Peachland POST
LBy Keith Fielding
ifeblood is the indispensable factor or influence that gives something its strength or vitality. It’s not a stretch to call volunteers the lifeblood of the Peachland community. It’s also true that Peachland wouldn’t be the same place without the Wellness Centre, the 50+ Activity Centre, the arts council, the Legion, and so on, and so on.
The District of Peachland has just launched its annual call for Civic Award nominations, and the winners of those awards are often volunteers, so the Peachland Post is taking a deep dive into the community’s volunteer sector – both the numbers and the people that drive them.
First, the numbers. The Conference Board of Canada has calculated that if volunteers were paid at the average rate of paid, non-profit sector workers ($27 per hour) the financial value of their contribution to Canada’s gross domestic product would be $56 billion per year.
With 6,125 of Canada’s 48 mil
that means, on a proportional basis, Peachland volunteers contribute $7.14 million every year in donated labour.
Now, the people. The Post spoke with some of the volunteers and organization leaders to understand more about this unpaid Peachland workforce.
Peachland’s many retirees means an abundance of volunteers working with societies, clubs and organizations supporting a wide variety of social, recreational, cultural, and environmental causes. But they couldn’t operate without volunteers, and Peachland would be a different town without them.
One of Peachland’s most visited venues is its Wellness Centre, which couldn’t function without its more than 100 volunteers, said executive director Milly Marshall. “Whether a volunteer is used to drive someone to a medical appointment, do minor home repairs, pick-up shopping, or provide companionship to someone living in isolation, we hear the same story: the volunteer gets as much gratification from providing the service as does the person served,” said Marshall.
BRIEFS
Spring Break camps offered at Okanagan College in Penticton
Okanagan College is launching its first-ever Spring Break kids’ camps in Penticton, “...bringing innovative and engaging educational experiences to local youth during the upcoming break,” the college said in a media release this week.
Activity camps do more than keep kids active during the break. They’re an opportunity for growth, learning, and confidence building, the college said.
Three camps are being offered this year including:
• Jr. Ready, Set, Go Kart (for
children entering grades 4-6 in fall 2025)
• Explore the Trades (for children entering grades 4-6 in fall 2025)
• Meddling with Metal (for youth entering grades 7-9 in fall 2025)
“This is an incredible opportunity for Penticton families to provide their children with fun, educational experiences during spring break,” said program coordinator Kristine Clarkson. “Our camps are designed to spark curiosity, build skills, and create lasting memories.”
The programs are expected to fill quickly, the college said. Find registration links online at Okanagan College’s Continuing Educa-
tion website.
Spring break 2025 is the last two weeks in March.
Interior Health named top employer again
The Interior Health Authority has been named a BC Top Employer for the 10th time, the organization said in a media release this week. BC Top Employers is an annual competition which recognizes the British Columbia employers that lead their industries in offering exceptional places to work.
“We’re deeply focused on what teams want, and the type of environment that makes you jump out of bed in the morning and
want to go to work,” said Interior Health president & CEO Susan Brown in the release. “The key emphasis is on understanding employees as individuals, creating a supportive workplace, prioritizing wellness, and engaging with staff and the broader community in a compassionate manner.”
First-ever Spring Break kid’s camps being held at Okanagan College in Penticton.
BRIEFS
Yard waste pickup resumes in March
Beginning Monday, March 3, residents of the Regional District of the Central Okanagan who have curbside garbage/recycling collection will see the return of yard waste pickup every two weeks until the end of December.
Residents are reminded to put their yard waste cart out by 7 a.m. on the morning of their regular garbage day.
Accepted in yard waste carts are leaves, tree needles, branches, prunings (up to five centimeters (two inches) in diameter and less than one meter (three feet) in length, wood chips, bark, garden plants, fruit droppings and grass clippings.
The yard waste pickup program collects close to 15,000 tonnes of yard waste at the curb every year.
It’s composted and given new life as a valuable soil enhancer. Residents are asked to keep it free of any plastic, garbage or other matter that could contaminate the product.
“It’s important to open the lid and check the contents of your yard waste cart before you put it out for the first time,” said Cynthia Coates, supervisor of solid waste services, in a media release.
