Canada Day is always a very special day to celebrate in East Gwillimbury. We are fortunate to have activities at the beautiful historic site of the Sharon Temple and the Mount Albert Lions’ Park fireworks to enjoy!
Canada Day in East Gwillimbury
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Lunch in Sharon at Subway: Restaurant Review
My daughter and I took a long walk through Sharon, enjoying the sights of the old historic buildings, including the Sharon Temple and downtown core. We stopped for lunch at Subway on Leslie. It was very tasty. My daughter, who can be a picky eater, ate every last bite of her subway sandwich. The Turkey Breast sandwich with ranch sauce (or mustard) is fresh and wholesome for lunch. We were treated with courtesy and attention at Subway. The window view from Subway is literally at the base of change in East Gwillimbury. Development sales offices abound. While we ate, construction vehicles moved about, clearing the expansive land beside Mount Albert Road. It was apparent, in a most immediate sense, that this view – this experience of lunch in Sharon, East Gwillimbury as it was on a quiet weekday in the fall of 2015- will never be the same again. From farm landscape… to housing district before our eyes.
Subway currently works with Holland Landing Public School as a lunch provider for the school’s fundraiser program. In the past, Subway has worked with Sharon Public School and Our Lady of Good Counsel for similar fundraisers.
No compensation was received for this review; The lunch was purchased with the author’s own money.
Photo credits: CDeep
A Festival for All- Weaving Words: Sharon Temple Storytelling Festival
Stories to capture everyone’s heart and imagination were spun with masterful wonder at the annual Weaving Words: Sharon Temple Storytelling Festival on Sunday, September 29, 2013.
The Festival is a collaborative effort put on with the help of the Sharon Temple National Historic Site and Museum, Friends of the East Gwillimbury Library, the East Gwillimbury Library, the Town of East Gwillimbury and other community partners. The vision of the Festival is to “share stories in order to better understand who we are and to open a window to the past, present and future for the entire community.” Its mission is “to promote literacy within our community and a new appreciation of York Region’s rich and diverse cultural and ethnic heritage through the art of storytelling.” (weavingwords.ca)
Pictured above are drummers from Shaw Percussion which opened the festival with a drumming circle, Newmarket storyteller Tim Greenwood who told stories from Stephen Leacock and Toronto Storyteller Rukhsana Khan who told stories from her childhood.
Storyteller and committee member Bruce Carmody commented, “The festival was a huge success: we heard a wide variety of wonderful stories from master storytellers across the province. Our audience grew considerably over the 2012 festival. Next year, we hope to make the festival even bigger!”
Photo credits: Bruce Carmody
St. James Anglican Church Fall Festival
There is something so cozy about a fall sale. This Saturday September 7, St. James Anglican Church will be hosting its annual “big sale”. It’s “Fall Festival 2013”!
The Fall festival is part garage sale and part garden produce/bake sale. It will be held from 8am to noon.
The flyer for the sale reads “Make it! Bake it! Grow it!”
Expect crafts, collectibles, fruit, flowers, veggies, preserves, family treasures, and used clothing.
Contributions are welcomed, large and small. Though St. James adds as a special request: “Please! no used appliances, TVs, broken furniture or `damaged goods’ and only `gently used’ clothing” The staff can store garage sale items and ask that you call the church. Perishables can be delivered Friday September 5th or day of sale.
The sale is located at: 18804 Leslie St. Sharon Ontario L0G 1V0 (this Saturday Sharon will be alive with festivities – well worth a visit to the Farmer’s Market, the Home and Lifestyle Show at the Sharon Complex and the St. James Fall Festival – what a great morning!)
Photo credits: Selma90, CDeep, anna banana