Ancaster Connection

🚗✨ Volunteer Opportunity Alert! ✨🚗⁠
We’re looking for awesome volunteers to help with parking at the Ancaster Fair! 🙌 This is a fun way to connect with the community and a great chance for students to earn volunteer hours. 💯⁠
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📅 When we need you:⁠
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Thursday, Sept 18: 4:30–8:30 PM⁠
Friday, Sept 19: 9 AM–3 PM & 3 PM–8:30 PM⁠
Saturday, Sept 20: 9 AM–3 PM & 3 PM–8:30 PM⁠
Sunday, Sept 21: 10 AM–1 PM⁠
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👥 Volunteer Meeting: Monday, Sept 15 at 7 PM⁠
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📝 How to sign up: https://volunteersignup.org/3HLRX⁠
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✨ Shifts are 4+ hours long — come for one, or more!⁠
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⁠⁠👉 Tag a friend who’d be perfect for this!⁠
👉 Save this post if you need volunteer hours!⁠
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🚨 The Ancaster Food Bank is running low on essential items for children, and we need your help to ensure no child goes hungry as they finish the school year. 🚨

We are in desperate need of:
🧃 Kids’ Snacks
🥣 Oatmeal
🌾 Cereal
🧀 Kraft Dinner

📍 Drop-Off Locations: Ancaster Food Bank at 300 Wilson Street East and Food Basics, Longo’s, or Giant Tiger in Ancaster.

Help kids finish the school year strong. 💪

Councilor is organizing an invasive garlic mustard and garbage removal, tomorrow Saturday May 18th, in the .

If you'd like to assist, meet at the Ancaster Memorial Arts Centre for 9:30am Saturday May 18th.

Sharing is Caring

Please help us collect non perishable food food items for

Most needed items:
Peanut Butter
Canned protein – tuna, salmon, chicken, ham
Rice
Cereal/Oatmeal
Pancake Mix
Maple syrup
Flour
School Snacks (Granola bars/apple sauce/juice boxes)
Pasta
Pasta Sauce
Coffee & Tea
Canned Tomatoes
Crackers
Cooking Oil
Canned and Dried Chickpeas
Laundry Soap
Dish Soap
Toilet Paper
Paper Towels
Personal Hygiene Products – body wash, shampoo, deodorant, toothpaste
Menstrual Hygiene Products
Reusable Shopping Bags

✨ Community Clean-Up ✨ 

Join us for a Cigarette Butt Blitz / Community Clean-up in the Ancaster BIA on Friday April 26th from 10am to 2pm starting at 314 Wilson Street East Ancaster.

Volunteers are needed! (And we can sign for volunteer hours for school.)

For more information or to get involved please contact Heather at [email protected]

Happening tomorrow! 🎅 Be sure to join us Thursday, December 7th for an evening of free entertainment, food, drinks, and of course Santa! The night kicks off at 6pm with live music and fun. Santa’s arrival & the much-anticipated tree lighting are at 7pm.🎄

ACS will be collecting new, unwrapped toys, non-perishable food, gift cards, and monetary donations in support of our Holiday Assistance Program. We will also have our new TipTap device at our table for an extra easy way to give! ✨

For more information, visit our website or https://bit.ly/3g9JluX.

See you there, Ancaster!

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🪀 Ryerson United Church here in Ancaster (265 Wilson St. E.) is holding a Toy Drive for Ancaster Community Services this weekend. We are providing over 115 holiday hampers this year and toy drives like this are essential for our program! 🎁🎄

You can drop off donations of new, unwrapped toys this Saturday, December 9th from 9am-12pm to help support income-challenged families in your community. All donations are greatly appreciated and we thank you for your generosity! ❄️

We are so excited to host our first lunch with Santa! 🎅🏼 Sunday, December 3rd… 12pm-2pm. There will even be a mail box 📫 to drop off letters to Santa so don’t forget them! 💌
📞 Call now to make reservations (905) 304 7822.

Our Holiday Assistance Program is now accepting donations! ✨ Every year we provide holiday hampers and gifts to income-challenged families and seniors in the community. Please help us ensure that everyone can feel the care and compassion of our Ancaster neighbours. 🎁

We are asking for your support again this year! We are currently accepting:

🎄 NEW, Unwrapped Toys & Gift Items
🎄 Retail & Grocery Gift Cards
🎄 Toiletries & Personal Hygiene Products
🎄 Monetary Donations
🎄 Non-Perishable Food Items

There are so many ways to support your community this holiday season! To learn how you can give back or how to make a donation, check out our poster or visit our website: https://bit.ly/3EladS0

Just around the corner!

✨️ Live Entertainment for Hamilton Day ✨️

In addition to many of the Ancaster BIA businesses taking part with deals, events, and specials,

The Ancaster BIA will have live family-friendly entertainment in the Village, this Saturday November 4th for Hamilton Day (outside of the Ancaster BIA office 314 Wilson Street East.)

Martin Brothers Collective Music - 10am to 1pm
Balloon Tying Fun with Halaloo - 12pm to 3pm

Come on out, support our local businesses, and have some fun!