Week of Welcome 2023
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Interior
Shuswap / Salmon Arm
- Date: Friday September 8th
- Time: 12:30-2:30 pm
- Address: Blackburn Park, 480 5 Ave SW, Salmon Arm, BC V1E 1V4
- Parking: Lots of parking right at the park
- Event: Spray park, picnic tables, large field
- Bring: A picnic lunch. Swimwear/towels is optional.
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Sparwood
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Cranbrook
- Date: Thursday, September 14th
- Time: 1:00 pm- 4:00 pm
- Address: Idlewild park, 34th Ave & 9th Street S, Cranbrook
- Parking: Park in the main parking lot or near the play structure
- Event: Some organized games starting at 1:30pm and free time to hangout and connect with other families from 3:00pm - 4:00pm
- Bring: Appropriate dress for the weather, a snack, a folding chair if you want a comfortable place to sit, and a filled water bottle to drink.
- Please Register here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeu7FTnsO2nfLm6vvhXJMR3wr7b480Pk5CL_zhIj4lDc9FqnQ/viewform?vc=0&c=0&w=1&flr=0&pli=1
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Kelowna
- Date: Sept 15/23
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- Address: Green Bay Bible Camp
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Kamloops
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Vernon
- Date: Thursday, September 7
- Time: 12:30 to 3pm
- Address: Paddlewheel Park, 7815 Okanagan Landing Rd, Vernon, BC V1H 1K8
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- Event: Join your HCOS Community as we celebrate the start of a new year with a card-board boat building challenge! (Students will work in teams of 4 to 8 to design and build a sturdy, floatable boat with two paddles out of only cardboard and duct tape. (No motors or floatation devices allowed!) All assembly must be done on location, and groups will include students of different ages. Boats must be finished by race-time at 2 p.m. The floatability of each boat will be tested in the water – so be prepared to get wet! The first three teams to make it back to the shore with the two paddlers still in their boats will win a prize! Families are also welcome to build sand-castles on the beach!)
- Bring: Snacks and life-jackets (if needed) and if interested, sand-castle building supplies
Lower Mainland
Burnaby Deer Lake
- Date: Wednesday, Sept. 6, 2023
- Time: 10 am to noon (stay as long as you'd like though!)
- Address: 5435 Sperling Ave, Burnaby
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- Event: Back-to-school Picnic.
- Bring: Snacks, frisbees, spike ball, kayak for on the lake or other games!
Cultus Lake
- Date: Thursday, Sept. 7, 2023
- Time: 10 am to noon (stay as long as you'd like though!)
- Address: Entrance Bay Campground, Day Use Area
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- Event: Back-to-school Picnic. Swimming with parent supervision if the weather is nice.
- Bring: Snacks, frisbees, spike ball, paddleboards, kayak, spike ball or other games!
Langley Walnut Grove Community Park
- Date: Friday, Sept. 8
- Time: 10 am to noon (stay as long as you'd like though!)
- Address: 8919 Walnut Grove Drive, Langley
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- Event: Back-to-school Picnic.
- Bring: Snacks, frisbees, soccer ball, spike ball, or other games!
Sunshine Coast, Porpoise Bay
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Burns Lake
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Island
Mid Island: Port Alberni, Oceanside, Nanaimo
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