Variety – The Children’s Charity of BC is joining all Variety chapters across North America to make a big difference in the lives of local kids during Variety Mobility Day on June 5th.
Variety Mobility Day will promote accessibility and inclusiveness while raising funds to provide much-needed mobility equipment for children who experience mobility challenges. Locally, Variety BC will be challenging British Columbians to come together to raise enough money to fund two Adaptive Trikes in each of their five health regions.
Variety Mobility Day
Where: 4300 Still Creek Drive in Burnaby When: Wednesday, June 5, 2019 10:00am to 2:00pm Admission: FREE! Come join us in person or participate by donating online or text “KIDS” to 45678 to make an automatic $20 contribution.
“Variety has been providing mobility equipment for kids with special needs for more than 50 years,” said Cally Wesson, Variety BC CEO. “We are so looking forward to launching Variety Mobility Day to build awareness while at the same time, raising money to meet the growing demands of kids with mobility challenges.”
Open to the public, the Variety Mobility Day Block Party will include a barbeque and a Sunshine Family Van presentation. In addition, guests will hear from Marco Pasqua, Public Speaker, Entrepreneur & Variety Mobility Day Honourary Chair who will share his childhood challenges as a wheelchair-user and how Variety gives kids who face mobility challenges the freedom and independence essential for both physical and social development.
Both Global BC and 980 CKNW will be on-site while partygoers will have the opportunity to see firsthand the inside of a brand new Sunshine Coach and ride an adult-size Adaptive Trike.
To help Variety reach their fundraising goal of $50,000 to purchase ten Adaptive Trikes, donations can be made online or by texting “KIDS” to 45678 to make an automatic $20 contribution. Additionally donors can register to have their own fundraising page through an online platform which allows individuals and groups to connect with friends, families and co-workers in support of kids with special needs.
Where: Rocky Point Park When: Friday, June 28 to Monday, July 1, 2019 Admission: By donation
On Sunday, June 30, 2019, the City of Port Moody presents Big Sugar for a set of great music starting at 9:15pm at the Golden Spike Days Festival in Rocky Point Park. Whether they’re playing old favourites like “If I Had My Way” or new songs like “Anything Is Possible,” Big Sugar is sure to rock the house and keep you dancing as you celebrate Canada’s 152nd birthday.
The Golden Spike Days Festival is one of the oldest and longest running family events in BC and are proud to have been named to The Tri-City News’ A-List as ‘Favorite Community Event,’ multiple years running. The festival is held at Rocky Point Park around Canada Day, attracting upwards of 40,000 people of all walks of life with live entertainment, special events and activities for all ages.
The event commemorates the construction of the Canadian Pacific Railway line and its arrival at the original western terminus in Port Moody where the LAST SPIKE was driven. For more info about this event and more, follow the City of Port Moody on Facebook and Twitter.
Burnaby’s biggest festival, Hats Off Day, is free and fun for the whole family! Held on the first Saturday in June each year, it’s a giant one-day extravaganza featuring a colourful parade followed by a big street party.
Hats off Day at Burnaby Heights
Where: Hastings from Boundary to Gamma in Burnaby When: Saturday, June 1, 2019 9:30am to 4:00pm Admission: Free
Burnaby Heights merchants take their ‘hats off’ to salut the community and offer up sidewalk sales, street eats, and fun activities over 10 blocks at this even that can attract up to 100,000 people! This year’s theme is HEIGHTS SUPERHEROES.
The day starts with the parade at 9:30am, a tradition since 1989. The Police Motorcycle Drill Team will lead it off at 9:30am from Beta Avenue and continue all the way to Boundary Road. You can also join the 7th annual Family Fun Dash to start things off. Come in your best superhero costume!
The street festival will follow until 4:00pm, with Hastings Street shut down to traffic and filled with live music, street performers, kids activities, delicious food, and much more. With multiple activities and attractions for all ages, each block has something to experience.
Save the date and follow Burnaby Heights on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram for more information.
This weekend is full of Mother’s Day activities, along with markets – like the Friday night Shipyards Market – and theatre and more. There are lots of things to do in Vancouver this weekend, check out the list below:
Acclaimed author Margaret Atwood joins the Vancouver Writers Fest this fall to discuss her forthcoming title, The Testaments.
Margaret Atwood at the Vancouver Writers Fest
When: Thursday, September 26, 2019 at 7:30pm Where: The Chan Centre for Performing Arts Tickets: On sale on Wednesday, June 19, 2019 at 12:00pm, sign up here for updates.
In this brilliant sequel to The Handmaid’s Tale, she answers the questions that have tantalized readers for decades. When the van door slammed on Offred’s future at the end ofThe Handmaid’s Tale, readers had no way of telling what lay ahead. With The Testaments, the wait is over.
Margaret Atwood‘s sequel picks up the story fifteen years after Offred stepped into the unknown, with the explosive testaments of three female narrators from Gilead.
Margaret Atwood, whose work has been published in thirty-five countries, is the author of more than forty books of fiction, poetry, and critical essays. In addition to The Handmaid’s Tale, her novels include Cat’s Eye, short-listed for the 1989 Booker Prize;Alias Grace, which won the Giller Prize in Canada and the Premio Mondello in Italy; The Blind Assassin, winner of the 2000 Booker Prize; Oryx and Crake, short-listed for the 2003 Man Booker Prize; The Year of the Flood; and MaddAddam. She is the recipient of the Los Angeles Times Innovator’s Award, and lives in Toronto with the writer Graeme Gibson.
The Vancouver Writers Fest is October 21-27, 2019. Follow along on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram to get the latest updates about this event and more.