Local hardware store says Peachlanders avoiding U.S. products
By JeFF Mcdonald Staff RepoRteR
Peachlanders have caught don’t-buy-American fever, according to a long-time local store owner.
ACE Hardware’s Tim Stubbert said demand for products that aren’t produced south of the border is now constant. “I’ve never seen so many come into this little store that is just looking for product that is an alternative to the American market,” he said. “I don’t think it’s happening, I know it’s happening.”
But, even though China has a dubious human rights record and relations between Canada and China are chilly, Stubbert says Peachlanders aren’t avoiding Chinese-made products. “There’s no objection to buying anybody else. Only the U.S.,” he said. “Basically the largest percentage of retail stock is Chinese but I’m finding that the attitude is so patriotic, anybody that’s in the same boat with us, it’s like, ‘you’re my buddy’.”
Stubbert said his customers are upset, but striking back at the Americans isn’t in their nature. What they are doing is figuring out how to stabilize our economic future. “They’re making a bunch of rash statements about the retal-
iatory aspects of it, but Canadians are not really like that,” he said. “We are doing exactly what the rest of the world should be doing, and that’s looking after ourselves, explore new markets, deal with the idea that sooner or later Americans will understand, or at least Trump will understand, that he can’t keep us off balance forever,” said Stubbert.
And, says Stubbert, Donald Trump’s threat to apply tariffs to Canadian products has the country pulling together in a way he’s never seen before, even though the U.S. has been an ally for so many years. “He’s making it so Canadians become more Canadian and are more together. And he’s doing that around the world with all the other countries and nationalities, they’re just becoming one again, which is interesting,” said Stubbert. “You know, the United States has been a very good friend for a long time and it’s only been in the recent times when Trump’s been around that it’s managed to kind of lose its centre.”
Fortunately for his type of retail business, Stubbert said he doesn’t have to start sourcing new products lines because none of what he sells is made in the U.S., and all
his products made in Asia are distributed by Canadian companies. Packaging and labelling usually happens in Canada too, he added. Some retailers such as grocery stores are having to pivot very quickly to put Canadian products on their shelves, said Stubbert. Canadian outlets of big-box chain stores are likely scrambling too, he said, noting that the local IGA is now selling lettuce from Oliver.••
Jeff McDonald photo ACE Hardware on Beach Ave. doesn’t sell goods made in the U.S. and Peachlanders don’t want them.
UNPLUGGING
Goodbye landline and hello to a love-hate relationship
By Keith Fielding
Some while ago I decided that my landline phone was unnecessary. I called Telus to break the sad news, resisted the various ‘don’t go’ incentives being offered, and pulled the plug.
It wasn’t that I didn’t like my landline phone: I did. I admired it for knowing what it was, and its purpose in life -- quite simply to be a phone. It was perfectly content in that role and had no ambition to take photographs, help me with banking, forecast the weather, or annoy me with social media posts. It just wanted to help me, and other willing participants, to have a conversation.
Admittedly, it wasn’t completely free of grandiose ideas. Mine, for example, evolved to allow a caller to hear an apology from me
if the phone wasn’t answered, and even to let the caller leave me a message. Nevertheless, despite these technological advances it never came close to having the identity crisis that befell my flip phone and its successors.
Did I feel badly about my land line decision? Yes, and not just for sentimental reasons. I anticipated most of the downsides, but then had to live with them: I was no longer listed in the phone book so became invisible to searchers; I forgot to give my cell phone number to some who needed it; if the battery went flat I was stuck until it was recharged and if there was a power outage that was tricky; the rationale for having it (the ability to stay phone connected when not at home) came at high cost; and, unlike my landline phone that stayed in one
NO HISTORY? KNOW HISTORY by RICHARD SMITH
Chase for kidnapper/murderer ends on Trepanier flat
In 1965 RCMP Constable Neil Bruce was murdered by Russell Spears at Powers Creek in Westbank (now West Kelowna) during the investigation of a hostage-taking. Spears shot Constable Bruce as the officer approached a cabin door where Spears was holding a young woman hostage. Spears fled but was cornered by RCMP in Peachland. It was on the flat at the top of Trepanier hill that Spears was spotted by the Haskell family and then quickly surrounded. It was reported he then shot his dog and took his own life. A middle school in West Kelowna is named in Constable Bruce’s honour.
place, my cell phone was truly mobile and often hard to find.
