October 28 - November 3, 2024 | |
In this issue...
• Royal Canadian Legion's 2024 Poppy Campaign underway across nation with some innovative changes
• Butter thefts ramp up in Canada
• By the numbers X 10 + 1
• Elmo and Andrew Garfield make sweet Sesame Street video about grief
• Turn your clocks back one hour before going to bed on Saturday, November 2
• Buy them now! Acadian Recipes and More – Volume 2, Acadian Recipes and More - Volume 3: Holidays
• The next Greater Moncton Sunrise Rotary Trivia Night will be held on Monday, October 28!
• Halloween is on Thursday, October 31
• Before you go: 7 things you may have missed last week
• Take some time to enjoy nature this fall with the Greater Moncton Walking Group
... and trivia, quotes and more!
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Royal Canadian Legion's 2024 Poppy Campaign underway across nation with some innovative changes
Remembrance Day in Canada is fast approaching and will be held on Monday, November 11.
This year, the Royal Canadian Legion has announced some new and innovative ways of getting poppies and donating to the Legion's annual Poppy Campaign.
Article excerpt: "Through an inaugural collaboration with Amazon Canada, the Legion is presenting another way to receive a lapel poppy. A new storefront on Amazon.ca offers lapel poppies for donations of $2, $5, $10, and $20 until November 11. One hundred percent of the funds will go directly to the Legion’s Poppy Trust Fund to help support our veterans and their families. The Legion’s Amazon storefront also offers other products such as “We Remember” lawn signs and red neon window poppies which will continue to be available past November 11 to help Canadians remember. A larger collection of items can be found at the Legion’s online Poppy Store.
Traditional Poppy boxes will once again be available for donations and lapel Poppy distribution at thousands of locations. Another 1000 'Pay Tribute' tap-enabled donation boxes will be found at many Legion Branches, select RBC branches and select retail locations. With $2, $5, and $10 options, donors can also receive a lapel poppy from them. Additionally, supporters can give online at Legion.ca.
Funds donated across the country during the national Poppy Campaign support veterans and their families. What is donated locally is used locally. Close to $20 million is donated each year by generous supporters."
The Royal Canadian Legion's annual Poppy Campaign begins on the fourth Friday of every October and runs until Remembrance Day.
Read: Royal Canadian Legion: 2024 Poppy Campaign
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Butter thefts ramp up in Canada
If you live in Guelph, Ontario, keep your butter locked up! Thieves are targetting the delicious dairy product as the holiday season approaches and people stock up for their baking needs.
Article excerpt: "Butter continues to be a hot commodity in Guelph, Ont.
At least seven large-scale thefts have been reported over a 10-month period, including two hauls in just the last month.
On Oct. 12, at around 7:45 p.m., two men entered a store on Speedvale Avenue East.
'They placed a number of items in a cart - including three cases of butter with a value of $936 -and left out a receiving door,' the Guelph Police Service said in a news release."
Three cases of butter are worth $936? Well, that may explain a few things... but who buys butter on the black market? I supposed there's a customer for everything, but it seems a bit extreme.
Read: Butter shoplifters strike again! Two more large-scale thefts reported in Guelph, Ont.
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Elmo and Andrew Garfield make sweet Sesame Street video about grief
Sesame Street does these things so well: communicating complicated feelings to children in a manner to which they can relate. A segment with British actor Andrew Garfield and beloved Muppet Elmo went viral after being posted about 10 days ago. In the video, Garfield discusses grief with Elmo, telling the little red monster that he's been thinking about his late mother lately.
The short video shows a very sweet exchange between the two that is exceedingly touching.
Article excerpt: "Andrew Garfield has inspired renewed discussion online about grief and emotion after a video of him opening up to Sesame Street’s Elmo drew millions of views on social media and an influx of support.
A clip of Garfield talking with the Muppet, shared to X on Friday, sparked a flood of responses from social media users who shared that they can relate to Garfield’s grief.
Garfield’s mother, Lynn, died of pancreatic cancer in 2019 shortly before he began filming his 2021 movie Tick, Tick... Boom! Garfield had previously opened up about how working on the film helped him cope with his loss.
Sitting on a stoop beside Elmo, the actor held a vulnerable conversation about his mourning journey as he told the furry red Muppet about his late mother.
'Elmo’s going around Sesame Street checking in on everybody,' Elmo told a smiling Garfield. 'So, Elmo wants to know how Andrew’s doing?'
With some encouragement from the Muppet, Garfield revealed that he’s been thinking about his mom."
You can watch the video on YouTube by clicking here.
Read: Andrew Garfield gets vulnerable about grief, with support from Elmo.
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Turn your clocks back one hour before going to bed on Saturday, November 2
This is your annual reminder to turn your clocks back one hour before going to bed on Saturday, November 2 - or by 2 a.m. on Sunday, November 3 - as we revert back to standard time until March.
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Buy them now! Acadian Recipes and More – Volume 2, Acadian Recipes and More - Volume 3: Holidays
Acadian Recipes and More - Volume 2
This book includes 120+ recipes contributed by members of the Acadian Poutine Râpée Facebook Group and others and is the sequel to the #1 Amazon bestseller Volume 1.
