Help Elbow Win $10,000 in the Saskatchewan Community Pledge Challenge!

Help Elbow win $10,000.... so far we have had 351 pledges made!! It is easy and FREE!

Less than 15% of Saskatchewan kids get the minimum 60 minutes of physical activity they need every day.  Working together, we can make a difference for the kids in our community. Saskatchewan in motion is giving away $10,000 to help one lucky community make physical activity the easy choice for kids. 

The in motion Community Pledge Challenge asks residents to pledge to do just one thing to make physical activity the easy choice for kids – simple things like walking your kids to school or being an active role model. 

Every pledge from our community puts us one step closer to winning $10,000 for our Elbow Community Park Project.

A panel of judges will choose five finalist communities based on the number of pledges they collect and the strength and creativity of their entry.  The winning community will be chosen through an online public vote. 

Here’s how you can help:  

Make a pledge at Saskatchewan In Motion to do just one thing to make sure our kids can move more! 

Not only will you be helping our community to win $10,000, but you’ll be helping yourself earn a chance to win too! Saskatchewan in motion is awarding $500 toward an active vacation experience to one lucky pledger!  

There’s $10,000 on the line and our kids are counting on us. 
So get pledging!

Our Future Playground!

Take a look at the first initial playground design for the Elbow Community Park!

Give A Gift That Counts...

Do you want to make a donation to the Elbow Community Park Project in honour or in memory of someone special? Give a gift that keeps on giving, to our children and to our community...

This Christmas, give a gift that counts! 

For more information please contact Sarah ... s_book@hotmail.com

Thank You Elbow Art Society!

Thank you to the Elbow Art Society for hosting a fantastic Silent Art Auction! $1100.00 was raised...after matching that with LTBK... it gives us $2200 in buying power! Wow! Thank you to all the members of the Elbow Art Society for donating the wonderful pieces of art...and to the Elbow Library, Elbow Service Club and Elbow Village Office for making the auction possible. And of course, a special thank you to all the lucky buyers! 

Dotmocracy Day #2

 Thank you to the K-5 children from Loreburn Central School for helping design the playground for our community park!

We look forward to making the kid's playground dreams come true...

Help Elbow Win $10,000 in the Saskatchewan Community Pledge Challenge!

Help Elbow Win $10,000....

Less than 15% of Saskatchewan kids get the minimum 60 minutes of physical activity they need every day.  Working together, we can make a difference for the kids in our community. Saskatchewan in motion is giving away $10,000 to help one lucky community make physical activity the easy choice for kids. 

The in motion Community Pledge Challenge asks residents to pledge to do just one thing to make physical activity the easy choice for kids – simple things like walking your kids to school or being an active role model. 

Every pledge from our community puts us one step closer to winning $10,000 for our Elbow Community Park Project.

A panel of judges will choose five finalist communities based on the number of pledges they collect and the strength and creativity of their entry.  The winning community will be chosen through an online public vote. 

Here’s how you can help:  

Make a pledge at www.saskatchewaninmotion.ca to do just one thing to make sure our kids can move more! 

Not only will you be helping our community to win $10,000, but you’ll be helping yourself earn a chance to win too! Saskatchewan in motion is awarding $500 toward an active vacation experience to one lucky pledger!  

Why not get started today?
There’s $10,000 on the line and our kids are counting on us. 
So get pledging!

Dotmocracy Day #1

Thank you to all the kids who came out to the Dotmocracy on Saturday!! It was a great day, and gave the kids a chance to vote on their favorite playground components!! It was also a great opportunity for people in the community to get a better look at what this project is all about...THE KIDS!!!

Thank you to Sylvia Harms for donating the proceeds from her table at the Elbow Hobby & Trade Show on Saturday to the Elbow Community Park Project!! Sylvia raised $40.00 ... and since Let Them Be Kids matches that, it is now $80.00! Yahooo!! Thanks Sylvia!!

Thank you also to Joe and Isabella Parent for baking up some delicious cookies for a "Guessing Game" at the Hobby Show...for $1.00 you could guess how many cookies were in the jar...and the closest guess won the jar full of cookies. $100.00 was raised, and with the match...that equals $200.00!! Yippee!!!

We are looking forward to meeting with the kids from Loreburn Central School on November 10, 2011 for Dotmocracy Day #2...

Fall Supper Success!