I have something of a love-hate relationship with my cell phone. Whichever of its many applica-
the wrong choice? Will the application be rendered useless? Will it cost me money? What are haptics anyway? My landline didn’t cause me these dilemmas or surprise me
tions I engage (phone being one of a zillion) each comes with about as many possible setting variations as found in DNA. Most options have unfathomable consequences.
For example, I have no idea whether I want ‘haptics’ turned on or off. What happens if I make
DATE: Saturday, February 22nd 2:00pm
with counter-intuitive challenges such as having to remember that a red button means go, and a green button means stop -- or is it the other way round? Neither did it suddenly decide to phone someone without any help from me. I will be first to admit that my failure to invest enough time in learning how to have a stress free relationship with my phone, lies at the heart of my frustration. However, if as I am assured, six-year-olds around the world have mastered cell phone intricacies (without reading the manual, I’ll bet) why do some seniors, like me, still struggle? Okay, don’t answer that. I can only take so much humiliation!
Keith Fielding is a former mayor of Peachland.
Contributed Photo
This RCMP officer gave his life protecting the citizens of the central Okanagan in 1965. Constable Neil Bruce Middle School on Daimler Road in West Kelowna carries his name.
Photo submitted Hanging up the landline for good.
LETTERS
Septic fields, not sewer system
To the editor:
Years ago when then-mayor Mr. Keith Fielding championed a sewer system for Peachland, the project was primarily based on a report from Urban Systems that less than 20 properties in Peachland presented a danger that their septic fields might possibly leak into one of our creeks.
All of those properties and those near them are now on sewer.
I cannot think of one good reason to force, at large expense, additional property owners to hook up to sewer.
The expense to the province and the municipalities, funded by you, the taxpayer, would be enormous.
Our septic fields keep the environment safe and, in fact, enhance the environment.
Contrast the sewage containing drain cleaner, soaps, prescription drugs, heavy metals and all manner of poisons and toxins being pumped through an existing, plastic pipe laid in Okanagan Lake to a level one treatment plant in Gellatly Bay. Some solids are removed and bacteria is killed using ultraviolet light and all of the poisons, toxins, drain cleaner, heavy metals and prescription drugs, which pass through your body after you ingest them, are released into our lake to add to the already high levels of pollution. The plastic pipe will eventually leak and may already be leaking. Has anyone checked?
Let us have a dialogue and find out the facts before proceeding with this project, announced as Council’s top priority for 2025.
John E. Humphries, Peachland
EDITOR’S NOTE
Buying Canadian: how far can our patriotism go?
I’ve never seen the political zeitgeist of this country flip so quickly.
Donald Trump’s love affair with economy-wrecking tariffs and his imperialistic musings about taking over Canada have, in just a few weeks, completely and perhaps permanently altered the political mood in our country.
To wit: Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre has dropped like a hot potato a line he’s been reciting for two years and helped give his party a 20-point lead in opinion polls. He’s no longer insisting that Canada is broken, which puts him on the wrong side of the new mood – now he’s calling for Canada first.
Canada first suddenly seems to mean buying Canadian products and services instead of American ones. By doing so we believe we can bolster our own economy, protect Canadian jobs and promote Canadian investment.
Suddenly there are all kinds of
From the editor
lists and websites and Facebook groups and apps available to help us avoid U.S.-made products and pick up Canadian ones. And that’s good, because it’s often difficult to know where stuff comes from.
A bag of frozen corn might carry a packaged-in-Canada label when it’s actually grown in the U.S. And if you stop buying that corn because it’s not grown in Canada, are Canadian jobs lost? We’re figuring this stuff out as we go.
Economies of scale mean Canadian companies often can’t compete, price-wise, with
American products and services. Supporting Canadian often will mean paying more for things. Are we willing to do that? Right now it appears many of us are. But a different brand of corn is small potatoes. Here’s a truer test of our patriotic fervor: can we alter our online lives? Can we drop subscriptions to American services like Netflix, Amazon Prime or Apple TV+? Saving subscription dollars would free up more of our cash to buy Canadian, and free alternatives are available. There’s an abundance of free streaming movies, television shows and music available at the local library.
