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June 4 - Sign up for Souper Saturday
Published on Jun 4, 2025
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Special Events:
June - ParticipACTION and their Community Challenge will once again see Miltonvale Park residents and friends try to win Canada’s Most Active Community (We are aiming to win PEI’s $15,000 prize!!). Please check out our list of events -and sign up with Zach at MiltonvalePark.staff@gmail.com. Remember to pledge to be more active with ParticipACTION, using a Miltonvale Park postal code - https://www.participaction.com/individual-pledge/
See details on events at the end of this message!
Fri June 6, 7-9 p.m - Phase III Concert - Join us for a great evening of entertainment with Phase III featuring Blaine Murphy, Keila Glydon, and Gerry Hickey! $3 for Miltonvale Park Residents and $6 for others. Register here: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/MVPPhase3 or email MiltonMVPs@gmail.com. Funded in part by the PEI Alliance for Mental Well-Being.
DETAILS - AND DEADLINE TO REGISTER is TODAY!!
We are celebrating the 2nd Anniversary of the Milton MVP Project by hosting a “Souper Saturday” on June 7th from 12 noon to 2 pm! Together, we will enjoy-
Check-in Gifts (Kids will have their own!)
Soup-Roll-Dessert Meal
Project Review & Preview
Instructors/Volunteers Appreciation
Video/Photo Gallery
Interactive Games with Prizes
Lucky Draw
Rock Painting for Milton Growing Up
Loanable Goodies Display
And, Know Your Neighbors/New Friends!
Free and Priority Booking for Miltonvale Park residents, the project instructors, and volunteers, $5 for others, if space is available. Please RSVP to Peggy at Miltonmvps@gmail.com by June 4. Funded in part by the PEI Alliance for Mental Well-Being.
Sunday, June 8 -6:30 -Movie Night - The Secret Life of Bees. Free for Miltonvale Park residents and by donation for others. Haunted by memories of her late mother and abused by her father (Paul Bettany), 14-year-old Lily Owens (Dakota Fanning) runs away with her friend and caregiver Rosaleen (Jennifer Hudson) to the South Carolina town that holds the key to her mother's past. There, Lily meets the Boatwright sisters (Queen Latifah, Alicia Keys, Sophie Okonedo), who take her in and teach her about beekeeping, honey, and the Black Madonna. Lily also discovers that the truth about her mother is closer than she thinks.
Garden Club - meets every 2nd Tuesday of the month, with the next meeting on June 10th at 6 p.m - Plant Swap & Seed Swap!! They also have a private Facebook group. If you are interested in taking part in the community garden (e.g. helping, having a plot), please contact Ryan at 902-368-3090 or Gardenatmvp@gmail.com
Wednesday, June 11 – from 1-2 p.m. Come Try Bilingual Music and Movement Class for Little Ones (0-6) and their favourite grown up. FREE For Miltonvale Park children and $5 for others, if space is available. Register at MiltonMVPs@gmail.com Funded in part by the PEI Alliance for Mental Well-Being.
Thursday, June 12 - Flowers for Father workshop - 5:30 -6:30 p.m. Register at MiltonMVPs@gmail.com by Sunday, June 8. Everyone welcome - kids and “kidults!” Funded in part by the PEI Alliance for Mental Well-Being.
NEW DATE -Thursday, June 12, 7 p.m. - Planning Board Meeting. Please RSVP to admin@miltonvalepark.com if you would like to attend.
Friday, June 13 is the deadline for Miltonvale Park to receive nominations for the Volunteer of the Year and the Good Neighbour Award. These are presented at Canada Day. Nominations are accepted from residents of Miltonvale Park. Forms can be found at the Milton Community Hall and online at https://miltonvalepark.com/for-residents/volunteer-recognition-award/
Saturday, June 14 from 12:00 pm - 3:00 p.m. Cornwall Watershed Group - Lend a hand and help the Cornwall and Area Watershed Group clean up Hyde Creek! Collect litter and receive native wildflower seeds as a thank you for your efforts. Supplies are limited, so come early if you can. Staff will be set up in two locations: Hydes Pond (Pond Street Parking Lot) and Cornwall Community Gardens (Macarthur Drive). All are welcome!
Miltonvale Park Car Show – Saturday, June 14 from 12-4 at CMP Parking Lot, North York River Road, Rain date -Sunday, June 15. Admission is $2/person or $5/family or donations to the Food Bank. Live music! Vehicle Registration is $20 or $15 if done in advance to https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/MVPCAR. Funds raised will be donated to the Upper Room Food Bank.
FUNDRAISING OPPORTUNITY- Miltonvale Park is looking for someone connected to the community to host the canteen. Food Safety Certification is required. For more details, please contact admin@miltonvalepark.com. The North Rustico Food Market has volunteered to provide food for the canteen at cost. We may have someone interested... fingers crossed!
