Milton Community Hall

To register for events (OTHER THAN the community meal and food box giveaway), you can complete the questionnaire here: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/Jan24Events

Coffee – Visit neighbors each Monday and Friday from 10 -11 a.m. at the Milton Hall. Coffee, tea, and snacks are available by donation of coin or treats. Please drop in, no pre-registration is required.

Yoga with Leone – Tuesdays - 9 a.m. Building Blocks of Yoga (mat) & 10:30 a.m. Chair Yoga. $6 Miltonvale Park residents and $7 for others at the hall.

TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) meet at the Hall on Tuesdays at 6:15. For more information contact Joyce at 902-368-2055.

Weekly Wednesday Zumba Classes at take place at 5:30. The cost for Miltonvale Park residents is $2/class and non-residents are $5. Space is limited. Contact MiltonMVPs@gmail.com if you are interested.

January 15 is the deadline to buy tickets for the 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. There was no Dec 31 draw.

Lily Forsythe, a Registered Acupuncturist, will present an Acupuncture Information Session (how it works and what it helps with) followed by an Acupuncture for Resilience demonstration on Monday, January 8 at 5:30 pm. Free for Miltonvale Park Residents, by donation for others.  Lily will be using the NADA protocol for anyone who would like a gentle introduction to acupuncture and its many benefits.

The NADA protocol:

• Promotes a calm and clear-headed state
• Harmonizes your nervous system
• Improves resiliency
• Reduces cravings (food, smoking)
• Relieves stress and emotional trauma
• Minimizes withdrawal symptoms
• Improves sleep

 Do you like to sing? The Milton Hall is welcoming singers on Monday evenings from 7-8 p.m. for a casual and fun singing group, beginning on January 8 (Weather cancelled all the Dec singing!). Please register with Peggy at MiltonMVPs@gmail.com.

Home Economist Margaret Prouse will present Cooking for Seniors Class at the Milton Community Hall on Thursday, January 11 at 1 p.m. Please pre-register at miltoncommunityhall@gmail.com. 

The Island Community Food Security Program has provided funding for six meals and two food box giveaways the Rural Municipality of Miltonvale Park, with cooperation from the Milton Community Hall, is providing 50 food boxes (approximate value $35) for local residents. As there are a limited number of food boxes, we hope that we will reach people for whom this will make a difference. Miltonvale Park residents will have priority.  There will be a food box giveaway (meat, milk, vegetables, butter, cheese…) on Saturday, January 13 with pick up from 10-11:30 a.m.  Delivery can be provided within Miltonvale Park if needed.  STORM DATE, if required, will be Sunday, Jan. 14 from 1:00-2:30 p.m. ONE application per household. Please pre-register at https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/FoodBoxJan13. We would prefer that households register for themselves; however, if you wish to register another household if they do not have internet, please use this link https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/FoodBoxJan13_24  or have them call 902-368-3090.

Seniors Fitness Classes with Michele Gallant - at 9 a.m. on Mondays and Fridays, beginning again on January 15. They focus on balance and flexibility and are lots of fun! Cost $6. If you need more info, please email admin@miltonvalepark.com. Class is cancelled if schools (Bluefield family) are cancelled or delayed for weather-related reasons.

Learn to Square Dance -Tuesdays, beginning on January 16 at 2 p.m. and also Jan 23, 30 and Feb 13, with a storm date of Feb 20). Free for Miltonvale Park residents and by donation for others.  More details to follow. Free for Miltonvale Park residents and by donation for others. PEI-Through the Years. Register at admin@miltonvalepark.com or 902-368-3090.

The Council for the Rural Municipality of Miltonvale Park will hold its monthly meeting on Wednesday, January 17 at 7 p.m. The public is welcome to attend, but please pre-register at admin@miltonvalepark.com to ensure there is information printed for you. Council will be working on its budget for the 2024-25 year. If you have suggestions, please contact admin@miltonvalepark.com.

