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Purple Hills AGM 2016: Supporting documentation
A review of our past year and an election of the Board of Directors for the coming year. PURPLE HILLS AGM 2015 AGENDA PURPLE HILLS AGM 2015 ANNUAL REPORT PURPLE HILLS AGM 2015 PERFORMANCE REPORT Nominating Committee Report to the Members at the AGM
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2016/17 Purple Hills Board Nominees
The Board of Directors will recommend this slate of Directors for approval by the Members at the April 2016 AGM: Helen Blackburn, Lyne Burek, Gail Caswell, Bryan Davies, Sandra Green, Jim Harkness, Sara Hershoff, David Bruce Johnson, Frieda Linke, Julie Pollock, Jim Stacey.
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Creemore’s Heritage Walk
Sharing Heritage The Creemore Heritage Plaques mark historically significant sites around the village and form the basis for the town’s heritage walk. Walk around the village and you will find markers documenting the history and human stories of the area in words and pictures. By the time you’ve finished, you will know about the Petun…
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Arts and Heritage Community Grants
We offer funding by application to community groups and individuals in Creemore and the surrounding area for projects in harmony with our mandate. Watch for the annual call for applicants … the deadline is the end of January. Some of our past and current recipients: Avening Community Centre…
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Artists in the School
The Artists in the School program is a series of visual art classes for young people in grades four to eight at Nottawasage & Creemore Public School. Each spring, Gail Caswell (Board member) and Jordan Eveland bring a hands-on creative experience to roughly 120 students at the Nottawasaga & Creemore Public School. This year, the series focuses…
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The Lobster Dinner
May 14, 2016 Station on the Green. For members and guests. Reception at 6:30 pm. Tickets $50 • Cash bar Always a sellout! Place your ticket order below. A delicious evening of food and conversation! Enjoy lobster, baked potato, coleslaw and dessert. This is an important fundraiser for our ongoing programs. A Creemore tradition, this…
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Sunday Afternoons: Tea and History Series
Sunday afternoons. This longstanding series brings warmth to a winter Sunday afternoon while deepening our understanding of history. The 2015 speaker was Charles Garrard, author of Petun to Wyandot: The Ontario Petun from the Sixteenth Century (Canadian Museum of History/University of Ottawa Press, 2014). The book, winner of the Ontario Archaeological Society Award for Excellence in…
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2015 AGM Speaker
The 2015 AGM speaker was past bookstore owner, local historian and past Purple Hills president, Pat Raible. Her fascinating insights into the 17th century daily lives of the Petun Indians brought history alive. OUR NEIGHBOURS THE PETUN By Pat Raible An admiring look at the First Nations peoples who, in the late 16th and early…
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Annual General Meeting 2016
APRIL 24, 2016 Station on the Green. Open to everyone. Free. Luncheon at 12:30 pm. AGM at 1:30 pm. Gather with friends old and new for a Sunday luncheon to honour and encourage the volunteers who make our programs happen, and ensure our continued role in the community. Lasagna, Caesar salad, bread, coffee/tea and apple…