Upcoming Events and Celebrations

Save the Colliery Dams Community Potluck Picnic
August 25 —

at the Lower Colliery Dam

Fun and games for the whole family!!

Activities-

• Team Scavenger Hunt - bring your cellphone/camera, each team will need one for this hunt

• Water Balloon Race • Three Legged Race

• Potato Sack Race • Dock Race

• Bottle Pickup • Elephant March

• Bocce Ball • Magnetic Fishing

• Musical performances • The Dam Poets

• Face painter

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Fraternal Order of Eagles Fundraiser

Where: Fraternal Order Of Eagles No. 15, 245 Fraser St., Just up the hill from Mrs. Riches..

When: September 7th 3pm to -11pm

Joseph Goldstein and the fine folks at Aerie No. 15 are going to help us raise funds and awareness. It looks like a fun time to come. We need to sell some tickets...

Admission is $15.00 (with a gourmet burger and a beer), with $9.00! going to us.

$.50 from each drink sold goes to us.

A 50/50 Draw will be held, with all money received to us..

A series of raffles will be held; proceeds going to us.

Doors open at 3pm and food will be served from 4pm, til 6;30pm. There will be a Vegan option. Thank you to Columbia Bakery for donating bread, :), and to Quality Foods for burgers and condiments.

Then raffles, the 50/50 draw, and some speeches by our people.

There will be entertainment to follow - Shawna Severinski, of Smartass Entertainment will host Karaoke.  Thank you for donating your time, Shawna !

Also, we will have a t-shirt table selling both Colliery Dam Society and Dale Schulz's custom shirts. Thank you to Dale Schulz, Miranda MadDam Burns, and Trish Kuziek.

These people are donating raffle prizes...  Thank you to:

Alberni Outpost: Two 3 Hour Kayak Rentals

Francine MacKenzie Roberts: Afghan

Jolly Miner Pub: $50.00 Certificate

Little George's Restaurant

Mid-Island Co-Op: $50.00 Gas Card

Superette Foods: $50.00 Certificate

Underground Skate

It's coming together nicely, y'all.. We just need to sell some tickets If you want tickets, call Terry at 250 667 1884...

Or, these fine businesses have kindly agreed to sell some tickets for us:

- House Of Indigo, 6 Church St. 250-754-1022

- The Green Store, 256 Wallace St. 250-754-2554

- Superette Foods, 687 Albert St. 250-754-2554

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