The next community meal funded by the Island Community Food Security Program is scheduled for Thursday, January 18 and will likely be turkey soup/stew. There will be approximately 125 suppers prepared, for take-out or delivery (to Miltonvale Park residents) from 5-5:45 or eat-in at 6 p.m. As numbers are limited, preference will be given to MvP residents. Registration is now available, and confirmations will be sent out several days before the 18th. Thanks to funders: the Sustainable Canadian Agricultural Partnership, the Government of Prince Edward Island, and the Government of Canada. REGISTER HERE:  https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/Meal3

Concert -There will be a free concert (donations will be accepted). on Friday, January 26 from 7-8:30 (Storm date Saturday, Jan 27 at 2 p.m. This Friends for Friends Concert features newcomers to PEI who would like to give back with a performance of classical music featuring, violinist and conductor Tzu-Cheng Wang, who was nominated for Holland College Musician of the Year and whose album “Hello PEI” was nominated for the 2023 Music PEI Award for Instrumental recording of the year.  More details to follow.   https://www.thearcticstar.com/music/ To reserve a seat, please email MiltonMVPs@gmail.com

The next Community Meal is scheduled for Thursday, Feb, 1. Registration is not yet open.

Margaret Prouse will be presenting a Foods of PEI demonstration on Tuesday, February 6 at 1 p.m. Pre-register for this PEI-Through the Years event at admin@miltonvalepark.com.

David Hooper will present People from the Past at a Lunch and Learn at noon on Friday, Feb. 16.

The Milton Community Hall will be holding their annual meeting on Tuesday, Feb. 20, at 7 p.m. (Storm date Feb. 27). The adult residents of Miltonvale Park are all members of the non-profit, Milton Community Hall, Inc, and are invited to attend the meeting and to consider becoming a member of the board which oversees the hall.

The municipality is planning a Public Meeting to review planned changes to the Official Plan and Development Bylaw which is tentatively scheduled for the Milton Community Hall on Wednesday, Feb. 28. More details to follow.

Dutch Thompson will be presenting at a Lunch and Learn on “Poppies, Police and the 2nd World War" on Thursday, March 7 at 12 noon. Storm date is March 8.

The hall and the municipality are currently organizing a number of other events and activities for the winter – and hope to be announcing other dates as they get finalized: Basket weaving workshop, book club meetings, Reconciliation Speaker, Concert for Black History Month, Speaker on Financial Wellness, Seniors Health Fair, A presentation on Memory with the Alzheimer’s’ Society, snowshoe outing, another Drum Circle, Ukrainian Easter Egg Decorating and an Unconscious Bias Workshop… along with more events through the Milton MVP Project! If you have suggestions for speakers or would like to be involved in any of these events, please reach out to the Council or the hall.

Community Garden – The Council will be establishing a Community Garden on land opposite the Milton Community Hall, which the family of the late Robert Hooper is generously letting the municipality use. If you are interested in being involved, please let the Council office know at admin@miltonvalepark.com or 902-368-3090. We have purchased a greenhouse, and are looking forward to the growing season! We are still working on details -and would love to get community members involved!

Air Fryer – We now have an air fryer for Miltonvale Park seniors to borrow to try out. Please contact MiltonCommunityHall@gmail.com to get your name on the waiting list to borrow it for approximately a week, or call 902-566-3154.

Miltonvale Park has a $75 bursary program per child per year to participate in extracurricular sports, arts, cultural groups/activities and events. https://miltonvalepark.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/bursary-application2020.pdf

 PLEASE NOTE: For Miltonvale Park residents, if money or transportation is a barrier to any of the Milton Community Hall MVP (Most Valuable People) events, please let us know and we will do what we can to ensure that everyone can participate. Email MiltonMVPs@gmail.com.

Sign up for regular (approx. weekly) emails from the municipality listing events and reminders by emailing admin@miltonvalepark.com.

Activities in the Milton Hall MVP project have received funding from the PEI Alliance for Mental Well-Being, and are coordinated by Peggy Chen, MiltonMVPs@gmail.com.

 Activities in the PEI-Through the Years project are funded through the Government of Canada’s New Horizons for Seniors Program.

Activities in the Miltonvale Park Seniors Matters and the Milton Hall Seasonal Seniors project are funded through the PEI Seniors’ Secretariat.