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Get a TASTE of West Hillhurst this September

Looking to have a fun, adults-only night out where you can drink some cocktails, sip some wine, and sample some of Calgary’s best food? Well, we’ll save you a seat for the WHCA’s annual premier fundraiser, TASTE of the Neighbourhood!

Some of the vendors we’ve lined up for this years event include Sunterra Market, Midtown Kitchen, Amato Gelato, Rig Hand Craft Distillery, The Barn, Village Brewery, Springbank Cheese Co, Burwood Distillery, Osteria Chef’s Table, Bravara Coffee, Apex Predator Brewing, Kensington Liquor Cellar, Vinestyles, Get Smoked Southern BBQ and more to be announced!

If sampling food and drink wasn’t enough to convince you, this year we’ll also have a fun-money casino courtesy of our friends at Aces R Wild! This is a great excuse to play some high-stakes, casino-style table games at no cost to you. At the end of the night, our chip leaders in various games will be taking home prizes, so bet big and play often!

We’ve also put together our best silent auction to date, with generous donations from Calgary businesses such as 9-Round Kickboxing, the Calgary Roughnecks, Bowtown Music, Calaway Park, and more!

For the first time ever, we’ll be hosting a Wine Survivor at TASTE. To join the pool, bring a bottle of win and $10 entrance fee and YOU could be the one to take home half of the total wine pool at the end of the night.

So join us Saturday, September 28th from 7pm to midnight for a wonderful evening of fun, friends, and food. We hope to see you there!

Get First Aid Certified!

Do you require first aid training for your workplace? Maybe looking to add a new certification to your resume? Or perhaps you just want to be prepared for if the worst happens to your friends and family?

Let the West Hillhurst Community Association help you get first aid certified! August 17 & 18, we will be hosting Standard First Aid – CPR C & AED with a St. John’s Ambulance certified instructor. From 9am to 5pm, this 2-day course will teach you everything you need to know in order to save lives at work, home, or play. At the end of the course, you will write a quick test after demonstrating practical skills and receive your First Aid certification.

Due to a special deal, we are able to offer this course at only $120 to the general public – typically offered at $155. If you have a valid WHCA Family Membership, you can get an additional 10% off the cost of the course and enroll for only $108! That’s $47 off of what you would pay elsewhere for the exact same certification.

So join us August 17 & 18 and learn how to become a certified first aider.

REGISTER TODAY!

Saddle Up for Stampede Breakfast

Our Annual Stampede Breakfast returns Tuesday, July 9th from 9 to 11:30AM!

Join us at the WHCA facility and enjoy a morning of delicious, fresh-made pancakes, sausage, and coffee with some family-friendly activities all courtesy of our wonderful events sponsors! Don your western wear and get in the Stampede spirit with us while we enjoy some great music by local group The Hubcaps.

This is a free event for community members, so get your family together and bring the whole posse on down for a breakfast with your neighbours and friends. Our staff and friendly volunteers will be waiting with a plate of hot and fresh breakfast!

No registration required. For more info, visit westhillhurst.com/whca-events.

YEEHAW!

Get Garage Sale Maps Starting Today

The Neighbourhood Garage Sale maps for this weekend, June 15th (Calgary’s Neighbour Day) are now available online and in the facility!

We assembled a map of all the homes throughout West Hillhurst that registered for our Garage Sale day. If you missed your chance to get included, there’s always next year! Registration gets your home added to the map, as well as a bright yellow garage sale sign to post in your yard or on your street. Which, if you haven’t picked your sign up yet, you can find those in the office at the WHCA along with yard stakes.

You can find the garage sale map here, as well as the printable PDF. If you find yourself in the area, feel free to drop-in and grab a copy! We have lots to go around.

So take part in the garage sales this Saturday. Who knows, you might find some hidden treasures!

Get a Taste of YYC Food Trucks

Calgary has some of the best food trucks across the province, and if you’re looking for a chance to try some of the best of the best, we can help!

Come by June 11th & 12th to the fields behind the WHCA arena and sample some great food from four of Calgary’s best food trucks! Both days, we’ll be joined by Stuff’d, Family Dogs, Family Squeezed Lemonade, and Calgary Mini Donuts, so there will be a little something for everyone. This is a great opportunity to not only try something new, but support local food trucks while saving yourself from cooking family dinner.

So stop by June 11th between 5:30 and 7pm or June 12th between 4:30 and 7pm and treat yourself to some great food!

Neighbour Day Summer Fest

Join us for 2019 SUMMER FEST!

