Garibaldi Annex Parents

The Garibaldi student body was represented at the Word on the Street Festival in downtown Vancouver Sunday. The festival celebrates all things concerned with literacy and more. The director of the Partners in Education program, of which Garibaldi is one of the locations, Jeam Rasmussen, manned the Family Literacy tent along with program facilitators Nik and Wendy.

You can read more about the festival at this link: http://www.thewordonthestreet.ca/wots/vancouver.

Friday, September 18, 2009 at the Waldorf Hotel
1439 East Hastings Street
Vancouver

Doors Open at 8 PM.
All Profits go to fund the Garibaldi Playground
Featuring special guests "The Onward Voyageurs"
DJ Unknown, Prom Photos, Corsages, 50/50 & Prizes for Prom King and Queen

For more information contact kamulligan@aol.com
Tickets reserved and pick up at the door

Garibaldi Community “Building” Day!
1025 Slocan St., Vancouver, BC
SATURDAY, AUGUST 29th
9 am – 5 pm

Come out and help us build our new playground SATURDAY, AUGUST 29th

The day will involve

• Assembly of our 2 new structures led by Habitat Systems
• General Clean-up and Renewal of our grounds & Community/School Garden

We raised $1,741.20 thanks to generous community donations and a successful silent auction thanks to all those that participated and stay tuned for another big fundraiser happening this summer!

June 18th Playground Minutes
Present:
Kate
Hal
Lori
Angela
Alistair
George

1. Presentation by Dave Warner for Habitat Systems

* Quality materials - have a long list of other schools and playgrounds where they have done projects (see catalogue)
* Habitat does not assist with any funding but they can provide us with a list of potential sources for grants. Options presented range from $14,000 to $20,000
* The price includes delivery and a site supervisor for build day
* Dave feels that 30 volunteers on the build day should be sufficient

2. Presentation by Layla Jaffer for Canadian Playsystems

* Canadian company based in Richmond. They do the all manufacturing and install.