Hey Ottawa Friends – Join us at Sandalwood Park for an awesome day of peace, fun and friendship:
Saturday, September 23, 2017, 12 – 4 at Sandalwood Park, 2850 Sandalwood Drive
(Rain date, Sunday, September 24)
Agenda – Day One (with more activities to come)
Basketball – 12:00 to 4:00
We will have some awesome basketball activities set up for the kids.
Councillor Jean Cloutier – Alta Vista Ward – 12:00 to 4:00
Councillor Cloutier and his team will have a table set up with some Ottawa 2017 swag to give away and Freezies to share.
Face Painting – 12:00 to 2:30
We will have a group of wonderful volunteers offering free face painting to the kids.
Heron Emergency Food Centre – 12:00 to 4:00
The Heron Emergency Food Centre will be one of our guests. We will be presenting them with the beautiful Kindness Painting that we completed at the Canterbury Community Association’s Canada Day Celebration. They will also be collecting donations of food, so if you are able to bring a non-perishable food item, that would be greatly appreciated!
Herongate Bike Initiative – 12:00 to 4:00
A South East Ottawa Community Health Centre and Timbercreek Communities Collaboration
SEOCHC and Timbercreek will be launching their Herongate Bike Initiative. They have collected 15 gently used bikes to give away to children in the Timbercreek community. These bikes will be presented to the children at Kids Love Peace! The new bike owners will then take part in a helmet fitting and safety lesson with Safer Roads Ottawa before partaking in their super fun Bike Rodeo!
Humans for Peace Institution – 12:00 to 2:00
Our friends from the Humans for Peace Institution will be joining us at Kids Love Peace. If you have not visited their wesbite to see the great work that they do, you really should do that now!
Living Inside Out, Kaeli Van Regan – 12:00 – 4:00
Kaeli is author of the book “Parenting Your Way” and “Peacity”. She is a life coach and energy healer. She will bring you different ways to experience living from the inside out. Drop by to check out new ways to bring peace, joy and relaxation to your day.
Maker Junior – 1:00 to 3:00
We are so happy that Maker Junior is going to join us at Kids Love Peace again. They will be helping the kids make air rockets, which we can then launch in the field. I have done this workshop two times already – it is soooo much fun!
Click here for an awesome video of a previous air rocket workshop I attended.
Ottawa Paramedics – 1:00 to 3:00
The Ottawa Paramedics will join us at Kids Love Peace with an ambulance to explore!
Ottawa Police Service – 12:00 to 4:00
The Ottawa Police will have a tent set up with Child Print, tattoos, Positve Ticketing and a Cruiser to explore.
Ottawa Public Library – 12:00 to 4:00
The Ottawa Public Library will be bringing the Bookmobile to Kids Love Peace!
Safer Roads Ottawa – Bike Rodeo – 3:00 to 4:00
Bring your bike and helmet! Safer Roads Ottawa will have a Bike Rodeo set up from 3:00 to 4:00.
Somali Centre for Family Services – 12:00 to 4:00
Our friends from the Somali Centre for Family Services will have a booth set up at Kids Love Peace to share information about the services they offer for the community.
White Butterfly YOGA Papillon Blanc – 12:00 to 4:00 – Yoga at 2:00
Join our friend Nathalie Beaupré for some super yoga fun!
World-Changing Kids – 12:00 to 4:00
World-Changing Kids will have a table set up with some awesome kindness activities – kindness card making, a kindness scavenger hunt and some arts and crafts.