For YYC Neighbour Day, we will be hosting (along with the Garage Sale) our first ever Summer Fest at the community association. Stop by from 11 am to 3 pm for an entire afternoon of activities provided by our amazing sponsors. Some of the great events we have planned are a bouncy house, carnival games, public skating, “Beat the Bucket” water-dunking, basketball, soccer, badminton, BBQ, and more! We are only able to bring you so many great activities due to our amazing sponsors: Cadence Chiropractic, Master Meats, Baboushkin DeJong Real Estate Group, Dairy Lane Cafe, Coca-Cola, and Amato Gelato! Thank you all again for your amazing support! Events like these allow the neighbourhood to connect and grow a our sense of community together.

So take some time on Saturday, June 15th and have some summer fun at the WHCA with SUMMER FEST!

We’re Serving Up More Tennis This Summer!

Our courts are open and ready for the spring & summer tennis seasons!

To help our community make the most of the tennis courts (as well as our great summer weather), we are providing tennis lessons & camps for all ages!

Interested in weekly tennis lessons with a certified instructor? Sign up for a weekly lesson for all skill levels, for youths and adults! Starting July 4th, these lessons will teach you how to be a better player while honing your existing tennis skills. Hit the court with confidence with instruction from our fantastic tennis pro Alicia Hampshire and take your game to the next level.

For youths, we’re also offering our week-long tennis summer camps! In July and August, Alicia will be running daytime camps for an hour every day for weeks of July 8th to 12th and August 26th to 30th. These camps are available for youths ages 4 to 13 and are catered to their age group. Make the most of their summer break by learning and excelling at a fun and engaging sport with other kids their age!

Learn more about these programs, as well as tennis memberships at westhillhurst.com/tennis

 

East Parking Lot Closure

If you’re a regular visitor to the Community Association or the Bowview Pool, you’ve probably noticed the potholes and wear & tear throughout the pool-side of the east parking lot. So good news: repairs will be done in May/June to fill the potholes before the pool opens for the season!

Unfortunately, this means the pool-side of the parking lot will be inaccessible during construction.

Construction begins May 27th and is expected to last for a week. During this time, we expect the WHCA-side of the parking lot to be extra busy, so if you will be visiting during the week of May 27th to June 2nd, be prepared to find street and off-site parking. 

We apologize for the inconvenience this causes and we appreciate your patience and understanding. These repairs are much needed for the damaged parking lot and need to be addressed before the pool reopens for the summer.

If you have any questions or concerns, feel free to contact us and our staff will do their best to address them.

New & Returning External WHCA Programs

The West Hillhurst Community Association is a 70,000 square foot facility, which means we have room for a TON of activities. While we try to provide as much family-friendly programming as we can for the community, we also provide rental spaces for external programs to run within the facility (since it would be almost impossible for us to fill these rooms just ourselves!).

Some of our external renters have been with us fairly long-term. For more info on them, you can check out the External Programs page on our website. They include:

  • Go-Getters 50+
  • Pickleball
  • NCHL
  • Summit Kids
  • Balletiques
  • and more.

Be sure to check out their separate descriptions and websites, available on the External Programs page.

We are also always looking for new renters to run programs! For instance, right now we provide space for fencing, karate, dance, fitness, and more! If you’re ever looking for more information on a program, class, or course offered at the WHCA, stop by the facility or give us a call and we will be happy to assist you as best we can.

If you’ve got ideas for programming you’d like to see at the WHCA, let us know! We want to have something for everyone.

 

Join the Neighbourhood Garage Sale

Join the 2019 Neighbourhood Garage Sale with the WHCA for Calgary’s Neighbour Day, June 15th!

Found some hidden gems while doing your spring cleaning that you no longer want but can’t bring yourself to throw  out? Maybe you’ve got a stash of goodies you’ve been holding on to but haven’t had the time to list them online? Or if you’re in the process of planning a garage sale yourself, we’ve got you covered!

WHCA Members can register FREE for our Neighbourhood Garage Sale day! Registration gets you a bright yellow “GARAGE SALE” sign for your lawn, as well as inclusion on our neighbourhood garage sale map that will be sent out to community families and posted online. This saves you the time, money, and effort of going out and putting together the signs and posters yourself, as well as giving your sale exposure to a much greater audience!

So if you’ve got something to sell, register today! If you want to be a part but don’t have a WHCA Membership, you can get one for your household for only $36.75/year and it includes a bunch of other great benefits (like discounts at area business, free WHCA classes, and more).

So don’t wait, REGISTER TODAY for THE JUNE 15TH GARAGE SALE!
You can also register by emailing John (programs@westhillhurst.com) with your name and address.