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WHCA Community Garage Sale

Are you looking to have a garage sale this year?  Time to clean out the house, yard and garage?  Not sure what date will work best for your sale?  Why not join the West Hillhurst Community Garage Sale and your neighbours for a day of community spirit.  Help #YYC celebrate Neighbour Day in Calgary!

On Saturday, June 16, 2018 from 9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m., register your home for Community Garage Sale and the WHCA will provide custom yellow lawn signs.  The WHCA will market the event throughout the community!  Registration is FREE!!!  Closer to the event date, the WHCA will provide maps of homes that have been registered in our front lobby or online.

Please remember to register online, by email, phone or at the community association.  For more information or to register, contact programs@westhillhurst.com or 403.283.0464 ext 4

 

Spruce Spring Festival

In collaboration with the Spruce Up the Neighbourhood event, the WHCA is having their family and kids Spring Festival.  Not only will the community of West Hillhurst be sprucing up their community, but the WHCA will be offering:

BBQ & Beer Gardens ($)
Ice Cream Truck ($)
Carnival Games
Face Painting
Triple Meg Soccer Demos
Dunk-Tank
Bouncy House & more

After joining in on the clean up and the family friendly activities, stay to help celebrate the West Hillhurst Community Associaion 70th birthday celebrations.  Enjoy the celebratory photo wall, special guest speakers and cake cutting that all starts at 1:00 p.m. sharp!  Do you want to know more about the history of the WHCA?  Check out our website here for the story of inception!

Thank you to our event sponsors!

Spruce Up the Neighbourhood

Join your WHCA during the West Hillhurst Community Spruce-Up the Neighbourhood clean-up event. help reduce the waste going into our landfills and support community programs with recyclable donations. Attend the free event, clean out the house, pass on your recyclable donations and enjoy the family friendly activities that will be set up.

The WHCA will have a large number of vendors accepting household items and waste.  Below, check out what type of items we will be excepting for destroying.  Please note that some vendors do charge for removal of certain items.

Electronic Recycling – By Geep
Beverage container donation recycling – Vecova
Clothing and Household – Cerebral Palsy Assoc.
Paper Shredding – Best Shred
Children’s Sport Equipment Donation – Comrie Sports Equipment
Yard & Organic Waste ($5.00 charge) – Waste Management
Car Seat Recycling ($10.00 charge)
Auto/ Truck tires, batteries, rims – Action Tyre
Old Paint & Oil – Hazard waste drop off (CFD)

If you have any other questions on what waste the WHCA and vendors will be accepting, please contact John @ 403.283.0464 ext 4 or programs@westhiilhurst.com

WHCA ADMIN OFFICES CLOSED

A QUICK REMINDER:  THE WHCA OFFICES WILL BE CLOSED TODAY FOR VICTORIA DAY.   THE WHCA OFFICES WILL REOPEN FOR THEIR REGULAR HOURS ON TUESDAY MAY 22, 2018.

WE ARE SORRY FOR THE INCONVENIENCE THAT MAY OCCUR.

Victoria Day – WHCA Admin Office CLOSED

Please note that your WHCA Administration office will be closed on Monday May 21, 2018 for Victoria Day.  There will be reduced operating hours at the community association at this time.

FACILITY REDUCED HOURS:

HEALTH CLUB REDUCED HOURS:  Saturday, Sunday & Monday – 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
FACILITY AND ARENA:  Saturday – Monday – 8:00 a.m. – 9:00 p.m.
THE BARN PUBLIC HOUSE:  CLOSED FRIDAY THRU MONDAY

Italy Coast-to-Coast

Come and celebrate the delicious food and wine from four amazing cities across Italy, Chef Justin Lall will design a four-course menu inspired from each of our chosen cities in Italy.

Beginning in the south we will start with the famous coastal city of Naples on March 20, the capital of Campania and third largest city in Italy. Naples is internationally famous for its cuisine and wine, known for the rich flavours and inventing the Neopolican pizza.

Next we will move up to the historic city of Rome on May 22, the capital of Italy, Rome has the third highest density of residents in Europe. Rome’s food flavours are vast and influenced from many of its surrounding regions and countries.

For the summer we head off to the region of Tuscany to enjoy the city of Florence on July 24th, if the weather is nice we may dine al fresco on the patio (TBD). Florence cuisine is very comfort based and is heavily focused on meat and wine, Tuscany is one of the most famous regions of Italian wine with big flavour.

We will finish our fourth dinner on October 23 with a fall inspired menu with the northern city of Milan which is knows as the design capital of the world. Milan has developed its own local culinary traditions typical for North Italian cuisines uses more rice than pasta and many braised meats.

Each ticket includes a welcome glass of prosecco, a four-course plated dinner inspired by the region of each city, hospitality and tax. You can choose to include wine pairings for each course, picked from each of the regions to complement each dish.

Seating is limited as we will only be selling 40 tickets to each of these dinners, so make sure to purchase your tickets early. In the true style of Italy we will be dining at four communal tables for the evening to enjoy conversation with others.

