mark your calendar: Vining Street Block Party 2013

Vining Street Block Party, Sunday Sept. 8 2013, noon to 9pm, Vic High Plaza

Get ready for a party on the plaza!  Fun for the whole family. Mark this date in your calendars: Sunday, September 8th. Come and celebrate our vibrant community. The day’s celebrations open with our ­traditional Mega Garage Sale from 9:00am to noon and this year, the Greater Victoria Cycling Coalition offers a Victoria’s Secret Tour from Centennial Square (10:00am) to Victoria High School (about 1:00pm).

Discover treasures as you tour the streets of Fernwood (Bay to Pandora, Cook to Shelbourne). Then get ready to dance to live entertainment at our party on the plaza 1pm to dusk. Live stage performances by Kumbia, West My Friend, Zumba dance and headliners Rocky Mountain Rebel Music and more. There is time for you to perform! Are you a hula hooper, a stilt walker, a musician or a clown?

Feast on food, beverages and desserts at our community barbeque. Indulge in a giant silent auction 1:00-6:30pm—300 items ranging from the practical to the extravagant. Consider donating!
For kids, a cakewalk, a dog show, bouncy castle and the Great Giffoni and more.

Please support this year’s community initiatives: raising funds for the Community Micro Lending Society – communitymicrolending.ca, Pandora Arts Collective – pandoraarts.ca, Fernwood NRG’s food security programs – fernwoodnrg.ca and Vic High School’s programs for at risk or vulnerable students – vichigh.sd61.bc.ca.
We are still planning right now. You can help. To donate, volunteer, perform or for more info, please contact VSB Party coordinator, Laurie Rubin at 250-995-2696 or lrubin@shaw.ca.
Please note that we are solely financed through your generous donations and ­proceeds from the silent auction.