Winter Solstice Feast & Celebration

Community Pot-Luck Feast and Celebration 2014

Thetis Island Community Centre

A Midwinter Night’s Dream

We are so amazed and happy that all 80 tickets are taken for this event and we are full to capacity! 

Some information for all those attending:

• Doors open at 5pm; dinner will begin at 6pm

• Please think BIG when you prepare you pot-luck contribution, as there will be 80 people sharing this meal.

• Please include a card with the list of ingredients (in large printing)

• Please remember that this is a family event  and is not licensed for alcohol on premises.

• Coffee, tea, mulled apple juice and fruit punch will be provided.

• We would be delighted if you would share a piece of music, a song or two, a poem, a dance or a story to celebrate this magical time of the year – the longest night and the return of the light.

• Our theme this year is “A Midwinter Night’s Dream”, and as always we would love to see some woodsy, wintery, glittery and dreamy costumes – so dress up, or simply bring your beautiful selves!

• We will be collecting for the Harvest House Food Hamper, for anyone who would like to bring a donation.

• Also, we welcome and appreciate donations to the Solstice Planning Collective to help with our costs in organizing this event each year.

We look forward to seeing everyone on the 21st.

With thanks from Alisha, Carol, Dawn, Janice & Stephanie

For further information please contact Janice - jeyoung@uvic.ca

from the Library ~

For months Henny Mook has been making and selling beautiful cards as a fundraiser for the library. Using those funds, I have purchased a special book, Great Bear Rain by Ian McAllister.  Thank you Henny!

Another thank you to the Thetis Island Community Fund for a generous donation to the children's section of the library.  There are ten new books ready for borrowing.  I have put them on the coffee table. More purchases to come. 

There are books and cds for sale in the library at $1 each.  They are on a table as you enter the library.  The money goes into the basket.

Thank you for supporting your local library.

Library hours Saturday 10-1  Sunday 1-4.

Celine

Soup's On ~ Wednesday, December 17th

FORBES HALL -  $5

11:30AM until we run out or 1:00PM whichever happens first! 

If there is enough Mac & Cheese left over, take-out sales will be available.

The Soup's On Committee thanks all the great community volunteers as well as Alanna & Chay from Capernwray; together they have made this mid-week gathering so successful.

This will be the final 2014 Soup's On - but we will see you again on January 7, 2015!

 

MENU

Creamy Macaroni & Cheese

Salad

Assorted Baked Goodies

POT OF GOLD COFFEE 

(Compliments of Nan Beals)

 & Tea

 

ADDED ATTRACTION! Celebrating the Season!

This week the Merry TICA Fund Raisers will have a heavily laden sideboard of baked goods for sale with the proceeds going to maintain and improve Forbes Hall. And these Elves will get us all into the spirit of the season with a sing-a-long....or you can just hum-a-long....to some holiday favourite melodies !

 

Then, to round out the day, the Bridge Group will meet at 1:00 PM in the Hunter Room, still humming!

Bread Orders for Christmas

Hello everyone,

This is to let you know that I will be taking a break from Sunday, December 21st until Friday January 2nd. 

If you want to make sure you'll have delicious bread on your table for Christmas Eve and New Year's, please place your orders before Wednesday, December 17th and collect before Sunday, December 21st. The breads freeze beautifully so you'll have perfect bread when you need it over the holidays. 

Your choice of breads:

French Country Sourdough Loaf: $4 Multigrain Sourdough Boule: $4.50

Poppy Seed Sourdough Braid: $5 Sourdough Brioche: $12

Honey & Spices bread (“Pain d'épices”): $10

All breads are made using organic flours. 

Give me a call at 250-246-1292 or email me at anais.gerber@tarao.org 

Happy Holidays!

Anaïs

Reminder: Anglican Communion Dec. 11 Forbes Hall

All are invited to attend an Anglican communion service, with prayer for the sick, on Thursday, December 11 at 3 p.m.

Library, Forbes Hall ~ Michael Wimmer officiating

Tea will be served following the service.  All contributions of goodies gratefully received!

Call Lucy Hayward for more information:  250-246-2059

Charlie Brown Christmas Trees

I am clearing my apple orchard of a small number of young Douglas Firs. Instead of shredding them for mulch I will have them at the Solid Waste Recycling Centre on Saturday morning if you need a non-commercial, homegrown natural-looking cut-stem tree (various sizes from tiny to tall) for Christmas. First come, first served. A donation to Friends of Furries would be enthusiastically accepted if offered.

If anyone else is also clearing their garden of "volunteer" firs this week, bring them along on Saturday to display with mine. I will be shredding any leftovers later, but someone may want your fir tree for Christmas.

Jeannine Caldbeck

Burchell Hill Campaign Featured in Islands Trust Fund Newsletter

The latest edition of The Heron features an article on acquisition of Lower Burchell Hill a cover photo of Thetis Islanders.

Click here to view.

Kelly Bannister

Thetis Island Elementary Field Update

Dear families and community members,

I would like to share with each of you an update regarding our school field. Two people have come forward to accept responsibility for their actions and the impact they have caused not only to our school but within the community as well. Both of the people involved are very remorseful for their actions and recognize that they need to make the situation right.  All of the information has been passed onto the school board and the Director of Operations. In the Spring, when the fields are drier, the grounds crew will come over along with the Director  tosurvey the situation and prepare a plan to restore the fields.   There is no cost to the parent group or community members for the restoration of the fields as this is school district property. 

Thank you for your strong sense of community and your willingness to support and care for our school.

Sincerely,

Brenda Stevenson

Principal

Comments have been received regarding this post, but will not be posted as they were sent anonymously.  

Editor

Christmas Bazaar ~ family thanks

I wanted to thank the community for coming out to the craft sale and supporting the children selling items.

I want to extend warm, sincere,  gratitude to all those who lavished my children with attention (and/or little gifts). The children experienced a truly magical weekend and are still talking about it.

Thank you so very much,

Airi Rogers

Christmas Hampers

For the past couple of years I have been involved in the Christmas hamper program at Cowichan Neighbourhood House.  It is a complicated undertaking to sort out all the donations that come in (we have lots of teddy bears and soap). From past experience it was found to be that there were certain gaps in donations especially teen boys and elderly. CNH developed the "adopt a family" to fill the gaps. Here are links to descriptions of the program 

http://www.cnha.ca/adopt-family-christmas-post/

http://www.cnha.ca/adopt-family-christmas-2013/ 

If you would like to help you can contact me or Neighbourhood House, at the old fire hall in Chemainus. 

Lynda Poirier lynda.patricia@yahoo.com

Thetis Island Marina Holiday Events

Click here to view Holiday Hours.

Cords of Dry Fir for Sale

16" Dry Fir $200 / cord

$250 delivered  on island

250.246.2564