10 Friday, November 4, 2016brooklintowncrier.com Community Calendar If you have a community not-for-profit event you would like included in the calendar, please email it to editorofBTC@gmail.com with the subject line "calendar."Priority will be given to Brooklin events. Some editing may occur. Fri. Nov. 11: 1:00 pm Brooklin Legion Branch 152 Remembrance Day Ceremony at Luther Vipond Memorial Arena. Join school children in remebrance of our fallen heros. Laying of wreaths. Moment of silent. Sat., Nov. 12: 9:00 am - 3:00 pm Annual Vendors' Sale at St. Leo the Great Parish Hall, 130 Watford St. (off Winchester). Free Admission- Over 30 vendors - Door Prizes - Something for everyone! Sat., Nov. 12: 9:00 am - 3:00 pm Rebekah's Craft Sale - 42 Bagot Street, Brooklin -Vendor tables $15.00. 6 or 8 foot tables. For more information call Samantha Puckrin at 905-620-0538 or Lis Whetstone at 289-356-3913 Sat. Nov. 12: 9:00 am - 3:00 pm Annual Vendors' Sale at St. Leo the Great Parish Hall, 130 Watford St. Free Admission. Over 30 vendors. Door Prizes. Something for everyone! Sat., Nov. 12: 9:00 am - 3:00 pm Rebekah's Craft Sale. 42 Bagot Street, Brooklin. Vendor tables $15.00. 6 or 8 foot tables. For more information call Samantha Puckrin at 905-620-0538 or Lis Whetstone at 289-356-3913 Sun., Nov. 20: Mt. Zion United Church annual Turkey Dinner. Two settings: 5:00 pm or 6:30 pm. Adults $18.00, children $5.00. Tickets available from Jones: 905 649-5200 or Taylor: 905 649-3332. Email: evelynjones02@ gmail.com Sat., Nov. 26: Group 74's Santa's Snowman Workshop. Tickets now on sale on-Line!. This year's theme is "Snowmen" and we look forward to welcoming all of our Snowmen- in-Training. Tickets usually sell out quickly. Two sessions. Tickets are $20.00 per child and adult admission is a donation to the Salvation Army Food bank. whitby.snapd.com/#/ events/view/994824. Visit our Face- book page for details. facebook.com/ Group74. Our Charities of Choice for this event are: Hearth Place Cancer Support Centre and Salvation Army Food Drive. Contact us at Group74@ hotmail.ca if you have questions. Sat. Nov. 26: 10:00 am to 3:00 pm Group74 and Keller Williams Energy host their 9th Annual Turkey Drive. Our mission is to feed 1800 families a full turkey dinner this holiday season. Drop by the Brooklin Community Centre and help make a family's Christmas special. $35.00 feeds a family an entire dinner... including all the trimmings and dessert. Dinners may be paid via chq. For more info pls contact Group74@hotmail.ca Mondays 6:30-7:00 pm: French Family Storytime: Children of all ages and their caregivers are invited to join Madame Sue for our weekly French Family Storytime! Enjoy a half hour of stories and songs in French, with a dash of English too! Registration is not required. Just drop in! LOCATION: Central Library - Children's Program Room Tuesdays: Brooklin Toastmasters, 7:15 pm for Meet & Greet, Meeting from 7:20 to 9:14 pm at the Brooklin Community Centre & Library, 8 Vipond Road, 2nd floor Boardroom. For more information, contact John at 905-683-4439 or jajhj@sympatico.ca or Loran Weston-Smyth at lorn@lornawestonsmyth.com or 416-910-4109. Brooklin Toastmasters provides a supportive and positive environment where members have the opportunity to develop their communication and leadership skills. Basic Foot Care: Community Care Durham provides basic foot care services by registered foot care nurses on the 1st and 3rd Tuesday of every month at St. Thomas' Anglican Church. Please call 905-668-6223 for more information. Thursday evenings: Love to sing! The Brooklin United Church adult choir welcomes new voices to join us. Practices are Thursday evenings 7:30 - 9:00 pm. You do not need to read music to be part of the choir. Practice CD's are made available. For more information, please call the church office at 905-655-4141 or by email at office@brooklinunited.ca Brooklin's Guide to Home Based Businesses To advertise in this feature contact Crystal at 416.839.0248 Sarah's Sewing Alterations, Mending, Crafts, Costumes -- Call or text: 905 242-4251 blue.dragonfly@rocketmail.com Need Post Holes? We can help! FBG Fencing Inc. • Brian 416-795-9469 www.fbgfencing.com Ding - Dong, AVON Calling! To receive a bi-weekly brochure email me at or drop by 60 Photos by Dianne www.istockphoto.com/search/portfolio/13554221 CLASSIFIEDS Custom Closets & More www.dream-space.ca 905.409.8681. Authorized HomeAdvisor Guitar Drum