Category: Events

June is Bike Month and Ritchie is Challenging Allendale Residents!

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Ritchie Community League is once again challenging all leagues to a June Bike Challenge! The inter-league challenge is simple:  ride the most kilometres in the month of June! Results will be reported in two ways: total distance travelled per league AND distance travelled per resident in the league area (based on recent city census results). 

All Allendale residents are invited to track their cycling and pool their kilometres with their neighbours on the Strava App. Download the Strava App to your mobile device and search for the club “Team Allendale” or use your computer to join at https://www.strava.com/clubs/Allendalebike. If you don’t have access to Strava, no problem. Submit your total distance (in kilometres) for the week by Sunday at noon to Jeff Papineau, our League Representative: bikeallendale@gmail.com.

Keep in mind… If you take your family out for a ride, your children’s distance counts as well! So if your family of four takes a four kilometre spin, you can report 16 km total!  The results will be updated weekly and available on the Ritchie website (https://www.ritchie-league.com/bike-results).

Let’s get moving Allendale! 

Also, Councillor Michael Janz is hosting a number of Bike Month events in Ward papastew:

BIKE MAYOR of Old Strathcona
Nominate our Neighbourhood Bike Mayor (2022) – https://www.michaeljanz.ca/bikemayor

BIKE TOURS
Saturday June 4, 12PM-3PM – All ages – Join Councillor Janz for a casual tour of papastew community bike ride.
Sunday June 12, 12:30PM-4PM – Voting Age & Over – Join Councillor Janz for a casual tour of papastew breweries.
Saturday June 18, 1PM-5PM – Coffee, Playgrounds, & Tacos

Details at https://www.michaeljanz.ca/bikemonth

2022 Community Hall/Grounds Cleanup

2022 Community Hall/Grounds Cleanup

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On Saturday, June 4 and weather permitting, we are holding a community hall/grounds clean up. We are looking for volunteers to help with painting, weeding, spreading mulch and other small clean up tasks around the hall. If you are interested and can spare a couple hours to help out, meet at the community hall at 10:30am. We’ll provide the coffee and donuts!

Annual General Meeting May 18, 2022

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Agenda

All members are invited to attend

 

7:00 to 7:30 pm Question and Answers with Councillor Michael Janz

Call to order at 7:30 pm

  • Welcome by President and Introductions of Community League Board Members
  • Approval of AGM Agenda
  • Approval of June 10th, 2021 AGM minutes (as distributed)

President’s report

Treasurer’s report

Motion to accept the Annual Financial Statement for the fiscal year 2021/2022 

      • Bank balances as of Mar 31, 2022
        • General Fund
        • Restricted Fund (Casino)

Motion to approve the selection of auditors

Election of 2022-2023 Board of Directors (NRC to chair) 

  • President
  • Vice President
  • Secretary
  • Treasurer
  • Communications Director
  • Civics Director
  • Operations Director

General Business

  • Notice of next AGM – May or June 2023

Motion to Adjourn

For details on position responsibilities please review the Contact Us page

Green Shack is Go

Green Shack is Go

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Edmonton Green Shack

Celebrate 100 years of Green Shacks in Edmonton this summer with our neighbours in Allendale! The City of Edmonton, the Edmonton Federation of Community Leagues, and Allendale Community League are bringing the Green Shack program back for 2022.

Get active and join in on games, sport, crafts, music, drama and special events! A complete list of activities and special events will be posted on the side of Green Shacks each week. If there is a game or activity that piques your child’s interest that you would like to have included in the programming, just ask the Program Leader.

Program leaders will be hosting a variety of games, challenges and activities that are sure to get kids active and having fun! 

The hours of operation will be out in the coming days. More information on programming will be coming in May, please check back then.

Learn-to-Skate and Learn-to-Play (hockey) programs

Learn-to-Skate and Learn-to-Play (hockey) programs

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Learn to Skate and Learn to Play
Learn to Skate / Play program

 

Start to Play is a free pilot program for 2022 and is a partnership between the Edmonton Federation of Community of Leagues, the Edmonton Oilers Community Foundation, and Free Play for Kids. They created a fantastic opportunity for our League to offer Learn-to-Skate and Learn-to-Play (hockey) for children aged 8 – 13 starting on January 7th 14th, 21st, 28th

For more information and to register participants use the links below:

Allendale Fridays at 6:30

Allendale Fridays at 7:30

 

Big Bin Event – Sept 11

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Date:  Saturday, September 11, 10 am to 2 pm

Presented by: Allendale Community League and Queen Alex Community League

Location: Back Parking Lot Allendale School (6415 – 106 St NW) 

We won’t have a charitable organization on hand this year due to timing constraints. Thanks

*IMPORTANT INFORMATION*

***Due to COVID-19, please wear a mask if you will be near any people or maintain a 2 metre distance.***

Please bring your current Community League Membership to gain access. Allendale Community League memberships will be sold at the event, however, we would appreciate it if you bought them here before the event.

