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FEBRUARY 2019 DELIVERED MONTHLY TO 6,000 HOUSEHOLDS

BRINgINg THORNcLIFFE & gREENVIEw RESIDENTS TOgETHER

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Contents

5 president’s message

7 Community relations report

9 thornview seniors

9 tg members Corner

11 good food box program

13 february Calendar

14 58th thornCliffe sCouts greenview beavers

17 business Classifieds

18 news from the friends of nose hill

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by Leslie DeGagne

Fabulous fun family February has arrived. The middle of winter is the time to celebrate all things family and TGCA welcomes the opportunity to have neighborhood fam-ilies join together to celebrate. Our weekend celebration begins Friday, February 8 with the most famous jam can curling tournament the city has ever seen. The 56 will be rocking that night as well with bowling and family time. This year’s celebration of winter sports weekend is going to end off with a fabulous family dance on the Saturday afternoon and we hope to see all of you there. The weekend activities allow a chance for members to meet with friends and be active as public skating and sledding will be a focal point on the Saturday afternoon a perfect way to chase away the winter blues.

As most of you know, we are looking forward to the spring as the playground group finally gets to see the fruits of their labor come together. TGCA has decided to use any profits generated from this February week-end’s activities to help the group achieve their goals. We are putting together a donor wall in the main hall foyer recognizing all the generous donors that make this fabulous inclusive destination playground a reality. The group is doing their last push for funding to get all the apparatuses together to make this playground excep-tional. There is still time to donate and be a part of this great project. Money is not the only way members can help. The group is also looking for volunteers to bring their work force and help in the spring to erect the ap-paratus. TGCA thanks Maureen and Amanda for bring-ing this project together and thanks them for bring-ing the project to our facility. These two women have worked extremely hard over the last five years to make this vision a reality and we are the beneficiaries of this wonderful family playground. Together we can make this happen and transform our grounds into something wonderful for Thorncliffe Greenview.

January has been a busy month; we have had a retire-ment from our staff. Terry Douglas has left the work force after 28 years of dedicated service to spend more time with his family. Terry helped build this community not only through his dedicated service but also through his volunteering. He was instrumental in setting up a slow pitch league for adults that ran through the sum-mer months and could be counted on to help organ-

ize and run events whenever TGCA had a fun weekend dedicated to family. Terry spent hours running Jam Can Curling for the Winterfest and organized fun snow pitch tournaments and throw back wooden bat tournaments that provided fun for all members. He and his family are a part of the fabric of the community. Thank you, Terry, for your friendship and dedication TGCA wishes much happiness as you move forward into the next part of your life’s journey.

Thank you goes out to Dianne Stewart and her volleyball group for providing volunteers to work the Arms Show event in January. Congratulations to the Cobras on win-ning the annual January volleyball tournament. Thanks as well to all those who helped with the organization of this year’s celebration of winter sports. Volunteers make our community great and we have some very dedicat-ed, caring people who consistently give their time for the benefit of the community and its members. We are a very lucky community to have such wonderful people. I hope everyone comes down to the community in Feb-ruary and joins in the fun. If you run into one of our great volunteers say thank you and put a smile on a face.

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Community relations reportby Mary LaCosteHello everyone, just a note to advise of Winterfest activities for the weekend of February 8-10. We have not finalized all events but here is what we have so far. Friday night in the Arena 5:30-6:30pm children’s and teen jam can (free) helmets mandatory (must bring your own). 6:45pm Opening Ceremonies at the flag pole, 7:00pm Adult jam can and beer gardens (teams of four, must register with Administration Office) $40.00/team. In the 56 darts, bowling. pool along with restaurant serving up their famous fish and chips alongside an extensive menu. Saturday in the arena there will be a figure skating show fol-

lowed by a public skate. To date there are no outside activities planned but if we have snow there will be a bustle in the gulley. A family dance is scheduled between 2-4pm in the Main Hall. The canteen will be open for food. Throughout the weekend The 56 will be opened for food purchase.