Lessons Repair Fret Replacement Leveling, Setup, patricksguitarstudio.com Sarah's Sewing Alterations, Mending, Crafts, Costumes - Call or text: 905 242- 4251 blue.dragonfly@rocketmail.comWORSHIP DIRECTORY WORSHIP DIRECTORY Burns Presbyterian Church 765 Myrtle Rd West (just 4 minutes north of Brooklin) 10am Worship, Kids Zone Fun & Nursery Care "Discovering God, Sharing God's Love" 905.655.8509 www.Burnschurch.org St. Thomas' Anglican Church 101 Winchester Road East Sunday Services: 8:30 and 10:30 am Sunday School & Nursery Program (10:30am) Wednesday 10:00 a.m. Communion and Healing Service 905-655-3883 www.stthomasbrooklin.ca Brooklin United Church 19 Cassels Rd. E. Sunday Services at 10:30 am Sunday School & Nursery Care www.brooklinunited.ca 905-655-4141 Come catch the Spirit! Renaissance Baptist Church of Brooklin 40 Vipond Road (Just West Of Library) Sunday Worship & Kids Program 10:30 a.m. 905 655 4554 www.brooklinrbc.ca We're here for Brooklin! Grade 5 Action Pass returns for the 2016-17 school year The Grade 5 Action Pass is back for the 2016-17 school year, with the goal of getting grade 5 students up and active. The pass gives all grade 5 students in Durham Region access to free public swimming, public skating and other programs such as, soccer and squash, throughout the school year from September 2016 to August 2017. According to statistics from Durham Region Health Department, only 20 per cent of area elementary school students are getting the daily recommended 60 minutes of moderate to vigorous physical activity. In addition, ParticipACTION's 2016 Report Card on Physical Activity for Children and Youth gives Canadian children a grade of D minus in overall physical activity. The report found that only 14 per cent of five to 11-year olds are getting the recommended 60 minutes of physical activity every day, with this number dropping to five per cent for children 12 to 17-years old. "The report card is concerning and it's important to note that grade 5 is an important time in a child's life to promote a commitment to physical activity throughout life," said Lindsey Partridge, a public health nurse with the Health Department. "We find that as students reach higher grades, physical activity levels tend to drop-off. The Grade 5 Action Pass program supports grade 5 students to be active and enjoy free, fun physical activities every day." The pass can be used at participating municipal recreation centres, the Durham Family YMCA in Oshawa, the Abilities Centre in Whitby and Durham College/UOIT Campus Ice Centre in Oshawa. Students can obtain their pass by visiting local municipal recreation centres or the Durham Family YMCA, 99 Mary St. N., Oshawa. Proof of address and date of birth must be provided. Students registering in the townships of Uxbridge and Scugog must also bring a current one by one and a half inch size photograph of themselves to obtain the pass. Students in Brock Township will receive their pass at school. Mayor's Fund Gives to Diabetes Centre The Mayor's Community Development Fund (MCDF) is providing a grant of $4,200 to Charles H. Best Diabetes Centre for the purchase of an A1C Glucose Analyzer. The Charles H. Best Diabetes Centre will use the Mayor's Community Development Grant to purchase an A1C analyzer, a device that measures blood glucose levels and assists with diabetes management. The analyser will allow the clinic to continue provide excellent diabetes management to patients and families as they learn to integrate the changes demanded by diabetes into their lives so they can live longer, happier, healthier lives. Founded in 1989 as a "first of its kind" centre in Canada, the Charles H. Best Diabetes Centre serves over 500 children and 1,000 adults in the Durham Region by providing the most current information, support and management available from the time of diagnosis through all of life's challenges; from sick days to pregnancies, from school days to work days and every day in-between. Visit www.charleshbest.com for more information. The MCDF uses net proceeds from the Mayor's Annual Golf Tournament and Mayor's Fundraiser to support two lead causes or charities and provides funding in smaller amounts to other initiatives that benefit Whitby residents. Visit whitby.ca/mcdf for more information. For more information about the Grade 5 Action Pass, please call Durham Health Connection Line at 905-666-6241 or 1-800-841-2729, or visit durham.ca/physicalactivity.