OUR COMMUNITY’S VOICE MAY 2015 CCommunityommunity CClean-Uplean-Up DDaysays MMayay 9 & 1100 TTuscanyuscany CCommunityommunity AAssociationssociation AAGMGM NNeighbourWoodseighbourWoods MMayay 2200 77:00:00 pp.m..m. In Our Community www.TuscanyCA.org TCA President’s Message Tuscany Community Association P.O. Box 27054 Tuscany RPO It’s a busy time in Tuscany as spring sports kick off and Calgary, Alberta T3L 2Y1 school begins to wind down. So many volunteers working President: Kelli Taylor [email protected] to improve life in our community. Vice President: John Stone Treasurer: Lee Bardwell Save the date! You’re invited to the Tuscany Community Executive Administrator: Association’s Annual General Meeting (AGM) at Jamie Neufeld [email protected] 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday, May 20, at the Tuscany Club. We will celebrate the community association’s TCA Committees 15th anniversary with a special presentation by the Youth Council ....................................... [email protected] Federation of Calgary Communities. Complimentary Traffi c and Safety Committee .....................traffi [email protected] wine and cheese will follow, and we hope you will join Elected Offi cials us. TCA memberships are $25 per household, for those Councillor: MLA: who wish to vote. If you are interested in hearing more Ward Sutherland Sandra Jansen about the TCA beforehand, please email me at president@ 403-268-2430 403-297-7104 TuscanyCA.org. [email protected] [email protected] MP: This year we are unable to offer the annual book swap. Rob Anders 403-292-6666 This is a popular event that requires many hours of volunteer time and involves incredible strength to carry Tuscany Sun Newsletter the donated books to the storage area and then to the Editor & Article Submissions: display tables. Our storage space is at the limit, and we Darren Bender [email protected] hope to have a solution in place for next year. If you have Associate Editor: Kelley Kissner Submission deadlines for this monthly publication are the 5th of the month, prior to the books to donate, Calgary Reads will gladly accept books distribution month. from May 9 – 17 at the Calgary Curling Club, and their Advertising Sales: sale will be held May 22 and 23. Phil 403-660-7324 [email protected] The next Tuscany Community Coalition event will be The ad booking deadline is the 14th of the month prior to the distribution month. held on Tuesday, May 26, at Twelve Mile Coulee School. This publication is published 12 times a year by Suburban Journals Publishing and delivered to Everyone in the community is welcome to attend this free residents by Canada Post. This publication is also available for pickup from the Tuscany Club. event, and we ask you to register at http://goo.gl/3bKHAb Please note: the information and opinions in this newsletter are subject to so we know how many chairs to set up. Tad Milmine will change, and do not necessarily represent the opinions of the publisher or editor. Content contained in this publication may not be reproduced without present “Bullying Ends Here” from 7:00 – 9:00 pm. the written consent of Suburban Journals Publishing. The information herein is believed accurate but not warranted so. Any advertisements, home businesses, babysitters & nannies, or other parties listed in the Tuscany Sun should not be Kelli Taylor, President interpreted as recommendations or endorsements by the editor or the publisher. THE TUSCANY SUN: OFFICIAL VOICE OF THE TUSCANY COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION MAY 2015 3 In Our Community Tuscany Community Twelve Mile Coulee Garden School Outdoor Fitness Spring Clean-up & RegistraǗ on Area It’s time to get the community garden ready for this year’s planting season! Our application for the Alberta Culture and Tourism Come out on May 9 from 11:00 a.m. – CFEP grant was successful for the full $125,000, and we 2:00 p.m. for our Spring Clean-up and are officially done fundraising! Thank you to Calgary- help with weeding and tidying our space. Northwest MLA Sandra Jansen and Minister of Culture Bring your shovels, trowels, rakes, gardening and Tourism Maureen Kubinec for their support of this gloves, and garbage bags. We’ll be tidying up, as project. well as weeding beds and communal areas. Gardeners are welcome to bring compost, peat moss, or manure to The build will take three weeks, weather dependent, top up their plots (please use only commercial, bagged with volunteers installing the equipment on June 18 – products to avoid introducing weeds and contaminants 20. Once the Pour in Place surfacing is installed, we will into the garden). need additional volunteers to lay sod and water ongoing intervals until the sod is well established. Please contact Haven’t registered yet? If you like the idea of gardening me for further details if you are able to give a hand. as