English:
• Amazon Canada: amzn.to/3B4mOK3
• Amazon USA: amzn.to/4dIYsUN
• Le P'tit Coin Acadien Poutine Râpée Restaurant, Bouctouche NB
• Chapters, Dieppe NB
• Jean Coutu Pharmacy, Dieppe NB (123 Champlain Street)
• Monument-Lefebvre, Memramcook NB
French:
• Amazon Canada: amzn.to/3ZN5MdQ
• Le P'tit Coin Acadien Poutine Râpée Restaurant, Bouctouche NB
• Chapters, Dieppe NB
• Pharmacie Jean Coutu, Dieppe NB (123, rue Champlain)
• Monument-Lefebvre, Memramcook
Acadian Recipes and More - Volume 3: Holidays
This book is just in time for holiday gift-giving and includes approximately 150 recipes focusing on holidays such as Christmas, Easter and Thanksgiving! The French version will be available in the coming weeks. It will also be available in retail outlets soon.
English:
• Amazon Canada: amzn.to/3YtU0En
• Amazon USA: amzn.to/4hoAh0j
Also available on Amazon Canada and USA, as well as in select retail outlets
• Acadian Recipes and More - Volume 1
• Recettes acadiennes et plus - Volume 1
• Forgotten Recipes - Volume 1
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The next Greater Moncton Sunrise Rotary Trivia Night will be held on Monday, October 28!
The next Greater Moncton Sunrise Rotary Club Trivia Night of the 2024-2025 season will be held at St. Louis Bar & Grill, 1405 Mountain Road, Moncton, on Monday, October 28, beginning at 6:30 p.m. $10 per person (cash only). (Facebook event listing: bit.ly/3N9nyAB)
Participants may play as teams or individuals. The winning team gets 50% of the door receipts as their prize.
It is strongly suggested that participants arrive by 5:15-5:30 p.m. for a seat. Trivia begins at 6:30 p.m. sharp and is usually over by 8 p.m. Everyone welcome!
Please note that restaurant reservations are NOT available for this event. First come, first served. Limited seating of approximately 50 guests.
Participants may bring an optional non-perishable food item (box of granola bars, Kraft Dinner, cereal, etc.) for distribution at Krista Richard's Community Sports Program events, of which the Greater Moncton Sunrise Rotary Club is a sponsor. Any donations will be gratefully received and provided to Krista for distribution to her program participants (school-aged children from Moncton-area schools).
Since Rotary Trivia Nights began in 2016, the Greater Moncton Sunrise Rotary Club has donated more than $20,000 to Atlantic Wellness, Karing Kitchen, Ray of Hope Kitchen, Salvus Clinic, The Humanity Project, BGC Moncton (Moncton Boys & Girls Club), Junior Achievement New Brunswick, Project Linus - Moncton Chapter, Habitat for Humanity, Junior Achievement New Brunswick, Children's Wish Canada and Krista Richard's Community Sports Program, among others.
The Greater Moncton Sunrise Rotary Club gratefully acknowledges the kind and generous sponsorship of our restaurant partner, St. Louis Bar & Grill.
PLEASE NOTE: There is a no telephone rule at these events. The answers cannot be researched except among discussion with your team members.
See you on Monday, September 23!
The Trivia Night schedule for 2024-2025 is as follows:
• Monday, October 28, 2024
• Monday, November. 25, 2024
• Monday, January 27, 2025
• Monday, February 24, 2025
• Monday, March 24, 2025
• Monday, April 28, 2025
• Monday, May 26, 2025
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Trivia: Did you know?
In modern times, pumpkins are used for jack-o'-lanterns at Halloween, but what was used before pumpkins? Turnips, in fact, were used to carve jack-o'-lantern before pumpkins came into popularity - probably because pumpkins were larger and much easier to carve!
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Quotes of note: Halloween edition
• 1. "I got a rock."
- Charlie Brown, It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown! (1966) (see photo)
• 2. "That old black magic has me in its spell / That old black magic that you weave so well / Those icy fingers up and down my spine / The same old witchcraft when your eyes meet mine."
- Frank Sinatra, That Old Black Magic
• 3. "A person should always choose a costume which is in direct contrast to her own personality."
- Lucy Van Pelt (dressed as a witch), It's the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown
• 4. "We make up horrors to help us cope with the real ones.”
- Stephen King
• 5. "The real world is where the monsters are."
- Rick Riordan
• 6. "Oh look, another glorious morning. Makes me sick!"
- Winifred Sanderson, Hocus Pocus (1993)
• 7. "I was working in the lab late one night / When my eyes beheld an eerie sight / For my monster from his slab began to rise / And suddenly to my surprise / He did the mash / He did the monster mash / The monster mash / It was a graveyard smash / He did the mash / It caught on in a flash / He did the mash / He did the monster mash."
- Bobby "Boris" Pickett, Monster Mash, which hit #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart on October 20, 1962
• 8. "Listen to them - the children of the night. What music they make!"
- Bram Stroker, Dracula
• 9. "Halloween was confusing. All my life my parents said, 'Never take candy from strangers.' And then they dressed me up and said, 'Go beg for it.'"
- Rita Rudner
• 10. "By the pricking of my thumbs, something wicked this way comes."
- William Shakespeare
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Take some time to enjoy nature this fall with the Greater Moncton Walking Group
The group celebrates the beginning of their 20th year in October when they will be walking in Centennial Park until Thursday, October 31. A beautiful place to enjoy in the fall! Meeting place is in the parking lot on St. George Boulevard.
In November, the group will be walking in Irishtown Nature Park. Meet-up is in the parking lot beginning on Tuesday, November 5, until Thursday, November 28.
In December, the group will be walking on the Humphrey Brook Trail in the Lewisville area of Moncton from Tuesday, December 3, until Tuesday, December 31. Meet-up is at the bottom of Martin Street. (Participants may park on the street.)
The group meets for walks every Tuesday and Thursday at 8:30 a.m. New participants are always welcome! For more information, please contact Wayne Harrigan at 506-386-2187 or via email.
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