Keep an eye on the website, Facebook, and the bulletin boards for more information on the weekend’s events and times. I look forward to seeing you all there.Till next time!

Mary

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TGCA CommuniTy CenTreMain Office 403-274-6840

Main Office Fax 403-275-7310Office Email admin@

tgcacalgary.comBowling, Racquetball & The 56 Restaurant & Lounge

403-274-5574

Forbes Innes Arena 403-274-1466Thornview Seniors Centre

403-275-0300

Office Manager Diana Christie 403-274-6840General Manager Kevin Kromm 403-274-6840

403-274-1466

exeCuTive CommiTTee

President Leslie DeGagne 403-669-6116

Treasurer Brad Giddings 403-540-1533

Secretary Leona McComish

403-275-0410

Vice Presidents Mary LacosteDerek Livingston

403-274-8074403-226-4021

Marvin Quashnick

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DireCTors AT lArGe

Alison Abbott 403-276-4997

Stacey McDade 587-968-4990

Patrick Saunders 403-295-1840

speCiAl inTeresT Groups

58th Scouting Jenn Riley 587-350-1364

Bingo Co-ordinator

Evelyn Landry 403-274-6840

Booster Club Sid Braak 403-275-9662

Guides Amanda Grant 403-919-2927

Deerfoot United Football Cub (Soccer)

Brianna info@dufc.ca

North Central Basketball

Barbara Ambrisko

403-973-6665

Nose Creek Fast Pitch

Dwayne Singer. president@nosecreeksoftball.ca

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Racquetball Jerry Kwasnitza 403-293-2847

Slopitch Kevin Darrah 403-875-3469

TG Hockey Jodie Cadman 403-312-4479

TG Ice Skating Registrar

Kari Woodman 403-471-9623

TGWL Yvonne ArkleyYvonne Armstrong

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ADminisTrATion offiCeMon, Wed, Thurs 9:00 am – 9:00 pmTuesday & Friday 9:00 am – 4:30 pmSaturday Sunday Closed THe 56 resTAurAnT & lounGe/reCreATion CenTreMonday – Thursday 9:00 am – 12:00 amFriday & Saturday 9:00 am – 1:00 amSunday 11:00 am - 6:00 pm

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Double Action played every Sunday and Tuesday

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Seniors 60 plus $3.00 OFF

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Wheel Chair Accessible. Come Join Us on Sundays & Tuesdays

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forbes innes arena publiC skating sChedule5600 Centre Street N.

Check our website for changes or additions: www.tgcacalgary.com | 403-274-1466

Seniors Only Wednesdays 10:30 a.m. – 11:30 amMembers Only Wednesdays 1:30 pm – 2:30 pmPublic Skating Fridays 3:30 pm – 5:00 pmPublic Skating Sundays 12:15 pm – 1:15 pm

Did you know we sharpen, repair and rent skates?

The cost for the public skate is free to TG Community Mem-bers and for non-members, the cost is $5 per adult, $3 per child or $10 per family.

no PubliC skaTe on FebRuaRy 8

did you know?TGCA Members are eligible to subsidize the costs of their TG sanctioned children’s youth programs by working our Bingos? This provides an opportunity for all families to better afford youth programs. For further information, please contact the registrar of your selected sport.

The Thorncliffe Greenview Community As-sociation has moved to an online platform called Wild Apricot. Wild Apricot is there to manage your TGCA Community Member-ship, Register for Programs, Print your Mem-bership cards and much more! Connect on our website at tgcacalgary.com.

tg members Corner

Birthday Wishes Go Out To:

February – Diana Christie, Nancy Douglas, Kevin Kromm,

a big thank you to our legendary Maintenance Manager Terry for 28 years over wonderful ser-vice at the TGCa. all the best in your retirement Terry!

