Bizarre Bazaar - JUNE 1st

We are using our rain date because of all the rain this weekend. Join us at McKellar Park on Sunday for the Bizarre Bazaar. If it's raining a little we will set most things up in the field house and under a few tents outside.

Patti

The Bike Rodeo was great!

Dominique Larocque of LaRocca XC Biking School took our Tween girls for a great ride. Danielle Cardinal of fitfleet fitness and our unicycler Eric came along with Dom to help get the girls going. Our 22 bikers were given a little orientation to their bikes, some safety tips, and taught some mountain biking skills. We also played some games and were inspired by Dominique's love of the outdoors, leadership and zest for biking. I especially enjoyed how she spoke of enjoying the outdoors and taking safe risks on our bikes. Risk taking isn't something we often inspire in our children especial when it comes to the outdoors and our girls.

Dominque offers a variety of mountain biking classes through LaRocca (www.mountainbikingschool.ca). We are hoping to arrange a 1/2day on her land in Vals-des-mont in the fall. This would be a mother and daughter event outside of the Tween Club regular schedule. More on that later in the summer.

Tween Club's Bizarre Bazaar - May 31st

The big day is fast approaching. Join the Tween Club at McKellar Park on Saturday May 31st from 9:30 to 12:00 for the BIZARRE BAZAAR. The girls will be hosting a garage sale, bake sale, and mini carnival for younger kids. All proceeds will be be donated to Roger's House in Anna MacDonald's name.

The girls are responsible for bringing in 12-20 items for the sale, baked goods package in $.50 sizes and they will all be given carnival duties. They must also wear a costume or purple to indicate they are working the event.

Please tell all your friends and neighbors about the Tween Club Bizarre Bazaar.

Our Trip to Rogers House

Last week during the 9/10 meeting, a few of the older girls came along to an open house at Roger's House. It was a great experience for all of us. The volunteers at Roger's House were great. We were walked through each room and told about the lives of the children and parents that have used the incredible facilities. It's a beautiful facility designed to bring joy and happiness to children going through very difficult times. We have chosen Roger's House as our charity for our May 31st fundraising event, The Tween Club Bizarre Bazaar.

Next week, the older girls will continue their planning efforts for the big event. All the girls are expected to bring 12-20 items to donate to the garage sale, they are also asked to bring something for the bake sale, and finally, they will assist with carnival games. More next week.

Patti

Girls Playing Games

It was wonderful to see the girls laughing, playing, getting dirty and having fun. Shauna and Jenna had the girls playing a whole bunch of group games - some old and some new. It's important for the girls to remember to play and get dirty. As they get older they start to shy away from these types of activities.

At the end of the session, we sat together and discussed our fundraising event scheduled for Saturday May 31st. Shauna talked about Rogers House, our charity of choice this year. We also talked about Anna McDonald whom many of the girls knew and recently passed away this winter after battling cancer on and off for years. Anna was 8 years old when she died and spend some time at Rogers House which she very much enjoyed.

For our event, The Tween Club Bizarre Bazaar, we are asking the girls to bring 12-20 items to sell in a garage sale (books, toys, etc.), something for the bake sale in small individual servings, and they will be running activities for little ones (bean bag toss, trike races, etc.). The girls will finish the planning for the event in their individual meetings this month.