Naples – March 20

Rome – May 22

Florence – July 24

Milan – October 23

For more information and to get your tickets, check out their website here.

Happy Mother’s Day

The special day that comes once a year.  The day that we have the opportunity to truly show our mother’s the true importance of them in our lives.  The day we get to spoil them and show appreciation for life.  Mother’s day is about spending the day with mom, doing her favourite things and perhaps taking her out for dinner.  We all know that mom’s don’t expect anything tangible for Mother’s Day, however, we know they love it even more when they do.

There are always the traditional chocolates, flowers or dinner, but have you ever wanted to try something different?  Presented is a link of some unique and fun ideas for Mother’s Day gifts.  Thanks to Country Living for compiling these awesome ideas.  Do you have some of your own unique and original ideas that you love doing for you mom?  Tell us about them and share what your mom loves about her day.  To check out more fantastic ideas, check out Country Living, here.

From everyone at the WHCA, we wish all the mother’s out there the best and happiest Mother’s Day.  We hope you feel the love, appreciation and are showered with gifts on your special day.

Flood Preparedness

Dear Community Representative,

As we approach flood season and the five-year anniversary of the 2013 Southern Alberta flood, we’d like to inform you of our plans for our 2018 flood readiness campaign, ask you to share some information with your community members, and update you about the actions we have taken to become a more flood resilient city.

River flooding can occur at any time in Calgary with little or no warning because of the short, steep distance the rivers travel from the mountains to Calgary. The period between May 15 and July 15 is when Calgary is most likely to experience river flooding due to the combination of snow melt and heavy rainfall events. We actively monitor river, weather and snow pack conditions to prepare for potential flooding. It is important to note that:

  • The most important factor is heavy rainfall upstream of Calgary. These events are challenging to forecast, with Calgary in close proximity to the mountains. We can usually see large rain events about 5-7 days in advance, but we may only have 24 hours (or less) to prepare.
  • A high snowpack alone does not cause our rivers to flood. The snowpack in the mountains has been higher than average this year, however with the lower spring temperatures in the mountains, the snow is melting slower than on the prairies.
  • At this point, the long-term forecast indicates this spring will be cooler than normal with normal precipitation. The City and Province continuously monitor for conditions that can develop into flood events.

Since 2013, together with the Province, we have committed more than $150 million towards projects that will reduce our risk of river flood damage. We have also strengthened our understanding of the flow of the Bow and Elbow Rivers, how rivers change, flood modelling, forecasting, preparedness and response.

While we have worked to reduce our risk of river flood damage, we cannot eliminate the risk of flooding entirely. River flooding impacts all Calgarians who live, work, commute or recreate in the city centre or along the Bow and Elbow Rivers.Citizens have a critical role to play in preparing for river flooding. Our 2018 Flood Readiness Campaign aims to educate Calgarians about how to understand their flood risk, be prepared and stay informed. Our campaign includes the following activities:

  • Disaster Alley (May 5)
  • Report to Calgarians airing May 14 to May 20
  • Flood season campaign launch media availability (week of May 14)
  • Flood Readiness open house for Bow River communities at Foothills Academy (May 15, 7pm)
  • Councillor Farkas’s Flood Readiness Townhall for Elbow River communities (May 17, 7pm)
  • Digital advertising, promotion and social media
  • Monthly City News blog posts (April – July), calgarycitynews.com

o   snowpack and flood risk

o   personal preparedness

o   mitigation projects

o   climate change and flood risk

  • Biweekly Flood e-newsletter (May to July), including promotion to increase subscribers (sign up at calgary.ca/floodinfo)
  • Video series featuring residents who have taken actions to become flood resilient to be featured in biweekly flood e-newsletter and online
  • Updates to flood website calgary.ca/floodinfo

Please contact Pamela Reid (Pamela.Reid@calgary.ca or 403 268-4004) if you have any questions.

Click Here for the 2018 Flood Preparedness Campaign 

Carolyn Bowen M.Sc.

Manager, Watershed Planning

Water Resources | The City of Calgary

Mail code #438 | PO Box 2100, Stn. M, Calgary AB, T2P 2M5

T 403.268.2509 | C 403.801.2074

Calgary in May

The city of Calgary is always bustling with events, festivities and more.  Are you looking for local things to do?  No plans over the weekends in May?  If you looking to fill your weekends and have already booked in WHCA events, check out what else is happening around the city.  Thank you to Tourism Calgary for their schedule of events.  Want to see the full scheduled of events going on in the city?

Click here for further ideas!

May @ the WHCA

May is here and we truly hope that the snow stays away.  It’s time to enjoy the warmth of the spring sun and the freshness of May flowers.  It’s time to enjoy some out door activities such as soccer, football, running, biking etc.  Does that not tickle your fancy?  Why not check out what the West Hillhurst Community Association has happening in May.



Be sure to check out all the events, promotions, and classes offered for May.  If further information is requested, please contact us @ 403.283.0464