JULY 2021 COMMUNITY NEWS
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Celebrating 18 years of Collingwood Days by Andrea Berneckas
This July 2021 the neighbourhood will celebrate the 18th year of Collingwood Days. As we navigate through this most challenging of times into a summer of hope, let’s meet with friends and family to enjoy the neighbourhood and the province we live in. Now is the time for recuperation and renewal. This year’s themes focus on wellness and connection to nature – both of which are as important as ever. This is also a time of building bridges and bringing people together, and in that vein, Collingwood Days has partnered with Renfrew-Collingwood PRIDE this year. RC Pride will co-host the July 16 opening event that starts at 5288 Joyce Street. A blessing and unveiling of four Collingwood Neighbourhood House (CNH) benches designed and painted by community groups will be followed by a parade to Collingwood Park for entertainment, a marketplace and movie night. During July, there will dance lessons at the CNH Annex Plaza (3690 Vanness) every Saturday evening – everything from salsa to Indian dance. Also try your hand at Make Your Mark! sketching in local parks at the Norquay Food Forest and at Il Giardino at the Italian Cultural Centre (while there, drop by their marketplace Il Mercato and their art gallery Il Museo). From July 23 to August 6, join the RenfrewCollingwood Bubble Tea Crawl and check out Photos by Mark Evans
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