Upcoming events

Join us Easter Monday for our neighbourhood Easter Egg Hunt.  2:00 - 3:00 p.m. at the Roxborough entrance.

Come search for eggs, build bird houses, do chalk drawings on the rocks, and catch up with neighbours.

AND - save the date:  Sunday, June 24 1pm, neighbourhood potluck picnic and stewardship workday to remove the invasive purple jewelweed and add mulch to wet areas along the trail.

Past events

2006

*Listen to CKLU 96.7FM, June 21, 7p.m.  to hear more about the Roxborough Greenbelt

*A neighbourhood midsummer potluck picnic celebration

Sunday, June 25, 4:00-7:00pm,  outside of 140 Roxborough Drive (just off Winchester Drive, and next to the Roxborough Greenbelt)

*A booth in the eco-village at Northern Lights Festival Boreal

July 7-9th  at the Bell Park amphitheatre.

*Information Booth at Market Square, Saturday September 9th.

* Information Booth at Market Square - Market Square's Fall Fair, Saturday, September 23rd. 

*  Participants of Eco-leadership Canada World Youth  participated in a workshop on October 10th to survey the plant biodiversity in the

Roxborough Greenbelt.

To see the list of plants identified, click on:

http://communities.mysudbury.ca/Sites/friendsofthegreenbelt/Shared%20Documents/Forms/AllItems.aspx?RootFolder=%2fSites%2ffriendsofthegreenbelt%2fShared%20Documents%2fEco%2dleadership%20Canada%20World%20Youth%20%2d%20plant%20survey&View=%7b7C2A4254%2dBD22%2d4151%2dB4BF%2dF52E0BC8AEEB%7d

* Photographs of the Roxborough Greenbelt were on sale at St. Andrew's Community Fall Fair, Friday October 13 and Saturday October 14.  

All proceeds  went towards printing costs for posters and brochures.

*  Friends of the Roxborough Greenbelt had an information booth at the Roots and Shoots Conference (an environmental conference for grades 4-12) 

at Science North, October 18 and 19.

* An information booth was set up at the Junction Creek Stewardship Committee Forum, Wednesday, November 8, 7:00-9:00p.m., in the Inco Cavern at Science North.

* Photographs of the Roxborough Greenbelt, and gift cards acknowledging donations, were available at the Christmas Market at Market Square, 

Saturday, December 2nd, 10:00am - 4:00pm.

2007

*  A small walkathon was held through the trails, Sunday January 14th.  Friends of the Roxborough Greenbelt would like to thank the

Lo-Ellen Park Secondary School Students Prioritizing Our Trails (SPOT), Sudbury Seconday School Roots and Shoots, 

Lockerby Composite School Green Committee, and St. Andrew’s Youth Group for participating in a walkathon to benefit the Roxborough Greenbelt.  

Channel 10 and the Sudbury Star came out to cover the event.

Approximately $1200 was raised.

*  Friends of the Roxborough Greenbelt made its presentation to Council during the public budget presentations, January 30, 2007, 7pm at Tom Davies square.

To read the written submission to Council, follow this link:

http://communities.mysudbury.ca/Sites/friendsofthegreenbelt/written%20report%20budget%202007/Forms/AllItems.aspx

*  Earth Month was a busy time for Friends of the Roxborough Greenbelt

Families came out for some Easter Fun on Easter Monday, April 9th, from 1:00 -3:00pm, at the end of Roxborough Drive, just off Winchester Drive. 

Many people came to  visit us at Earth Day, at our booth at Market Square, Sunday, April 22nd, 10:00am - 4:00pm.

An appreciative audience enjoyed an intimate benefit concert featuring Sarah Craig, a remarkable young local singer-songwriter.  The concert was held Friday,

April 27th, 8:00pm, at Innovative Guitar Ideas, downtown (122 Durham). 

A big thank-you to Sarah Craig for donating her time and talent, Innovative Guitar Ideas for donating their wonderful space, La Boulangerie du Village for donating treats, 

and the Rock Roastery for donating coffee.  Special thanks to Carrie Regenstreif for all her help with this event! Approximately $500 was raised.

Will Kershaw led us along the trails and and showed us  some of the natural history on a guided walk through the greenbelt, Sunday, April 29th. 

*  September 17 - 23,2007 :  Photographs of the Roxborough Greenbelt were shown during Cinefest, as part of the local art being featured by the sudbury Arts Council

*  The cast and crew of the Vinyl Cafe donated a Vinyl Cafe prize package of 1 book and 4 CDs.  A big thank-you to them!  

All those donating to Friends of the Roxborough Greenbelt before October 22nd had their name put in a draw to win this prize package. 

Congratulations to the winner:  Mrs. Lynda Todd.

*  Natural Life Magazine will be our media sponsor.  They are placing an ad for us in their 'Green Market Place', letting people know that we are looking for donations.  

The ad will appear for the next 6 issues (over 1 year, starting in the Nov/Dec issue; value over $1000).  This will help us reach a larger number of people. 

In exchange, we will be thanking Natural Life Magazine at our events, and other venues.

 *  October 25 and 26th, students of Alexander Public School trekked the block and a half over to the greenbelt to enjoy nature walks and learn in this 'outdoor classroom'.  

The school  launched its Toonie Trail fundraiser November 2nd. 

 *  October 29th, we officially reached the halfway point of our fundraising goal, when we transferred $22,000 to the City, adding to the $3000 grant already received. 