CBC Listen and Gem online services offer tons of excellent free content. Can we forego the made-in-America dopamine hit we experience when the latest episode of the hottest Netflix series drops? We’re going to find out.
Jeff McDonald is the editor of the Peachland Post.
Jeff McDonald
AVOID INJURY
Practicing balance can help prevent falls
We often think about falling more in the winter months. Icy conditions and winter activities are more likely to invite a fall.
There are some physiological reasons why we can fall more often in the colder days of winter. Did you know that dehydration plays a part? When the furnaces are on and we’re wearing more clothing, our bodies require more fluids. Research at the Mayo Clinic in 2020 shows that when our body isn’t hydrated we are more likely to have a stumble. We can also be at an increased risk when the days are darker and when we get up in the night. That transition from laying in bed to a sudden stand without a pause and orienting oneself, or anchoring our feet, can invite a fall. Our gluteal
muscles (buttock muscles) play a significant part in preventing falls. Unfortunately, in our culture of extended sitting, people often have sleepy glutes that are less likely to fire up when recruited.
Our loss of balance is disrupted when our vision, spatial awareness and physical perception of our surroundings isn’t
MARK YOUR CALENDARS!
All programming is held at the Peachland Wellness Centre located at 4475-4th Street unless otherwise noted.
JERRY DOBER BREAKFAST – $10 per person
Sunday, February 23 and March 23 | 8:00 – 11:00 AM (held at Peachland Community Centre – 4450 Sixth Street)
LADIES COFFEE SOCIAL – Mondays | 1:00 – 2:00 PM
LADIES COFFEE AND CARDS – Tuesdays | 10:30 – 11:30 AM
MEN’S COFFEE AND CARDS – Tuesdays | 1:00 – 3:00 PM Donations gratefully accepted!
CANADA REVENUE AGENCY, SERVICE CANADA AND POVERTY REDUCTION DROP-IN CLINIC
Friday, March 7 | 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM
Get in-person information and assistance regarding your CRA account, new dental plan, pensions, Old Age Security, income assistance applications, and more!
Contact us today at 250.767.0141or email wellnesscentre@telus.net for registration or more information regarding BETTER AT HOME, BEREAVEMENT SUPPORT GROUP, COMMUNITY GARDEN CONTAINERS, AND OUR INCOME TAX PROGRAM.
providing the correct information to the brain. We tend to move around in a rather linear or forward moving action day to day. This affects our proprioception, or where we are in space.
Balance practices are especially important and should involve four components. These are; strength, dual- tasking, static balance and dynamic balance. Practicing these in a safe and controlled environment, or with an experienced teacher or trainer, can help you gain confidence and prevent falls.
But, what if you do fall or come across someone who has? Most often when someone falls, especially in public, they often rush to get up or feel embarrassed and attempt to go on like nothing happened. There could be a minor or more serious injury that’s occurred, so orienting and anchoring are important. If you do take a tumble and can come to sit up, stay there. Vehicles will see you better when seated if you fall near the roadside. Breathe. This will down-regulate the nervous system from the stress response. Our fight and flight may kick in, but we can risk more injury by jumping up. This residual stress can affect us post-fall making you more fearful of another fall or being more anxious. Putting your hands to your chest or on the ground, taking some calming
belly breaths and looking at something like a tree or picture to still the mind has a calming effect. If you see someone fall, you can be their anchor by placing a hand on their shoulder and encouraging them to do these things. Ask some questions like their name, if they feel hurt, and so on. If you or they think they need medical intervention, call 911. If not, remain with them as they get oriented.
Dawn Boys is a yoga therapist, personal trainer and counsellor in training. She works at the Peachland Wellness Centre and Peachland Parks and Recreation.
Peachland Places of Faith
Lake Avenue at 13th Street 250-767-9237
Sunday Morning Service: 10:30 am
Pastor: Lyle Wahl peachlandbaptistcanada.com
There is a sermon audio available on our website each week.
WELLNESS
DAWN BOYS
Photo submitted Practice safe balance techniques before heading
Groups can’t function without army of volunteers
LIFEBLOOD FROM PAGE 1
PWC board member Barrie Hewer recently started one of those programs. It’s a support group for those who, like himself, deal with the effects of Parkinson’s disease. The program title: Shaken but not Stirred! “The focus of the group is to take control of the disease through proven strategies that include your medical team, the Parkinson’s community and lifestyle changes,” said Hewer.