Any TG Member that would like to submit a tidbit for this section may do so by email to admin@tgcacal-gary.com or by phone to the office at 403-274-6840

$1,056,797.00+

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Sundays & Tuesdays

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recycling tip: snow and recyclables don’t mix!Calgary weather can bring lots of snow throughout the winter. Remember to clear the snow off your blue cart lid and keep the lid closed before putting your recycling out for pickup.

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thornview seniorsYou’re invited to join the Thornview Seniors at the Thorncliffe Greenview Community Centre

We offer several activities such as:Cards, bowling, pool, Tai Chi, crafts, mah-jong and floor shuffleboard.

Schedule and newsletter available in Thornview Se-niors area Monday and Friday afternoon.

For more detailed information contact Sandy Staple at 403-274-3257.

We look forward to hearing from you!

mark your CalendarFebruary 8 Adult Jam Can

February 9 Celebration of Winter Sports

March 25 TGCA General Meeting

Green, yellow and red bell peppers are the exact same vegetable, they’re just at different stages of development.

good food box program

What is the Good Food Box? It’s a monthly pro-gram where community members can buy fresh fruit and vegetables for a very low cost. Thorn-cliffe Greenview Community Association now has a Good Food Box Depot. You receive top quality produce at wholesale prices. There are three sizes of boxes to choose from. The large box ($35.00) contains 40 plus pounds of produce. The medium box ($30.00) contains 30 plus pounds of produce. The small box ($25.00) contains 20 plus pounds of produce. You only order the size you want, when you want. How do you get a food box? Bring your exact cash to the Horizon Room at Thorncliffe Greenview Community Centre between 2:00 and 5:00 p.m. on the scheduled pick up day. This will secure your order for the next month or bring your exact cash to the Administration Office no later than the order deadline listed below.

Deadline to order Pick up Dates

February 4 February 14March 4 March 14April 1 April 11May 6 May 16June 3 June 13September 2 September 12October 1 October 10October 28 November 7

&@#$! CyClists!

Q: This is a very specific question and even though it isn’t in Thorncliffe, I need an answer because my wife and I have a bet.

It’s about the intersection of Northmount Dr. and Cam-brian Dr. just east of 14th Street. There’s a new bike lane on the right side painted green as you approach 14th heading west. Not all the lane is green though. The ‘dashed’ green part makes sense to me because cars need to cross over it to turn right on 14th. The confusion occurs when the right-turning lane is full of cars and they back up into the bike lane. My wife thinks that cars can wait in the bike lane be-cause it’s a lane like any other. I say no because now people on bikes have nowhere to go, and so cars should leave the bike lane open.

a: If I understand this correctly, what you’re actually ask-ing me is if a car is allowed to use a bike lane if the need is great. The answer is non. A bike lane is not “contingen-cy space” for cars when roads are busy. No parking, driv-ing, or waiting in a bike lane if you are a motor vehicle. Your wife is mistaken. Cars wanting to turn right (North) onto 14th must wait their turn like everyone else. Do not enter an intersection unless you know you can leave it before the light changes. I’ve seen cars sit in the middle of that intersection blocking other cars and bikes under the guise of waiting for space. It’s ridiculous and creates a dangerous situation for pedestrians wanting to cross and forces cyclists to break traffic laws…which in turn makes motorists apoplectic. Common sense, mes amis, is to be used liberally when driving.

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february CalendarS U N DAY M O N DAY T U E S DAY W E D N E S DAY T H U R S DAY F R I DAY S AT U R DAY

1 2

3Bingo! 6:15pm

4Sit and Be Fit 9:30am-10:30am

5Bingo! 6:15pm

6 7Sit and Be Fit 10:30am-11:30am

8Celebration of Winter Sports

9Celebration of Winter Sports

10Bingo! 6:15pm

11Sit and Be Fit 9:30am-10:30am

12Bingo! 6:15pm

13 14Sit and Be Fit 10:30am-11:30am

15 16

17Bingo! 6:15pm

18Alberta Family Day COMPLEX CLOSED

19Bingo! 6:15pm

20 21Sit and Be Fit 10:30am-11:30am

22 23

24Bingo! 6:15pm

25Sit and Be Fit 9:30am-10:30am

26Bingo! 6:15pm

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benefitsSuccessful, healthy communities are generally those with active and sustained membership and involvement of the community residents. Often a strong membership representation is an indication that our association is serving the needs of the community and is therefore, valued and supported by its residents. Your support today is important and ensures new energy to continually address community issues. Your membership fee goes towards community events, programs & operating costs.

