Family activities – September 21st 2021 🍃

Hello Families,

I hope back to school/daycare after the summer went well for everybody.

The Peter-McGill Community Council offices got embellished and we inaugurated the murale on the corner of Saint-Marc and Maisonneuve streets last week:
 

(from left to right: Sabine Philippidès/Families Downtown, Amélie Roy-Fortin/Ashop productions, Ankhone/artist, Christophe Derrien/SAESEM/ÉcoQuartier Peter McGill, Cathy Wong/city councillor, Danny O’Shea/Foundation of Catholic Community Services)
 

Fall will be officially here tomorrow, the leaves have been dropping to the ground for a few days now to the delight of the kiddos who can jump again soon in piles of them 🍂

Several summertime activities are continuing well into the season around the neighborhood, be sure to check our calendar regularly 👀

📚 The library at Innovation-Youth is opening very soon!! We ask for your patience for a few more days before you can visit and borrow or bring back your books. Stay informed on their page here.


September Weekly Activities 

• 0-5 years:
  • breastfeeding clinics and support groups
    • CLSC Metro and La Leche League – Wednesdays at 1:30pm
    • Nourrisource – every other Tuesday at 1:45pm and Fridays at 10am
  • Storytime (in French) with the Père-Ambroise public library
    • ‘Jeudis en famille’ – Thursdays at 10:30am
       
• 4 years and older: CUSP virtual activities
  • French reading circle – Sundays at 7pm
  • English reading circle – Wednesdays at 6pm
  • Virtual art class – Fridays at 6pm
  • Homework club – Saturdays at 1pm
     
• Indigenous Fridays in Cabot Square
  • Fridays at 1pm-4pm
  • September 24: Orange shirt painting (to learn more about National Day of Truth and Reconciliation and Orange shirt day on September 30^th, read here)
     
• Get moving in Cabot Square (no registration needed)
  • Tai-chi – Fridays at 12pm
  • Games – Fridays and Saturdays 12pm-5pm
  • Chair yoga – Saturdays at 1pm
     

Upcoming Activities

• Farmer’s market with Innovation-Assistance
  • Pay what you can
  • Friday September 24 at 1pm-3pm
  • 2154 Sainte-Catherine W
  • ‘Family relax zone’ with seating area for parents and coloring for the kids (or vice versa?)
  • ** family bundles not available **
     
• March for the Royal-Victoria with the Royal Vic for the Public Coalition
  • Our neighborhood needs more community spaces so march with other residents and organisations to call for the site of the former hospital to be used for the common good and never privatized
  • Sunday September 26 at 2pm-4pm
  • 757 Pine avenue W
     
• Neighborhood assembly
  Discussion on the Peter-McGill community Council strategic plan

The plan has been shaped and improved following numerous discussions with our members and partners at various events (neighbourhood meetings, discussion cafés, survey and individual interviews…).
We are ready to present you with the final plan, which includes the following themes:

• Theme 1 – An affordable downtown
• Theme 2 – A sustainable neighbourhood
• Theme 3 – An engaging and enriching neighbourhood life

• Theme 4 – A supportive community

 
REGISTER HERE to receive the zoom link and a copy of the condensed version of the strategic plan
Free & Open to All – This event is bilingual