Contributors who requested tax receipts can expect them in the mail in the next few weeks.  Taking into account outstanding pledges and upcoming fundraisers like the 

Toonie Trail, this leaves us with ~$20,000 to go!  We received good media coverage of this important milestone in Northern Life and CIGM radio.

*  Crafts and photographs were  sold at the LoEllen Craft Fair, Nov. 9-11, with proceeds going  towards photocopying and printing costs.  Enough was 

made for printing costs for the next two neighbourhood newsletters, as well as posters for the winter walk-a-thon.

*November 22nd-  The Huntington University Communication Society and the Laurentian University Sustainable Earth Club 

put on 'The Green House', a coffee house event featuring local musicians and open mic performances, with proceeds going to

Friends of the Roxborough Greenbelt.  Local performers included:  Tina Roy, Harris Daniel, Kim and Matt, and Vivki Dykes. 

A big thank-you to these groups, who took it on themselves to organize this event!*November 27th - Alexander Public School wrapped up its Toonie Trail.  $262 was raised.  Thank-you to the Alexander community for their support!  As part of the Toonie Trail, students also enjoyed guided nature walks through the greenbelt.

2008*  

Friends of the Roxborough Greenbelt and the Junction Creek Stewardship Committee would like to thank the participants 

and supporters of the Winter Walkathon, held Sunday, February 10^th.  Special thanks to the Sudbury Samba Drum Squad 

who led some amazing drumming before the walk, to Rainbow Routes for the loan of snow-shoes, and to all the volunteers who made

the event happen! At least 65 people of all ages, including representatives of Myths and Mirrors, the Green Party, Sudbury Animal Advocates, 

Cambrian College (Nature-based Adventure Tourism program), Girl Guides and Sea Cadets, braved some wild winter weather on the 

three kilometre walk.   It turned out to be a fun afternoon of winter activities, with all proceeds going towards the conservation of the Roxborough Greenbelt 

as public greenspace.  $1819 was raised.      

for more photos see:  http://www.snapsudbury.com/display/28094/1563/

*  March 27-29 - the Earthdancers gave their benefit performance.  Friends of the Roxborough Greenbelt was one of the beneficiaries, 

and were presented with $670.  Thank-you to these amazing performers and citizens!

*  April 19th was the Sudbury Earth Day Festival.  Friends of the Roxborough Greenbelt had a booth at this successful event.

*  April 21st, just in time for Earth Day, Friends of the Roxborough Greenbelt reached the $50,000 point in our fundraising.  On April 29th, the City received a cheque and we officially completed our commitment tocontribute $50,000 towards the acquisition of the Roxborough Greenbelt as public greenspace.Thank-you to all our generous donors, and supporters!

*  April 25 - 27,  Friends of the Roxborough Greenbelt set up a booth as part of Southridge Mall's Earth Monthcelebrations.*  The community effort to protect the Roxborough Greenbelt was featured in the 'My Green Town' segmentof the May/June edition of Natural Life Magazine

* June 7 - Friends of the Roxborough Greenbelt held a neighbourhood yard sale.  Just over $300 was raised to go towards stewardship of the greenbelt.  Thank-you to everyone who participated!

* July 5 + 6  -  Friends of the Roxborough Greenbelt had a booth at Greenville at Northern Lights Festival Boreal.

*August - Final Council approval given for the agreement

2009

*March 30 - real estate transaction closes - Roxborough Greenbelt officially becomes public greenspace - after 3 years, our goal is reached!

*

The Opening of the Roxborough Greenbelt!

Sunday, June 21st, 3:00pm, at the west end of Roxborough Drive.

Thank-you's, music, nature walk, scavenger hunt, children's activities, mural painting, refreshments  and more!

A wonderful afternoon of community and celebration.  Thank-you to Bel Canto for singing 'Le temps de vivre'

2010

* Easter Monday - neighbourhood Easter egg hunt

* June - Between a work day by Lo-Ellen's student environmental club, a neighbourhood workday (followed by a potluck), and additional work by residents, approximately 40 big garbage bags of the invasive species Purple Jewelweed was removed from the greenbelt, near  the creek.  With about 1 person hour per bag, that is a lot of volunteer work!  We made quite a dent in the jewelweed, but will need to continue the job for the next few springs.  Thank-you to the Junction Creek Stewardship Committee for their help, and to the city for picking up the bags.  A clean-up was also done.

* October 17 - In the morning, willow shoots were collected near the Maley Dam, and in the afternoon, about a dozen people came out to bundle them up into willow fascines and dig them into the creek bank.
 
A big thank-you to Ersin, who came out early Sunday morning to collect the willows, and donated the use of his truck to bring them back to the greenbelt.
Also, a big thank-you to Junction Creek Stewardship Committee, who led us, brought along all the equipment, and taught us all what to do.
And, of a course, a big thank-you to everyone who came out to help get it done!
 
We made 9 willow fascines, and dug them along ~ 40 metres of the creek bank.  If you are walking along the trail right along the creek, you may see the willow shoots sticking up near the water line - these are holding in the willow bundles.  If all goes well, the willows will root up in the spring and produce new shoots, holding the bank steady and preventing further erosion.
 
We plan to do it all again next fall, to continue along the bank.

2011

Easter Monday - Easter Egg hunt.  With so many young kids in the neighbourhood,and some sunny weather, it was a great afternoon of finding eggs in the woods and blowing bubbles.