Canal Flats Festivities

26/03/2024

Way to go to everyone who participated in guessing how many coins were in our St.Patrick’s Guessing Jar!

We had a total of 245 coins!

Congratulations to our winners with the closest guess!
Adult * Shaun (Guess 227)
Youth* no guess’s submitted
Child * River (Guess 243)

BIG thank you! to Heidi Pronk for donating the St. Patrick’s gift basket prize for our Contest!

Thank you to the Village Post Office for hosting our Guess Jar 🤗

11/03/2024

24/02/2024

😍 Way to go to everyone who participated in our Valentines Contest once again!

Congratulations to our contest winners drawn randomly from submissions:
🏆Ashlynn and Kobe coloring sheets and Raina for the Valentines Bear 🏆

BIG thank you to Tracy Hayhurst and Diane for creating and donating the Valentine’s Gift Baskets and Heidi Pronk for donating the large Valentines Bear for our Contest!

Thank you to the Village Post Office for displaying!

08/02/2024

Love is in the air❣️

Check out our V-day colour contest!

2 beautifully made baskets to be won! By Tracy Hayhurst🥰

And a BIG valentine Teddy donated by Heidi Pronk! 🥰

Looking forward in seeing the lovely display of art work 🤩💕

29/12/2023

Hope everyone had a very Merry Christmas!

Publicly announcing the winners for the Coloring Contest, and Guess Jar!

Coloring Contest Winners:
Lila, and Elijah!

Guess Jar Winner:
closest guess was Ainsley!

Congratulations to you all!!

Many thanks to those that participated! And to our Post Office staff, Thank you for all that you do

We wanted to give a heart felt Thanks to our Contest Prize Basket makers! Who create and donated the baskets for our winners!!

Tracy and Diane

Heidi Pronk

We are grateful for you ladies!!

Thank you all, and Happy New Year!

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05/11/2023

Many cheers to Canal Flats!!
It was so fun and exciting to see everyone out, and in costume both at the Halloween Party and Halloween Night!

We have MANY Thanks to give to all those who contributed and supported us this Halloween!

Starting with our Volunteers! We very much appreciate you all! Thank you for your time, we wouldn’t have been able to pull this off without you all.

Stan, Lynda, Fred, Shelia, Diane, Tracy and Annetteka for keeping the kitchen in check and running smoothly

Carmen for working along side us, and helping with the many tasks of preparing this event

Anora, and Mayor Doherty for the warm welcome for all who entered the hall.

Tracy, for gathering and donating last minute supplies for goody bags/decor and putting together two fabulous gift baskets for our colour contest winners. ��Catherine, and Karim for costume Judging! You guys did a great job, for having such a tough job!��The Doucette Family for coming to the rescue in hall preparations!��Isabeau, for helping with decor, running around town, and helping the kitchen crew with preparations! You saved the day.
�Carole, Our fantastic MC, and for allowing to use your printer. You are always there for us during our last minute panic preparations.
�Brianna who came to help with very short notice. Veggie trays were superb! Including all the little things you helped with as well.

Ross who set up our Pumpkin King and Witch with very little instructions. He JUST fit!

Youth group for helping with goodie bag making, and
Jack ‘o‘ lanterns!

Now, many thanks to OUR DONATORS - Because of you, we are able to keep events like this happening. Thank you for your generosity and support.

Chelsea/Cody for donating all the chip bags, and water bottles for our concession.

Damin Clear for donating and delivering all the pop.

Fairmont Mountain Market (Oliver) for donating the Juice Boxes.

Darcy from the CI pub, always donating towards our events!

Canal Flats Family Pantry for donating ALL the supplies for Free Hot Dog Night! Amazing!!

Sue and Lyle, for donating bags for the goodies, decor and all the extras you added, just because 🙂

Allan Gauthier, for a generous donation, continuous support and dropping ladder off for use!

Patti and Marjorie, for the amazing and delicious Halloween Cupcakes. You ladies are incredible!

Tracy, Diane, Lynda, Marissa for helping with clean up AFTER the party. That was a big help!

Heidi Pronk, for donating items to our costume prizes, giving a cash donation AND making another fantastic gift basket for our Children’s Guess Jar Winner.

En-Joy(Alana), for donating not only the Certificate for one of our Prizes, but the Pizza for the night too! We also appreciate your cash donation towards the event, and are lucky to have you in this community.

Civic Center Committee for the Foil Sleeves, that kept the Hot dogs soft and warm! ��Donna, who kept the hall clean in between parties, your hard work was not un noticed!

Lastly..

