Dot-Mocracy is here!
Michele here, filling in for Chey. What the heck is a Dot-Mocracy?? In case you have not heard Longview A R C Society in partnership with Longview Council, Veterans Memorial and Serenity Park Committee, Longview Recreation Board and Longview Stampede Committee are in the process of raising funds and volunteers to do one big build day on October 15th of an upgraded playground, outdoor exercise equipment and portable skate park equipment.
The process will be quite different to any build you have ever seen! Our major funder “Let Them Be Kids” believes that the end user of the playground, etc. should be allowed to register their favourite choices for the equipment which will then be used by LTBK engineers to design a custom made playground just for Longview residents. Why would some old folks pick the equipment out? We have no idea what you might think would be fun‼ We have a fun filled few hours planned for all interested kids and adults to register their favourite picks via a process called “Dot-Mocracy”. Please come to the Longview Community Hall on Thursday, August 4th from 4:00pm until 7:00pm to register your choices and have a hotdog and drink on us. There will also be a couple of fun activities for everyone to do just because… Please bring your Moms and Dads and have your say in our future Playground, Exercise Park and Skate Park.
Speaking of playgrounds, about 10 hardy souls showed up for a flash mob in Centennial Park on July 3rd in a huge wind storm. We filmed it and entered it in a draw through Communities Choosewell and Alberta Recreation and Parks and won a piece of playground equipment called a Super-Nova, worth $6,800.
Congratulations and big thanks go out to the McIntosh, Champagne/Bowles and Geistlinger families for doing this for the Village! You guys rock and are great examples of the community spirit we are trying to build on in our community‼ This is a fine example of how we are stronger together as Tony and I would have looked pretty funny trying to do a flash mob of 1 or 2‼
Please go to our website, www.longview.ltbk.ca for more information on our project and please sign up now to volunteer for our Build Day on October 15th. We are looking for about 200 volunteers and kids are welcome. After all this is for them and they should have a part in it to see how people working together can do anything and have a lot of fun while they are doing it‼
See you on August 4th!
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