Forest Heights Community Association
1700 Queen’s Blvd N2N 3L6 Kitchener, ON, Canada

The City of Kitchener reminds us to stay off stormwater ponds. The ice is thin and dangerous. Have you seen the rink beside the Forest Heights Community Centre? Perfectly safe to use! https://www.kitchener.ca/modules/news/index.aspx#

The City of Kitchener provided an update on Community Centres and services last week. Community Centres are closed during the province's mandated 28-day period. However, some critical services are still being provided, as follows: Facilities that will be opened as warming centres, when an extreme cold event has been called... Victoria Hills CC Kingsdale CC Country Hills CC Doon Pioneer Park CC Bridgeport CC Community Centres that will be providing Food Distribution: Kingsdale CC Wednesday mornings (9am-12pm) Chandler Mowat CC Thursday afternoon (12pm-4pm) Centreville Chicopee CC Wednesday afternoon (12pm-4pm) Forest Heights CC Tuesdays until 2pm Facilities that will be providing Public Access Computers, on an appointment basis only: Victoria Hills Community Centre Chandler Mowat Community Centre Centreville Chicopee Community Centre Kingsdale Community Centre

The City's outdoor rink at the Forest Heights Community Centre just went in this past week. Is anyone using it yet? Let us know!

Congratulations to our 2020 Instructor of the Year, Kadeem Haughton. Kadeem has a long history with the Association, having started as a program participant, as a boy. For at least the last 10 years, he has been a basketball, dodgeball and youth drop in instructor.... Thanks, Kadeem!

FYI: Kitchener City Council approved the Housing for All strategy, a plan to guide the City’s actions and investments to address housing challenges in our community from 2020 through 2025. You can find the full housing strategy at the City's website here: https://www.kitchener.ca//city-services/affordable-housing#

The City of Kitchener is launching Reimagine Winter, a series of fun and safe winter experiences that aim to strengthen and renew community connection and well-being. http://www.kitchener.ca/ReimagineWinter

Did you know that the City's Christkindl Market is online?

The YMCA of Three Rivers Immigrant Services is looking for established, connected, and caring community members and families to volunteer as LINKs in the Canada Connect program. If you are excited about supporting the newcomers to Canada that are living right in your neighbourhood, please consider applying to become a Canada Connect LINK.

Another reason why we need Neighbourhood Associations: https://www.kitchenertoday.com//hate-motivated-graffiti-sp

The City of Kitchener is currently providing limited children and youth programs. These are not FHCA courses, but take a look and see if there's something for you!

The FHCA is not yet able to provide programs, but the City does have some limited programming available. Join the Friday Morning Walking Group, every Friday morning for an outdoor trail walk, starting outside the community centre. Hey! That's tomorrow! Grab your walking shoes!

Here's a quick guide on how to grow your wildflower seeds!

NEWS: City of Kitchener officially opens RBJ Schlegel Park, located at 1664 Huron Road. This 42-acre parkland features diverse park amenities and green infrastructure to support the recreational needs and well-being of Kitchener residents. Details: https://bit.ly/3bIOXFZ

The FHCA Pickleballers agree:

Another successful Forest Heights Community Association initiative has been completed! Our last sign when up today in Forest Heights! We sponsored a number of @heart beats hate signs for distribution to Forest Heights/ Forest Hill community members who wanted to show their support of the movement to be kinder by taking a sign! Not everyone was comfortable with having their picture taken and that was fine by us! What mattered was that they took the sign and showed their support. The opportunity to meet and talk with our community members was an added bonus of this initiative! If you would like a sign you will need now to contact Heart Beats Hate directly, you can get a sign no charge until the end of the month from them, after that they will require you to cover the cost of the sign!

The sign fairy has been hard at it! One sign left, for a good home in Forest Heights or Forest Hill! Keep the Heart Beats Hate movement going! Let us know and we will get our last sig n out to a community member! Once this sign is gone you will have to contact Heart Beats Hate directly for your sign!