Our Coloring contest winners, who were drawn randomly from the submissions are:
Bryce and Brooklyn! �Thank you Post Office crew for hosting the display of lovely art work, and for supplying more when needed!

Our Spooky Guess Jar had a total of 136 items!�Way to go to our winners with the closest guess!
Adult prize Bernice, and Children’s prize Bradley!

Thank you all so, so much!

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31/10/2023

Hello Canal Flats!

FREE Hot Dogs, Hot Cocoa, Goody Bags, and more!!
October 31st, Halloween Night, at the Canal Flats Civic Center!
Starting at 5 pm! 🍬

Have a Safe and Happy Halloween!! 👻 🎃

25/10/2023

Hello Canal Flats!

We were saddened to hear the Annual Halloween Free Hot Dogs in Canal Flats that the Civic Center Commitee generously has carried for many years, had been canceled.
We were able carry on this tradition, with the help of Family Pantry who are donating to this night and our amazing volunteers to help make this happen. We appreciate you all tremendously!

FREE Hot Dogs Hot Cocoa and more!!
October 31st, Halloween Night, at the Canal Flats Civic Center!
Starting at 5 pm!

05/10/2023

Coloring Contest! Prize to be won!

10/06/2023

Canal Days was a blast! It was so amazing to see the community come together and enjoy themselves! Especially for us to see the smiles and laughter brought by all the children and their families!!
This is why we continue to do this! It’s heart warming, fun and it’s rewarding. That being said we wouldn’t have been able to continue our family events without your help!

WOOD RAFFLE
This years wood raffle brought in 696$ which equals to 348 Tickets sold! AMAZING. �We are so very grateful for our helpers! Noreen Ruault, Sara Ferguson and Paige Smith who helped us big time in selling even more tickets. You ladies Rock, we really appreciate you all. ��Chasse Logging, we thank you for once again donating fire wood to our cause! You have always been happy to help and we are grateful!

Thanks to GiGi at Family Pantry for pulling our lucky winner:

Mandy! (Matt Krebs) who have both so graciously donated their winning load of wood to a family in need this year. So very kind and thoughtful 🙂
��TABLE RAFFLES �Congrats to all the winners from the table Raffles
We also raised some money from a table of raffles! These raffles were passed down to us from Carole Timmerman from a Bingo that couldn’t happen in past. We thank you for helping us out as much as you do. The big things and the last minute things! We are grateful for your continued support.

We thank everyone who bought tickets for our raffles, selling 204 tickets! This helps tremendously towards our Children and Family Events! ��We send a BIG thank you to the kind ladies who were selling the tickets and managing the raffle tables.

THE TREASURE PIT
Thank you to our money pit donators! Allan Gauthier, E&T Trucking, JRJ Trucking, Adam Knoels-ADN Painting, Cody McKersie!
Marjorie at Antique Boutique went above and beyond with the jewelry you have donated, kept the children busy for hours and are so happy you are so generous and willing to add such fun and flair.

Lila and Alexa, our last minute helpers with throwing in sand pit jewelry, and money! �You both were so keen to help! Thank you girls 🙂

Darrill Geiger once again came through for us, bringing the biggest sand pile yet (that we have seen) We were thrilled to have this as an option for the kids, and your personal time and delivery has not been unnoticed. Thanks very much Darrill! ��KIDS SECTION�Kendra Day your bubble station was awesome once again, and appreciate your personal time that you took to get that ready for the children. ��KOBZA FARM�Thanks for bringing your sweet fury friends! Your float in the parade also rocked! You are responsible for a lot of happy kiddos, and a first hand experience with the farm animals!

Stan Timmerman, bringing your car to be painted is now a must for every Canal Days, and we thank you so much for making that happen.

DONATIONS
Thank you immensely for the donations put towards all these fun activities and events, with your generosity we can continue to have lasting fun and joy! ��Allan Gauthier
Darcy Karperien
Cody Mckersie �Kevin Fleming�

Until the next one Canal Flats!
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12/04/2023

Hope Everyone had a Happy Easter!!��🐣

We really enjoyed bringing the Easter Bunny to both �The Villiage of Canal Flats Daycare, and Martin Morigeau Elementary School.�
The looks on the Children’s faces was a moment to capture! �📸🐰🥰
We brought around a Guess Jar, and were pleased to see the participation! Way to go everyone 🙂 ��The number of eggs was 42!!�🪺Closest Guesses came from:��Logan �Gemma�Mara �Adi��Congratulations to our winners who won beautifully hand -made Easter baskets �donated by:
Tracy Speerbrecker, Diane and Heidi Pronk
Thank- you ladies so much for your continued support and creating the BEST prize baskets!

