Egg Hunt – April 16th – 7:30 PM KNOLLWOOD PARK.
EGG HUNT
AGM – May 13
Hoodkicks Registration
HoodKicks Soccer will run for families in the ANA, ENAK and KENA Neighbourhoods this Spring, starting mid May!
We will organize and run the 2025 season then we are looking for two volunteers to run it next year for the 2026 season. Please send us an email if you are interested and we will help you get set up for the 2026 season.
Soccer will run on Wednesday evenings from May 14th until June 25th at the soccer field in Knollwood Park (by Sheppard School) at 6 p.m. and will run from half an hour to 45 minutes depending on the age group.
Registration is open. Please register here!
Due to the high volume of children in the neighbourhood, this program is only open to those that live within the ANA/ENAK/KENA boundaries.
As always, this program is run 100% on our volunteers, so please consider volunteering to be a coach so we can continue to run this fantastic program. We will make an effort to have at least two coaches per team.
We can’t wait to see you on the field this Spring!
February and March Events
Neighbours of a Certain Age
Date: Tuesday, February 18th
Time: 1 – 3 p.m.
Location: Holy Cross Lutheran Church, 322 East Ave
Description: Join your neighbours for a presentation by Mark Simon, lawyer who grew up in the neighbourhood, who will discuss wills and estates. Neighbours of any age are welcome!
Hoodkicks Registration
Date: Saturday, March 1st
Time: 9 a.m.
Description: If you have a child who will be 2.5 or older by May 2025 you can sign up for our neighbourhood soccer league, Hoodkicks. Hoodkicks runs every Wednesday evening from (time). If you are not on the Hoodkicks email list and are interested in signing up please email hoodkickssoccer@gmail.com
ANA’s 7th Annual House Tour
Date: Sunday, March 2nd
Time: 1 – 4 p.m.
Location: Houses around the ANA neighbourhood.
Description: The tour showcases 7 beautiful homes in our neighbourhood. There are only 120 tickets being sold so don’t delay! All proceeds will go to The Working Center, a local charity.
Form to purchase tickets: https://forms.gle/uigjRFuPjGc2LZT77
Chilli and Mac Cookoff
Date: Saturday, March 22nd
Time: 11 a.m. – 1 p.m.
Location: Holy Cross Lutheran Church, 322 East Ave
Description: Join neighbours for one of ANA’s most popular events and enjoy some delicious chilli. You can sign up to bring chilli and/or mac and cheese which will be voted on by our neighbourhood celebs or you can come to eat all the chilli and mac and cheese and participate in voting in the people’s choice award. Please bring your own dishes, cutlery and muffin tins for the various tastings.
Form to Sign Up for Chilli: Chili/ Mac and Cheese Sign up
Future Events:
Neighbourhood Bake-Off – Sunday, April 27th from 2 – 4 p.m.
ANA Neighbourhood Garage Sale – Saturday, May 31st in the morning
Save the date September 20th – Auditorium Neighbourhood Park Celebration and Waddle
Hello Neighbours!
Save the date: Sunday September 20th
Please join us at Knollwood Park (beside Sheppard PS) to celebrate the Grand Opening of the new pavilion, 100th Anniversary of the Auditorium Neighbourhood and Waddlefest – all in one!
The event is from 12:30 to 4pm. There will be free snacks, games for the kids, community partner booths, the Kitchener Rangers Street Team and much more! Lunch will be available for purchase and there will be activities for all ages.
More details to come soon
Come and celebrate with your neighbours on September 20th.
Thanks,
The Auditorium Neighbourhood Association
PS. We are in need of some volunteers for the event. Students can get their volunteer hours. Please email Jean if you are available at jean.markovich1@gmail.com
Celebrating our neighbourhood Centennial in Knollwood Park – Sept. 20th
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Update The revitalization of Knollwood Park has been taking shape over the past year. The City of Kitchener, the Kitchener Rangers, and many individuals and businesses from our community have contributed funds and volunteered time to improve the beauty and design of our park. Here’s what we’ve accomplished so far: • New trail • 49 new trees • Modernization of the sports field • New garbage containers Thank you to everyone who has contributed to the Knollwood Park pavilion. We’ve received $25,000 from the Kitchener Rangers, $10,000 from a Festival of Neighbourhoods grant and over $11,000 from neighbours. Your generosity has been enormous! Thank you to local architect David Thompson for donating his time and talent to create the design and oversee the construction of the pavilion. There’s still time to donate More funds are needed to finish the pavilion. New donations will pay for the addition of brick to the pavilion columns. Donations of any size are welcome. You’ll receive a tax receipt for a donation of $20 or more. Donate by August 27th for Special Recognition Donate $100 or more by August 27th, 2015, and you’ll also receive recognition on a special sign that will be installed in the park in September.
