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Week of Welcome 2023


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
  • Date: Sept 11/23
  • Time: 11am-2pm
  • Address: Sparwood Splash Park
  • Event: We'll have a time of organized games, park fun and a picnic. Sport equipment such as soccer and basketballs will be provided. 
  • Bring: Families are responsible to bring their own food, beverages and picnic chairs. 
Cranbrook
South Okanagan
  • Date: Friday, September 8th
  • Time: 4-6 p.m.
  • Address: Sun-Oka Beach Provincial Park, Okanagan Hwy, Summerland, BC V0H 1Z4
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Kelowna
  • Date: Sept 15/23
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  • Address: Green Bay Bible Camp
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Kamloops
  • Date: Sept 22/23
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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!

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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! 

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Sunshine Coast, Porpoise Bay
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North

Burns Lake
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Prince George

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Island

Mid Island: Port Alberni, Oceanside, Nanaimo 
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Powell River
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