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Haliburton and District Lions Club Enchanted Forest Service Project April 2021
The Haliburton Lions Enchanted Forest Service Project is, once again, up and running. We are gathering items for Loose Parts Play which will be part of the Construction Zone in this delightful children's play area.
Loose Parts is a wonderful term that speaks to “loose parts” in our environment that can be used to empower our children’s creativity. Many play experts and early childhood educators have adapted the theory of loose parts play. Loose parts are materials that can be moved, carried, combined, redesigned, lined up, and taken apart and put back together in multiple ways. Loose parts can be used alone or combined with other materials. There is no set of specific directions for materials that are considered loose parts. A term strongly connected to loose parts is open-ended. Open ended materials, environments, and experiences encourage problem solving and are child centered. Children involve themselves in concrete experiences using loose parts.
In the Enchanted Forest at Abbey Gardens the Loose Parts will include both natural and man-made items. I have included some pictures so that you will get a better idea of what loose parts play might look like as well as the materials that are needed.
I would like to invite you, our wonderful Highlands community to assist us in gathering loose parts. Here the starter list things we need:
One large deck box approximately 4 feet long
Two smaller deck boxes or similar containers
PVC pipes
Round rocks
Lumber of varying sizes but not more than 3 feet long
Wood rounds – slices of trees
Wooden spools
Please contact Lion Gail Stelter
Text 705 455 2772
Childhood Cancer Initiative – A16 Service Project
Summary Report - April 2021
On behalf of our committee, (Lion Tina Hadley, David Mills and Gail Stelter), here is our summary report of the Childhood Cancer A16 Service Project.
Our participation in the A16 childhood Cancer Service Project is now complete:
1. We have created 10 activity bags. Each bag contains age-appropriate materials: colouring and sticker books, crayons and pencil crayons, puzzle books and a new story book.
2. We have provided 10 hand written cards.
3. We have provided 10 gift cards of $10. each
4. The bags have been delivered to District Childhood Cancer Childhood Cancer Chair, Christine Weerdenburg.
5. We have prepared a brief write up for our Facebook Page as follows:
As members of the Haliburton and District Lions Club, we are given many opportunities and avenues to make a difference; to help others. One that is truly gratifying is the Childhood Cancer Initiative. Our most recent endeavour has been to participate in Lions District A16 project for children undergoing cancer treatments. We have created ten activity bags. Each bag contains age-appropriate activities such as sticker books, colouring and puzzle books, crayons and pencil crayons, a hand written card, a new story book and a gift certificate. We are sharing this with you as a reminder to our local community that should childhood cancer be a reality for a member of your family, we are here to assist. Please feel most welcome to contact me at gatesstelter@gmail.com or text 705-455-2772.
Lion Gail Stelter
Chair, Childhood Cancer Initiative
Haliburton and District Lions Club
Haliburton Lions Polar Bear Challenge (Dip)
Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
It is unique! It is fun! It happens in February at Frost Fest. It is cold! It raises money for our local hospital: Haliburton Highlands Health Services Foundation (HHHSF) and for the Garron Family Cancer Centre: Hospital for Sick Children. And, oh yes, it has become a tradition of community caring and sharing for 8 years of yesterdays. Our most recent yesterday, February 2020, was a record year! Those wonderful dippers collected pledges and jumped in for charity! It was also the year that our Lions District A16 Governor, Deb Dawson joined the cause and through her efforts we qualified for grant from LCI (Lions Clubs International). Because of Deb and all our brave and hearty dippers, we were able to raise the total donated to Haliburton to $17,493.95 and $54,186.20 to Sick Kids. Wow! Thank you to the Hospital for Sick Children who acknowledged and celebrated our donation with a plaque, dedicated to Lions A16, on their donor wall. Thank you to HHHSF who always shouts out our praises! But we know the thanks belongs to the dippers. Thanks dippers!
Today. Well, as you know, this is our year of Covid and so many events have been cancelled. No, not cancelled forever just for today of 2021. We hold true to our commitment to donate. We are pleased to announce our recent donation of $1000 to Sick Kids and $2000 to Haliburton Highlands Health Services Foundation. It was a typical blustery winter day when Lions Tina Hadley and Jim and Marilyn Frost brought the big cheque to Lisa Tompkins, Director HHHSF. It is always fun to celebrate giving!
Tomorrow. Oh, we will be back. It will be unique! It will be fun! It will be cold and the dippers and Lions will be there. We are already looking forward to the tomorrows of 2022 and the Haliburton and District Lions Club Polar Bear Challenge! We hope to see you all next year!
Article appeared in The Highlander
Photo in the Haliburton County Echo
Thank you from the Hospital for Sick Children for our large donation last year due to the participation of the 2020 Lion District A16 Governor Deb Dawson and Lions Club International Foundation matching our donation.
