Interlakes Community Centre

Halloween fireworks at the Community Hall: Thanks everybody for coming out tonight. We handed out lots of chili, hot dogs, hot chocolate and candy bags for the kids and hope everybody had a good time. The Interlakes Volunteer Fire Department did once again a great job with the fireworks and they supplied all the firewood for our bonfire where the adults could warm up while the kids were playing at the playground lit up by lights from the IVFD - Thanks guys!!! Thanks also ...for being considerate and keeping your distance, wearing masks or just enjoying the fireworks out of your cars. Happy Halloween and stay safe everyone! See more

Walking Club this week: Hi Everyone, This week we will again meet at the trailhead across from 7633 High Country rd. There are many trails there I would like to explore. I am expecting the walk to be 1.5 to 2 hours. We will try and figure out the loop trail. ... See you Wednesday at 10. Thanks, Amanda

We are looking for firewood and branches for our bonfire on Halloween! If you have surplus instead of driving it to the wood dump bring it over to our parking lot at the Hall please. You can message or call at 250-593-4869. Any help much appreciated. Help keep your neighbours warm - lol

Saturday October 31st at 7 pm we will have our traditional Halloween fireworks with bonfire and concession at the Interlakes Community Hall on 7592 Hwy 24. The IVFD will hopefully spoil us with another great display - thanks for doing that every year!!! Due to COVID please keep your distance to people outside your bubble or even better everybody wears a mask to keep us all save for the months to come - see you next Saturday

Walking Club Wednesday October 21st: Hi Everyone, We will meet on Wednesday at 10 am on High Country Rd. The trail head is across from and just past (south of) 7633 High Country Rd. We will walk out to Henley Lake, and carry on to towards Muskrat and Crystal Lakes. We will be out for about 2-2.5 hours. Bring good boots and your Twoonie. ... Thanks, Amanda

Sorry no walking club this week: Hi Everyone, I am taking this week off. You will all have to get out on your own and enjoy the fall weather and colours. ... Have a great week, Amanda

Thanks for everybody who came out for our playground opening ceremony. The weather cooperated and we had sun for almost two and half hours before the rain sat in. Big thank you also to Margo Wagner our CRD chair and Willow MacDonald our area L director who joined us. It was our first little fundraiser for Phase II of our playground and we got already one big donation which we are really grateful for.

No walking club this week: Hi Everyone, There will be no walking club this week. I hope everyone is ready for the snow that's coming! Get out there on your own and walk off those turkeys. ... Thanks, Amanda

Walking Club tomorrow at 10 am: Hi Everyone, This week we will meet at the 99 Mile ski hill and do some exploring. Let's meet at the chalet in the parking lot and go from there. ... Thanks, Amanda.

Walking Club is on tomorrow: Hi Everyone, This week we will meet on Eagan Lake Rd, at Eugene Lake Rd. The trail head is across the road from Eugene Lake Rd. I have not walked it before and am not sure where it goes, but it appears to be a short walk into a lake. I estimate less than an hour round trip. ... See you all Wednesday at 10 am. Thanks, Amanda.

Walking Club tomorrow October 7th: Hi Everyone, This week I propose the short walk around Bridge Lake Park. It will be about 45 minutes. We can meet in the parking lot if the park gate is still open, or just outside of the gate if it is not. ... See you at 10 am tomorrow. Thanks, Amanda

GO PLAY AND HAVE FUN!!! Today we finally installed the last slide, the play chips are in and the playground is ready to use but please remember: This is an unsupervised playground designed for kids age 3 to 12 and adult supervision is required.

Come and participate in our new stretching class!!! Every Tuesday and Thursday from 8 - 9 am. Bring your own mat or get one from the Hall and if you are not comfortable to go down on a mat you can also do it in a chair. Stretching is good for your overall well being and with fall/winter coming up and not much outdoor activities you still want to stay fit and agile. Drop in fee is $ 2 for members or $ 3 for non=members

Our playground is finished since a couple of weeks and due to the gorgeous fall weather the kids are having a blast every day Hope you can join us for our official opening ceremony and fundraiser for Phase II next Saturday at 11.30 am. Have lunch at our concession, meet other families and kids and help us raising money for our Phase II next summer...

