Get ready for a month filled with celebrations, fun, information, and most of all INCLUSION!
May 1 – Blue & Green Day Wear your blue and green proudly.
May 1 – Shine a Light on Community Living As it does every year, Toronto’s CN Tower will be helping to promote Community Living Month by lighting up in blue and green as part of Community Living Ontario’s “Shine a Light” initiative. We encourage you to join us on Friday, May 5, 2023 by changing your exterior lights to blue and green in support of the Community Living movement.
May 2 – Annual Flag Raising & BBQ Join us at 11:00 AM in front of the Civic Centre. We will be announcing the recipients of The Rob McLandress Make a Dream Come True Fund. Applications to the fund are accepted February 21 – April 14, 2023. The Joyce M. Carr Champion Award will be presented to a local business. A delicious BBQ will follow the awards (by donation). Thank you to our supporters; OPSEU Local-148, Schinkels, Subway, and Maple City Bakery assisting to make this dream a reality.
May 6 – Craft Fair & Yard Sale Located at the former Parkfield Restaurant (1099 Park Avenue West., Chatham), from 9:00 am – 2:00 pm, browse local vendors as they shine a light on their products supporting Community Living Chatham-Kent. Yard sale will be held outside from 8:00 am – Noon. Chatham Optimist Fry Truck will be on site for food/beverage purchase.
May 11 – CLC-K Box Lunch Let Subway and Community Living Chatham-Kent make your lunch! To find more information and to fill out your order form, please click here. Special thanks to Enbridge for sponsoring this year’s Box Lunch event!
May 12 – CLC-K Kids Box Lunch Parents don’t pack a lunch for the kids – Subway is on its way. To sponsor a child’s lunch, please click here for details.
May 25 – CLC-K Night at Boston Pizza Come on out and dine at Boston Pizza and show your support of Community Living Month! 10% of all food sales will be donated to Community Living Chatham-Kent.
LIBRARY CAFÉ – Throughout the month of May, the Library Café will providing free beverages thanks to the generosity of Postma Heating & Cooling. Visit the Library Café between 9:30 am and 1:00 pm, Monday thru Thursday and ask for your free beverage!
IN THE SPOTLIGHT – Throughout the month of May, CLC-K will highlight the great employees, services, and events that occur around CLC-K. More importantly you will hear from the people who access services through CLC-K and their important stories.