What a Community!

Not only did we open a fire station in Waterloo - there were many other fantastic events happening all in one day!

I started Saturday (Sept 11th) bright and early - it was the Second Annual Mayor's Movie Morning - a fundraiser I hold in partnership with the generous Galaxy Cinema. They provide six different, current movies to choose from, as well as donating a free popcorn and pop to each person who bought a ticket. This year we worked with the Alzheimer's Society and they received all the proceeds of the movie morning. We had a good turnout, gave away a bunch of door prizes and everyone had a great time. Thank you to everyone who helped organize and who attended.






The next event was the India Canada Association MELA 2010 festival at City Hall in Kitchener. A wonderful celebration of Indian culture and heritage in this communty-dancers, singing, food - another special event.



Back in the car and off to the Laurelwood Community Fair - what a fantastic day - there were all types of games, food booths, rides of all descriptions and hundreds of happy families sharing a beautiful Saturday afternoon together. I spoke with many people and it was so apparent that this was a proud neighbourhood of families - my thanks to the organizers - this was such a successful day!








Next stop - WLU to participate in Shinerama! Every year the students of WLU spend a day washing cars and collecting change in support of CF-this has been an event that is held each year and I am so proud of the students who spend a day raising money for Cystic Fibrosis. I was in desperate need for a car wash and it looked terrific. Thank you WLU students!






Then the next big event - the Open House at the new Fire Station - I must admit, after cutting and handing out hundreds of pieces of cake, I decided I couldn't eat cake for at least a day! Just a wonderful community celebration.

And my last stop was the Norman Street Party - now that is one fun group of people! They made me feel right at home. And what a great neighbourhood - they had the street blocked off, childrens's jumping castle and games, food, barbecue's going, kids playing and running around having fun and parents relaxing and visiting.



This is what my Waterloo is about - families, children, people helping each other out, celebrating our community and the great city that we live in!