South Shore Community Partners

SSCPN SUMMER NEWSLETTER:2008

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Wishing Everyone a Great summer in the City

IF the High cost of Gas is making you rethinking your travel plans… No Problem Greater Montreal is a wonderful place to spend your summers. Starting with The Jazz festival , Just for Laughs , out door shows, open air concerts , parks and beaches , international Fireworks, a walk in the Old Port .. Balconyville has never been so good :0

Go Green and take the family for a Bike ride; you can follow the bike path (Enter near the Victoria Bridge from here one can either bike to the beach in St Catherine’s or onto the Island and into the old port ..At best either route it will take you a hour and the view of the City across the river is well worth it…There is also bike path to Fort Chambly

There are also many local happenings taking place on the South Shore … often they are Free and just around the corner... Brossard, Saint Lambert, Old Longueuil, Greenfield Park Feature outdoor summer concerts…A great way to relax in the evening and afterwards enjoy ice-cream or maybe dinner on your favourite outdoor terrasse … The Gazette community page website is www.montrealgazette.com click the Arts & Life Link .The Gazette-The Hour-The Mirror –St-Lambert /Brossard Journal-Courrier du Sud carry listings and reviews of entertainment events taking place in Greater Montreal area .you can pick up copies at most Pharmacies & Malls

Spreading the word on various English Language Cultural events

ELAN (English-language Arts Network) monthly calendar contents info and listings on cultural events thought-out the English speaking community in Québec …From E-S Concerts, Dance, Art Displays you will find it here so everyone knows Yes we do have an active community here on the South Shore J .The ELAN Web link…www.québec-elan.org. go the Montreal link

Newcomers have much to teach us

As the political chattering class debates the reasonable accommodation of minorities in Quebec through the Bouchard-Taylor Report .One often hears how newcomers must respect our society's shared values.

Considering that most Quebec newcomers are hard-working savers who value larger families and a good education for their children, make less demands on government - all areas where Quebecers have fallen behind the rest of the country - maybe the newcomers have some values they can teach us. Kevin Erskine-Henry Published in the Gazette June 2-2008

The SSCPN is where the community goes for information …

If you are new to the South Shore and are seeking information on an range of community advise on how things work. call 450-466-1325 (leave a message) Like most volunteer community organisations the SSCPN will be closing down for most of the summer.. Community events will be posted on our web-site… If you do call or email .. I will reply ASAP …

Make your South Shore Summer a Great one with these following events

Bible Camp for children in Kindergarten to Grade 6 will be held from July 14th – 18th. Contributions of $35.00 per child would be appreciated to help cover costs which include materials, snacks and lunch on Thursday. Registration forms must be returned to St. Mary’s by Sunday, June 29th. For information contact Christine at 671-0416 or by email at chriswright.stmarys@videotron.ca

The Brossard Evangelistic Centre Day camp runs from June 30 to August 15..The program is open to all. Located at 2540 Aubry Brossard . For information call 450-678-4793

South Shore Seventh-Day Church will be holding a Rummage Sale in aid of our building renovations. On Sunday 13 July, from 9.am to 2:p.m.
Place : 236 Desaulniers Blvd/Oak Admission: a Loonie 450.923.3571

Seaway Swinger’s Square Dance Club will be performing at the Bandstand, 225 Empire St. Greenfield Park Wednesday August 20^th from 7:00 p.m. to 9::00 p.m. Admission is free and spectators will be invited to participate. In the event of rain the dancing will be held in the Jubilee Hall , Cynthia Coull Arena, 195 Empire St., Greenfield Park. For information call 450-923-0412.

Books Books Books

The South Shore University Women's Club is now accepting donations for their Annual Fundraising Book sale, August 13-(5-9 pm) 14 (3-9 pm 15, ( 8 am-9 pm ) at St Barnabas Church 95 Lorne Saint Lambert 2008. Profits go to funding scholarships for students at CEGEP and university level. For an appointment to give a donation, please call 450-672-1050 or 450-671-1308.

