COMMUNITY calendar
Fundraisers
• Roast beef dinner with all the trimmings is May 5 at noon at the Knights of Columbus Hall, Palmer Road. Admission is $15 for adults and $8 for children 12 and under.
• Trinity Clifton United Church take-out roast beef dinner is May 11 with pickup from 4:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. at the Sydney Street door of the church. The menu includes roast beef, potatoes, gravy, turnip, carrots, peas, Yorkshire pudding and lemon cake with cream cheese icing for dessert. Tickets are $20 and must be purchased in advance by May 9. To purchase tickets, stop by in person (220 Richmond St., Charlottetown), call the church office, 902-892-4114, or email trinitycliftonunitedchurch@gmail.com.
Reunion
• Class of 1974 50th graduation anniversary celebration for 1974 Charlottetown Rural High School graduates is June 8, 6 p.m., at the Haviland Club, 2 Haviland St., Charlottetown. People planning to go are asked to send their email address to crhs1974reunion@gmail. com or join the Face Book page, Charlottetown Rural Class of 1974 Reunion. Also, spread the word to fellow graduates and teachers so they can be added to the list and kept up to date on this milestone event. Please register by May 10.
Community
• The City of Charlottetown Food Council is hosting Scraps & Seeds May 4, 1-3 p.m., where attendees can meet the members of the council, enjoy a free meal, receive complimentary seeds and learn more about the group’s work to improve the Charlottetown food system. This drop-in style event is at the Founders’ Food Hall demonstration kitchen and is intended to assist participants in taking small steps towards sustainability, whether by ensuring food they purchase is not going to waste or by growing some of their own vegetables.
• People are invited to get to know their neighbours, Monday and Friday, 10-11 a.m., at the Milton Community Hall. Coffee, tea and snacks are available by donation of coin or treats.
• P.E.I. Sociable Singles is a recreational group for widowed, separated, divorced and not married people aged 50-plus, offering an opportunity to get out and about for meals and outings, along with a weekly meet-and-greet, including games and fun. The group meets at the Malcolm J. Darrach Community Centre, 1 Avonlea Dr., East Royalty, Tuesdays, 7 p.m. Contact sociable_singles@yahoo.com for information.
Courses, clinics, presentations
• The Magic and Value of Music Therapy will be presented by Rebecca Hulme, who will explore the intrinsic power of internal human musicality and how it may serve as a springboard to imagine a future where music therapy is an essential standard of health care. Participants will be invited to step out of their comfort zone, access creative areas of their brain and foster a sense of community. This session is at The Living Well, 96 Patterson Dr., Charlottetown, May 8, 1:30-3:30 p.m. A break with a snack is provided. To register, email rmd17csm@gmail.com. This is a scent-free event. There is no charge, but participants are invited to bring a food item for the monthly in-house food bank.
• Free counselling services are available through a project sponsored by The Living Well. To speak to a qualified social worker about anxiety, loss, depression, separation, parenting or relationship issues, email 20tlwp23@gmail.com or call 902 330-2028.
• Yoga with Leone is Tuesdays, 9 a.m., at the Milton Community Hall with Building Blocks of Yoga (mat) and 10:30 a.m. Chair Yoga. The cost is $6 for Miltonvale Park residents and $7 for others. • Weekly Wednesday Zumba Classes are Wednesdays at 5:30 p.m. at Miltonvale Community Hall. The cost for Miltonvale Park residents is $2/class and non-residents are $5. Space is limited. Contact Miltonmvps@gmail. com.
• Seniors fitness classes with Michele Gallant are Mondays at Milton Community Hall.
Meetings
• TOPS meets at the Milton Community Hall on Tuesdays, 6:15 p.m. Call Joyce, 902-368-2055.
• TOPS PE 5051 meets at Sherwood Hall, 56 Maple Ave., Charlottetown, on Tuesdays, 6 p.m. New members are welcome. Call Irene, 902-394-5188.
• T.O.P.S. #0694 Charlottetown meets Tuesdays at the Sherwood Community Centre (next to Cody Banks arena) on Maple Avenue in Charlottetown. Weigh-in starts at 7 p.m. with the meeting following (no meetings on statutory holidays or days when school is cancelled due to weather). Call Ellen 902213-0337. New members are welcome.
• The Cornwall Tops PE906 meets every Thursday at 10 a.m. in the basement of St. Francis of Church, Cornwall. Call Pat at 902675-3870.
Games
• Bingo is played at the Seniors Active Living Centre in the Bell Aliant Centre at UPEI, Fridays, 1:30 p.m.
• Dunstaffnage Community Centre card games (Auction) are Fridays at 7:30 p.m.
• Cards are at Hampshire Hall with 14 rounds of bid auction/45s starting promptly at 7:30 p.m. each Saturday.
• Card play 45s singles is at the Tracadie Community Centre, Mondays, 7 p.m. The cost is $7 per person with cash prizes and a 50-50 draw.
• Cards are at the Uigg Community Centre, Mondays, 7 p.m.
• Bridge is at the Seniors Active Living Centre in the Bell Aliant Centre, UPEI, Mondays and Wednesdays, 1 p.m.
• Euchre is played at the Seniors Active Living Centre in the Bell Aliant Centre, UPEI, Tuesdays, 1 p.m.
• Cards are at the Cotton Centre in Stratford on Tuesdays, 1:30 p.m.
• The Cornwall and Area 50+ Club meets weekly in the seniors' room at the Cornwall Civic Centre. Cribbage and Auction are Tuesdays, 1:30 p.m., Contract Bridge is Thursdays, 9:30 a.m., and Skip Bo is Thursdays, 1 p.m. Admission for all activities is $2. Call Ernie at 902393-2531.
• Tuesday night Progressive 45s is played at St. Joachim's Hall, Vernon River, 7:30 p.m. Admission is $7. There is a jackpot and light lunch. Partners are recommended.
• Card parties (Auction) are Tuesdays, 7 p.m., at the Seniors Club, North Rustico. Call Genny Gallant, 902-360-2067.
• Scrabble is at the Seniors Active Living Centre in the Bell Aliant Centre, UPEI, Wednesdays, 1 p.m.
• Crokinole and cards are Wednesdays, 1 p.m., at the New London community complex. Admission is $5.
• Card games are Wednesdays at the Jack Blanchard Hall in Charlottetown, 1:30 p.m.
• Crib games are Wednesdays, 7 p.m., at the Cotton Centre, Stratford, presented by Stratford Lions.