Community

On behalf of our family we would like to thank everyone that came out on August 6 to help us make Bentley 4 Babies a success. We were able to raise $3,913.88 and we are still counting!

Cadet Jacob Wall of Aldergrove plays the trumpet as part of the Vernon Army Cadet Summer Training Centre Basic Military Band that provided the music at the graduation parade for the second intake of the two week General Military training course.

Hayley Leech of Aldergrove is a member of the Fort Langley Jiggers, an offshoot of the “Compaigni V’ni Dansi” Canadian company that teaches and performs traditional and contemporary Metis dance.

The Langley Demonstration Garden is celebrating its 11th annual Open House with a barbeque and Blackberry Bake-Off on Wednesday, August 17. From 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., guests are encouraged to visit the Demonstration Garden at 4887 – 221 Street to enjoy a locally grown barbeque lunch by donation and indulge in blackberry treats.

All night star gazing comes to Aldergrove Lake Regional Park on Friday, August 19 from 8 p.m. to 10 a.m. the next morning.

For the second year in a row, Langley Environmental Partners Society (LEPS) is hosting a project called Going Batty, to encourage residents to monitor bat populations.

The Greater Vancouver Zoo in Aldergrove has launched a new program called Quarters for Conservation, in aid of wildlife field conservation projects around the globe.

Tara Teng, Miss Canada 2011, is taking the fight for justice on the road this summer in a cross-country tour that kicks off August 15 in Vancouver. Ignite the Road to Justice will make its way east to 10 major cities across Canada, with a final stop in Toronto, Sept. 1-4.

The Texas4000 team stopped off in Aldergrove last week in their trek from Texas to Alaska “to beat cancer.”

As a $20,000 beneficiary of the Township of Langley 2010 BC Summer Games the Langley Arts Council is delighted to announce a unique art project that will serve as a legacy to the success of the event for years to come.