Bingo Night! Friday December 8th ~ 6:30 - 8:30 pm ~ Forbes Hall

Come join us for a fun night of Bingo. Meet your neighbour. Win massive pots, some approaching $10. Drinks and snacks of course will be available. Unsupervised play area for younger children.

25 cents per card per game. Prize money is the total collected. 10 games (about 2 hours total)

• One line any direction
• Three Horizontal Lines
• BNO
• Pyramid
• The letter T
• Four Corners
• The letter X
• Large Picture Frame
• Small Picture Frame
• Blackout

See you there!

David

From the Library

New materials

Bird’s Eye View by Ann Eriksson 333.9. Junior. Thetis Author

The Magic and Mystery of Trees 582.1 Junior

Tom Lake by Ann Patchett fiction

A New Season by Terry Fallis

Whistle Punks and Widow Makers by Robert Swanson. BC History 971

Enjoy

Celine

2024 Thetis Island Calendar - Sold Out

Thank you to everyone who recently purchased the new 2024 calendar.

150 copies of the calendar were printed and all 150 were sold.

The calendars were purchased for personal use and also as gifts for family and friends near and far.

Thanks to all the photographers who shared their photos and captured beautiful and memorable images from our island.

If you'd like to purchase cards, there are still some available with photographs from the calendar project. Individual cards are $4 with a set of 4 cards for $15.00

These will be available for purchase at Soups On, this Wednesday, December 6th.

Net proceeds from the calendar sales go towards TICA’s debt reduction program.

Ellen Rush

Gloria's Jams and Jellies

Gloria's Jams and Jellies will be available this Friday, Saturday and Sunday at the bottom of our driveway, 162 Pilkey Point Road from 9-4pm.

I will also be selling them this Saturday(9th) at Diane's White Peony Gift Shop, 161 Pilkey Point Road.

Telegraph Harbour Marina cafe and gift shop is also selling my gift packages of jams and jellies.

I'm a jammin'

Gloria

Kitchen for Sale

White kitchen cabinets in U-configuration (10'7" x 11' x 8'8") plus peninsula ( 37" x 62") 

and laminate countertop (cream, taupe and black). Purchaser to disassemble and move. 

$800 

Jamie 250-210-2701 jamie.hayward@shaw.ca

Soup’s On: Wednesday, December 6th at Forbes Hall

11:30 am until 1:00 pm (earlier if we run out!)

Gather at Forbes Hall for a very Thetis Island lunch!

Menu:

• Winter Squash & Local Apple Soup (vegetarian / DF)
• Cornbread
• Assorted goodies
• Teas & Coffee

Suggested donation of $7 for soup, bread, treats and teas & coffee. 

Everyone is welcome to join us, seniors, seniors who don’t think they’re seniors, workers, families, and everyone who just wants a mid-day meal! 

Menu remainders for take-out when available.  

The Soup’s On Team

Capernwray Christmas RSVP Deadline

Hello Thetis Island Neighbours
Capernwray Christmas Celebration RSVP deadline is this Friday, December 8th! We would like to invite you to walk around our property and enjoy some Christmas Choir singing, games, crafts and goodies!

Please RSVP using this link so that we know to expect you and welcome you to join our Christmas celebration on Monday December 11th at 7:30 PM.

https://capernwrayharbour.formstack.com/forms/christmas_celebration_2023

Capernwray Harbour
250-246-9440

Lives behind the Headstones

Just in time for Christmas a new reprinting of Lives Behind the Headstones written by Sheila Kelsey is available. This is a much loved documentation and history of the first settlers on Thetis as well as other elders of the community that are buried in St.Margaret’s Cemetery.

$25 per copy

Please contact suzanne.sarioglu@gmail.com

Thank You

SOAS would like to thank the many people who so generously supported us at the Christmas Bazaar. With donations nearing $600.00, we are well poised for our upcoming project which will be another permaculture installation. 

Shirley Burr was the winner of a Fuji apple tree. Congratulations Shirley and a heartfelt thank you to all our supporters.

Maureen and Wayne

School Orchards for Africa Society

Gardening: Looking for a Valuable Member of the Brassicaceae Family -> Horseradish

I've always grown it in the north and like to add it to our garden again.

Does anyone grow Horseradish and can share some?

Like pencil diameter root pieces and ~ 2" to 3" long will work to get started.
Please let me know.
Thanks, Matthias
text/phone : 250-301-8499 or e-mail: matthias.zapletal@gmail.com

Firewood for Sale

Does anybody on Thetis need firewood?
I am selling seasoned fir cords of firewood right now for 400 for 1 or 2 for 700.

Please contact Aaron @ +1-250-516-4868 call or text or email ktmaaron@hotmail.com

Thetis Island Christmas Market

A huge thank you to all who took part in the Thetis Island Christmas Market.

To those who agreed to have a table - you outdid yourselves with your creativity!

To those who spent hours making us wonderful eats and drinks - you sustained us and made us want more!

To those who came and shopped - we saw lots of happy faces bearing away their prizes - you made the event!

And to those who helped put everything back where it came from and carried out what was left of the market - we are so grateful for your help!

And some other winners - chocolate covered raisins - Terry Hamilton. Jelly beans - Abby (from Capernwray). Poinsettia - Edie Galbraith. And the door prize - Theresa Elsie.

Thank you again everyone - you all made it such a success.
Eleanor and Pat