The Peachland Rotary Club’s purpose is to raise money to support local, national, and international causes. Rotary Club president Moyra Baxter said that there are no paid staff so all fundraising is volunteer based. Recent donations include bursaries to Okanagan College students, support for the expansion of JoAnna’s House, and sponsorship of programs at Peachland Elementary and Mt. Boucherie Secondary School in West Kelowna.
At the Bargain Bin, attached to the Peachland United Church, volunteer Donna Cave explained that by receiving and selling donations of clothing and other items they not only raise money to support the Food Bank and United Church operations, they’re also helping people to acquire essential items they might not otherwise be able to afford. “Our work involves sorting, displaying and handling sales and it’s shared on a rotational basis between approximately 30 volunteers,” said Cave.
The Peachland and District Retirement Society (PDRS) operates the 50+ Activity Centre, another Peachland institution visited by hundreds of people each year. It offers social and recreational activities such as bingo, bridge, art classes, yoga and carpet bowling to residents, and president Cherylee Highlands said that she and other volunteers are motivated by a wish
to give back to the community.
Throughout any given week there may be between 21 and 50 volunteers working to support the dozens of activities offered at the PDRS, explained Highlands. “Volunteers help the world turn a little easier,” she noted. “Without them we could not function.”
One of Peachland’s most unusual volunteer-run organizations is the Parrot Island parrot sanctuary, which cares for parrots which have come from homes that can’t or no longer want to care for them. Ray Parkes, who runs the sanctuary, gave us a glimpse into an incredibly busy life in which he and his wife Val each spend three two-hour shifts, each day, look-
ing after the parrots that live there -- at times more than 100 birds.
Usually their workload is lightened by volunteers, but the sanctuary is currently closed to visitors because of avian flu, explained Parkes. “Right now volunteers are only able to help with exterior work on the building and grounds,” he said.
Whether they give their time at the Legion, the little school-
house, the Yellow schoolhouse, at a church, the museum, the community centre, 4th Street Place, the Community Policing Office, the Fire Hall, Cousins Park, the library, the elementary school, someone’s home, at a restaurant or coffee shop meeting place, on a council committee, or at the 50+ Activity Centre, volunteers do indeed make the world turn a little easier.••
Jeff McDonald photo
Four of the Bargain Bin’s 46 volunteers: (left to right) Pirjo Pike, Lynda Marlatt, brenda Timm, Dale Seth.
An amazing display of HeARTS in Peachland
What a week that was for the Peachland Community Arts Council (PCAC) sponsoring the 14th Annual HeARTS Festival 2025!
The Artisan Showcase last weekend was a great success because of the combined efforts of our large community of artists, artisans, biologists, and volunteers. For three days locals and visitors alike were able to enjoy displays of all kinds in Our SPACE in the historic schoolhouse.
Over 180 hearts decorated by Peachland Elementary School students, each with love messages, hung as a curtain to welcome guests. Paintings, sculptures, fabric art (from all four art groups), and quilts from the Quilters’ Guild filled the Art Gallery where ”musical painting” activities also took place daily. The board room was lined with tables and displays from several interest groups, including the Sowers and Growers, the Peach-
land Library, the Variety Singers, the Peachland Little Schoolhouse, and the Fall Fair. People mingled, enjoyed treats, and picked out assorted gifts and crafts.
Our SPACE is now a welcoming attraction to the many visitors from West Kelowna, Kelowna, and beyond. We welcome the public to continue participating in our future activities and programmes.
Terry Moore’s weekly Wednesday drop-in drawing workshops from 1 to 3 pm in the board room of the Peachland Historic School have proven to be very popular. Bring your own materials and a photo of something you’d like to draw and Moore will help you finish a charming sketch. The drop-in fee is $5. Also, watercolour artist Sarah Lewke’s classes in Watercolour Painting for Beginners start on March 3 and 10 from 9:30 am to 3:30 pm. Over two days, students will learn the basics of painting in watercolour. A great way to begin – let’s get going!
Coming to the Peachland Art Gallery on Saturday, March 1 is the 11th Annual Captured Images 2025 which will include fifty-three images from twenty Okanagan photographers. Peachland is fortunate to have a venue that showcases such an eclectic array of high-class photographic imagery. Do not miss this exhibition!