Sunday, June 15 is the deadline for the Milton Community Hall’s next 50-50 draw - Drop by the hall to buy tickets or e-transfer ($3 each or 2/$5) to Miltoncommunityall@gmail.com. Licence number 17179. The June 1st winner was Enid Gallant who won $82.50.
Wednesday, June 18, 7-8 p.m. Understanding Your Sleep Struggles: A New Perspective with Carol Richard, Sleep Coach. The Come Try class is FREE for Miltonvale Park residents; $5, for others, if space is available. If there is enough interest, the Milton MVPs program will offer a 6-week Journey to Better Sleep Class on the Wednesdays that follow. Register at MiltonMVPs@gmail.com. Funded in part by the PEI Alliance for Mental Well-Being.
Wednesday, June 18 - Miltonvale Park Municipal Council Meeting. 7 p.m. 2nd floor, Milton Community Hall. Please RSVP to admin@miltonvalepark.com.
PEI Mutual Festival of Small Halls -Milton Melodies –7:30, Saturday, June 21, 2025 · $35, Milton Community Hall. Featuring Catherine MacLellanm Lucy Farrel and Indigenous
singer-songwriter Joe H Henry. https://smallhalls.com/schedule. Save the service fees and buy your tickets at the hall. Tickets are very limited!
Tuesday, June 24 - Supper Club -Register at admin@miltonvalepark.com. Funded in part by the Government of Canada’s New Horizons for Seniors Program. Free for Miltonvale Park Seniors, who also have priority registration. Limited spaces. This is an eat-in supper, with limited take out/delivery for residents who are unable to attend.
Canada Day - Plan to celebrate Canada Day (Tuesday, July 1) with Miltonvale Park at the Community Park (Rain location- Milton Community Hall) for a BBQ, and Canada Day cake, live music, face painting, bouncy castle, and games from 11:30 -2:30. Funded in part by the Government of Canada through the Celebrate Canada Program.
(CORRECTED DATE!) Tuesday, July 15 - Cooking for One or Two with Margaret Prouse - 1 p.m. Funded in part by the Government of Canada’s New Horizons for Seniors Program. Free for Miltonvale Park Seniors - By donations for others.
PARTICIPACTION!
Miltonvale Park is participating in the ParticipACTION Community Challenge this June. We are providing lots of free or low-cost activities to get people active -and hope to win the $15,000 prize if we are named PEI’s most active community… and we need your help!
Pledge to be more active this June at https://www.participaction.com/programs/community-challenge/
You can sign up as an individual (please use a Miltonvale Park Postal Code - such as C1E 0S7, if you don’t live where - or get your mail at the post office in Winsloe -as that postal code will put you on Charlottetown’s team!). You don’t have to do any reporting as an individual to PAarticipACTION - just pledge to be more active (you can still report to us for the virtual walk, if you would like - link below) and/OR you can sign up as an organization - such as a workplace, church, or group. You then have to register your events –so if the “Loyalist Road Ladies”, for example, walk daily – they could count towards the active organizations - which helps us score points!
Teams are assigned by postal code - so if you would like to be counted for Miltonvale Park. please use a postal code from here - such as C1E 0S7
Register with Zach at miltonvalepark.staff@gmail.com or 902-368-3090, unless noted.
Line dancing- Margot Postma is teaching beginner line dancing on Mondays at 6:30 at the Milton Community Hall (June 2, 9, 16, & 23). The class is full. FREE
Waltz - Come learn how to Waltz on Fridays at 5 p.m. (June 6, 13, 20 & 27) at the Milton Community Hall with Jack and Susan Lessard from the Ballroom Barn. FREE
Hip Hop Dance- Reequal Smith, Artistic Director from Oshun Dance Studios, will teach Hip Hop on Fridays at 6:30 p.m. All ages welcome - June, 13, 20 & 27 at the Milton Community Hall. FREE
Chair Step Dance- Sit down and tap your toes with Olivia Blacquiere on Wednesdays at 9 a.m. at Milton Community Hall. (June 4,11, 18 & 25). FREE & still okay to join for class 2!
Virtual exercise class - Monday & Fridays at 9 a.m. Work out with others to an exercise class on the big screen. (No class on Monday, June 9, due to pole walking) Cost - $1. No need to register - just drop in!
NEW -Thursdays at 6:30 - Join the members of the North Milton WI on a beach walk in North Rustico. Meet at the parking lot just past the toll booth to the National Park that you reach going past the Watermark Theatre on Church Hill Street. Weather permitting!
Matt and Chair Yoga - Tuesdays - 8:45 a.m. on the mat (upstairs) and at 10:15 from a chair yoga (main floor) at Milton Community Hall led by Leone. $10 for Miltonvale Park residents and $12 -non-residents. Leone also offers Friday classes beginning at 7:55 for mat class and 9:15 chair (both upstairs). Cost $13 drop-in or contact lightlivingwithLeone@gmail.com for information on series pricing on Fridays.