Accepted items:

  • Electronics and small appliances – Electronics Roundup by Shanked Computer Recycling  (No fridges or freezers)
  • Unusable furniture and any other home furnishings or residential yard equipment
  • Lawn waste such as grass clippings, tree branches, bushes, leaves (no sod or dirt)

We do NOT allow the following item to be loaded into the BIN:

  • NO HAZARDOUS WASTE: no paint, batteries, chemicals (or any liquids, fertilizers, pesticides, etc.)
  • NO propane tanks or fire extinguishers
  • NO dead animals, manure, tires, mattresses, fridges, freezers or photocopiers
  • NO railway ties, dirt, sod or cement
  • DO NOT load bins above the top–this is unsafe and can result in extra fees

Please take the following to the ECO-Station (5150 – 99 St) instead:

  • Fridge and freezers (there is a fee of CFC removal)
  • Lights, Batteries or Hazardous material (e.g. paint, solvents, chemicals)

If you have any questions, please contact info@allendalecommunity.ca or info@queenalexandra.ca

 

[Update] Community League Bike Challenge Week Two

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It’s not too late to join Team Allendale for the June Community League Bike Challenge every km counts.

All you need to do is: ride your bike and track your distance. Read all the details in our June Community Bike Challenge post if you want to join.

Here is last week’s leaderboard for Team Allendale:

The grand total for all the communities involved (for a smaller community we are really holding our own – Go Team Allendale!!):

Huge thank-you to everyone who is participating.

2021 Allendale Annual General Meeting Invite

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As noted previously, register through our link for the online Allendale Community League AGM  Thursday, Jun 10, 2021 at 6:00 PM Additional information will be provided.

You will also need to confirm your membership with us in order to vote. If you need a new membership, refer to our Memberships page to obtain one for you or your family.

Thank you

Allendale Community League Board of Directors

June Community Bike Challenge

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community league bike month

What is the Community League Bike Month Challenge?

It’s to see which community league can bike the farthest in a month.

Why?

Bragging rights – last year some communities felt like Ritchie had the upper hand partly because Ritchie organized it, so THIS year we thought we’d throw our hat into the ring. Rest assured if we win this year, they’ll be hearing about it all year long.

Who’s invited?

Every Allendale community resident who rides a bike. Bar none.

When?

Start tomorrow May 31 just because it’s a Monday and its easier to track a whole week.

Where?

Everywhere, across the city, mountains, roads, single tracks, anywhere a bike can go adds to the total km’s.

Information

Allendale Community League members AND non-members alike are invited to track their cycling and pool their kilometres with their neighbours on Strava

Download the Strava App to your mobile device and search for the club “Team Allendale” to join. (View our club right now through the website)

Tips and Tricks

1) You can MANUALLY input activities into Strava even if you track your distance with a different device, just look for the plus sign [+].

  • On mobile, this is found on the “Feed” screen.
  • On a computer, go to the Strava website, set up or sign in to your Strava account and choose the “Training” dropdown menu at the top. Select “Activities” and find the plus symbol [+] in the top right corner by your profile picture.)

2) For those without access to the Strava app: submit your total distance (in kilometres) to: vicepres@allendalecommunity.ca every week.. To keep track of the leagues totals, Ritchie Community League will post the results on their website.

3) If you take your family out for a ride, your children’s distance counts as well! So if your family of four takes a four-kilometre spin, you can report 16 km total!

Bonus Challenge

Participate in the ParticipACTION Community Better Challenge by downloading the free ParticipACTION app and track all kinds of physical activity. It’s part of a nation-wide search for Canada’s Most Active Community. Now, more than ever, physical activity and sport participation is important to help us stay healthy in mind, body, and community spirit.

So what are you waiting for? Get on your bikes and ride!

Thanks Everyone!

Thanks also go to Dan at Ritchie Community League for organizing this. Also check out their Bike Information link.