GuidelinesAll new members must provide I.D. with current address. Members agree to abide by the bylaws, policies and procedures governing the Thorncliffe Greenview Community Association. Residence must be WITHIN BOUNDARIES of Thorncliffe, Greenview, West Thorncliffe to obtain a voting membership. It is your responsibility to notify the office of any address changes. If you wish to retain your membership after moving out of community boundaries, you must pay

for it each year before expiry date. Failure to do so will result in the loss of your membership, no exceptions. Memberships will not be renewed if membership is not in good standing. Anyone over the age of 18 must hold their own membership.

WaiverI understand that the Thorncliffe Greenview Community Association has collected, or may collect, use and disclose my personal information to administer and maintain accurate and complete community association membership lists, program registrations, including, when required, the sharing of information with affiliated organizations, such as community sports associations. I understand that my personal information, collected for the purposes outlined above, will be kept confidential by the Association. I also acknowledge that my information may be used and disclosed to third parties in certain circumstances, but only to fulfill the above purposes. I hereby consent to such use and disclosure, for these limited purposes, until such time as I may revoke my consent in writing.

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membership applicationFamily Name: ___________________________________________Residence Phone #: ______________________________________Email: __________________________________________________

Applicant Name: ________________________________________Bus/Cell Phone #: ________________________________________Spouse Name: __________________________________________Bus/Cell Phone #: ________________________________________Address: _______________________________________________Postal Code: ____________________________________________Verification I.D: __________________________________________Current Membership#: ___________________________________

ie: (Voting: driver’s license, bill or Non-voting: resident community membership/expiry)

Please Circle oneVoting 1 Yr $15.00 + GSTNon-Voting (with resident membership) 1 year $15.00 + GST

Voting 3 Yr $30.00 + GST Non-Voting (w/o resident membership) 1 year $30.00 + GST

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Main Hall (maximum capacity 800)250-500 people $1285501-800 people $1600Damage Deposit Equal to rental feePlus $4.25 mandatory corkage charge per person, based on a minimum of 250 people.

Thorncliffe Room (maximum capacity 125)Rent $482Damage Deposit $482Plus $4.25 mandatory corkage charge per person, based on a minimum of 75 people.

Greenview Room $40.00/hourFitness/Sports Classes only

TG Room $25/hourBowling Parties (adjacent to lanes)

board Room (maximum capacity 20)Meetings only Prime-Time: $50.00/hour Non-Prime-Time: $40.00/hour

5600 Room (maximum capacity 30)Meetings only Prime-Time: $50.00/hour Non-Prime-Time: $40.00/hourParties $175.00

Horizon Room (maximum capacity 15)Meetings only $17.50/hour

Multi-Purpose Room (maximum capacity 30)Fitness/Sports Classes or Meetings $33.00/hour

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Classes, Meetings, Conferences, Programs, Children’s Parties, Adult Celebrations, Silent Auctions, Weddings, Receptions, Parties, Family Reunions

leT THoRnCliFFe GReenvieW CoMMuniTyassoCiaTion HosT youR nexT evenT!

looking to rent space to run an exercise Program?We have a hall available weekdays, daytime only at $40.00 per hour. The Greenview Room located in the basement is where it all began. The Community Complex that you see today was built around this hall. It is self-contained with washrooms and is

a great space for classes such as Tae Kwon Do, Karate and Fitness. The hall measurements are 70’ x 38’. Call 403-274-6840 for further information or to book.

We accommodate seminars!Thorncliffe Greenview Community Association has four meeting rooms and two halls accommodating anywhere from 10 to 800 people!

