Activities & Events!

This page is a record of every activity (feasible or not!) suggested by residents & members of our Community Enhancement Committee. What else should be included?

Weekly Schedule of Activities in the Region
50+ Crafts – Mondays 10:00am
50+ Gym/Exercise – Mondays 10:00am
Pathfinders/Rangers (MHS) Mondays 7:00pm
Brownies (St. Bernard’s Elementary School) Mondays 7:00pm

50+ Gym/Exercise – Tuesdays 10:00am
Town Council meeting – Tuesdays 7:30pm (2nd Tuesday of each month)
Kinsmen Meetings – Tuesdays 8:00pm (bi-weekly)
K of C Bingo – Tuesdays 8:00pm

50+ Gym/Exercise – Wednesdays 10:00am
Breastfeeding Support Group (Bay Bulls Rec Centre) – Wednesdays 1:30pm
Army Cadets (MHS) – Wednesdays 7:00pm
50+ Seniors’ home card games – Wednesdays 7:30pm
AA Meeting – Wednesdays 8:00pm

50+ Gym/Exercise –Thursdays 10:00am
50+ Cards – Thursdays 1:30pm
Karate –Thursdays 6:00pm
Fire Hall Members’ Meeting (Fire Hall) – Thursdays evenings

Guides (MHS) Fridays 6:30pm
Sparks (St. Bernard’s Elementary School) Fridays 6:30pm
50+ Darts – Fridays 7:30pm

Sunday Mass (Church) – Sundays 11:00am
Family Skating (Arena) Sundays 2:00pm
Karate – Sundays 5:00pm

 
Other Activities
After school program – Monday thru Friday
Basketball School Program
Mobile sports events
Power Skating
Music Studio
Summer swimming
Exercise Programs at the Life Style Center
Ball Hockey league
Rec Ice Hockey leagues
Basketball leagues
Drop-in play at the Bay Bulls Rec Centre – Monday thru Thursday
 

ANNUAL EVENTS IN THE REGION (PRESENT)
Puffin Festival
Winter Carnival
Canada Day Festivities
Summer Program for Kids
Summer Swimming
Various O’Connor 50+ Club Activities (Darts, Cards, Crafts, etc)
Hockey
Firemen’s Ball
Seniors’ Christmas Party
Puffin Patrol
Kinsmen Cleanup
Wright Music Studio Halloween Wonderland (Haunted House)
Wright Music Studio’s Summer Jams fundraising recital series
Wright Music Studio’s Holiday Lights fundraising recital series
Craft Fair – Regional
K of C breakfast with Santa
Kinsmen’s Christmas Parade

 
ANNUAL EVENTS IN THE REGION (PAST)
SOME OF THESE EVENTS SHOULD BE REVIVED!
Garden Party
Fall Fair
Dory Races at the Lower Pond
Adult Softball
Summer Program for Kids
Softball programs (community vs community tournaments)
Fundraisers for people in need
The Heritage COmmittee’s Photo Days (sharing the history of Witless Bay)
Concerts
Raffles
Kinsmen’s Fishing Derby at the pond
Kinsmen’s Skidoo Treasure Hunt
Kinsmen’s Christmas Tree Lighting

 
ANNUAL EVENTS IN THE REGION (PROPOSED)
Dog Show
Local dances
Electronic message board
Volunteer appreciation event (April is volunteer appreciation month)
Christmas event at the Rec Centre (with Tree Lighting & Award for best Christmas decorations)
Mayor’s walk for Heart and Stroke
Afternoon Tea and Garden Party for Seniors
Seniors’ Snowflake Ball
A Puffin Festival parade


Results from the February 2014 brainstorming sessions
CEC Main Page
Tourism & Marketing Strategy
A SWOT Analysis for Witless Bay