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How to donate
Please make your cheque payable to the City of Kitchener. Drop off your donation, or call us and we’ll pick it up:
Brian Laube | President 519.743.7744 brian.laube@rogers.com 212 Lydia Street
Jean Markovich | Vice President 226.220.4270 jean.markovich1@gmail.com
176 Samuel Street
Sunday, September 20th | We have a lot to celebrate!
• 100th anniversary of the Auditorium Neighbourhood • 25th anniversary of the Auditorium Neighbourhood
Association
• Enhancements to Knollwood Park
Plan to join us for a celebration in Knollwood Park. We’ll have fun and interesting activities for everyone.
Stay tuned for more information. Details will be available on the ANA website and Facebook page in early September.
NEIGHBOURS DAY, SOCCER EVENT Saturday June 13th 9:30 am
“Neighbours Day” Soccer Event
The City of Kitchener has declared Saturday June 13 as Neighbours Day.
We’re celebrating by joining together with 2 other Ward 10 neighbourhood soccer programs for a special morning of soccer.
Saturday June 13
Knollwood Park soccer field (behind Sheppard School)
Registration: 9:30 am
Soccer/Games: 10 am to Noon
Kids 4 & under: They will be divided into groups that will circulate between stations with different games. We’ll switch after about 15 – 20 minutes and keep going as long as the kids are interested in participating (or noon if they last that long!)
Kids 5 – 7 / Kids 8 & Up: They will be divided into teams as they arrive. The plan is for each team to have a mix kids from different neighbourhoods. If we have enough kids, each team will play 2 or 3 games against different teams. If we have a smaller group, we’ll have a longer game with an intermission.
Please wear your neighbourhood soccer shirt! Bring your own ball so that we can do some warm up drills.
We’re also looking for some families to volunteer with:
– running the games
– supplying “soccer oranges” or possibly other “school-friendly” snacks (i.e. no nuts).
Thanks,
ANA Team
HOOD KICKS spring 2015!
Neighbourhood kids soccer will start in the Spring 2015 on Tuesdays nights at Knowllwod Park (Sheppard’s field)
Soccer Program will run from May 5th to June 23rd. Open to kids from 2 years old and up that live in the boundaries of the Auditorium Neighbourhood. Starts at 6:30pm and runs to 7:30pm.
Registration will begin at the end of March. Contact taraodonnell@rogers.com for more information
Volunteers welcome!
Outdoor Rink Party, Sunday March 1st at 3pm, at Sheppard School
Outdoor Neighbourhood Party this Sunday March 1st at 3pm!!
Believe it or not but its going to be warmer this Sunday! So come out of hibernation and catch up with your neighbours.
Inviting all ANA neighbours to an outdoor neighbourhood party at Sheppard Public school skating rink this Sunday.
Join us around 3pm for some outdoor fun. There will be skating and tobogganing for the kids.
Please bring a treat to share. Cookies, chips, fruit, hot chocolate etc.
Hope to see you all,
ANA Group
PS. Thanks to all the neighbourhood Dads for their hard work this winter maintaining the rink. Its been our best season yet!
Introducing the new ANA Board
For your information here is the new ANA Executive Board. Elected on February 2nd of 2015
1. Brian Laube (President )
2. Jean Markovich (VP – previously Director at large)
3. David Bradshaw (Treasurer – as before)
4. Tara O’Donnell (Secretary, as before )
Directors at Large:
- Melanie Toolsie (previously President)
- Markus Phillips (previously VP)
- Peter Scharman
- Glenn Scheels (Park Planning )
- Fiorella Benini (Director PR & Communication )
- Leila Beattie
- Maggie Laurin (New to the board)
Warren Stauch (Director local history documentation)
Auditorium Neighbourhood Association 