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No Arena Ice in July

Our arena runs year round and sees thousands and thousands of skaters every month! Understandably, all that traffic means the ice is undergoing almost constant maintenance and as wear continues, it gets increasingly difficult for our hardworking arena staff to maintain the ice to a usable and acceptable level.

This means that once every few years we have to take the ice out of the arena and start anew. Well, this year is one of those years and we’ve chosen July as the month to do it! So if you’re looking to take part in some ice-based activities at the WHCA throughout July, unfortunately you’ll be out of luck in 2019. But don’t fret, we will be working around the clock to get new ice laid as soon as possible – we expect it to be back to normal by July 28th, brand new and improved! After the ice is replaced, we won’t have to worry about taking it out again for another three years, so you’ll be able to skate year-round until 2022. At least that’s the plan!

So if you or your family wants to hit the ice in the coming weeks, just keep in mind that you may have to wait until August. We appreciate your patience and understanding while we get the new ice down.

Stay tuned for more facility updates. For the latest, be sure to follow us on social media!

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.

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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!

Send Us Your Village Beer Receipts!

Neighbour Day is all about gathering, and Village Brewery was built with the purpose of gathering people around community. To support this, they are working with the Federation of Calgary Communities to offer rebates to  community associations for all Village beer purchases made by Calgarians throughout the month of June, as part of Neighbour Day celebrations.

Purchase any kind of Village beer from June 1 to June 30, 2019 and send a copy of your receipts to us at the West Hillhurst Community Association. Village Brewery will then donate 15% of all neighbourhood beer purchases back to us for future community-building initiatives! We will also make receipt donation boxes available in select liquor stores throughout the neighbourhood, so keep your eye out for them and make sure to submit your receipts! This funds go a long way for the WHCA and our fundraising efforts, and every little bit counts. You can also stop by the office at WHCA and drop your receipts off in person.

Raise a glass in honour of Neighbour Day on June 15, 2019 and help support your community!

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.

 

Child Safety & the WHCA

Safety should be a top priority at any age.

Get your kids in a safety-orientated mindset at an early age with child safety classes at the WHCA with certified instruction from Child Safe Canada.

Starting in May, we will have Home Alone Safety & the Babysitter Program for ages 6 and up.

Home Alone Safety prepares youths for all of the important steps for being on their own. This interactive safety course will provide them with the skills and confidence they need to be able to handle unsafe and uncomfortable situations they may encounter while you’re away. Some of the skills they will learn are:

  • first aid
  • fire safety
  • answering the door & phone
  • flooding toilets and plumbing
  • and more.

Home Alone Safety will be held on Sunday, May 26th at the WHCA. Registration is currently closed and enrollment is full for this class.

The Babysitter Program teaches youth ages 10+ who look to be future babysitters how to be safe while also building their self-esteem. Skills taught through this course include:

  • being a responsible babysitter
  • safety & injury prevention
  • handling emergencies
  • preparing meals
  • feeding & caring for babies,
  • and more.

The Babysitter Program will be held on Sunday, June 23rd at the WHCA. Registration is open and enrollment will close on June 4th, so register soon!