Milton Community Hall

Wed. June 29th at 7:30 p.m. – Residents are invited to meet for a bike ride at Brackley Beach -Meet at Main parking lot (at end nearest toll booths) Must register to attend by noon -Wednesday with miltonvaleparkengage@gmail.com or (902)-368-3090. This is part of the ParticipACTION Community Better Challenge.

Miltonvale Community Park - The hours this week may be somewhat sporadic due to staffing issues and Canada Day preparations. When the staff is there - folks can ask to use the disk golf baskets and disks.... great fun for the whole family! The drop-in day program will begin next week.

Community Walks – Only 1 left! Meet Luke at the parking lot by the Confederation Trail on the North York River Road for a walk along the Confederation Trail at 9:00 a.m. Thursday, June 30. ParticipACTION (Great activity for the folks who are missing exercise classes!).

Coffee –Get to know your neighbors each Monday and Friday from 10 -11a.m. at the Milton Community Hall. Coffee, tea, and snacks are available by donation of coin or treats.

Yoga with Leone – is taking a summer break at the hall with the last classes on Thursday, June 30. ($10) 9 a.m. Building Blocks of Yoga and 10:30 Chair Up Yoga. Reach out to the Council office if you want to be put in contact with Leone to learn about other classes she is leading this summer.

TOPS meets at the Milton Community Hall on Tuesdays at 6:15. For more information contact Joyce at 902-368-2055.

June 30th is the hall’s next 50-50 twice-monthly draw. You can buy tickets at the hall -or send an e-transfer to miltoncommunityhall@gmail.com. $3 each or 2/$5. Congratulations to Ken Williams who won $82.50 on the June 15th draw.

ParticipACTION – The Community Better Challenge  is almost through – but it is not too late to get involved. Judging looks at how many people have downloaded the ParticipACTION app (20 so far) and the number of active minutes recorded (through the apps and the events that are held) that Luke reports, such as the virtual walk to Milton, Louisiana and the Walk More than the Mayor contest, pickleball, disk golf, and walks and bike rides. (MiltonvaleParkEngage@gmail.com or 902-368-3090). Miltonvale Park is currently in 4th place on PEI. First prize on PEI is $15,000 -so we are asking residents and friends to please register with Luke and send in your steps or active minutes to be counted towards our totals (Every little bit helps!) You can easily send along your minutes or https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/SYNYV32 (or just send Luke an email BY NOON on THURSDAY, June 30) and you can use the ParticipACTION app to also  track other events, such as gardening.  If we stay in the top four, we will need to submit an outline of what we did – along with what we would do with the $15,000 prize…. Do you have any suggestions for recreation purchases or activities?

Card Parties – The hall is holding summer card parties (Auction) on Thursday evenings at 7:30 p.m. until the end of September. Admission -$4.

Canada Day – Friday, July 1 at the Miltonvale Community Park (413 Sleepy Hollow Road). 11:30-2:30 – Wear red and white! The tree giveaway (details below) starts at 11:30. The BBQ (hamburgers, hot dogs and baked potatoes) starts at 12, with Canada Day cake and ice cream to follow. There will be a few gluten-free and vegetarian options - please ask!  There will be music with Lisle Clarke and John MacAllar, along with games, and a bouncy castle. The official opening is at 12:30 with the singing of O Canada and presentation of the Volunteer of the Year Award. Rain location -Milton Community Hall. Everyone welcome! This project is funded in part by the Government of Canada. Ce projet est financé en partie par le gouvernement du Canada.

Canada Day Tree Giveaway – The Cornwall and Area Watershed Group (CAWG) will hold a Tree Giveaway at the Miltonvale Park Canada Day Celebrations with one-gallon three-year-old native shrubs, and trees as well as small seedlings of Oak, Spruce, and Pine native to PEI. There is a limit of five trees per household. The native trees include yellow birch, hemlock, white ash, white spruce, white birch, and red maple. The native shrubs include butterfly bush, purple chokeberry, and red osier dogwood.  CAWG staff will be available on Canada Day to share information about what trees might do best on your property and how to properly plant them.  If you bought a rain barrel through the CAWG’s rain barrel fundraiser, be sure to submit the rebate form (online at miltonvalepark.com) to get your $25 rebate.

Chocolate Bar Bingo – Tuesday, July 5 at 7 p.m. Please register with miltoncommunityhall@gmail.com or 902-566-3154. One chocolate bar gets you two bingo cards.

Prize Bingo – The Milton Community Hall will hold a fundraising prize bingo on Tuesday, July 19 at 7:30 p.m. Please pre-register with 902-566-3154 or miltoncommunityhall@gmail.com. Let the hall know if you or your business would like to donate any prizes.

Fascinating Ladies – Saturday, July 23 at 7:30 p.m. Join the Young at Heart Musical Theatre for their lively show at the Milton Community Hall. This show will highlight some of the great music from the 1920’s to the 1970’s, and celebrates artists like the Boswell Sisters, Andrews Sisters, Dolly Parton, Teresa Brewer, the Maguire sisters and more. Tickets are $17 advance and $20 at the door and includes a delicious strawberry shortcake snack!

Platinum Jubilee Teas -The Milton Community Hall received funding from the Department of Canadian Heritage and is planning to hold three Platinum Jubilee Teas on Monday July 25 at 6:30 p.m., Sunday, August 7 at 2:00 p.m. and Saturday, September 17 at 2:00 p.m. Admission is free and dress is “summer garden party”.

We are pleased to welcome the Honourable Antoinette Perry, Lieutenant Governor of PEI to the first tea on July 25. The Hall is now accepting reservations for the teas for residents and their guests and would prefer to seat people in groups of 4. Reservations will be opened to the general public next week, to give local folks a chance to sign up to attend one of the teas. Call 902-566-3154 or email miltoncommunityhall@gmail.com, to reserve a seat at your preferred tea. If you are a royal fan, and would like to be involved with a display, photos related to the royal family, or information you may have acquired to help us celebrate the Queen’s 70 years on the throne, please contact the hall.

The hall is still selling rhubarb – $3/lb. or $3.50/lb. if chopped. Best to order ahead so it can be picked fresh for you! 902-566-3154 or miltoncommunityhall@gmail.com.

Miltonvale Park is hosting a community book club for the Year of Canada seniors project. In June we are celebrating Alberta – and this month we picked Return of the Wild Goose, written by Jane Ledwell, who grew up in Miltonvale Park.  Return of the Wild Goose explores the life of writer and activist Katherine Hughes. Set against the intimate relief of a PEI landscape, these poems are inspired by what is known--and unknown--about her contradictory life as a Catholic teacher in Mohawk territory; a journalist working alongside Canada's first-wave feminists and suffragettes; the first public archivist of Alberta; and finally, as a zealous Irish nationalist. This (auto) biographical dialogue between Jane Ledwell and Katherine Hughes offers the reader a fierce remembrance of a PEI radical. The book is available through the PEI library system, and we just placed an order to purchase four of these short books to have on hand to lend out.
Email miltonvaleparkengage@gmail.com to let us know if you're interested in borrowing a book or learning more about the book club.