Canada Day Pancake Breakfast

Yarker Colebrook and District Community Association invites everybody to Canada Day Pancake Breakfast. It will take place on Friday, July 1^st from 8:30 to 10:30 am in the Riverside United Church basement.

This is a fund-raising event. The prices are: $ 4 per person, $ 10 per family.

Come and bring your family and friends!

Minutes of YCDCA Board meeting June 14th 2011

Yarker, Colebrook & District Community Association

Minutes of Board Meeting – June 14th, 2011

Meeting was called to order by Eric DePoe at 7:30 pm.

Attendees: Eric DePoe, Anna Szczepaniec, Richard Ryde, Judy Ryde, Gary Rasberry

Regrets: Laura Nagel.

1. Canada Day Pancake Breakfast on July 1st.

Last year we had 75 people at the Canada Day Pancake Breakfast. We hope for even more this year. Preparations: EDP to provide Pancake Mix and coffee, JR to talk to possible donors of sausages, juice etc., RR JR AS to take care of preparing sausages, EDP and RR – cooking, JR – cashier, AS – serving, GR to organize volunteers for set-up, AS to organize more volunteers for serving and for cleaning, EDP – advertisements in Guide, Beaver and Kingston This Week, AS – to post to the YCDCA blog, Yarker website and YCDCA mailing list.

Hours of the event: 8:30 – 10:30Prices: $ 4 per person, $ 10 per family.

Place: Riverside United Church basement.

2. Fund-raising for the Yarker Family School playground.

YCDCA raised so far $ 1,500. In order to try to raise more EDP to prepare the application for Farm Credit Corporation grant ($ 15,000). RR to talk to Wendy Chapman from Yarker Family School about further cooperation on fund-raising.

3. Music Festival in the Fall.

Because of lack of interested volunteers it won't be possible to organize it this year. Concept to be re-discussed at one of the future meetings.

4. Pumpkin Pie and Bake Fest.

JR to invite Kerry Miller (the Chair of the Fest sub-committee) to the next Board meeting. Event date: October 2^nd (Sunday).

5. Completion of the phase 1 of village beautification.

Phase 1 completed, except for the placement of the benches. RR to organize it. 9 planters and 2 benches have been purchased. Thank you to the volunteers who helped with planting the flowers to be issued soon. RR to research on the possibility of a new grant from PELA.

6. The book “The Great Neighbourhood”

This book about how to build nice community has been recommended by Reverend Elaine Kellogg. Members of the board to read it.

All

7. Treasurer's report.

At the moment with have $ 117 cash. We expect to get soon $ 467 (remaining sum from PELA grant) and $ 200 donation promised by one of the community members.

Next meeting: July 13^th or 14^th (to be announced), 7:30 in Judy and Richard Ryde's place.

Minutes prepared by Anna Szczepaniec.

Minutes of the board meeting March 6th 2011

Yarker, Colebrook & District Community Association

Minutes of Board Meeting – March ^6th, 2011

Meeting was called to order by Eric DePoe at 7:30 pm.

Attendees: Eric DePoe, Laura Nagel, Gary Rasberry, Anna Szczepaniec.

Regrets: Richard Ryde, Judy Ryde

1. Preparations for the March Break Extravaganza concert and Community Bake Sale.

Gary Rasberry advertised the event during the Sunday worship at the Riverside United Church. Press release has been send by Eric De Poe to the Napanee Beaver, Napanee Guide, Whig Standard and Kingston This Week. It was also advertised at Yarker website. Further advertising to be done through school bulletin and posters. GR provided posters. AS and LN organized volunteers to bake goodies for the Community Fund-raising Sale.

We need coffee, tea, lemonade. EDP to provide it.

GR, EDP

2. Planned Earth Hour bonfire.

Event cancelled because most of the board members will be absent on March 26^th.

3. Earth Day, April 23rd.

Edp to take care of the township bags and press-release.

EDP

4. Canada Day pancake breakfast.

AS to research if we can find another venue than Riverside United Church, because they charge $ 50 for each use of the Church basement.

AS

Next meeting: April 10th, 2011 (Sunday), h 7:30, Waterfall Tearoom.

Minutes prepared by Anna Szczepaniec.

Minutes of the YCDCA board meeting January 25th

Yarker, Colebrook & District Community Association

Minutes of Board Meeting – January 25^th, 2011

Meeting was called to order by Eric DePoe at 7:40 pm.

Attendees: Eric DePoe, Richard Ryde, Judy Ryde, Laura Nagel, Kelli Smith, Judy Skinner, Gary Rasberry, Anna Szczepaniec.

1. Playground equipment for Yarker Family School.

Judy Skinner presented the information she gathered on the possible improvements to the YFS playground. According to the School Board requirements, any equipment has to be installed by a licensed company, because of the insurance liability issues. Also they require the 10 % of the price to be put in their trust towards future repairs and maintenance connected to vandalism and other accidents not covered by the warranty. JS presented several examples of possible equipment, together with the price estimates. The cost of a basic, nice-looking set (monkey-bars with slides) adjusted to the number of children using it at the YFS playground would be between 34,000 and 46,000, including taxes and installation.

Possible sources of financing were discussed. The Yarker Athletic Association is willing to contribute 9,500. The Parents Council and the teachers from YFS would be able to provide up to 2,500. YCDCA may try to apply for up to 10,000 in the next run of PELA granting program (not confirmed if there will be next run). YCDCA and YFS to talk to the Township about possibility of getting some money from there. Remaining sum to be collected through fund-raising events.

JS and RR

YFS may try to apply for the Trillium Foundation grant. In this case they need to now before mid-February how much of the cost would be covered by the community.

2. Possible grants for cultural activities from Ontario Arts Council.

YCDCA to issue a letter of support for Andrzej Maciejewski's application to the Arts Education grant for the photographic program “One year in Yarker” (series of workshops in digital photography plus photographs of every-day Yarker life taken by Yarkerites plus exhibition and publication of the calendar). The program will be open to all residents of our area.

YCDCA to issue a letter of support for OSCA application to the Artist In Community grant for the music activity “Yarker Citizens Band” (series of music jam-sessions for amateurs, led by professional musician, plus creating songs about Yarker plus concert and CD's). The program will be open to all residents of our area.

AS to take care of the applications, Eric De Poe to prepare letters.

AS, EDP

3. Gary Rasberry and Yarker Family School Students – concert.

Concert with Yarker Family School proposed by Gary Rasberry will take place on March 9th at the school and on March 13^th in the Riverside United Church. The revenue from tickets to pay the participating musicians. YCDCA to help with advertisement and to organize a fund-raiser for the playground equipment on this occasion – bake-sale in the Church basement. AS and LN to organize volunteers to bake cakes.

GR, AS, LN

4. Events.

4.a. Earth Hour bonfire, March 26^th.

To obtain permissions from the Township and the Fire Department.

RR, EDP

4b. Pumpkin Fest Committee – volunteer Kerri Miller.

4c. Music Festival Committee – volunteers GR, AS, others to be confirmed at a later date.

5. PELA grant

To order 5 benches and 2 planters and get invoices – RR.

Gary and Heather Kembel will design the bulletin board.

6 EDP and RR prepared a press-release about YCDCA.

EDP RR

Next meeting: March 6th, 2011 (Sunday), h 7:30, Waterfall Tearoom.

Minutes prepared by Anna Szczepaniec.