March 2025

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New Online Recreation Registration

Starting March 17th, you will be able to register online for Yoga, Zumba, Spanish, and more using RecDesk! Visit our website to see what programs we are offering this spring.

Map your Resilience Workshop

Monday, March 10th | 7:00pm – 9:00pm | Free | 1330 Fairfield Rd

Resilience is all about strengthening our community’s ability to respond and adapt to big changes and deep challenges. It’s about all of us working together to build a stronger, more connected neighbourhood where everyone’s basic needs are met and everyone belongs. You will leave this workshop with a large physical map of your community’s hazards, assets, and tangible steps you can take to increase you community’s resilience.

To register, please call (250) 382 – 4604.

Join Us for a Mama’s Dance Party!

Saturday, March 15th | 5:30pm – 8:30pm | Suggested Donation of $5 – $15 | Garry Oak Room ( 1335 Thurlow Rd)

A night curated for all mamas and anyone who identifies as a mama, in any season of their Motherhood or reproductive journey, to reconnect back to themselves through creative expression, freedom of movement and authentic community building. There will be an opening and closing circle and time to connect over light refreshments as the night concludes. Feel free to come for it all or leave when needed. We can’t wait to dance and groove with you all soon! Brought to you by FGCA’s Neighbourhood Improvement Committee!

Doors open 5:30pm | Opening circle 5:45pm | Dance party 6:00 – 7:45pm | Closing circle 7:45pm | Connection time / Light refreshments 8:00 – 8:30pm

Paint Night with Barbara Morris – Spring Bunny

Thursday, March 27th | 6:30pm – 9:00pm | 1/$40 | 1330 Fairfield Rd

Unleash your inner artist. Bring your willingness to create your own masterpiece. With step by step demonstration, you do not require experience. In the two hours, you will get creative, have fun, and at the end of the evening take home your beautiful creation. All supplies included.

To register, please call (250) 382 – 4604.

Adult Bike Skills Workshop

Sunday, April 27th | 9:00am – 1:30pm | $70 | 1330 Fairfield Rd

Do you want to become more confident on your bike? This adult bike safety course combines classroom, parking lot, and on-road training. It is intended to build traffic cycling proficiency for adults of any age who want to ride to work, run errands or ride for pleasure. Learn the rules of the road and traffic safety as it applies to cyclists.

To register, please call (250) 382 – 4604.

Food Forest Work Parties

Last Friday of the month | 9:00am – 12:00pm | Porter Park, on Thurlow Rd

Fairfield Food Forest is a permaculture garden growing a wide variety of small trees, berry shrubs, herbs and more! Everyone is welcome to visit the Food Forest at any time to grow and harvest food while following permaculture techniques. This is not meant to be a vegetable garden but instead be a garden where anyone can come to and cultivate plants for the whole community can enjoy for years to come.

Some things that need to be done in this garden include: tree pruning, weeding, compost mulching, under-story planting, irrigation revamping, preparation for installation of a second fence to encircle the rest of the garden.

Family Drop-Ins

Mondays, 10: 00am – 12:30pm | Garry Oak Room ( 1335 Thurlow Rd) : Family Talk: Laugh, Learn & Lunch (Birth-5 yrs):

Tuesdays, 9:30am – 11:00am | Sequoia Room (1330 Fairfield Rd) : Parent & Tot Playgroup (Birth-5 yrs)

Thursdays, 9:30am – 11:00am | Garry Oak Room ( 1335 Thurlow Rd) : Kindergym (Walking-5 yrs)

Please visit our website for more information.

Community Dinners

Friday, March 14th | 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm | Garry Oak Room (1335 Thurlow Rd)

Once a month, on the 2nd Friday (October-June, except December), families and individuals can come enjoy a nutritious and delicious home-cooked meal with the community! There is no need to pre-register. Meals will be available while supplies last on a first come, first served basis. By donation, suggested $5 for an individual, $15 for a family or $25 for community support (to help keep on serving low-income families as food prices increase).

Art at the Place ~ Patti West

Patti’s art can be viewed during the month of March Monday – Friday, 9:00am – 4:30pm at 1330 Fairfield Rd

I have loved creating all of my life and have been inspired by the beauty of the natural world and by the wonder of relationships and the rich emotions that we all experience in life. As I keenly observe the intensity of beauty in creation and the passion and the fullness of life all around me, I endeavor to express these vivid images and emotive experiences in my acrylic paintings. I desire to entice the viewer into reflection on these evocative images that give a glimpse into the supernatural realm of existing all around us.

My visual images are powerful. My work is created to represent transcendent realities, to entice the viewer into deeper experiences impacting their spirit and emotions.

Calendar at The Place, 1330 Fairfield Rd

Board Meeting -Monday, March 3rd, 7pm – 9pm

Clothing Swap -March 1st, 10am – 1pm

Repair Café – Saturday, April 5th, 2pm – 5pm

Community Dinner– Friday, March 14th, 6pm – 7:30pm

CALUC Meeting – Monday, March 24th, 7pm -9pm

Neighbourhood Improvement Committee Meeting – Tuesday, March 25th 5:00pm-6:30pm

FGCA Reception desk is open: Monday to Friday 9:00am- 4:30pm

Closed on Saturdays & Sundays.

FGCA will be closed on February 17th (Family Day)

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