Gilmore Park Community League

WANTED - Empty Cans, Milk/Juice Containers & Bottles Volunteers from our community are raising funds to take the previous Gilmore Park playground equipment to St. Helene, Honduras.  If you live in the Gilmore Park Community League catchment area please leave your bottles on your front step by 10 AM on Saturday, January 4.  Volunteers will come by before noon to pick-up your donation (please mark your bag GPCL).  To make other arrangements for pick-up or drop-off email gilmorepark@live.com Thank you for your support & Happy New Year!

Halloween and community spirit was shining bright at our Pumpkin Festival held at Jean Vanier School on Sunday, October 27!  The Gilmore Park Community League, in Glen Allan, was pleased to partner with Jean Vanier to host this spooktacular event.  It was a successful afternoon thanks to the support of Gilmore Park community volunteers, JV Parent Council, Principal Mr. Moroziak, and all of the families that baked goods and came to partake in the fun.  Even Mayor Carr and Ward 2 Councillor Dave Anderson joined in and supported the festivities.  We are pleased to report that over $2000 was raised towards re-locating the previous Gilmore Park and Jean Vanier playground equipment to a third world county.  The Gilmore Park Community League would also like to thank the following businesses who supported this event: Evergreen Horticultural Services, Nottingham Sobey's & Baseline Road Save-on-Foods, Lacombe Corn M...

Get your pumpkins for Halloween at the event or pre-order by Oct. 18 (email gilmorepark@live.com ).  Enjoy baked goods, Halloween crafts and games, a Haunted House & more!!  All support to re-locate our previous playground to a community in need is appreciated.  Hope to see you at Jean Vanier School Sunday, October 27 from 1-5pm - Admission is Free.

The Gilmore Park Community League invites you to Gilmore Park Friday, October 4 at 7pm for the playing of  Epic the movie . All proceeds from food and beverage sales will go towards efforts to relocate the previous Gilmore Park playground equipment to Honduras.  Hope you can join us for this fun, free, family friendly event!

The Gilmore Park Community League was thrilled to be a part of Cultivating Communities which brought Jim Diers to Strathcona County!  During his stay he toured our new park and other shining examples of neighbour power in our community.  This workshops were engaging, entertaining and energizing so stay tuned for more grassroots initiatives sparked from his inspirational stories...

Join us for an interactive workshop with community development guru Jim Diers Saturday, September 14 from 9:00-4:30 pm Sherwood Park County Hall - Admission is free and lunch is included at the Sawmill 100 spots available RSVP to cultivatingcommunity2013@gmail.com Participatory democracy has been Jim Diers' preoccupation and his career for the past 30 years. In his work with grassroots community organizations, with the nation's largest health care cooperative and with city government, Jim has found ways to get people more involved with their communities and with decisions that affect their lives. You don't want to miss this captivating speaker!

One of our board members, Christie Spence, created a video of her experience since we came together to revitalize our park.  Take a look!