Here is our schedule for October 2020! Saturday October 10th at 11.30 we will have the official opening for our playground. Margo Wagner chair of the CRD which funded a third of the playground will say a few words and we will have Hot Dogs and Burgers for lunch by donation to start the fundraising for Phase II of our playground project which will start next year... Hope to see lots of kids and families supporting that great cause.

Summer is almost over we are back on our Fall Program! I will post a monthly schedule here on facebook and if you are a member of the Interlakes Community Centre Society for only $ 5 per year you will also get all updates per email. Hope to see you in the Hall sooner or later and thanks for all your support. Maggie

We finally found a new place that distributes our frozen meals. They are now available Wednesday to Saturday in the Indoors Farmers Market on Birch Ave in 100 Mile House. We deliver weekly fresh prepared meals which are all cooked from scratch, low in sodium and in microwavable containers. The senior size meals are frozen and thanks to grants and donations and all the hard work of our volunteers we are able to sell them for only $ 4 each.

Big thanks to a handful of wonderful volunteers, donating time, machines, operator hours and a lot of elbow grease, wrestling with 75 boxes full of parts and close to 500 pages of instructions! Still a lot to do, we appreciate any help!

Walking Club - tomorrow September 2nd: Hello Everyone, On Wednesday we are going to hike from Hwy 24 into Grizzly Lake. This is a longer hike that will take about 4-5 hours round trip. Bring a lunch and be prepared that you might get your feet wet. ... We will meet Wednesday at 10, at Lac des Roches Lake access 7 and Hwy 24. The lake access is just east of Gerald Cres., and we will park in the lot closer to the lake. See you then. Thanks, Amanda

WalkingClub: Hi Everyone, in Wednesday we will meet on McCarthy Rd and Hwy 24. We can park on McCarthy, then we will cross the highway into crown land. From there we can walk past the two little lakes to the 'Big Fir'. It should be about 1.5 to 2 hours round trip. ... Thanks, Amanda

If we do everything right it will hopefully look like this!!!

Finally!!! Our playground equipment arrived, the groundwork is done and we are ready to start assembling. Now we need volunteers to help us finish our project.You need to be handy, able to read the instructions and bring your own tools. We have all the assembly instructions and will start with the key parts so everybody can work in teams and keep their physical distance. With rain in the forecast for Monday we would like to start on Tuesday morning around 9.15 am. Please let me know if you are able to come either per messager or email to [email protected] or just call 250-593-4869. Thanks and hope to see you on Tuesday. Maggie

Walking Club tomorrow: Hi Everyone, For this week's walk I would like to walk in from Henley Lake Rd into Rutherford Lake. We can park at Henley Lake rd and Hwy 24. It should be about 1.5 to 2 hours. ... Thanks, Amanda

Walking Club tomorrow: Hi Everyone, Walking club will meet tomorrow at the west end of Boulanger Rd. There is a quad trail there that I have never been on. I am hoping it leads to No 2 Lake, but we will see. The meeting spot will be near 7128 Boulanger Rd. ... See you at 10 and bring your twoonies. Thanks, Amanda

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED! In order to get the new playground at Interlakes Hall assembled, we will need a group of volunteers to help us with this project. Planned delivery for the equipment is Thursday, Aug 6, and we would need to start pretty much right away, and more than likely need a few days to get it done. We're looking for people who are ok with lifting and ideally can bring their own powertools. Lots of elbow grease is needed :-) Exact dates to be determined and depend on weather and delivery date, but if you can spare a day ormore, and are willing to help, please message or email the Hall, or phone Maggie in the office at 250 593 4869, she will coordinate everybody and have instructions for COVID-19 protocols to make sure everybody is safe. THANK YOU SO MUCH!!

EXCITING NEWS!! We're breaking ground for the new playground! The equipment is finally on the way up here, likely to arrive next week. A big THANK YOU to Bill from Levick Enterprises Ltd and Gary Cleveland (Crystal Waters Quarter Horses), who got this wonderful project started!

For everybody's attention: In the parking lot of our Community Hall are several old power poles donated to us by BC Hydro. We are going to use them for building our playground which we will start soon and upgrade our Rodeo grounds . They are not for free and whoever took some already was not welcome to do so!!! We actually would appreciate to get them back!!! So far we never had an issue with anything stolen from us and it's a sad thing for a community that it happens at all.