The community skating rink is a success with so many beautiful souls coming out to find exercise. This welcoming space is created by Roma Stephaniuk, Gail Silvius, and Dan Glugosh. 

There was a delightful New Year’s Eve party with all the usual happenings and folks. We enjoyed skating, food, a bonfire, and could see the early downtown fireworks from the rink.

In the middle of December, Viva Italia District Association (VIDA) and various vendors work together to offer a free festive event called Winter in Little Italy. It took place over two weekends, and during the first weekend on December 7th the McCauley Community League set up a tent and table at the entrance of Giovanni Caboto Park. It was a community offering with a fire and Italian wedding soup. The community league was glad to add to the good energy of  people coming to the festival and people passing by. It was a cheerful affair and many thanks to Holly Payne and Dylan Morgan for their generous hospitality in setting up and hosting for the community league. Thank you to Corine Demas for her cheerful support in the event. Thank you to Dan Glugosh who was working at the rink, getting the ice ready and also helped to bring the community firepit and wood. 

There has been a lot of snow this season and that has created beautiful snowdrifts. Hopefully they stay all winter for our neighbourhood trees to get a good drink in the spring. However, lots of snow on the ground means lots of snow to move and sometimes climb over. This can be time and energy consuming to keep sidewalks maintained so we can move around our neighbourhood. If you need help or can offer help, please reach out to the League at the rink space or online in one of the neighbourhood groups on Facebook like McCauley Neighbours and McCauley Connect & Share Community Aid.

WECAN Food Basket Society distribution will continue at the rink on the third Thursday of the month. For more information, go to wecanfood.com.

Another continuing tradition will be the McCauley Community League Family Day festivities in mid-February. This is traditionally hosted by a neighbourhood family, and all are welcome and invited to come  out to skate, eat, and enjoy the day.

At the end of winter our attention will turn to projects of spring. There will be some upgrades made to the rink space, hopefully including the regrading of the rink asphalt. We will also complete the repairs to the fence that was damaged earlier in the winter by a road accident. 

In the past we have had spring parties and gardening with the Cultivate McCauley group and Sustainable Food Edmonton. This work will be continued. If you would like to participate or be a part of any of these groups, please visit us at the rink space or contact us by email at mccauleycl@gmail.com.

See you in the neighbourhood! 

Website: mccauleycl.com
Email: league@mccauleycl.com
Facebook: @mccauleycommunityleague

Ruth Sorochan lives in McCauley with her family and is the Communications Director with the McCauley Community League.