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Pledge to Ride to work or school on September 22 and be entered to win one of ten coffee house gift cards. Click here to Pledge!

On September 22 cycle in with a morning Group Cycling Ride or ride Solo on a route through downtown Hamilton and stop in at the Gore Park cyclist celebration between 7:30 am and 8 am before heading to your final destination.

If you can’t come downtown you should still Pledge to Ride to be eligible for prizes and to cast your vote for cycling in Hamilton.

Can’t get up in the morning to ride?  Get downtown for the Transportation and Healthy Living Fall Fair in Gore Park from 11:30 am – 1:30 pm on the 22nd.  Win a prize, have a picnic and see who’s doing what about active transportation in Hamilton.

These events are presented as part of World Car Free Day activities in Hamilton by Smart Commute Hamilton and Green Venture.

Walk, ride or roll down James Street North. Visit http://openstreetshamilton.ca/ for more information.

Showcasing community sports, sport demonstrations and try-it activities, sport garage sale, sport celebrities, refreshments, family fun, and more.

The Hamilton Hammerheads Athletic Club is having a general information and registration meeting this Sunday Sept. 11, 2011 at 3 p.m. at the Churchill Lawn Bowling Clubhouse on Cline Avenue North. The club offers coached swim, bike and run practices in the West Hamilton area to youth 8 to 18 (competitive and recreational) and we can also accommodate some adults.

Contact: Peter Summers, 905-577-6249, summers@mcmaster.ca

The McMaster Community Poverty Initiative is partnering with the Registered Nurses Association of Ontario, and other community groups to bring A Pre-Election Dialogue on Health and Social Issues on Wednesday September 14 from 7-9 p.m.at the Hamilton Spectator auditorium.

All Ontario party leaders are invited, and local candidates for the October 6 provincial election are expected to attend.

See the flyer at http://chapters.rnao.ca/sites/regions/files/new-hamilton-poster-aug25_3.pdf

This is a free event, but registration is required.

For more information and to register, visit www.creatingvibrantcommunities.ca or call 1-800-268-7199 ext. 214

In conjunction with national Culture Days, this day will feature artists creating “en plein air”, musicians on the sidewalks, story telling and entertainment for children, plus all the great shops and restaurants of Westdale Village will be involved.

For more information follow us on Face book WestdaleVillageBIA
or www.westdalevillage.ca or info@westdalevillage.ca

The community is invited to watch McMaster’s pajama parade which starts at 6 p.m. on September 7th. The parade is a long-standing tradition at McMaster. Students will be collecting donations for Shinerama throughout the route. Also, please bring small change for children’s lemon-aid stands.

We thank Shelli Eisenberg, AWWCA student liaison and PJ-parade committee member, for her work on the McMaster Students Union pajama-parade committee this past year.

Similar to last year, the parade will include:

• The Hamilton Police ACTION Team will be present with eight members per team and they will enforce ZERO tolerance for any offense.
• About 15 police officers located throughout the parade.
• Two mounted police officers will be present to keep the parade flow in order.
• 1,000 Welcome Week Representatives will be located along the sidewalk of the parade route to ensure cleanliness and continued parade flow. They will be equipped with garbage bags.
• A Trepass to Property Act letter of authorization to offer homeowners more control over their property, created in collaboration with the Hamilton Police and MSU.

An information package about the parade was delivered to each home on the route last week by MSU representatives and Shelli Eisenberg.

The 2011 parade route is the same as last year. It will exit campus at the Sterling Street entrance, proceed east on the north side of Sterling Street, turn left onto Dalewood Crescent, turn right onto Paisley Avenue North, turn right onto Dromore Crescent, turn right onto Sterling, cross the street to the south side, and proceed back into campus. See the route map at https://awwca.ca/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/PJ-Parade-Route-2011.jpg

The pajama parade poster can be viewed at https://awwca.ca/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/Welcome-Week-2011_PJ-Parade.png

Please come to the parade and if you have children living at home, bring them too. We will be contacting members afterwards to request feedback.