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Miltonvale Park & Milton Community Hall – Events – November 6, 2023
Published on Nov 6, 2023
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. There will be Coffee on Nov 13.
This series of classes for The Resourceful Homeowner will take place on Mondays from 7:00 -8:30 TONIGHT: Basic Electrical and Plumbing. RSVP to MiltonMVPs@gmail.com.
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. PLEASE NOTE: Mat yoga is cancelled for Tuesday, Nov. 7.
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. No Zumba on Nov. 22.
Seniors Fitness Classes with Michele Gallant - at 9 a.m. and take place on Mondays and Fridays. They focus on balance and flexibility and are lots of fun! Cost $6. If you need more info, please email admin@miltonvalepark.com. There will be exercise on Nov. 13 (Civic holiday). Classes will break after the December 1 class until 2024.
Tonight is the first Music Theory class, upstairs at the hall. -Learn the 'why' of music and how music is put together? Marti Hopson, composer and music teacher, to find out more about the music building blocking including keys, scales, intervals and chords! From 6:30-7:30 p.m. on Mondays, Nov 6, 13, 20, 27 at Milton Community Hall. Free for Miltonvale Park residents, by donation for others. Register at MiltonMVPs@gmail.com.
Wednesday, Nov. 8 at 7 p.m. there will be a Miltonvale Park Planning Board meeting. Please RSVP to admin@miltonvalepark.com if you would like to attend.
Thursday, November 9, 2023 - For residents of the Miltonvale Park area
The Island Community Food Security Initiative is funding six community meals for residents and seniors in need before the end of March, 2024. We will be using local foods where possible, and hope these meals can ease some of the stress families and individuals may be facing during the winter. The meals will be eat-in or can be taken out. The 1st meal will be a Beef Stew Supper with dessert at the Milton Community Hall on Thursday, November 9. Pick up will be from 5-5:45 p.m. with an eat-in option at 6 p.m. Deliveries can be available for those who need it within Miltonvale Park. There are 125 free meals available and preference will be given to Miltonvale Park residents. Thanks to funders: the Sustainable Canadian Agricultural Partnership, the Government of Prince Edward Island, and the Government of Canada. If you have signed up already, you should receive a confirmation email today or tomorrow. Please register to get a meal or to volunteer at this link: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/MiltonMeal1
The hall is catering a supper on the evening of Friday, Nov. 10. Please contact Shari at miltoncommunityhall@gmail.com if you would like to help out with the cooking or serving.
Tuesday, Nov. 14 – 7 p.m. North Milton WI at the Milton Community Hall (Please note the change in date to accommodate a special guest speaker).
Wednesday, November 15 at 7 p.m. is the next Council Meeting for the Rural Municipality of Miltonvale Park. Please RSVP to admin@miltonvalepark.com if you would like to attend.
Nov. 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. The winner of the Oct. 31 draw was Connie MacDonald who won $81.50. Thanks to all for your support!
The Milton Community Hall annual Christmas Craft Fair will be Saturday, Nov. 18, from 9- 3 p.m. Admission is $2 for those aged 13+. There will be door prizes and a canteen available. There are lots of Craft Fairs in the area that day -so find some fellow shoppers and plan to make a day of it! If you would like to volunteer on the day of the fair, please let Shari know at miltoncommunityhall@gmail.com .
Tuesday, November 21 is the next Foods of PEI cooking presentation with Margaret Prouse at 1:00 p.m. To sign up for this “PEI -Through the Years” project, please email admin@miltonvalepark.com. Free for Miltonvale Park residents aged 55+ and by donation for others.
Wreath Making with Marie Dow – Wednesday, November 22 from 9:30-11:30 a.m. Funded in part by the PEI Seniors Secretariat. $20 for Miltonvale Park Seniors, $30 for others. -Email miltoncommunityhall@gmail.com or call 902-566-3154 to register. Priority will be given to Miltonvale Park seniors until Nov. 13. Milton Hall Seasonal Seniors
Community Pot Luck Supper – Join neighbours for a FREE POTLUCK supper at Milton Community Hall on Wednesday, Nov. 22 at 6 p.m. The hall will provide some meat options. Please RSVP to Peggy at MiltonMVPs@gmail.com by November 20. You can sign up to bring a dish by following the link https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/CK3J9LD
If you can’t bring a dish to share for any reason, please come anyway – we’d love to see you at the Meet Your Neighbor Night! Milton Community Hall's Most Valuable People project is funded by PEI Alliance for Mental Well-Being
The St. John’s Anglican Church is planning a Christmas Ceilidh on Sunday evening, November 26 at the Church. Watch for details or call Miriam Hooper at 902-368-2011.
Thursday, Nov. 30 is tentatively the next Community Food Security Supper. Registration is not open yet.
Saturday December 16 is a Christmas afternoon Tea with music by Michael Pendergast. More details to follow. This is a Milton Hall Seasonal Seniors event.
Huge congratulations to all those involved in the very successful Milton Community Players show this past weekend Some Neighbours -Yesterday Once More – The Quintessential Sesquicentennial Review. Special thanks to Phil Hooper for all this hard work - although the entire cast, crew and volunteers were awesome! There were lots of laughs, great biscuits and tasty fudge from the WI. Don’t despair if you couldn’t get tickets. The show was videotaped, and there will be a movie version shown when it is edited.
Air Fryer – We now have an air fryer for senior residents of Miltonvale Park to borrow to try out. Perhaps you are thinking about buying one for Christmas and want to see if someone would use it. 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
PEI Seniors Guide (2023) is now available. The electronic version (English) can be found at https://www.
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.