Is your closet bringing you joy? Ready for a wardrobe refresh while supporting sustainable fashion? Join us for the Spring Community Closet Event, hosted by the Blackburn Community Association’s Environment Committee! 📅 Date: April 11, 2026 9:00 AM to 4:30 PM 📍 Location: Blackburn Community Hall, 190 Glen Park Dr, Gloucester, ON K1B 5A3 Discover
This in person meeting is open to residents of Blackburn Hamlet in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Email secretary@blackburnhamlet.ca for more information.
Seniors to bring sandwiches/sweets and their favourite tea cup or mug. There will be various prizes for the best hat and for Bingo.
Join your local community for a stroll in the neighbourhood (2km and 3km circuits) When: Wednesday April 22, 2026 @ 1:00 PM Where: Meet at the Bearbrook entrance to Isaiah Scarfe Park What to expect: We will be doing a 2km and a 3 km circuit. Come and join us for one of the circuits,
Discovery Café Lecture Series -- Healing Crystals: Fact or Myth? Inside the World of Dynamic Materials -- Dr. Katherine Marczenko When: Thursday, April 23, 2026 at 7:00 PM Where: Blackburn Community Hall, 190 Glen Park Drive When most people hear the term “healing crystals,” they think of folklore or wellness trends. But in modern chemistry labs,
Youth ages 10 to 17. Come flex your onesie and fluffy slippers, enjoy some treats and have some fun! This event will have an art station, board games, Nintendo switch games on the projector and hilarious minute to win it games. Bring your ipad or device if you’d like… our Community Hall now has wifi!
Join us at the Community Hall at 9:30 AM, where each volunteer will be assigned a small area of Blackburn for litter pick-up, and provided with garbage bags and latex gloves. The Clean-Up will wrap up around 11:30 AM, and volunteers are invited to stay for a celebratory BBQ (including vegetarian & halal options) in
Were you inspired to declutter your home this winter, but have yet to have a chance to get rid of everything due to all the snow? Now is your chance to pass these items along, hoping they may ‘spark joy’ in someone else, and make some extra cash in the meantime! Or maybe you’ve been
When: Wednesday, May 6, 2026 at 9:00 AM Where: Halibut House, 2672 Innes Road in Blackburn Hamlet Blackburn Seniors (55+) are invited to gather for a great meal, wonderful conversation and lots of laughs. As usual, we will collect at the breakfast non-perishable goods or cash donations for the Life Centre Food Bank. If you
Kids ages 2 – 10 Saturday May 16th from 9:30 AM to 11:15 AM Blackburn Community Hall Come celebrate the arrival of spring at the hall! This event will have opportunities for younger kids and their parents to engage in various spring-themed arts and crafts activities and games. Light refreshments will be provided. Children must
Join your local community for a stroll in the neighbourhood (2km and 3km circuits) When: Wednesday May 20, 2026 @ 1:00 PM Where: TBD What to expect: Meet new people, enjoy the outdoors and support mental wellbeing together. Everyone welcome, including pets, kids and families.
This in person meeting is open to residents of Blackburn Hamlet in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Email secretary@blackburnhamlet.ca for more information.