COMMUNITY calendar
Reserve
The annual perennial plant sale sponsored by the Canoe Cove Community Association, will take place Saturday, June 2, from 9 a.m. to noon at Inman Park in Canoe Cove. There will be hardy perennials, bulbs, shrubs and trees, manure and organic compost for sale at a very reasonable price. The canteen will serve coffee and muffins. For more information or to help out call Gina 675-3322.
Wednesday, June 6, for a takeout lobster supper at Trinity United Church, 220 Richmond St., Charlottetown, with pickup 3:305:30 p.m. The cost is $22 per plate. For tickets, call the church office at 902-892-4114 or Norman Carruthers at 902-566-3007.
Meetings
T.O.P.S. #PE 4727 meets Sundays at 141 Mount Edward Rd. at the Mount Continuing Care Community building. Charlottetown. Weigh-in: 8:30-9 a.m.; meeting: 9 a.m. Call Marilyn 902-894-3933 or Nancy 902-892-8102.
The Christian Women’s Club will be celebrating a spring breakfast at the Delta Hotel at 9:15 a.m. on Thursday, May 10, with an Alia N Tanjay fashion show, music with Karen Mac Donald and special RSVP speaker Pat Peppard from Pugwash, N.S. The cost $14. For reservations, call 902-628-8412 by May 7.
T.O.P.S. #0660 Charlottetown meets Mondays in the Community Room of the Sobeys West Royalty, 39 Babineau Ave., Charlottetown with weigh-in 5:45-6:15 p.m. and the meeting, 6:30-7:30 p.m. Call Judy at 902-892-9543.
T.O.P.S. #0694 Charlottetown meets Mondays in the community room of the Atlantic Superstore, 465 University Ave., Charlottetown. Weigh-in is 6:30 p.m. with the meeting at 7 p.m. (no meetings on statutory holidays or days when school is cancelled due to weather). Call Gloria at 902-5669206. New members are welcome.
P.E.I. Sociable Singles, a nonprofit, non-denominational, social group for members 40 and over, holds meet and greet socials in the West Royalty Community Centre, corner of Lower Malpeque Road and Kirkdale Road, Room 6, Mondays at 7 p.m. For information, email sociable_singles@yahoo.com, check https://sites.google.com/site/peisociablesingles or call Judy at 902-894-4851.
Island Treasures Needle Art Guild meets Mondays at the St. Eleanor’s Community Centre, 7 p.m. Call Shelley, 902-436-8795.
Presentations
A free two-week Cooking for Better Blood Sugars program will begin on Monday, May 7, 10:30 a.m. to noon, at Sobeys Extra Stratford. Join the Sobeys dietitian and learn how to make meals to improve blood sugars. Recipes and samples provided. Call 902-5664399 or email margaret.young@ sobeys.com to register. Space is limited.
Weekly free classes on Buddhism, as well as special classes on meditation, are being offered by the Great Enlightenment Buddhist Institute (GEBIS) at its Buddhist Centre in Charlottetown, 133 Queen St., second floor. Contact GEBIS Charlottetown on Facebook or gebissociety.org for information. Register for classes at gebis.happycourse@gmail.com.
Cards/Cribbage/ Crokinole
Charlottetown Legion bingo is every Sunday and Monday at 7:10 p.m. See Saturday’s and Monday’s ad on page 2 of The Guardian or visit www.CharlottetownLegion.ca for prize information. Coffee club is Mondays and Fridays, 10 a.m., at the Milton Community Hall. Enjoy coffee and snacks. Admission is a donation of coin or treats.
Monday Mix Social is Mondays at Hampshire Hall, Route 225, Civic number 851, 1-3 p.m., with cards, games, coffee and chat. Admission is by donation. Call Shellagh, 902370-2285, or Nancy, 902-626-6551.
The Monday afternoon sanctioned duplicate bridge is at the Haviland Club in Charlottetown, 1-4 p.m. Contact irene.macarthur.pei@gmail.com or 902-394-3179.
Progressive 45s are at the Souris Silver Threads Club, Mondays, 7 p.m.
Monday night card parties are at the Uigg Community Centre at 7:30 p.m.
Card parties are at Kelly’s Cross Community Centre on Mondays at 7:30 p.m.
Crokinole is Mondays at the Warren Grove Community Centre at 7:30 p.m. No partner is required.
Card play singles is at the Mount Stewart Fire Hall, Mondays, 7:30 p.m.
Mayflower Seniors Club cards is Mondays, 7:30 p.m., at the Cotton Centre, Bunbury Road, Stratford.
Cash bingo is at the Kingston Legion Branch 30, New Haven, Monday and Friday, 7:30 p.m., with a 50/50 draw, progressive jackpot and canteen.
East Royalty Lions team cribbage is Mondays at the Malcolm Darrach Centre, 1 Avonlea Dr., East Royalty, for ages 19 and over.
The Seniors Active Living Centre, Bell Aliant Centre UPEI will be having a Euchre tournament on Tuesday, May 8. Registration is at 12:45 p.m. with the tournament starting at 1:00 p.m. Admission is $5 for members and $6 for nonmembers. There will be a 50/50 draw as well as prizes for first, second and third.
Health/Classes
Good Neighbourly Club Fitness Program at Tracadie Community Centre is on Mondays, 6:30 p.m., with low impact fitness using body weights, dumb bells and exercise balls. All fitness levels are welcome. Cost is $4, pay as you go.
Rock & Talk Playgroup is hosted by Family Place, 75 Central St., Summerside Mondays 9:30-11:30 a.m., for babies, toddlers and their caregivers. Drop in to Family Place, call 902-436-1348 or familyplace@eastlink.ca.
Kinkora playgroups are hosted by Family Place, Seniors Room at Kinkora Place, 45 Anderson St., Kinkora, Mondays, 9:30-11:30 a.m. Drop in to Family Place, call 902436-1348 or familyplace@eastlink.ca.
Health/Classes
Shorehill Gentle Yoga program for body/mind/spirit balance is Mondays and Thursdays, 11:30 a.m., at Trinity United Church. New students are welcome, and the first class is always free. Go to www.Shorehill.ca or call Annella, 902626-7560 or shorehillyoga@gmail.com.
Shorehill Yoga chair yoga classes are Mondays and Thursdays, 1 p.m., at Trinity United Church in Charlottetown. New students are welcome, and the first class is always free. Go to www.Shorehill.ca or call Annella at 902-626-7560 or shorehillyoga@gmail.com.
A 10-week Chair Yoga program begins Tuesday, May 8, 6:45 p.m. at Sanctuary Yoga and Massage in the Sherwood Business Centre, 161 St. Peters Rd. No previous yoga experience required. For more information call (902) 629-5800 or visit the Sanctuary Facebook page.