🎃 Halloween Meeting 👻 and Sandcastle Update
October 29, 2023
Hi Folks!
I believe it’s become a bit of a tradition for the last meeting of October to be “Halloween Themed”!
Thank you Doug, the host of our group music sessions, for always being a good sport and looking for an excuse to dress up ;).
Special thanks to Bram and Maria for taking and sharing these lovely pictures for us to enjoy (see below)!
A Pirate’s life for thee
Genelle dressed up as… Fireworks?!
Genelle is also one of our newest Board Members. We are so grateful for everything she does!
Such a great costume, Doug!
A full moon tonight!
Meow! A purrrrfect costume!
Pirate Bram after swabbing the poop deck
Gracie with her pet spider🕷️ 😱
Oooooh Candy!🍬 🍭 🍫
King Batista!
This might surprise you, but that’s not a real bird on Karen’s head!
A great Halloween meeting indeed! Lots of laughs, lots of sweets, and lots of song’s sung.
Sandcastle Ambassador Bonus: Our hope initially was to get pictures of everyone who helped over the Summer as Sandcastle Ambassadors, but everyone was too busy volunteering they forgot to take pictures! Lucky for us, Karen took a couple (see below). The event was a lot of fun, and we aim to help even more next year! That’s the sign of a successful event/fundraiser.
Bonnie and Bernice minding the store
Mike and John helping the “Entrance/Exit” Team
John (another valued new addition to the Board) also graciously accepted the cheque on OSRS’ behalf from the Parksville Beach Festival at City Hall earlier this month. Thank you kind sir!
This year is flying by. Christmas is just around the corner, y’all!
“Strings and Sings” and Giving back
On Friday, July 7th, our stroke survivors and caregivers were entertained by the delightful Berwick musical group ’Strings and Sings”, with Laurel Wright leading the band. The combined ukulele players and choir singers performed a lovely variety of familiar songs that had our members singing along with them. It was a very enjoyable afternoon. We look forward to future performances from this talented group!
But wait, there’s more! The Strings and Sings band sent a very generous donation the following week, to be used towards our therapy programs. Oceanside Stroke Recovery members are grateful for their kindness and support.
Speaking of being grateful, the OSRS Caregiver Group during the last couple meetings has been helping Junes Gems by making a big batch of new price tags during the weekly meeting! As many of you know, June Wood has been generously paying for our website for these last few years. It’s nice to be able to help lighten her load. Thanks MJ for supplying the materials, and taking this great picture (see below)!
ATTENTION CAREGIVERS: https://planinstitute.ca/learning-centre/caregivers-retreat/
Art in the Garden Event/Fundraiser! <3
July 3rd, 2023
Thanks to Sharon Busch and the organizers of the “Nanoose Bay Art in the Garden Event”, we will be able to showcase the beautiful quilt made by Gracie Lawrence and the elegant wooden bowl made by Garry Conner, donated by these two very talented artists for our Oceanside Stroke Recovery Raffle. Third prize will be a $25.00 Gift Certificate from Tim Horton’s.
Again, the amazing prizes include:
- Beautiful quilt (made by Gracie Lawrence)
- Elegant Wooden Bowl (made by Garry Conner)
- $25.00 Gift Certificate from Tim Hortons
Tickets will be on sale during this event, on July 7th, 8th and 9th, for $2 each, or 3 for $5, or 6 for $10 *wink wink nudge nudge*. Tickets also available from most OSRS members.
The draw will take place on July 27th. All proceeds from the raffle will go to Oceanside Stroke Recovery Society for our therapy programs.
See you at the event! (see below)
Fishing Forever, PQFG’s Amazing Annual Event!
June 1st, 2023
W O W! That was quite a fun fishing event hosted by the PQB Fishing and Game Club (www.pqfg.org)! The weather, the company, and the location… made for a splendidly beautiful day.
The Fishing Forever Event took place on Sunday, May 28, at Spider Lake. The event began at 10:00 a.m. and lasted until 1:00 p.m..
The event had some generous sponsors (Quality Foods, Fish and Game) who provided a delicious picnic lunch prepared by the event organizer, Jamie Sudyko, along with hot coffee, bottles of water, juice, fruit and cookies.
The B. C. Wildlife Federation are also sponsors of this event and gave participants hats with the Fishing Forever Logo on the front.
It is so kind of the Parksville /Qualicum Fish and Game Club and Jamie Sudyko (who organizes this event each year) to do this for our folks.
Special thanks to the Fishing Forever volunteers who provided lessons in baiting our hooks, casting, etc. (they were also a great help in untangling our lines when necessary), and to Wayne Duke for taking so many amazing pictures and sharing them with us (see below):
Many members are already looking forward to next years’ event!