APRIL 2020 DELIVERED MONTHLY TO 4,400 HOUSEHOLDS theRIVERBEND REVIEW THE OFFICIAL RIVERBEND COMMUNITY NEWSLETTER Photo by Dan Reid by Photo www.riverbendcommunity.ca WE SELL RIVERBEND AND QUARRY PARK & WE LIVE HERE TOO! *Not intended to solicit property currently listed for sale. FOR SALE FOR SALE 168 RIvERSIdE CIRCLE $549,800 226 RIvERSIdE CIRCLE $479,900 • RARE home with 2200+ Sq Ft plus 4 bedrooms up • Over 2100 Sq ft on 3 levels • Updated kitchen & hardwood floors throughout • Updated kitchen, granite • Walk-out basement leads to south facing pie shaped yard • Walk-out from family room to south facing backyard SOLD Riverview Circle SAvE THE dATE: Parade of Garage Sales is Saturday, June 13, 2020 Call today for your free home evaluation! 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RIVERBEND I APRIL 2020 3 The Riverbend Review - Designed, manufactured, and delivered monthly to 4,400 households by: GREAT NEWS MEDIA Magazine Editors Alexa Takayama Jocelyn Taylor [email protected] Design | Graphics Joanne Bergen Print & Digital Marina Litvak Freddy Meynard TARGETED Erica Morton MARKETING Carolina Tatar BY COMMUNITY Advertising Sales Sam Brown Cindy DeJager Brittany Duval Carol Ann Rhyno [email protected] | 403 720 0762 5 Excellent Reasons to Advertise in Community Newsletter Magazines 1. Top of Mind Brand Awareness: Consistent advertising leads to increased sales. Companies maintain and gain market share when community residents are consistently reminded of their brands. 2. Payback: Community residents trust, and call businesses that advertise in their community magazines. 3. High Readership: 68% female | Even distribution of Millennial, Gen X, and Baby Boomer readers 4. Cost Effective:With advertising rates as low as $0.01 cent per household, advertising in our community maga- zines is incredibly affordable. 5. Geofence Your Audience: Manage your budget, optimize your returns and target your audience by specific community magazines. Nearby Community Newsletter Magazines: To Advertise Call 403 720 0762 Email [email protected] GREAT NEWS MEDIA 4 A P R I L 2020 I Call 403-720-0762 for advertising opportunities Five things to know about in April! Stay connected to all things Riverbend at: www.riverbendcommunity.ca and Facebook, Twitter and Instagram @riverbendyyc Loneliness is the New Smoking celled and the community centre will remain closed Researchers have found that loneliness is just as lethal as until further notice. smoking 15 cigarettes per day. As our community aims At the time of this publication, we were given direction to prevent the spread of COVID-19, it will be important to still proceed with outdoor activities -please see page to our mental and physical health to maintain social 12 for more details. connection and relationships. As Riverbend Residents we have access to an extensive pathway system that will Activities for Kids allow us to interact with other people while supporting Given our new reality with COVID-19 global pandemic, social distancing measures. Online groups may help you many of us are staying home with kids and running out feel more connected. This might be a great time to pick of ideas how to keep them occupied while maintaining up a new hobby, learn something new or: reasonable screen times. Follow Little Steps Facebook Online Courses with Lynda.com Pages for daily activity ideas: www.facebook.com/ Your Calgary Public Library Card provides free access littlestepsbeforeandafterschoolcare. to Lynda.com which is a website offering video courses Calgary Public Library also offers a ton of free resources taught by industry experts in software, creative, and such as: e-books, Bookflix, music, movies, online tutoring business skills. calgarylibrary.ca etc. Learn a New Language April is National Volunteer Month The travel ban will be lifted eventually! Learn 30 differ- Volunteers are at the core of Riverbend Community As- ent languages with interactive online courses with the sociation. You could say they are wheels that keep RCA award-winning app: Rosetta Stone. It’s free with your rolling. April 10 to 16 we will be celebrating National Calgary Public Library card! calgarylibrary.ca Volunteer Week. We would like to welcome our new vol- AudioBook and eBook Rentals unteers: The library may be closed, but you can still access books • James La Haye- Director of Operations through the Calgary Public Library App and website: • Amy Lem- Director of Volunteer Resources calgarylibrary.ca • Natalia Gonzalez- Volunteer Support Companionship and Assistance for Older Adults Ward Boundaries Review GenHelp is an organisation