On Monday, March 3 at 6:30 pm, you’re all invited to a book signing event in Our SPACE at the Peachland Historic Schoolhouse when Wayne McCrory, RPBio, award-winning author, wildlife biologist, and director of the Valhalla Wilderness Society (VWS) will give a short presentation on his book, The Wild Horses of the Chilcotin. Tickets for this event are available for $5 at peachlandarts.ca.
In celebration of International Women’s Day 2025 on Saturday, March 8 in Our SPACE at 6 pm, there will be a special Open MIC presentation with all-female performances. Everyone
is welcome. Admission is $20 with children under 12 free.
Several PCAC members have works displayed at an exhibition at the Lake Country Art Gallery titled Closer to Fine. The exhibition’s title relates to the background track from the 2023 Barbie movie when the title character has a moment of self-discovery and empowerment in her search for life’s meaning. The exhibition runs Tuesday to Sunday from 9 am to 3 pm until March 2.
Hard Truths is a British film being screened a week Wednesday, February 26 at 4 and 7 pm at the Kelowna Film Society. The following Wednesday’s film on Wednesday, March 5 is The Room Next Door by Spanish director Pedro Almodóvar, surprisingly is not in Spanish but in English throughout.
Christopher Byrd is the editor of the Peachland Community Arts Council newsletter.
Gausthaus offering discount in support of food bank
For economic survival, Peachland depends on its business community and the visitors attracted to our events and resort lifestyle. This column will explore interesting ideas, promotions and background about local businesses and their owners and staff. I will also offer occasional viewpoints on wider business issues.
Our town’s largest and one of its most popular restaurants, the Gasthaus, has a top-notch promotion on now, but only until Feb. 28. If you go & take a non-perishable food item, your entire bill, pre-tax, and that includes liquor, will be reduced by 20 per cent. That includes all in your party paying on one credit card. That is a huge commitment to our Food Bank! And not
BUSINESS BEAT
BRUCE KLIPPENSTEIN
unusual in a community that cares!
Did you know that Peachland has a hotel of sorts? Peachview Suites is the four-storey building on Beach, with two- and three-bedroom suites, plus kitchen and living room, a/c, TV, balcony, BBQ, WIFI, electric charging station, and so on. Current rate
per night for a two-bedroom is $249 plus charges. The unit is 835 sq. ft., with a lake view, and sleeps six. The last review posted was “Exceptional!” See peachlandsuites.com for more details.
Peach Place Marketspace has
a different take on retail selling of locally-produced goods. Started by Alena Glasman, she gathered a collection of artisans, working together to provide an awesome selection of amazing locally handmade items. They take turns behind the counter, but also offer online shopping at peachplace. ca. Located at 5878 Beach, in the Chamber of Commerce building.
Klip’s Tip: An entrepreneur is a business owner who could have made more money with less trouble in an easier way.
Bruce Klippenstein, C.P.A., C.A. is the Okanagan Town Crier & lives in Peachland. Contact him at klipper1@shaw.ca.
Jeff McDonald photo Gasthaus on the Lake.
Maria Bandol photo
A heron in the lake off Beach Ave.
Wendy Briggs photo Students from Peachland Elementary Youth Council attended the Feb. 12 council meeting and learned about local government.
Teresa Harris Triggiano photo Red and white colours flew around Peachland last weekend for Flag Day.
Mark Rucker photo This young moose hung around Princeton Avenue last week.
Teresa Harris Triggiano photo Winter had Peachland in its chilly grip last week.
Mark Weinstein photo A drone captures the Family Day skate at the Peachland Riding Club.
Mark Rucker photo Students from Peachland Elementary decorated personalized hearts as part of the HeARTS festival.
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Jokes of the Week
I used to be addicted to soap but I’m clean now.
Dogs can’t operate MRI machines. But catscan.
- Will Rogers
POST EVENTS
February 22-28
Reservations or registration may be required for the following activities or events. Please phone the number provided for more details.
