Darling White Lake Centre: January 2024

Friday, January 19, 2024

Pancake Breakfast - mark your calendars

Darling White Lake Road Study Report

As many of you are aware, Larry Paquette has been heading up an initiative to get the Township to take our concerns regarding the roads in our area seriously. He and his team have done a ton of work in preparing the attached analysis for presentation to Council (currently scheduled for January 23, 2024). You can read the report here.

Friday, January 5, 2024

Welcome to 2024!

Wait a minute! Wasn't Y2K just a couple of years ago? And it's 2024 already? Yup.

Now here we are, entering the second year after the Centre re-opened following an extended COVID closure.

Many of the old activities are back up and running - Coffee Hub, Knitter-knatter, Yoga, Darts - but some succumbed to the extended shutdown, activities like Euchre, Birthday Breakfasts, and regular Live 'n Learn sessions. As we all work at getting back to pre-COVID 'normal' (whatever that may have been), we're hoping to see some of those return to the Centre this year. You can help support your Centre by coming out and enjoying some of these activities, or perhaps suggesting some new ones that might be of interest to your friends and neighbours. New ideas and volunteers to run them (the Executive Committee can help) are always welcome.

And so the new year begins, and to all of you, we wish a happy and prosperous 2024. See you at the Centre.

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Who are we?

The Darling White Lake Centre (DWLC, or "the Centre") is the social hub of the Darling White Lake community.

Located at 236 Cedar Cove Road, the Centre is open to all permanent and seasonal residents of the area and offers many events and activities run by community members for the benefit and enjoyment of their neighbours - Monday afternoon euchre, Thursday morning Coffee Hub, yoga classes, Live and Learn events, visits by healthcare practitioners, special dinners, and monthly breakfasts are but a few examples.

Membership is free, however the Centre operates on a cost-recovery basis so minimal fees apply to each event/activity.

If you want to be included in our Friends of the Centre email list to receive advance notice of upcoming events/activities, just send a note to DarlingWhiteLakeCentre@gmail.com. and we'll add your name to the list. (We promise not to flood your inbox, and you can unsubscribe at any time.)

Come on by; we'd love to meet you.

Rentals

The Darling White Lake Centre is available to rent for special events, meetings, family get-togethers, small commercial activities, and so on. The following facility user fee schedule applies.

Rentals

For events not requiring the use of the kitchen, the fee is $65 per calendar day (or part). The rental fee is $100 per calendar day (or part) if the kitchen facilities will be used in support of the event. For any event expecting more than 60 attendees the rental fee will be determined on a case-by-case basis. In all cases, prior approval of the Executive Committee is required for any rentals.

NOTE: If alcohol is to be served/available at the event, the renter MUST obtain a Special Occasions Permit (here) and provide a copy to the Executive Committee no later than 1 week prior to the event. Failure to do so will result in the reservation being cancelled. Both the approved Rental Application and the SOP must be posted at the Centre during the event.

For a copy of the Rental Application, click here.

Public activities

Community events open to the public, such as dinners, euchre, yoga, coffee hub, etc. are charged $2 per person per event.

These fees are payable to the Darling White Lake Centre by the hall's renter or the event's sponsor.

The Centre is to be left in a clean condition with all interior and exterior elements in the same condition as they were found. Should that not occur additional cleaning and/or damage charges may be levied.

The organizer(s) of any public event/activity must complete a DWLC User Agreement prior to commencing any such activity. For a copy of the User Agreement, click here.

Executive Committee

The Darling White Lake Centre (DWLC, or "the Centre") is managed by an Executive Committee consisting of volunteers from the local community.

The Committee operates as a sub-committee of the Council of Lanark Highlands, responsible for the day-to-day management of the Centre on their behalf.

Current members of the Executive Committee are:
Brian Cairns, President
Brian Needham, Vice-president
Patrick Kelly, Treasurer
David Blackburn, Secretary
Brenda Guiney
Karen Cairns
Larry Paquette
Jacqueline Cairns
Sandy Geier

The Executive Committee meets on a regular basis. The meetings are posted on the Centre's calendar, and are open to the public. Minutes of past meetings are available here.

Any member of the Executive Committee can be reached at: DarlingWhiteLakeCentre@gmail.com.

Events Calendar

Friday, January 19, 2024

Pancake Breakfast - mark your calendars

Darling White Lake Road Study Report

Friday, January 5, 2024

Welcome to 2024!

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