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Canada Day Celebration-July 1

Canada’s 151st Birthday Celebration! Sunday July 1 Come and join the community in celebrating. In Seniors Centre: 11:45am-12:45pm Hot dogs & drink $2 1:00pm…………Flag Raising Ceremony 1:15- 3:00pm ……………… Entertainment includes: Brock House/Kerrisdale Seniors, Chinese Folk Dance and more. Serving cupcakes & raffle.

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VOLUNTEER PIANIST(s) for SENIORS CHOIR

VOLUNTEER PIANIST(s) for SENIORS CHOIR KERRISDALE SENIORS SINGERS is a mixed voice volunteer community choir of 26 members. The Choir was established in mid 1970’s. Established in the mid 1970’s, the choir practices on Thursdays from 9:30 to 11:30 am at the Kerrisdale Seniors Centre. We perform 12 concerts a year at seniors’ residences, care and community centres. An honorarium is presented to our pianist twice a year. Do you play the piano? Your assistance

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JCC Showtime-May 15

JCC Showtime A variety of old time Broadway Hits brought to you by the popular JCC group. Instructor: Beryl Israel Tuesday May 15, 7:00 pm-9:00 pm        »153278 $5/1 sess BUY TICKET HERE

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When Kerrisdale ROCKED!

When Kerrisdale ROCKED! Built in 1949, the Kerrisdale Arena has offered a host of recreational options to the community from skating lessons, roller derby and ice hockey games to concerts by some of the most influential musicians of our time. In 1956, Bill Haley & the Comets ROCKED Vancouver at the Kerrisdale Arena and by the mid 80’s the venue emerged as the mecca for the alternative music scene with the likes of The Clash, Peter Tosh,

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Kerrisdale Community Centre is Life-Changing

Just back from an active vacation in the UK and Croatia, Janet Polonijo immediately credited the Kerrisdale Community Centre with helping her to take that type of holiday. “I have a personal trainer and am in the exercise room several times a week,” she explained. “Being able to work out here has been instrumental in keeping me fit and healthy – and getting me to a point where I can take a vacation that includes being very active

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A Family Affair

It’s clear that for Dennis Healey, going to the Kerrisdale Community Centre is truly a family affair. Dennis is a regular at the centre (he uses the fitness centre six times a week) – and almost everyone that passes by waves hello or stops to chat with him. In addition, both his wife and son used to work at the centre and are still members. He laughs: “We have all been here a lot over

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Meet Me at KCC!

Suzanne Stothers is a regular visitor to the Kerrisdale Community Centre. She says that for her, it is a central hub to meet people. She laughingly explained: “It happens several times a week, where I will be making plans with a friend and will say: ‘Meet me at KCC!’.” (Editor’s note: This sounds like a perfect advertising slogan for the community centre. We love it!) At KCC, Suzanne uses the pool and comes for the

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Building a New Life at 91 Years Young

Several years ago, Mary Wong, then 91, moved from Saskatoon, Saskatchewan to Vancouver, British Columbia to be closer to her daughter, Janice. While Mary and Janice were looking forward to living in the same neighbourhood, they worried about how Mary would adapt to her new life here. It turns out they had absolutely nothing to worry about. Shortly after Mary moved into an apartment down the street from the Kerrisdale Community Centre, Janice took her to

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KerrisdaleCC Stories Wanted!

Has Kerrisdale Community Centre Made Your Life Better in Some Way? — We Want to Hear from You!   Our community centre is going to run a series of Kerrisdale Community Centre member profiles on our blog. We want to show the Park Board and the world how important our community centre is to Kerrisdale. Our writer, Ruth Atherley, would like to interview people who come to the community centre. We want to know what the community

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Digital Storytelling Workshop “Sharing the Life Stories of our Elders” Kerrisdale Seniors Centre

Digital Storytelling Workshop “Sharing the Life Stories of our Elders” Kerrisdale Seniors Centre Sign-up for this exciting workshop series where a team of Digital Storytellers from SFU will work with you to create your own “digital story”.  Through this ten-week program, you will learn to write, record, and edit your own digital story.  At the end of the program, you will participate in a “Sharing our Stories” event where family and friends will have the

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