Zeebra Books 1414 Victoria (across from Provigo) now carries nearly 10,000 English titles come for a visit and some great Kicking Horse coffee .Call us at: 450-672-2662

Visit the collection on line at http://www.zeebabooks.com

Family Day Camp: Start of the parent-children Summer Family Day Camp designed for families with children aged 5 and under. Come have fun with our animators. Lasts 6 weeks, on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays and costs $25 per family. Registration starts June 1st. August 23rdLi’l Marathon 2008 edition of the Li’l Marathon, in the context of the St Lambert Fête. Many activities are planned: animation, door prizes, picnic, medals and others. Premiers Pas / Home-Start 161, René-Philippe LeMoyne (Qc) J4R 2J9; Tel : 450 923-4138

Summer Time Concerts

On the South Shore a very popular summer activity are the Outdoor summer concerts that take place in different municipalities. These concerts offer a range musical taste--from classical, to hip-hop and cool jazz, and are suited for all ages. Best of all, the concerts are free! Friends and families are encouraged to bring their own lawn chairs or a blanket and just enjoy a nice time. Free summer concerts often start at 7 pm & are held in

Greenfield Park hosts Wednesday evenings at the bandstand behind the Library 255 Empire, corner of Churchill. For a listing call: 450-466-7045 visit the library or go www.longueuil.ca go to the Greenfield Park link

Brossard hosts Thursday evening concerts in front of the Municipal Library at 7800 San Francisco. Call 450-466-3890Ville Longueuil presents out door concerts and & cultural events: visit www.longueuil.org

St-Lambert host evening outdoor concerts during in the village square there are also with a number of summer time events which always includes St-Lambert Days in August Call 450-466-3890

International Firework display -The Best Free Seat in the House are along Sea-way park on Riverside Drive in St-Lambert

The shows begin at 10 pm …

Australia Saturday July 19-Canada Wednesday July 23

Austria Saturday July 26 - The Good Old USA Wednesday July 30

China Saturday August 2 - all Nations show Wednesday August 6

Open Air Out door concerts ….Everyone is invited to bring their own lawn chair and enjoy these popular free concerts every Wednesday until August. Admission is free and there are times were spectators are invited to participate. In the event of rain the dancing will be held in the Jubilee Hall , Cynthia Coull Arena, 195 Empire St., Greenfield Park..July 23- Elvis is back in the building (Or at least the Park).. come swing to the king

Carré St-Louis and Shen Qi- ..will perform a multicultural mix from jazz to Oriental starting at 7:30 pm Thursday July 24 in Brossard at the outdoor Terrance (Near the Library ) at 7855 San Francisco..

In St-Lambert, Harmonie Les Verts du Sud will be offering outdoor concert at the village square starting at 7 pm July 24 with a varied range of musical styles.. The will before each Thursday except On August 7 ..when The Preville Jazz Band will take to the stage ...

With the Old Port being less the the hour bike ride.. from the Victoria Bridge .. Why not make evening of it and take the family into town and enjoy any one of the free events that are taken place....

Seaway Swinger’s Square Dance Club will be performing as part of a fund raiser to benefit the President’s Choice Children’s Foundation. They will be dancing Sat. July 26, from 2:00p.m to 4:00p.m. at Loblaws, 1575 Blvd. Panama, Brossard and spectators will be invited to participate.For more information please call 450-923-0412.

Église St. Margaret of Antioch Church

5944 Montée St-Hubert, Saint Hubert, Quebec

Western Corn Roast & BBQ

Samedi / Saturday 09 août / August 2008

Souper / Dinner 18 :00

Entertainment: Group Star Fire

$12.00 Adult $6.00 /children < 10

/ Advance ticket sales ((450)443-8317

/ Raffle and Door Prizes

Seaway Swinger’s Square Dance Club will be performing at the Bandstand, 225 Empire St. Greenfield Park

Wednesday August 20^th from 7:00 p.m. to 9::00 p.m. Admission is free and spectators will be invited to participate. In the event of rain the dancing will be held in the Jubilee Hall , Cynthia Coull Arena, 195 Empire St., Greenfield Park. For more information please call 450-923-0412.

Living Longer in The CSSS Champlain…

Residents of Brossard, St-Hubert, St-Lambert, Greenfield Park, Lemoye live to the average two years longer to age of 81.4 years. 27% of local residents take the Bus, Bicycle or walk to work (Which is good because half of us are deemed overweight). By 2018…just over 22% of us will be over 65… All food for thought when planning future community activitivtes.

Looking for profiles of your community ?

The Quebec Community Health and Social Service Network has developed very detail profiles of the English-speaking community for all Health regions . These profiles provide a rich data bank of material that include census information, age profiles, detail maps of the E-S-C … Everything you need to know when planning and developing community programs and action plans , business planning ..Ps (For The South Shore visit the Montérégie file

For all the information you need to know go to www.chssn.org