To break up your day we have recreation facilities. You can go bowling, play racquetball, darts or billiards in our lounge/recreation centre.

Call 403-274-6840 and let us make your next event an overwhelming success!

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The scouting year up to the end of 2018 has been a busy one. We began the year in September with a bunch of camps, a successful bottle drive and popcorn fundrais-ing. We continued the year with linking events that in-cluded our beavers, cubs, Venturers and rovers such as our Halloween party and a Halloween camp with other scout groups from Calgary. We had a sleepover and movie night with pizza and board games at the Scout Hall on Brownsea Drive. We are planning another camp with our cub group in January and one in Banff in Febru-ary with lots of winter fun activities planned. Our youth will be choosing their community service activity for the year and looking forward to working with the Mustard Seed to bring some assistance to those who are less for-tunate. We have so many events planned we can’t list them all! If you have a youth aged 5-18 that would be

58th thorncliffescoutsgreenview beavers

interested in joining us, visit www.scouts.ca to sign up. Or just come by a meeting to meet us.

The Scouts are heading to Sooke BC in July for a Jam-boree that will host Scout groups from around the world and have tons of amazing activities and thou-sands of youth to share stories and experiences with.

The Scouts look forward to continuing their busy schedule of fun and activities through the summer of 2019!

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Money’s WoRTH HoMe seRviCes: Contact Jerome Feist at 403-242-4307 for home repairs, carpentry, fences, decks, siding and handyman services.

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TGCA Playground Replacement Committee

Highlights and Updates!

February 2019

We are still looking at an early-May 2019 build date and we will need your help! Please contact us to let us know you can come! In kind donations still required:

- Carpenter to build wooden circular bench around tree

- Auguring services - Ornamental grasses

Important information about installation date:

Since our last update, we’ve had a chance to make some uPGraDeS to our beautiful, new, accessible playground. Can you spot some of the differences from the last rendering? Here are some of the changes:

• addition of talk tubes• exchange merry-go-all to unique seated see-saw• addition of shadow-play flowers• upgraded paneling and sensory features along ramps• addition of bucket spinner seat• addition of big kid double-seater swing• upgraded spinning climber• upgraded colour scheme• addition of musical instrument flowers

If you still want to make a donation, we have room for you. To donate and for more detailed pictures, please visit our website at:

https://tgcaplayground.weebly.comall donations of $100 or more will be recognized on our donor wall to be built inside of our community center, but more importantly than that, you can feelgreat knowing you had a part in making our amazing community gathering space a reality.

tgcaplayground@gmail.com

Get Involved!Join the conversation about growth and development in your community and the surrounding local area.

Attend an engagement session March 2 or participate online February 12 to March 10.

Visit calgary.ca/NorthHill/Envision for details and to learn more about the North Hill Communities Local Growth Planning project.

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mla Calgary-kleinCraig Coolahan#9,2400centreStNEcalgary,aB,canadaT2E2T9403-216-5430 403-216-5432calgary.klein@assembly.ab.ca

Alberta’s challenges are Canada’s challenges. Our prov-ince needs to have a pipeline built because Alberta’s well-being is also Canada’s well-being. While our govern-ment continues to push the federal government through a series of frustrating delays, we’re also taking action to do whatever we can get full value for Alberta oil.

Moving oil by rail. Premier Notley announced that Al-berta is making crucial investments in new rail capac-ity to get our oil to market. This new rail capacity will have the ability to move 120,000 barrels a day and will reduce the oil price differential by up to $4 per barrel, generating more than $1 million per day in new federal revenues.

short-term production cuts. In December, Premier Notley announced that an 8.7 per cent reduction in oil production to draw down excess storage and get bet-ter returns for our resources. Due to insufficient pipeline and rail capacity, 35 million barrels of oil were in stor-age—twice the normal levels. The production cut will narrow the oil-price differential, adding an estimated $1.1 billion of government revenue and reducing price volatility.

upgrading in alberta. Our Petrochemical Diversifica-tion Program is designed to build manufacturing capac-ity that upgrades our natural resources. Typically, this involves upgrading our feedstocks into more valuable products, such as plastics, fabrics and fertilizers. It has already attracted $6 billion in new private investment and will create up to 4,200 jobs during construction and 240 full-time jobs once operations begin.

