PRCC Weekly - July 4th to 11th

The days of imagining a fitness centre; a place for clubs and activities; after school, arts and crafts, music and sports programs and cooking classes and bake sales here in our community have finally come to an end.
- By Jessica Morrissey

The Prospect Road Area finally has a community centre and what a beautiful centre it is. With our first official week operating this fantastic facility under our belt, things can only get better from here.

Summertime Adventure Camp (for children aged 6-11) kicked off our first week with many children showing up at 730am (that’s right! You CAN arrange for your children to be dropped off at 730am, for a small fee) Once all 30 children arrived at 830am camp was set to go and it was all smiles from there! This week’s theme was “Olympic Week” which had the children learning how to play many different sports and making their own Olympic medals at craft time along with team flags and other various fun, theme related activities.

My Pals and Me Preschool (for children aged 3-5) followed along with the “Olympic Week” theme. The 7 preschoolers learned about the Olympics, played many different Olympic-related games and created a lot of great Olympic artwork. These children also were the proud creators of many fabulous crafts, including Olympic medals, Olympic torches and sport-related puppets. The favorite game of the week was by far “Duck, Duck, Goose” and many enjoyed story time.

Our specialty camp for the week this week was Basketball Camp (for children aged 7-14). These 11 children learned all the fundamentals necessary to be a successful basketball player through many different fun and interactive games and drills. Children at all different skills levels were involved and lots of learning took place. Basketball Camp will take place two more times this summer during the week of July 19th-23rd and August 9th-13th! Some other specialty camps being offered this summer are All Over Sports Camp, Drama Camp and Just Gotta Dance Camp. Call the centre for more info or to register!

Our gymnasium was used for 4 different sampler programs this week. We had youth and adult Badminton, both of which were full classes and lots of fun. Kiddie Kickers, for our small soccer players also took place and was another full class. Finally, Kids Floor Hockey, again another full class. Also taking place in our gymnasium are room rentals, don’t forget that you are able to call us and rent the gym. Bring your friends to shoot some hoops, play floor hockey, or practice for that upcoming big soccer game!

Our multipurpose room was put to the test this week with a variety of sampler fitness classes. Many classes were full classes; those included were All-In-One Fitness, Tai Chi, Dance Fit and Adult Zumba. The other classes that took place this week were Cardio Appeal and Youth Zumba. This week PRCC hosted its first wedding as well. Our multipurpose room/dance studio is also available to rent for anything from your dance group practices, wedding or large group meetings.

Finally, our art room hosted our Scrapbooking sampler for children which was also a great success.

Our fitness centre was well underway this week, with many memberships being sold and lots of community members putting the facility to good use. The fitness centre’s hours of operation have been set and will be open 6am-930pm, Monday to Friday and 830am-7pm, Saturday and Sunday. Feel free to stop in for a peek at the centre or for one-time free trial to try out all of our great equipment!

A little note about our sampler programs; these are complimentary, one night programs that run throughout the summer. We will have info available for our fall programs by mid-August and registration will start shortly after that so stay tuned! Many fantastic things have started to arise within the walls of the Prospect Road Community Centre and one can now only imagine what other fantastic events and programs will develop as time goes on !

NEXT WEEK @ PRCC:

• Open Sports Night (sampler) – Thursday July 15th – Age 14-18, 730pm-9pm. We’ll need more people in order to make this a success so please don’t hesitate to call and sign up!
• Youth Hip Hop Dance (sampler) – Tuesday July 13th – Age 9-12, 7pm-8pm.
• Youth Yoga (sampler) - Wednesday July 14th – Age 15-18, 7pm-8pm.
• Tango (sampler) – Thursday July 15th- Adult, 7pm-8pm. We’ll need more people in order to make this a success so please don’t hesitate to call and sign up!

* There is still room in most of our week-long day camps, preschool and specialty camps but please don’t hesitate to contact us if you are interested in signing your children up as space does become limited!
* We’ve added a new sampler! Come out and try Karate from 630pm-730pm on July 28th! Call the centre to register.

Contact PRCC:

Front Desk – 852-2711 (program registration/inquiries, fitness centre memberships, rental inquiries, etc)

Delisca Cook - General Manager – 852-5491 www.centre.prospectcommunities.com for full contact info.

Message from the General Manager: Due to legality and insurance specifications our fitness centre is for people 16 and over. Individuals under the age of 19 require parental consent. We apologize for the misprint in our brochure.