been working the telephone lines and even knocking on doors on these cold December days to ensure that sponsorship is secured for the upcoming Trek to Tomorrow fundraising, Heritage awareness event. Too soon to be doing so for a May 1st event? Not so! We want to use those wonderful sponsors that are jumping on board now to entice even more wonderful sponsors to do so! If you would like more information on this family friendly event, just give us a call @ 757-9952 or contact the co-chair of our fundraising group The Yellow Rose Brigade @ 789-0317 (Shelley Merk).
I feel horribly bad that one of our supporters, KoKo Patisserie didn't get their article to us for the most recent edition of Heritage Happenings. The manager Kevin attempted at least twice to send it here, but it is still floating in the twilight zone somewhere! In any event, stop by and pick up some of their wonderful desserts or the delectable bread, all calorie free of course!
And the latest update-Thanks to the Kiwanis Club of Regina who invited me to be their guest speaker at their luncheon meeting yesterday. It was an honour to have the opportunity to brag about the Heritage community to such a wonderful group of community minded gentlemen.
In reading over this, it seems "wonderful" is the word of the day! Stay tuned for some wonderful news TBA very soon from the Heritage Community Association...
Stay warm,
Marci
Our Urban Agriculture Coordinator, Fran Markewich has been working on an Adopt the Park program proposal for tendering to the public to ensure that the strides that were made in the Art Park last summer with the assistance of Bank of America donations and volunteer efforts continue as we look forward to the next season in our Park (aren't we all looking forward to some plus temperatures given the weather the past few days?).
Our Special Events Coordinator, Kierin Gorlitz has been working the telephone lines and even knocking on doors on these cold December days to ensure that sponsorship is secured for the upcoming Trek to Tomorrow fundraising, Heritage awareness event. Too soon to be doing so for a May 1st event? Not so! We want to use those wonderful sponsors that are jumping on board now to entice even more wonderful sponsors to do so! If you would like more information on this family friendly event, just give us a call @ 757-9952 or contact the co-chair of our fundraising group The Yellow Rose Brigade @ 789-0317 (Shelley Merk).
I feel horribly bad that one of our supporters, KoKo Patisserie didn't get their article to us for the most recent edition of Heritage Happenings. The manager Kevin attempted at least twice to send it here, but it is still floating in the twilight zone somewhere! In any event, stop by and pick up some of their wonderful desserts or the delectable bread, all calorie free of course!
And the latest update-Thanks to the Kiwanis Club of Regina who invited me to be their guest speaker at their luncheon meeting yesterday. It was an honour to have the opportunity to brag about the Heritage community to such a wonderful group of community minded gentlemen.
In reading over this, it seems "wonderful" is the word of the day! Stay tuned for some wonderful news TBA very soon from the Heritage Community Association...
Stay warm,
Marci
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