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Shingle Bay Update

Community News, Events & Updates

Fall 2020
 

Welcome!

You’ll notice a new look for our newsletter!

We’ve created our own email newsletter list, which will better help us connect and communicate with residents.

We will only send emails when we have valuable updates to share.

Sign up for future newsletters below!

For a paper copy, please contact us at info@sandspitcommunitysociety.com

Note: depending on how you’re viewing the newsletter, the bottom portion may get clipped off, so make sure you click the “view entire message” at the bottom if it’s available.

Winter Lights Campaign

Planning is well underway for the first Winter Lights Festival in Sandspit!

Current Schedule (subject to change)

Ongoing - Adopt a Tree (details below); Winter Lights

Weekend of December 5 - Bear Essentials Christmas Craft Fair

Weekend of December 12 - Music Event Weekend

Weekend of December 19 - Visit with Santa on our social-distancing Sleigh

December 31 - New Years Eve bonfire

Adopt a Tree!

Sign up now for your own small tree to decorate. Lights will be provided, as well as the tree, and metal florist wire to hold your own decorations in place.

Your tree will be up for the entire month of December, for all to admire!

Sign up now, only 15 trees available!

To sign up, or to volunteer for the event, please contact us at admin@sandspitcommunitysociety.com

Sandspit Recreation

We hope everyone had a fun and safe Halloween weekend!

While we were saddened we couldn't host a pumpkin carving event this year, we hope you all enjoyed carving in your own homes!

Big haawas/thanks to volunteer committee members Audrey and Amber who delivered over 50 pumpkins to the school and around town, to make sure every kid had one to carve!

Gwaii Trust Winter Holiday Grant

MIMSC Request for Proposals

This year the grant has been increased to $11,000.00!

Due to COVID restrictions many previous projects may not work.

We are welcoming any ideas/proposals for this year!

Please submit by email to mimc@sqcrd.bc.ca or by letter to Box 33 Sandspit no later than November 12th.

Haida Gwaii Recreation

Indoor Winter Walking Club

Cathy Baran has starting an indoor walking group to keep you moving, rain or shine!

Limited entry. RSVP online for 2 sessions a week in Nov/Dec. If successful, we can keep it going into the new year!

Time: 9am - 10am

Days: Tuesdays & Thursdays

Location: Sandspit Community Hall

More details/Register here: HG Rec - Sandspit Winter Walking

*Please bring indoor shoes.

Moresby Island Travel Fund

A reminder that HGRec can support recreation or event travel through the Moresby Island Travel Fund for residents!

This includes visiting the QC Holiday Craft Fairs!

Senior’s Bear Essentials Christmas Craft Fair

Come out and support your local Sandspit makers!

December 5 4-8pm

Community Hall and Lord of Life Community Church

We will have two venues in order to to accommodate vendors with appropriate safe spacing between tables.

No food will be available to eat at either site.

Everyone will be asked to wear a mask, use hand sanitizer and sign in with their phone number for contact tracing purposes.

Only a limited amount of people will be able to browse at one time in order to maintain the 2m distance.

Dick’s Wok Out

Only 3 more order dates left for Dicks Wok Inn!!!

The last order date will be taken on Monday, November 16th for the last delivery on Tuesday the 17th.

Get your orders in before 3pm today ( Monday the 9th) to get your delivery Tuesday evening.

email to order: dickswokinn@gmail.com

Full menu available on facebook or in person at the Post Office.

Are you interested in helping us with one of our projects, perhaps as a volunteer, or committee member? Contact us at info@sandspitcommunitysociety.com

Do you have an upcoming event or information that you’d like included in the next newsletter? 

Email us at info@sandspitcommunitysociety.com

This newsletter is put together by the Sandspit Community Society, a BC-registered, not-for-profit Society incorporated since 2011, that operates for the benefit of the community of Sandspit. 

The SCS is run by a volunteer Board of residents,

who wish to sustain the economic and social well-being of our community. 

Thank you for your support!

www.sandspitcommunitysociety.com