North End Women's Centre Summer Fun!

The North End Women's Centre at 392 Selkirk Avenue is offering many fun events in the next two weeks.
The next event is the Children's Museum on July 19 where *everyone* is welcome. Everyone will meet at the Women's Centre and at 12:30 p.m. everyone will take a Winnipeg Transit bus to the Forks. You can also meet the Centre at the Museum at 1:15 p.m.

Next is Bouncer Day on July 23 from Noon - 3 p.m. This is a free event for women, their children and grandchildren. Snacks will be provided and bus tickets will be available.

Then on July 24 there will be a visit to St. John's Library! This is also a free event for women, their children and grandchildren. Meet at the Women's Centre before 1:00 p.m. and the group will head over to the library. Freezies will be provided!

Garden Day is the event held on July 26 from 1:30 - 3:30 p.m. Again, a free event for women, their children and grandchildren. Snacks will be provided at this event also.

On July 30, head over to the Women's Centre for Beach Day! Women, their children and grandchildren are welcome! This event runs from 10:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. A snack will be provided as well.

August 2nd is a trip to Tinkertown! This will be a day of rides, fun and exploring. A healthy snack AND lunch will be provided. This event you are required to call the North End Women's Centre before hand to sign up for your spot on the bus. It starts at 10:30 a.m. and children over 2 years old are welcome to join in the fun. No large strollers will be allowed on the bus, only the small umbrella style ones.

Contact Joelene or Dezarae with any questions at 204-589-7347 (or to sign up for the bus for Tinkertown!)

Food For Folks Fundraiser - Saturday April 28

The Food For Folks Fundraiser is an event that will help build a stronger Community. All proceeds from this event will be going to support their food market at Folk Fest, with those profits being reinvested in the Community Gardens and food security project in OUR neighbourhoods!

Wanna buy a ticket?

They can be bought at:

Neechi Foods - 325 Dufferin Avenue

Folk Festival Music Store - Unit 203, 211 Bannatyne Avenue

Ragpickers - 216 McDermot Avenue

Pollocks Hardware Co-op - 1407 Main Street

Organic Planet Co-op - 877 Westminster Avenue

Jonnies Sticky Buns - 941 Portage Avenue

UofW Info Booth - 515 Portage Avenue

Popsodas - 625 Portage Avenue

The tickets are being sold on a sliding scale and cost between $10 - $20 per ticket.

The acts include:

Rastamils; Bacca; Maria Mango; Twin; Rainbow Tubesox; DJ Beezneez; Michael Champagne; Flaming Trolleys; Lorenzo.

It is being held at 591 Pritchard Avenue at the Ukrainian Labour Temple and doors open at 6 PM on Saturday April 28.

Close to Home

Selkirk Avenue is a hub of activity and a huge part of the history of the North End. This strip has been making a steady come back at its former glory as a shopping, eatery and social network. A list of amenities, businesses and shops has been compiled to encorage residents of the North End to use this great Avenue as our local one-stop-shop. Lets use it, so we don't lose it!

Restaurants
George's Burgers and Subs - 408 Selkirk
99 Cent Pizze - 417 Selkirk
Robin's Donuts - 420 Selkirk
Juney's Restaurant - 475 Selkirk
The Windmill - 518 Selkirk
Chicken Delight - 591.5 Selkirk
Paressa Restaurant and Deli - 669 Selkirk
Lao-Thai Restaurant - 763 Selkirk

Food/Grocery Stores

Gunns Bakery - 247 Selkirk
Charles Food Store - 291 Selkirk
Tasty Sausage Meat & Grocery - 338 Selkirk
Giant Food Store - 407 Selkirk
Wawel Meat market - 423 Selkirk
Selkirk Supermarket - 473 Selkirk
The Donut House - 490 Selkirk
K & D Foods - 3-350 Selkirk
Avenue Meat Market - 595 Selkirk
Baltona Meat and Deli - 600 Selkirk
McKenzie Convenience Store - 665 Selkirk

Drug Stores

Brother's Pharmacy - 542 Selkirk
Empire Drugs - 801 Selkirk

Laundromats

Charles Laundromat - 291 Selkirk
Halla Laundromat - 533 Selkirk

Medical/Professional

Selkirk & Salter Dental Center - 402 Selkirk
Vitality Dental - 417 Selkirk
Dr Peter Kuegle (Physician) - 453 Selkirk
Dr Danielle Burch (Chiropractor) - 558 Selkirk
Aban Denture Clinic - 592 Selkirk
Stewartville Professional Centre - 596 Selkirk
Koster Denture Clinic - 631 Selkirk
Elite Dental Lab - 623 Selkirk
McKenzie Medical Center - 634 Selkirk
Sullivan Optical - 644 Selkirk

Others include:

Wiz Janitor Service Co. Ltd - 214 Selkirk
Compact Vacuums W P - 234 Selkirk
Sunshine Records - 275 Selkirk
Me-Dian Credit Union - 303 Selkirk
Ideal Electric Manufacturing CO - 372 Selkirk
Accurate Washer and Appliance - 399 Selkirk
Chochys Pawn - 409 Selkirk
Money Mart - 413 Selkirk
Detail Home Inspections LTD - 430 Selkirk
Sofa King Windows & Doors - 435 Selkirk
Prairieland Aboriginal Funeral Home - 447 Selkikr
Merchants Hotel - 451 Selkirk
Rita's Creations - 452 Selkirk
Yorkdale Imports - 502 Selkirk
Eve's Venture - 505 Selkirk
Discount Dollar Store and Leaf Tobacco - 515 Selkirk
Roger's Beauty Salon - 550 Selkirk
Discount Everything - 553 Selkirk
Skeeters Unisex Hair - 567 Selkirk
R&B Sportswear Custom Embroidery - 581 Selkirk
Reliable Removal - 583 Selkirk
Michael's Formal Wear and Taylor Shop - 584 Selkirk
Unique Gift Shop - 615 Selkirk
Svitoch Ukrainian Export/Import - 621 Selkirk
Paradis & Dennis Visual Communications - 623 Selkirk
Right Low Auto Parts - 653 Selkirk
Bosh Auto Service - 666 Selkirk
Masson Appliance Sales - 688 Selkirk
Uni-City Master Locksmiths - 702 Selkirk
Canadian Antler Designs Inc. - 711 Selkirk
Aboriginal Funeral Chapel (Ltd) - 724 Selkirk
Royal Heating Service - 746 Selkirk
Seven Oaks Painting & Decoration - 757 Selkirk
St. Nicholas Mutual - 804 Selkirk