Pole walking - Margie Cain is teaching a series of two “Learn to Pole Walk” sessions on Monday, June 9th at 9 a.m. and Friday, June 13th at 1 p.m. at Milton Community Hall. We may start a pole walking club, if there is interest. The municipality also has poles to lend.FREE.
NEW - Bike ride- Saturday, June 14 at 7 p.m. Rain Date Sunday, June 15 Meet at the parking lot by the Confederation Trail at the North York River Road and bike to Winsloe. RSVP to Zach at Miltonvalepark.staff@gmail.com.
PickleBall - Ernie Coles will introduce people to pickleball on Saturday, June 21, at 1 p.m. at Miltonvale Community Park (413 Sleepy Hollow Rd, Milton Station). Equipment is provided. Rain date - Saturday, June 28. FREE
For the entire month of June:
Virtual Walk to Mount Milton, BC - Come together as a community and see if we can reach Mt. Milton, B.C! This mountain’s summit is 5270 km away. This walk will take us across the Canadian provinces and on top of this beautiful snowy mountain. Sign up and track how many steps you take (or if you measure your activity a different way, you can track that too!). You can submit your activity regularly at this link. https://forms.gle/rQLfevkzQC5cqLVG7
Walk More than the Mayor- Mayor Hal loves to get out and walk, especially with his dog, Milton. See if you can outwalk the Mayor this June. We will track your progress at the same link as the virtual walk, so . https://forms.gle/rQLfevkzQC5cqLVG7
The ParticipACTON Community Challenge is presented by Novo Nordisk. This project is funded in part by the Government of Canada.
Remember to sign up with Zach at miltonvalepark.staff@gmail.com or 902-368-3090, unless noted. Some classes have limited space available and Miltonvale Park residents may have priority.
Weekly events:
Coffee Club – Mondays and Fridays at 10 a.m. Open to all - Admission by donation of treats or coin. Coffee Club on Monday, June 9 will start at 10:20 a.m., due to pole walking class.
Garden Work Times - Join Ryan in the community gardens (opposite the Milton Hall) on Tuesday mornings at 10 a.m.
TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) meet at the Hall on Tuesdays at 6:00 p.m. For more information contact Joyce at 902-368-2055.
Mindfulness on the Mat – Yoga on the Mat with Leone – Tuesdays 8:45 mat yoga ~ and 10:15 am for Yoga on the Chair. NEW time for FRIDAYS (upstairs)- mat -7:55 and chair 9:10 a.m.
Tuesday classes are hosted by Miltonvale Park and cost $10 for Miltonvale Park residents, $12 for others (Drop-in) on Tuesdays.
Contact LightLivingWithLeone@gmail.com for information on Friday classes, which have a $13 drop-in fee or are also priced for a series of classes.
Zumba - with Natalia –Zumba fitness classes are weekly on Wednesdays from 5:30 pm to 6:30 pm. at the hall; $2 for residents, $5 for non-residents. Contact MiltonMVPs@gmail.com to sign up.
Sunday Night Movies – Most Sunday evenings at 6:30. Free for Miltonvale Park residents and by donation for others.
Pickleball - Miltonvale Community Park (413 Sleepy Hollow Rd.)
Weekly Schedule:
Sunday Afternoons 1 pm-3 pm open play;
Monday evenings 6 pm-8 pm open play
Tuesday morning 9 am-12 pm open play.
Wednesday evenings 6 pm-8 pm open play
Thursday morning 9 am-12 pm open play
Friday evening 6 pm-8 pm open play
Saturday morning 9 am-12 pm open play
If sufficient people are not there by 10 minutes after start time there will be no play.
The rates are $30 for the season, and $3 drop-in. Players must be paid up 2025 members of Pickleball Canada. Dues may be paid by e-transfer to Ernie at colesernie@bellaliant.net
For more information contact colesernie@bellaliant.net or miltonvalepickleballclub@gmail.com
Knitting - Stella is back with beginner knitting classes for adults on Wednesdays on June 4 from 5:30- 7 p.m. Free for Miltonvale Park residents and by donation for others. Space is limited and priority will be given to Miltonvale Park residents. Register with MiltonMVPs@gmail.com.
Weekly card parties - Come play Auction on Thursdays, beginning June 3 at 7:30. Admission -$4.
Miltonvale Park residents -Are you signing your children up for activities, classes, and lessons? Residents are entitled to $75/child/year to reimburse costs of extracurricular activities. https://miltonvalepark.com/for-residents/rebates-forms/
Radon - The municipality has just signed up for a campaign to happen in the fall of 2025, where we will have 100 radon detectors for residents to put in their homes for 100 days and then be sent off for results to be obtained (and emailed directly and confidentially back to residents). More information and registration details will follow - but if you want to be sure to get your name on the list, please email admin@miltonvalepark.com.