Community groups are accepting your used bicycles. They’ll be fixed up and given to those in need.
SOCIAL IMPACT! Please donate your used or unwanted bikes to these locations (tag it w/ name or business). They will be distributed to those in need! @LiveGreenTO @LEF_TO @WMDHUB @FYIinTO #BikeTO pic.twitter.com/mefxSkqodo
— Home of the Bicycle cycling community (@RiverTrailCycle) June 27, 2022
Shakespeare in Action is hosting the second-annual Weston Weekend this Saturday:
This free community event will feature live music and performance, outdoor activities, popcorn! And much more throughout the day.
Frontlines will be running its FEET program next week:
Weston Frontlines Centre is offering 4 weeks of paid training and 8 weeks of paid employment for youth aged 13-30! We will teach you about different careers, resume writing and job skills that will help you in the new job market. Our program is FREE to join and we pay you to participate.
The Friends of Smythe Park Community members working with the city’s InTO the Ravines program and other community groups have organized a couple of great events for the coming weeks. On July 23 at 2 p.m. there’ll be Kids and Caterpillars:
A hands-on introduction to caterpillars and butterflies with real, big caterpillars. Look, hold, touch! Look for butterflies. Ontario Naturalist, outdoor children’s educator and retired middle school science teacher Don Scallen will bring his large Saturniidae moth caterpillars, including cecropias, prometheas and lunas to show children aged 3-10. He will talk about their life cycle and how to rear them, and will give children (and caregivers!) the opportunity to hold the caterpillars and admire them up close. After his talk, he’ll take children and caregivers on a walk to look for butterflies, caterpillars and caterpillar plants. Join us for this entertaining and informative hands-on afternoon in the park. And, free popsicles!
On August 6, they’ll be hosting Turtles for Families, a “turtley awesome afternoon in Smythe Park” (this dad approves that pun!)
Join us for a turtley awesome afternoon in Smythe Park. We will meet at the playground and take a gentle car-free walk through the woods to the ponds. Children will look for basking and swimming turtles, predated and protected nests, and learn how to identify and protect these wonderful park inhabitants. Then outdoor artist and school art teacher Alexandra Iorgu will guide families to make their own clay turtles. Our turtles will form a public display to highlight our park’s special local role in Toronto’s biodiversity. Come enjoy hands-on learning and creating together outdoors. And, free popsicles!
City Council will ask staff to study the feasibility of a Somali community cultural centre if Frances Nunziata’s motion is approved this week at City Hall this week.
The motion says,
While the Somali community continues to thrive, it also faces significant systemic barriers due to anti-Black racism and Islamophobia. Many studies, including the work of the City’s Confronting Ant-Black [sic] Racism Unit, and also the testimony of Somali residents at City Council or local boards have documented the deleterious impacts of systemic racism on the prosperity of this dynamic and vibrant community. In addition, action 7.1 in the Confronting Anti-Black Racism Action Plan calls on the City to “improve recreation spaces in neighborhoods [sic] with high proportions of Black residents”.
If approved, the motion would ask staff to “explore potential partnerships for a new community cultural and recreation centre” as well as find a location and funding opportunities.
City Council will vote this week on whether to grant $50,000 to the Weston Historical Society to install or repair the “Welcome to Weston” signs around town. The money will come from section 37 funds from the 10 Wilby development.
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