And then there were two Heart Beats Hate lawn signs left for distribution to the Forest Heights/Forest Hill residents! Thank you to Andrea Oliveira for taking a sign! Saturday was her son Xavier's 8th birthday, so we made sure to get him a Heart Beats Hate wrist band, button, and some stickers! This was a multi-generational event, with mom Andrea, grandmother Elizabeth and of course Xavier getting their picture taken with their new lawn sign! Thank you for joining the movement to be kinder! If you would like on of the FHCA sponsored signs let us know! Once these are gone you will need to contact Heart Beats Hate directly to arrange for your sign,

And then there were three, Heart Beats Hate signs left for Forest Heights/Forest Hill residents! The FHCA sponsored a load of signs and they are almost gone! Amanda Ferrara arranged for a sign to be dropped off, but she was not home when the FHCA arrived but her son Andrew was happy to have his picture taken with their new sign! Thank you for joining the movement to be kinder!

The signs keep going up all over Forest Heights and Forest Hill! This morning Vicky Clarke got her Heart Beats Hate sign delivered by the Forest Heights Community Association! Thank you Vicky for joining the be kinder movement! The Forest Heights Community Association sponsored signs for our community members! If you would like a sign let us know, only a few more left! Once they are gone you will need to contact Hearts Beat Hate directly to obtain a sign!

Going, going gone? We are down to fourHeart Beats Hate signs left to distribute to Forest Heights/Forest Hill residents. The FHCA sponsored signs that have been moving out into the community. If you would like a sign let us know, once they are gone, you will have to contact Heart Beats Hate directly to arrange for your sign. It is awesome that the community is getting behind the movement to be kinder!

A Heart Beats Hate sign for this morning, this time the picture is in black and white! Lianne Chumley with her daughter Emma. Izzy took the picture and William was around too! Thank you for taking a sign! A few more signs are left in this round of FHCA sponsored signs! We want them to find a home in Forest Heights or Forest hill, so let us know if you would like one!

One more sign delivered! Thank you Geraldine and Todd for taking a Heart Beats Hate sign! It has been great getting all over Forest Heights and Forest Hill meeting residents who are behind the Heart Beats Hate movement and who want all of us to be kinder!

The community is getting behind this! Someone gets a sign, tells someone about Heart Beats Hate and they ask for a sign! That is how Pauline Benjamin got her sign! Thank you for arranging the delivery of a Heart Beats Hate sign for your mom Cathy Benjamin!

Cola Henderson arranged for a sign to be delivered but she was unavailable but her husband Mike who was working in their front yard was up to stand in for her for our picture of their Heart Beats Hate sign! And welcome back to the Forest Heights Community Centre Cola! Only a few more signs sponsored by the FHCA are available for Forest Heights/Forest Hill residents. Once they are gone you will need to contact Heart Beats Hate to arrange for a sign!

Jan Moyer reached out, and a sign showed up at the Moyer house! Than you Jan, Dean, Jonah and Carter for being part of the picture of your Heart Beats Hate sign!

The FHCA sign train made a stop and dropped off a Heart Beats Hate sign for Leesa Tea today! Thank you for taking a sign and welcome to the neighbourhood!

One more sign delivery to share tonight! Thank yo LisRe Cho for taking a Heart Beats Hate sign! Go Forest Hill and Forest Heights for getting behind the movement!

We have been dropping signs off morning, noon and night! Early drop off to Darlene Gubler, thank you for taking a Heart Beats Hate sign!

You do not need to have your picture taken if you are camera shy! Thank you Lori Atack-Smith for taking your Heart Beats Hate sign!

Ismail Mohamed and his son with their sign! Thank you for your enthusiastic support for Heart Beats Hate!

The movement is gaining momentum! Forest Heights residents Brian and Carol Millar with their Heart Beats Hate sign! Thank you! We are almost out of signs for residents of Forest Heights/Forest Hill, so let us know if you would like sign. Once the signs that the FHCA have sponsored are gone, you can order one directly from: https://docs.google.com//1FAIpQLSdY5DJFCYFUoKneK/viewform