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Volunteer opportunities, RCMP Toy Drive, and Bubbles

By Richmond Sentinel

Published 3:43 PDT, Mon July 15, 2024

Last Updated: 3:48 PDT, Mon July 15, 2024

Join the team at our Child Care Resource and Referral Centre

Do you have top-notch administrative skills, along with a knack for providing high-quality customer service?

Do you have a background in early childhood education, or a strong interest in the field?

Would you like to support Richmond's child care community, helping it to become better connected and more inclusive?

If you answered "yes" to all of the above, you'd be a great fit at our Child Care Resource & Referral Centre (CCRR).

The CCRR is currently hiring a full-time Administrative Assistant, a position that involves clerical work, but also offers endless opportunities to interact with the public and answer child care-related inquiries. Other responsibilities include updating the CCRR website and helping to maintain the Richmond Early Years Library.

A full job description is available on our website, complete with salary range and instructions on how to apply. The final day to submit your application is Friday, July 19.

Date set for 10th Annual Richmond RCMP Toy Drive

Just like Santa’s reindeer, time flies. This year will mark the 10th edition of the Richmond RCMP Toy Drive. 

The popular community event, in support of the Richmond Christmas Fund, will take place Saturday, Nov. 23, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., in the Lansdowne Centre parking lot.

For now, the RCMP and Santa are keeping other details under wraps, but they’ll be looking to top last year’s record-breaking toy donation, which weighed in at 4,670 pounds.

What will they do to bring in bigger crowds, and encourage even more donations? If there’s one thing in nine years of toy drives has taught us, it’s that the RCMP will always go above and beyond for their community. We’re sure that year 10 will be no different. In fact, it will be the best yet.

Mark your calendar, and stay tuned for updates in the months ahead. 

The bubbles are back

Bubbles build community: that was Michelle Li's takeaway from last summer, when she organized one of the most successful Neighbourhood Small Grant projects ever.

On summer evenings, at Garry Point Park, she put out buckets of homemade bubble solution—or, as she calls it, "bubble juice”—along with giant bubble wands, and encouraged park visitors to embrace their inner child.

People of all ages, backgrounds, and abilities took part in the activity, using it as an opportunity not only to make bubbles, but to connect with fellow community members. Folks who had never met—perhaps didn't even speak the same language—found themselves side by side, smiling, laughing, and sharing in the same magical experience.

That first year, Michelle estimates that several thousand people made bubbles together. With all that momentum, she decided to apply for another Neighbourhood Small Grant, which she received, so she could bring Steveston Bubbles back, which she has.

Over the next two months, the bubbles will once again be flying at Garry Point, and everyone is welcome to participate, take photos, or simply stop by and watch.

To learn when the next session is happening, follow Steveston Bubbles on Instagram, where you can also see photos, watch videos, and even enter contests.

It goes to show that, with a little passion and creativity, a small grant can have a transformative impact.

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