part of a community, we’d love to have you join us, whether you’re a veteran gardener or a novice who is Thank you, eager to learn. The garden is located on Tuscany Hill NW, Pam Mylrea, TMC Outdoor Fitness Committee Chair south of Tuscany School. [email protected] Please register by May 5. For more information, visit TuscanyGarden.wordpress.com/register. Plot rentals are $35 for Tuscany Community Association members. (If NeighbourWoods you’re not already a TCA member, you can add a family Plant a tree, grow your community membership for $25 when you register.) Help us improve Tuscany—together we can make it more beautiful. The NeighbourWoods Program is coming Get involved, and grow with us! to our community in 2015 and you can get involved in this great opportunity. Our Community Association is partnering with The City of Calgary’s NeighbourWoods Tuscany Community Program, which is a residential street tree planting program that promotes a healthy urban forest and Coali on encourages stewardship in our community. Help grow and preserve Tuscany’s urban forest by The Tuscany Community Coalition Vision Statement: “To becoming a Residential Tree Steward and plant a inspire and engage the community of Tuscany to create tree near your house. For a $30 participation fee per and sustain a safe and healthy neighbourhood for all tree, you will receive a complimentary 45-minute residents.” educational workshop, a tree planting demonstration in our community, as well as a tree to plant on city-owned One of the ways the coalition strives to accomplish this property in front of and/or adjacent to your home! is by offering parent education nights. There was an amazing turn out for our first parent education night on Help others in your community by volunteering and parenting with resilience. Thank you to everyone who promoting the program and planting-day activities. For attended and helped make it happen. a better tomorrow, contact the Tuscany Communication Association at [email protected] The Tuscany Community Coalition will host the second before July 23, 2015, to obtain more information or to parent education night on May 26 from 7:00 – 9:00 p.m. apply to become a Residential Tree Steward. Further at Twelve Mile Coulee School. Please watch for an email information can be found on the City of Calgary website to register, or use this URL: http://goo.gl/3bKHAb at www.Calgary.ca/NeighbourWoods. THE TUSCANY SUN: OFFICIAL VOICE OF THE TUSCANY COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION MAY 2015 5 Our Schools Tuscany School Council Develop a good bedtime and morning routine. Five-year- old children need approximately 10 to 12 hours of sleep Ge ng Ready for Kindergarten each night. Many children from our community will be starting Kindergarten in September! If you have received a Young children need practice and patient encouragement confirmation email from Tuscany School that your in their learning. Working together and having fun is just child is registered to attend Kindergarten next year, as important as completing the task. Talking about school Tuscany School invites you and your child to attend and helping your child feel excited about their new a Kindergarten Orientation on Thursday, May 7, 2015 adventure will make a positive difference. from 6:00 – 7:00 pm. At that time, your child will have an opportunity to spend a short time in a kindergarten School Council MeeǗ ng classroom and receive an overview of the school. We would like to invite all Tuscany School parents to Here are some suggestions to help prepare your child for attend our next School Council meeting on Thursday, May Kindergarten (from www.cbe.ab.ca/kindergarten): 14, at 7:00 p.m. in the school gathering space. Parents whose children will be starting Kindergarten in the fall Before the school year begins, take your child to the are also welcome to attend! school and its playground so they become familiar. Attend the school’s kindergarten information session, or ask the school if there is another time you could visit the Book Reviews by Tuscany School Students school with your child. At Tuscany School, students have been on a quest to find books that demonstrate the four quadrants of the Encourage your child to: Circle of Courage: Independence, Belonging, Generosity, • be independent, and Mastery. The following are student reviews of two • dress themselves, of these books. You can find these books at your local • use the bathroom on their own, and library. • put away toys and help out in small ways at home. Heidi Heckelbeck Goes to Camp Take time to talk with your child about everyday By Brianna, Grade 3 activities. Share special activities together, such as walks This book shows belonging, to the park, and talk about what you are seeing and independence, generosity, and mastery. doing. Let your child make choices and solve problems.