Thank you to EVERYONE who came out to the Elbow Fall Supper last night!! We fed over 215 people and raised over $2000 for our Elbow Community Park Project. Yippeee! Special thanks to the Service Club for hosting and organizing an excellent meal and to all the people who supplied and donated the delicious food! And thank you to Lucyna Pettigrew and Cindy Rude of  "The Nut Man" for donating the gift basket and raising funds through a 50/50 draw! Bert Bramble was the lucky winner of the 50/50 draw, winning $210!!

Thank you to the many people who were also bidding at the Silent Art Auction that was on display last night! The original pieces can also be seen at the Elbow Village Office and at the upcoming Elbow Library Hobby & Trade Show on November 5th.  Bids will be accepted until November 12th, and the highest bidder will be notified by phone. All proceeds from the auction will go to the Elbow Community Park Project! Many thanks to the Elbow Art Society for organizing this wonderful auction in support of our community and our kids!!

After last nights supper we brought our total number of registered volunteers to 65!! Please continue to encourage your family, friends and neighbours to join the effort!!

IN THE NEWS...

Elbow To Begin Fundraising For New Playground

By Joel van der Veen - Davidson

Oct. 17, 2011

ELBOW — As Elbow Mayor David Cross put it, the announcements made at his village's annual ratepayers meeting Thursday night weren't quite as impressive as Regina hosting the Grey Cup or Saskatoon hosting the Memorial Cup, but they were still pretty good.

"I think we can almost match those," he told the crowd of approximately 75 packed into the basement of the Elbow Civic Centre.

But the biggest news of all was saved for last. 

Members of the Service Club and the Orchard Committee announced plans to build a new playground through a partnership between the village and Let Them Be Kids (LTBK), a non-profit organization that has assisted communities across Canada in creating new play areas for children. 

The group helps by engaging citizens in the fundraising and design process. In the case of Elbow, they have pledged to match all funds raised by the community, giving the village a significant boost in buying power.

The committee has already set May 12, 2012 as the date for the construction of the new playground, which will be located within the community orchard site. The plan is to build all the equipment in one day, with the help of a veritable army of volunteers from the community. 

Between now and then, they will embark on a massive fundraising effort; the amount of money raised will determine how much equipment can be purchased. For instance, money raised at the Service Club's fall supper will go towards the playground, as will the $1,300 raised at the rodeo supper this summer. 

Display tables will be set up at the upcoming hobby show to give local kids a chance to help design the park and decide what equipment or play structures they'd like to see in it. 

"Everybody is going to be included in this," said Carol Patterson, "from the kids right on up to the senior citizens."

Besides play equipment, the village also has the option of including a gazebo, benches, waste receptacles and other park staples. 

Sarah Wilm told the crowd how she learned about LTBK online and filled out an application on behalf of the town. The crowd was then shown a video featuring LTBK founder Ian Hill, who introduced the project and gave a brief explanation. While LTBK has collaborated with hundreds of communities in Canada, Hill said the Elbow playground is their first-ever project in Saskatchewan. The video also included a slide show of pictures from a recent project completed in Pincher Creek, Alta. 

Committee member Grace McTavish said building this playground is the current step in a multi-phase plan that has also included the development of the community orchard and the purchase of Elbow's last remaining grain elevator. The village intends to designate the elevator as a heritage site and then apply for a matching grant to clean the building, allowing them to open it to visitors and redevelop it as a revenue source, possibly as a museum, restaurant or other attraction.

The group also discussed the development of the four-acre community orchard over the past year. The park now boasts a walking path and will soon be lit. About 200 trees were planted this year, in addition to the 1,000 trees and shrubs that already lined the park. 

"We are very proud of this success and the progress that we have made," said Joe Parent.

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Maybe not as impressive as Regina hosting the 2013 Grey Cup to some...but being the FIRST EVER COMMUNITY IN SASKATCHEWAN to win a LTBK award sure does feel good!! The memories that we will make on May 12, 2012...and for all the days that follow once our park is complete...will leave a legacy for our children and for everyone who visits Elbow! 

Check out the new Elbow website "What's New" section, for information on our project! 

And please don't forget to "JOIN THE EFFORT" and help make a difference in Elbow...After you register you will receive regular email updates on all of the progress, from now until May 2012!! 

TOGETHER WE WILL SUCCEED!

CONGRATULATIONS ELBOW!!!

YAHOOO, we did it!! Elbow has won a Helping Hands National Award and we could not be more PROUD! Please check out our awesome announcement video to learn more about this exciting award!

Join the effort and make this one of the BEST things you have ever done...for yourself, your family and your community!!

At the end of the day, we want to be able to say ….  

“WE DID IT TOGETHER!”