A few people are standing in the hall on the second floor of the Beaches Recreation Centre on Williamson Road, waiting for Room 4 to become available. Someone peeks in. “No, not yet,” Franco calls frantically. He is setting up the room. As soon as the little kiddies left, Franco began setting up the tables […]
To those familiar with how things work around here, it should come as no surprise that the Beaches Spring Sprint began with Gene Domagala and a megaphone. A fixture at the now annual race, which turns 30 this year, the unofficial Mayor of the Beach helped launch the fundraiser in June 1987, by trying to […]
Sporting chef whites on a sunny day by the Beaches Rec Centre, Gordon Brown stands zero chance of going unnoticed. “Hi Chef Gordon!” comes the sing-song voice of a kid walking up Lee Avenue, half a block away. “Looking good!” calls a woman not a minute later, laughing with a friend as they push by […]
They are always full of water, impossible to paddle, and hold nothing heavier than a little salad. But kids in the Beaches Rec Centre’s summer cooking camp are loving their cucumber canoes. Gordon Brown, known as “Chef Gordon,” says the six- to 12-year-olds in the camp are enjoying something new this year – picking cucumbers […]
Community Centre 55 is hosting its annual Silent Auction fundraiser on Friday, March 27. A selection of products and services donated by community residents and businesses will be auctioned between 6 and 8 p.m. For more information, or to find out how to donate, call Justice or Cameron at 416-691-1113. ● The centre will hold […]
The Beaches Recreation Centre is calling on everyone with a flair for art and graphic design to take part in its Logo Design Contest. If the final selection is made in time, runners and walkers in this year’s Beaches Spring Sprint will be sporting the new design on their official T-shirts. Centre Director Frank Domagala […]
It’s beginning to look very much like the holiday season in the Beach and some popular annual events are adding to the festive air. On Saturday, Dec. 6, meet Hamper for breakfast at Community Centre 55, 97 Main St. Pancakes will be served from 8 to 11 a.m. ($3 per person) and Santa will make […]
Braving early morning snow and a cold wind, 604 runners and walkers laced up for the 27th Beaches Spring Sprint along the beaches boardwalk on April 5. Organized by the volunteer advisory council of the Beaches Recreation Centre, the all-ages fun run raises money for new fitness equipment and renovations projects. Proceeds from this year’s […]
People of a certain age are often afraid to say how old they are, but not Yvonne Walmsley. Eighty-six is an age to be thankful for, she says, sporting the latest Beaches Spring Sprint T-shirt just after an aerobic fitness class at the Beaches Rec Centre. “You tell all your friends, ‘You know, I met […]
An ambitious teen and her mother are in the middle of a crowd funding campaign for a documentary about what it means to be a global citizen. If all goes to plan, Kasha and Marla Slavner will fly out from Toronto’s Pearson International Airport in March, for six months of filming around the globe, searching […]