Saturday
Peachland Community Arts Council
Annual General Meeting -- all are welcome 2 PM at Peachland Historic School
50 Plus Centre 250-767-9133
Carpet Bowling 9:30-12 PM
Peachland Legion 250-767-9404
Meat Draw & 50-50 Draw 3-5 PM
Everyone Welcome
Sunday
50 Plus Centre
Irish dancers 7:30 AM-5:30 PM
Peachland Community Centre
250-767-2133
Pickleball 2.5-3.5 12-2 PM
Pickleball 3.75 plus 2-4 PM
Monday
Peachland Community Centre
Indoor walking 8-9 AM
Pickleball 1.0-2.5 11-1 PM
Strength and stretch 11:15-12:15 PM
Pickleball 1.0-2.5 1-3 PM
Mini batters ages 4 to 6 5:15 to 6 PM
Baseball fundamentals ages 7 to 9 5:15-6 PM
Spin, core, and stretch 6:30 -7:30 PM
Volleyball 7-8:15 PM ($5.25 drop in)
50 Plus Centre
Variety singers 9:30-11 AM
We Art Here 12 PM
Bridge 1 PM
Tae Kwon Do 5:30-8:30 PM
Peachland Wellness Centre
250-767-0141
Ladies Coffee 1-2 PM
Peachland Boys and Girls Club
250-767-2515
Peachland Preschool 8:30-12:15 PM
Family Tot play time 9:30-1 PM
School’s out 2:30-5 PM
Tuesday
Peachland Community Centre
Flow Yoga 9-10 AM
Remedy yoga (Level 2)
10:30-11:45 AM
Learn to Weight train 12-1 PM
Pickleball 1-3 PM
50 Plus Centre
Yoga 8:30-9:30 AM
Carpet Bowling 9:30-12 PM
Fellowship (AA) 12-1 PM
Mahjong 1-4 PM
Passion 4 Art 1-4 PM
Line Dancing 4:30-5:30 PM
Cloggers 6-7 PM
Peachland Wellness Centre
Ladies Coffee & Cards 11-12 PM
Men’s Coffee & Cards 1-3 PM
Wednesday
Peachland Community Centre
Indoor walking 8-9 AM
Pickleball 3.0 11-1 PM ($5:25 drop in)
Quilters 8-4 PM
50 Plus Centre
50+ Fitness 9-10 AM
Chair Yoga 10:30-11:30 AM
We Art Here 12 PM
Bridge 1:00-3:30 PM
Tae Kwon Do 5:30-8:30 PM
Peachland Boys and Girls Club
250-767-2515
Peachland Preschool 8:30-12:15 PM
School’s Out 2:30-5 PM
Element Club 6-8 PM
Peachland Wellness Centre
250-767-0141
Tia Chi 10-11 AM
Sunshine Singers 1-2 PM
Thursday
Peachland Community Centre
250-767-2133
Art group 8-4 PM
Pickleball 3.5 1030 to 12:30 PM
Volleyball 5-6:15 PM ($5.25 drop in)
Pickleball all play 6:30-8:15 PM
($5.25 drop in)
Peachland Wellness Centre
Wellness Circle 1-2:30
50 Plus Centre
Yoga 8:30-9:30 AM
Iron & Silk 11 AM
Ukulele 1-2:30 PM
Peachland Library 250-767-9111
Winter Story Time 11 AM
Stay & Play 11:45 AM
Peachland Legion 250-767-9404
Meat draw & 50-50 3-5 PM
Everyone Welcome
Friday
Peachland Community Centre
Indoor walking 8-9 AM
Flow yoga 9-10 AM
Remedy Yoga (Level 1) 10:30-11:45 AM
Creative playtime (FREE kids 0 to 6) 10 AM-12 PM
Pickleball all play 3-4:45 PM
($5.25 drop in)
Peachland Boys and Girls Club
Peachland Preschool 8:30-12:15 PM
School’s Out 2:30-5 PM
T.G.I.F. 6-8 PM
Peachland Wellness Centre
Intergenerational Choir 10 AM
Peachland Library
LEGO Builds 3-4 PM
50 Plus Centre
50+ Fitness 9-10 AM
Coffee Bean 10:15-12 PM
Canasta 1-4 PM
Knitting 1-3 PM
Potluck 5:30-8:00 PM
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
For more information on programs at Peachland Community Centre, go online for the Peachland Recreational Guide - Winter 2024. For additional information re: Pickleball lessons and games, contact Zoe at 250-767-2133
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