Look at all the fun stuff community leagues do! (Image: EFCL)
Since you all like to party this story will be worth your time.
How does one, big city-wide party sound to you?
Yeah, you like that.
Well, the Edmonton Federation of Community Leagues (EFCL) also likes it like that, so they’ve declared the third Saturday in September (Sept. 18) “Community League Day.”
(Image: EFCL)
What that means, so it’s not just another day that’s declared something or other, is that community leagues around the city will be throwing parties. Wouldn’t you know it, there’s a community league in your neighbourhood.
So far, 30 leagues have joined the party.
To be clear, the Strathcona Centre annual Arts BBQ will probably be on the Sunday (Sept. 19). We usually hold it on a Sunday. (This is my community league. I recently returned to the board for another two years.)
Some of those other events may also be on the Sunday. And if the other 100+ community leagues all want in, they may also split it between Saturday and Sunday.
But that still means we have great, community events, all weekend, all around Edmonton. See you at one of the parties!
For those of you on Twitter, and engaging in community in other online forums, let me talk to you for just a minute.
Community Leagues are a great way to take all the good connections and ideas from the online world into the real one. They’re also a good way, if you want to be on your league’s board, to help effect change and programming in your neighbourhood.