🐰Tremendous Thank you to our Easter Bunny helpers, Kira Harris, and Terry! The excitement and smiles you brought to the children was incredibly heart warming.

The Agnew Family who donated cake this year and past years, which have been thoroughly enjoyed by all 🍰
We are grateful for your kindness and generosity. Your helping hands, supplying plates and cutlery was much appreciated!��Our Teachers, and Principle at M.M.E.S for making time for us to visit. 🏫🐰

Tracy Speerbrecker for your donations towards the goody bags, this helped, thank you so much 🤗🍫

BIG Thank - you to
The Villiage of the Canal Flats
Darcy from the CI Pub
Who have also continued to support us in putting on these events! �

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17/03/2023

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We are so pleased to see all the lovely drawings with our Leprechaun friend displayed at our Post Office, it sure is a wall to see!

Everyone who participated in our St. Patrick’s Day drawing contest have done such a terrific job! You can really see your hard work and the creativity that you put into these pictures. 🖌️🖼️

We want to give a tremendous THANK YOU to Heidi Pronk, for creating and donating TWO fantastic St. Patty’s Gift Baskets. They were filled with so much fun, and so much GREEN! By doing this, we were able to draw 2 names from our wonderful contestant’s!

Our St. Patricks Drawing Contest Winners are:

Emberly and Clayton!!!
Congratulations!!
**Winners were drawn by Amber at the Post Office by random**

Thank you to our Post Office Staff for displaying all our contests that we do. Amber Thank you for pulling our winners.

Many thanks to Holly Pietrosky for printing copies for us to hand out!

We Wish everyone a Happy St. Patrick’s Day!
Don’t forget to wear green tomorrow! 💚

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06/03/2023

14/02/2023

Love is in the Air 💕

We are so pleased to see all the lovely artwork that has been displayed at the Post Office!

Everyone who participated in our Valentines Day Colouring Contest have done such a terrific job! It was so heart warming and humbling to read your answers from the questions below your masterpieces.

We Iive in such a generous community and without your help, this would not be possible.

We want to give a tremendous THANK YOU to Tracy Hayhurst, her mom Diane and Heidi Pronk for creating and donating FOUR incredible Valentine Gift Baskets. They were filled with such joy and love! By doing this, we were able to draw 4 names from our wonderful contestants!

Our Valentine Colouring Contest WINNERS are:

Maddy, Dallas, R***r, and Kayden!!! Congratulations!!
******Winners were drawn by Random******

Thank-You Amber Byklum for drawing our winners for us! We appreciate the Post Office gals for always displaying and providing copies of the colouring contest sheets!

We also want to thank Holly Pietrosky for printing colouring sheets for the children at our Elementary School AND dropping off at Post Office for display.

Lastly our Teachers! We appreciate you making time for the children to complete the colouring sheets during school time :)

Happy Valentines Everyone

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22/12/2022

Now that we are thawed and back to room temperature, we have many thanks to give!
Starting with our Canal Flats families!
What an amazing day! Seeing many smiles from all the children and families, really makes it all worth it🎄🥰

Our 2nd Annual 2022 Santa Float was a success once again, but we didn’t do it alone! We had help from many, and we are grateful, as it wouldn’t have been possible without you.

A big thank you to the Canal Flats Fire Department, and Fire Chief Zacc Farrel for being a part of our parade! Providing festive music, and lights! You guys rock! 🚒

To Sydney Danis for his continued amazing candid photos, capturing moments for many families! 📸

To Santa Claus, for always being jolly and taking some time from his busy schedule to bring some Christmas joy through the town, just days before Christmas 🎅

Brianna and Chanel for coming to aid Santa’s helpers in preparation for the Santa Float!

Matt Larson for helping with all the last minute elf duties and being our float driver, navigating through town and maintaining a smooth ride! 🛻

Thanks to Amber and Arnie for the heat lamp as well as Rylee and Daisy, for bringing an extra heater for the helpers! We are not built like real elves, in this cold weather! ❄️☃️🧊

To the many kind people who donate and allow us to continue bringing joy to the children of Canal Flats!
-The Village of Canal Flats
-Darcy Karperien (Recycle Donations)
-Tracy Speerbecker and Diane you both are huge supporters, and the reindeer looked amazing on our Float. 🦌
-Stan & Carole Timmerman who provided a warm shop/trailer to decorate and float around the town
-Alana/Heidi at En-Joy for the fresh baked cookies! 🍪
-Marjorie for the perfect Santa’s chair!

With this incredible community coming together we can continue to make magical moments happen each year!

Have a Very Merry Christmas, and a Happy New Year!!

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