Refining in alberta. As part of our made-in-Alberta strategy to get more value for our resources, our gov-ernment is evaluating business cases for investing in a new refinery in Alberta. Building a new refinery would create good-paying, long-term jobs for Albertans, and would ensure we get full value for the energy resources owned by all Albertans.

Questions, comments, or concerns? Feel free to email my office at calgary.klein@assembly.ab.ca or call 403-216-5430.

Newsfromthefriends of nose hillby Anne Burke

The Calgary Parks Department is in the process of revising the 1998 Integrated Pest Management Plan and Council Policy (CSPS017). The update will consider pest manage-ment on all City lands, including natural areas. The most common pests are weeds, insects, some animals, and dis-eases. The 2017 City Pesticide Use report lists the prod-ucts, amount used, and reasons for use. In Winter 2019, a proposed policy draft will be shared with stakeholders for feedback. Then, the report will be sent to the City Council Committee on Community and Protective Services.

It is estimated that 270+ species of birds make Calgary their home. There are birding courses and guided walks to improve your bird-watching skills. We host a Nose Hill Birding Walk for International Migratory Bird Day and a Flower Walk to discuss the May Count of Plants in Bloom. www.fonhs.org.

Welcome to Alberta Birds is a public group on Facebook. The purpose is to provide a forum in which Alberta bird-ers and birdwatchers can post information, photos of re-cent sightings, and ask for advice on bird identification or equipment. Let others know about birdrelated events in our province and share a general love of birds. Members at all levels are welcome. Relevant group content will only be photos or videos of birds in Alberta. What birds visit your feeders? Which birds do you see in your neighbour-hood? Alberta Backyard Birds is a private Facebook group you can join to post your photos, with fun or interesting news about wild birds you see, or other wildlife out and about in Alberta.

Inglewood Bird Sanctuary is a natural environment park. The Facebook group has a City website link. You can book Parks group programs for adults or children, youth and school programs, drop-in and day camps. The park was registered as a Federal Migratory Bird Sanctuary, in 1929. In 1953, the Alberta Fish & Game Association leased the land. In 1970, the City purchased the property and now manages it. The Nature Centre was built, in 1996, when the grassland restoration projects began. The new re-gional park, based on nearby open spaces, will be called Bend in the Bow.

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Métis Calgary Family ServicesMétis Calgary Family Services is a registered not-for-profit Charitable organization, certified and accredited with the Canadian Accreditation Council, that offers various Outreach, Early intervention, Government

Accredited Childcare, Preschool, Parent Link Family Resource Centres, Before-and-after school, Youth support, in-home family support, and refer-

ral services for families & children.

Family support teams work with young families and their children within their own homes, schools and communities.

FeaturingLittle Métis Early Learning Child Care Centre We are a family-focused, new $25 a day child care. Conveniently located in the heart of Huntington Hills, within walking distance of Catherine Nichols Gunn School at 64th Avenue & Huntridge Hill.

Our centre is proud to be a part of the Alberta $25 a day Child Care Centres pilot project Offering various outreach and parenting programs, Tiny Bundles, Triple P Positive Par-enting, Positive Indian Parenting, Circle of Security and more. We offer child care for ages 19 months to grade 1, with highly-trained qualified staff. Open Monday to Friday, 7am to 6:00 pm. Fees include AM & PM snacks and lunch.

Fees of $25.00 a day Government subsidies are available. We have an open door policy, so please drop-in anytime to view the centre and visit us at

#502 – 6505 Huntridge Hill NE, 403-240-4642.

Find us on Facebook• ASP MCFS• Aboriginal Parent Link Centre• Metis Calgary Family Services

www.mcfs.ca