We are offering licensed Summer Camps at a new location-

B-2435 Mansfield Dr. in Courtenay!

• Qualified staff
• Fun, safe and licensed program
• Field trips
• Arts/Crafts
• Swimming
• & many more adventures…

This fun filled camp will keep children aged 6-12 active and entertained, with the high ratio of leaders to children that the club is known for.

Camp runs  July 5th to August  27th.  Additional programs will be available at the Boys & Girls Clubhouse for the week of August 30 to September 3.

Book by the week or the month! Weekly rates are $125.00 or monthly at $450.00.  Childcare subsidies are welcome. Limited sponsorships are also available to those not receiving childcare subsidy.

View the program clendar by clicking the following links:

July calendar 2010

August 2010 Calendar

For more details, call the Club at 250-338-7582 or email info@cvboysandgirlsclub.ca.

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Where: Crown Isle Clubhouse in the underground cart barn (rain or shine!)

Donations can be dropped off prior to the sale:

• Tuesday, March 23rd to Thursday March 25th (9:00am to 1:00pm) at The Comox Valley Boys & Girls Club Office, 367 11th street in Courtenay.

• Saturday, March 27th (10:00AM and 4:00PM) at Crown Isle bag drop in the main parking lot or under cover by the Pro Shop if the weather is poor.

• Volunteers are available to pick up larger items at your home.

Proceeds of the sale to support:

• The Comox Valley Boys & Girls Club

• Unsold or unclaimed items will be donated to The Comox Valley Transitions Society

Additional information:  Andy Frost 250/338-7867 or email aandjfrost@shaw.ca

All types of merchandise welcome !!!!!   Please help us to support our local community

The 8th Annual Odlum Brown Gingerbread Village (with Bears) raised over $6000 for the Comox Valley Boys & Girls Club! This is due to the generosity of those who constructed and donated gingerbread creations and bears

Thank you also all those who purchased these wonderful items in the silent auction.

A special thank you to our presenting sponsor,

Janine Martin ~ Odlum Brown

And our corporate partners:

Crown Isle Resort

and

Whales Tale Toys

And all who contributed to this events success, including:

Anna Serin

Andrea Spitz

Liz Ellis

Joanne Petersen

Andre Serin~ Square Foot Studios

Shelley Gartside

Brad Knight, Leah Dykeman and so many helpful staff members at Crown Isle!

Contributors to the Gingerbread Village include:

Gingerbread “Lots”

Whales Tale Toys

Crown Isle Resort

Kingfisher Resort & Spa

Finneron Hyundai

Square Foot Studios

Odlum Brown

Aspen Park Boys & Girls Club

Brooklyn Elementary

Ecole Robb Rd

Nides

Hook, Line & Sinker

Ali Brown & Katie Murphy

Madison Lynch

Maretta Pater

Kai & Ayla Bray house

Maureen Renfrow

And the following families:

Spitz

Frost

Ellis

Calder

Roos

Shearer

Murphy

Buckrell

Baxandall/North

“Bears”

Mackenzie Gartside

Comox Valley Record

Kim’s Fitness

Cheryl Davies

Lorena’s  Advanced Hair Salon

Bellini’s Hair Salon

Denise Jeffery

Erin Mandzuk

Laurie Tinkler Dance

Janine Martin-Odlum Brown

Crown Isle

Wendy Harris& Judy Carney (Cruise Ship Centres)

Wagz

Uptown Yarn

Cockeyed Optical

Lynn Brandon- Bodyworx

Whales Tale Toys

Andrea Spitz

Roberta Campbell -Epicure

Helen Kitchen

Midland Tools

Karen Provost

The Father Involvement Network invites kids and dads to the 3^rd annual F.I.N. Swim!!!

Where: Comox Valley Aquatic Center

377 Lerwick  Avenue, Courtenay

When: Saturday, October 17, 2009

Time: 4:30pm—6:00pm

Free hot dogs will be served from 5:30- 6:30.

Maximum capacity 500.

NEW! Condensed Parents Together Program

Courtenay Recreation October 27 – Nov 17

A new, condensed 4 week program designed for parents of teens as they embark on a new journey with their families.

Topics include: Boundary setting, assisting in informed decisions, turning over appropriate responsibility, community resources and more.

To Register: Contact Courtenay Recreation at 338 – 5371

For Information Call: Parent Services 338-7582

Registration deadline: October 15, 2009

Fall Sessions Begin September 30

Parents Together

ParentsTogether is a modified self-help group for parents experiencing conflict with their teen. The members offer encouragement and support while parents develop and strengthen new skills to meet the challenges in raising teenagers today. Parents realize that they are not alone in their caring, concern, or efforts to promote change and maintain healthy relationships in the family.

Parenting Without Power Struggles

At Parenting Without Power Struggles, parents of children aged 9-13 years can strengthen and gain new understanding and skills in communication, pre-teen development, boundary setting, and self-care. The weekly meetings provide information, support, and encouragement for parents of pre-teens. Parenting Without Power Struggles recognizes that families come in many different forms yet face similar challenges when raising pre-teens in the world today.

For information or to register for Parents Together or Parenting WIthout Power Struggles, please call the Parentline at 250-338-7582 or email:

Meet & Greet ~ For Parents & Kids

Thursday, September 3, 2009 at Aspen Park Elementary in the Multi- Purpose Room.  Please bring your completed registration forms if they have not been submitted.

This is a great opportunity to see the program space, meet the leaders and get your Parent Handbooks.

To register for After School Care at Aspen Park, or for more information, call the Boys & Girls Club at 250-338-7582 or go to:

Available positions are:

• After School Care Supervisor
  
• After School Care Leaders and
• Parent Education Coordinator
• Program Coordinator
  

Please see our “Employment” page for details.

Call now to register for:

• Cool Moves
• Sports-O-Rama
• After School Club

For details, click: Just For Kids

Last month, Boys and Girls Clubs of Canada announced the launch of a joint advocacy initiative with Today’s Parent, through its Healthy Kids 2009 program, to raise awareness of the need to provide all Canadian children with the opportunities they need to be active, eat right and grow up healthy. If you haven’t already added your voice to our joint “call-to-action” to the federal government to support the creation of more opportunities for kids to be physically activity through after school programs, please take a moment now.

Here’s How You Can Help:

Please join us in asking the federal government to address the health and social inequities that exist among Canadian children, by supporting better access for all Canadian children to affordable, active after-school programs.

1) Click this link to send a letter of support for this initiative to your local MP: http://www.bgccan.com/todaysparent.asp

2) Share this message with your network of friends, colleagues and family and encourage them to send a letter.

Stay tuned for a feature story in June on how a family in British Columbia has benefited from participation in BGCC’s healthy living after school program, Cool Moves.

Keynote Address: Jeff McLean & David Sheftel “Building a Community of Involved Fathers”
Followed by a Panel of Engaged Fathers:
“Beyond Activities for Dads & Kids”

Location: Filberg Heritage Lodge & Park
Date: Wednesday, March 11th
Time: 11:00 am-4:30 pm
Cost: $5 (only 25 tickets available!)
Register by calling 338-7141
Sponsored by the Ministry of Children & Family Development, Courtenay