inspired to respond to the City of Calgary is conducting a review of Ward Boundar- issue of seniors’ loneliness and social isolation and have ies. We would like to bring our concerns with the pro- developed an affordable and accessible program to con- posed revisions to Ward 12 boundaries and how that nect seniors with youth. If you are an older adult looking will affect Riverbend. Please read full details on page 10. for socialization, house needs or technology support or are a local college or university student looking to for a small way to help and earn an income, contact www. Create-A-Scape joingenhelp.com. Landscaping & Design Online Art Classes and Paint Nights There are a number of great online art classes to keep Kent Sargeant Certified Landscape Journeyman you occupied. Check out www.yaymaker.com and www. Full Landscape Service • Pavingstone Patios/Walkways caffeine.tv/Taytayski or YouTube for other ideas. Retaining Walls • Irrigation • Landscape Lighting Sodding • Tree & Shrub Planting/Pruning Programs Wood Decks/Pergolas/Fences Due to COVID-19 pandemic outbreak, all indoor pro- grams taking place at the community centre are can- 403-371-3440 | www.create-a-scape.garden RIVERBEND I APRIL 2020 5 Riverbend Community Association Contacts Regular Office Hours: Monday- Friday 10am-2pm DIRECTORS President Christina Matisons [email protected] Treasurer Walter Janzen [email protected] Secretary Vacant VP Communications Olga Maciejewski [email protected] Director of Operations Mike Hall [email protected] Director-at-Large Ryan Munday [email protected] Director-at-Large Ken Schultz [email protected] Director - Community Playgrounds Jason Morton [email protected] Director of Volunteer Resources Amy Lem [email protected] OTHER Communications & Marketing Olga Maciejewski communications@ Vacant riverbendcommunity.ca Sarah Thorney Membership Coordinator Heather Kolesar [email protected] Softball League Cody Halleran [email protected] Volleyball League Heather Brocklesby [email protected] Holy Angels School Liaison Lisa Fleece [email protected] Riverbend School Liaisons Christina Matisons [email protected] Olga Maciejewski [email protected] DISTRICT REPRESENTATIVES Councillor Ward 12 Shane Keating [email protected] MLA Calgary Peigan Tanya Fir (UCP) [email protected] MP Calgary Shepard Tom Kmiec (PC) [email protected] Calgary Public School Board Ward 12 Trustee Mike Bradshaw [email protected] Calgary Catholic School Board Ward 12 Trustee Cathie Williams [email protected] Calgary Police- Community Liaison Officer John Mackenzie [email protected] Guides Canada Holly Sweeney [email protected] Scouts Canada-77th Troop Josh Grant [email protected] 6 A P R I L 2020 I Call 403-720-0762 for advertising opportunities tors. We even caught him one day maintaining and re- Volunteer pairing the gutters! Thank you, Ken, for all you do for Riverbend! Spotlight James LaHaye April is National Volunteer Month, dedicated to honor- As one of our newest volunteers, James approached our ing all of the volunteers in our communities as well as team in December about joining the Board to provide encouraging volunteerism throughout the month. In support in the facility operations role. With a 30-year- March, we celebrated Community Associations Aware- old facility, we have had a strong need for someone to ness month and we shared that more than 20,000 vol- really take the lead with facility operations, so we con- unteers support 151 community associations in Calgary. sidered this to be an amazing Christmas present for our We have a strong team of volunteers at the Riverbend community! Community Association and we want to thank them for the gift of their time. In just a few months, James has dived into our needs with sale and removal of assets, getting quotes for grant We would like to feature two volunteers who are mem- proposals, and understanding our asset lifecycle report, bers of the Facilities Team and have been working hard which is no small feat at over 70 pages! on numerous projects at the community centre. We are delighted to have James join our team and be Ken Schultz making an impact so quickly! It’s pretty rare that a new volunteer comes forward at an We appreciate everyone who gives us the gift of their Annual General meeting, but RCA won the lottery the time. Wherever you volunteer, you will make a difference! night that Ken was in attendance in November 2018. Supported by his vast experience as a local contractor and as a member of our Facilities Team, Ken has been instrumental in many building-related projects for Riv- erbend Community Association.