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Family Day Winter Carnival

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February 16 @ 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm

Photo by Jill Wellington on Pexels.com Join the CGOWCA for an afternoon of outdoor fun for the family! We’ll be serving hot chocolate (bring your own mug!) and there will be plenty of games.

Bring your …

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Moonlit Cross-Country Ski

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February 12 @ 7:00 pm – 11:30 pm

Photo by Nicky Pe on Pexels.com Details TBD

Free
Community Association

Jeanne d’Arc Park Rink

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After-School Snow Day

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December 5, 2024 @ 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm

Bring your kids down to the local park for fun in the snow after school. Use the Community Forum (https://cgow.ca/community-forum) to find the closest park hosting a satellite event or start your own!

Free

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December 2024 Newsletter

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2024 Community Outreach Survey The Community Association is working on new and improved ways to connect with the neighbourhood, and big events like our annual Moonlight XC Ski and Winter Carnival are coming up in early 2025 (stay tuned for details). As part of an increased focus on outreach, we want to hear from …

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Third places in Convent Glen Orléans Wood

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Photo by Quang Nguyen Vinh on Pexels.com Matthieu Gagnon, Vice-President The Pumpkin Alley organized by my fellow community association board member, Arnold van den Hoeven, made me realize two important things, our neighbours are generally awesome and we need more of these types of things. The highlight of the event to me was …

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My First Time Winter Sowing

Gillian Cantello, Environment Committee I have always loved gardens, but I am far from being an accomplished gardener. I had never grown anything from seed. That changed when I became part of the Convent Glen Orleans Wood Community Association’s Environment Committee and got to know some of the members, who are wonderful gardeners. One of …

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Convent Glen Pumpkin Alley 2024

November 1, 2024 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm

Convent Glen Pumpkin Alley 2024 You’re invited to the first Convent Glen Pumpkin Alley! The Convent Glen Orléans Woods Community Association is thrilled to host our first pumpkin alley on Friday November 1st, 2024 from 6 – 8 PM. Join …

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Budget 2025: Active Transportation Priorities

Matthieu Gagnon, Vice-President, CGOWCA Board Last spring, I did a series on my personal blog about what I consider the top priorities for active transportation in Orléans. I came up with four general objectives and wrote a post about each of them: Allowing kids to move around the neighbourhood Getting people to the …

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