The Big Give 2026

 Yes, It's true. 

We held another BIG GIVE Event this year at Calvin. 

We have held this event for many years now.  You can go back to other years to see those posts. 

If you wanted to know more about THE BIG GIVE, just click on this link. 

https://thebiggive.ca/

This year, the weather was iffy, so we decided to do a hybrid indoor/outdoor BIG GIVE. 

We also held a yard sale again. 

Enjoy the pics : ) 

The yard sale portion of the Big Give. Thanks Jaccinta, Josh and Joel for organizing this this year. 

People were waiting outside at 8 a.m.  : ) 

There was some confusion about the start time, but people were patient.  

The prayer station was inside this time. 

There was a craft table again. Megan headed that up with some younger folks.  

They painted Rocks.  

We had live music as well, outside.  

To start with, Leif played his guitar for us. 

Thanks Leif.  

Bike repair was done again. 

Waiting for things to begin. 

Thanks Doug, Brian and Albert for doing this again. 

Before we knew it, it was 10 a.m. and we let people in. 

Some folks came with their kids, which was perfect for rock painting : ) 

The car wash happened even though rain threatened all morning. 

The group was kept pretty busy.  

We also did the BBQ outside, under tents. 

Hot dogs and other healthy snacks : ) 

Michael and Carrie gave us more live music

The car wash continues.  

The prayer spot was busy throughout the day. 

Bikes being repaired.  

Lunch is served.  More like a brunch : ) 

We started at 10:30 a.m. this time. 

It worked out better. 

We started at 10 a.m. and concluded more or less at 12:45 p.m.  

We served about 280 hot dogs, which was GREAT.  

Thanks to all who came out to help, chat with people who came to visit, pray for people, and just be a general blessing to the community. 

Whoot  !!!! : ) 

Pizza and Games night. Whoot!!!

 This past Saturday, Calvin once again had some fun eating pizza and playing games. 

Enjoy the pics.  

We were supposed to start at 6 p.m. on Saturday, but some late arrivals got us going at 6:15 : )  People waited semi-patiently for the pizza. 

We had several varieties of pizza, 

along with healthy veggies. 

We had juuuusssstttt enough. 

And then, well, it was 

GAME TIME!!!!  

I'm not sure what this one was.  

Catan here

Neanderthals??? 

Banana Grams! 

Apples to Apples! 

Mexican Train? 

A traditional game of Scrabble. 

Even Chess!!! 

All in all, another great intergenerational night of food and fun.  Until next year D.V.