Meadowgreen Fair a smashing success!!!

Over 600 people came out to enjoy the Meadowgreen Community Association's Community Barbeque and Fair on May 31st, 2011. After a few raindrops, the displayers moved indoors then the sun came out and it was an enjoyable evening. The mosquitoes held out until we were taking down. The House of All Nations supplied hamburgers for the event and their volunteers seen here spent the evening cooking them. A big thank you goes out to them for their participation. As well a big thank you to Peter and the many Meadowgreen volunteers who were in the kitchen preparing the hotdogs and wrapping hot dogs and hamburgers. Over 600 hamburgers and 300 hotdogs were eaten. A hungry crowd!

Lots of activities took place. Below is the Jousting Arena which was a big hit with the strong and mighty youth who tried to knock each other off the jousting pedestals. The line-ups were long and thanks to the volunteers and Gordon for sorting out who was taking part when. What a success!
For the creative persons in the crowd the Mendel Art Caravan was a welcome addition. The artists in the crowd spent time on creating master pieces to take home and all ages enjoyed the activity.

A magic act by Beeper the Clown kept everyone enthralled. Then Beeper was the most popular clown as she made hundreds of balloon animals for children to take home. Wow Beeper you sure can do those animals fast. Every child was thrilled with their creation!

While people waited for their food there was the Saskatoon Jugging Club to watch. As well James Steele, the North American Grand Champion Fiddler performed along with Lionel Goldenson. It was a crowd pleasing performance. There were displays from many community groups in the Community Room including the Nursing Students, the Saskatoon Health Region, the House of All Nations etc. Thank you for coming out and participating in our event!

A few people were even seen texting their friends to come out and enjoy the event!

There were some enthusiastic youth who joined the Saskatoon Juggling Club for some personal tutoring on how to get going on the stilts, juggling and unicycle. Watch out for juggling youth on our streets as the performers were a big hit! At the end of the evening Holly was the proud winner of the Laptop donated by PBR Auction. Thanks to everyone who came and entered the draw.

A big thank you goes out to the Meadowgreen Community Association members who put in many hours trying to make sure this event went off without a hitch! As well a big thank you to our volunteer from British Columbia who came for a visit to her friend who moved to Meadowgreen in the fall and did a great job helping us out. Also a big thank you to the Open Door volunteers who helped us out! Great job everyone!!!

Meadowgreen Clean-up Successful!!!

A lovely spring day and sixteen great community minded individual came out to clean up some of the trash lining our street. The oldest community member was over 70 years of age and the youngest five years old. We had three young women who was volunteering for a school project so we thank them for volunteering in their neighborhood. Many garbage bags were filled and one spirited young woman said she had filled four black garbage bags!
Numerous cleaners mentioned the number of Tim Horton coffee cups that they had picked up. We hit a number of hot spots on our clean up including Meadowgreen Park, Cahill Park, the Meadowgreen Recycle Depot, the corner of 20th and Ave W and the Confectionary at 18th and Ave W. After two hours of clean-up the volunteers celebrated their efforts with Tim Horton's coffee (LOL!), cookies and juice. Thanks for all your work!
Special thanks goes to Wendy and Fritz who spurred us on to having this clean-up after moving to Meadowgreen from British Columbia and wondering when our community was going to start cleaning up!

Also a thank you to the community members who joined us in our clean up efforts by getting outside and cleaning up around their houses, yards and down their blocks and back alleys. Every bit helps make Meadowgreen a great place to live!