Mission Soapbox Derby Association
Stave Lake St & Prentis Ave V2V 6B2 Mission, BC, Canada

Interesting post today from our soapbox history. Do you recognize the section of the downward slope that still exists between the two parts of the current Mission Skatepark north of the Leisure Centre? Thank you for all your work Mission Archives!

Thank you What's On Mission Magazine & Online!

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It was great to see so many of you at the Children's Festival yesterday!

HISTORICAL TRIVIALITIES Mission’s Soap Box Derby - 1952 Mission’s first known soap box derby was a wildcat race held in conjunction with the 1st annual Mission ...Strawberry Festival in 1946. The following year Jimmy Gunn, founder and organizer of the derby, successfully applied for a franchise from the American Soap box Derby Committee establishing Mission as one of two official derby competitions in Canada. The derby underwent significant changes in the second decade. In 1950, the event expanded into a province-wide competitions, making it the only provincial championship in Canada and the following year the date of the race was changed from the month of June to July. Dated 1952, the posted photograph shows the BC Soap Box Derby entrants lined up on what was once called Legion Hill prior to the race on First Avenue. There were 100 entrants representing 32 communities in the competition that year. A permanent derby track was built on the grounds of Leisure Centre in 1953 so this was the last year the race was held on First Avenue until it was revived in 1999. The Community Archives houses extensive records documenting the original derby (1946-1973) which grew to become the Western Canada Soap Box Derby Championship (1957-1973). #MissionBC #WhyArchivesMatter

We talked at our meeting tonight, and we started to draft up a couple letters for different things. We would like to hear of some memories that you guys have had at our Soapbox Derby events throughout the years. A couple ideas to get the mental gears turning: Have you made a car? Have you ever raced in a car? ... What do you remember about it? What's your favourite memory? What do you think about the event? or whatever else you can think of ... See more

Meeting happening at Vancity right now!

This is the mural we are looking to re-create or incorporate in a totally updated design

This is our meeting for the month of March. Our meetings generally take place on the third Tuesday of every month unless otherwise needed or specified. We also have our meetings booked for the next few months in the Community Room. After this meeting, we will be posting a Facebook Event for April's meeting (April 16th at 8:00pm if anyone is curious). We would love to see more people attend these meetings and voice any opinions, ideas, and comments to the main committee that helps run our event.

It gives us great sadness to announce that the Mission Soapbox Derby has been officially canceled for 2019. This year would have been our 20th consecutive year in a row running this event, but unfortunately, circumstances weren't in our favour this year to run it. We should be starting up our monthly meetings shortly so we can start planning and getting things set in motion for the event in 2020. Our meetings are always open to the public and we encourage you all to attend ou...r meetings. They will be posted ahead of time to our Facebook page, Mission BC Neighbours Facebook group, and to our Twitter account. Here is the link to the Mission City Record article about the cancelation: https://www.missioncityrecord.com//organizers-cancel-2019/

Meeting Tonight! All stakeholders are invited: Please come to this very important meeting. We need your input.... We are seeking your help in finding a new location to hold the Soapbox Derby Race. We no longer have hay bales for safety rails and must find a new location to hold the race, as well as concerns relating to safety issues. Please bring your ideas. DATE: Tuesday September 25, 2018 TIME: 7:00 pm LOCATION: #150, 32555 London Ave At the VanCity Community Room at the Junction. (Right beside VanCity) Sincerely, L Ford Treasurer Mission & District Soapbox Derby

Ellen Nguyen of What's On! Magazines & Online Mission took these shots on set today!