2016 Indoor Yard Sale - Sat. May 28 at PRCC

BCHA is sponsoring our 5th annual INDOOR yard sale!
For sellers:

BCHA Community Update:
Wednesday, April 13, 2016 - 7pm - PRCC

Our upcoming 2016 Annual community update is Wednesday, April 13 at 7pm at the PRCC.

Drop in to renew your membership. Click here to learn how your membership helps build our community.

DID YOU KNOW – Because we are a registered association, the Registry of Joint Stocks requires that we hold an AGM, have a presentation of minutes from the prior meeting, and have an official election of board members each year!

This would be your opportunity to get more involved in the Community! We’re ALWAYS looking for new participants to attend our meetings, make decisions on what BCHA works on to enhance your community, and be part of the Board of Directors.

Here’s some information on the positions that make up your BCHA Executive:

Board of Directors: 

President – Chairs meetings, distributes communication among group, a point of contact with external agencies.

Treasurer – Maintains financial records for the association and reports monthly on finances and prepares a year end summary.

Secretary –Records minutes at monthly meetings, summarizes action lists and distributes to members.

Members at large – Attend monthly meetings, support planning and execution of events and initiatives, championing issues to resolution.


We appreciate your support!

Your Homeowners' Membership Helps Build The Community

Last year's progress at Wendy's Meadow Park
How does a $10 membership fee become a new park?

The $10 annual BCHA membership is utilized as leverage to secure additional public and private funding that is then used to help us to complete existing projects and host community events.  Every dollar of your BCHA membership goes directly back into your community.

The BCHA has used the last of its membership holdings to secure the ongoing development at Wendy's Meadow Park on Melanson Lane.  This summer, excavation and landscaping work will continue toward making the park functional for all sorts of outdoor activities!

It's time to replenish our funds with this year's membership drive.  Although we have kept a relatively low profile when advertising our successes, your Homeowners Association volunteers work diligently throughout the year and meet monthly on your behalf to:
  • coordinate community events (we're ready for the indoor yard sale Saturday, May 28, 2016!)
  • help keep the community informed and involved (1461 Facebook members and growing!)
  • support local businesses with free advertising (Markting Mondays on our Facebook group)
  • develop and maintain 6 local parks (2016 updates at the AGM Wed. Apr. 13, 7pm, PRCC!)
  • act as advocates for our community (e.g. park funding, road clearing, school bus safety, etc.)
Whether you live inside or outside of Brookside, we appreciate your support!  It's a new year and we are now collecting $10 membership dues per household for 2016 (of course, larger donations are welcome!). If you live outside of the Brookside boundaries, you will receive an honorary membership for showing your support.

You can support us by obtaining your membership using any of the following methods:
  • send an email money transfer for $10 to our treasurer
  • mail a cheque for $10 to our treasurer
  • drop off a cheque for $10 to our treasurer

If sending an email transfer:
  • use your own bank's email money transfer system
  • send the $10 transfer to our account at info@bcha.ca
    • in the note section, include your name and indicate that these funds are for your BCHA membership for 2016
  • send a separate email with the security word that we will need to accept your transfer
    • you must include your name, address, email address and phone number in this message so that we can process your membership and issue an email receipt

If sending a cheque in the mail:
  • make the cheque payable to Brookside Community Homeowner's Association
  • use the memo field to note that these funds are for your BCHA membership for 2016
  • ensure that your name, address, email address and phone number are with your cheque so that we can process your membership and issue an email receipt
  • mail the cheque to:
    • Brookside Community Homeowner's Association
      c/o Treasurer
      177 Irisweg Drive
      Brookside, NS
      B3T 2L1

If dropping off a cheque:
  • make the cheque payable to Brookside Community Homeowner's Association
  • use the memo field to note that these funds are for your BCHA membership for 2016
  • ensure that your name, address, email address and phone number are with your cheque so that we can process your membership and issue an email receipt
  • drop off the cheque at:
    • 30 Cathy Road, Brookside (Wendy or Greg MacDonald)
      - or -
    • PRCC at the BCHA AGM, Wednesday, April 13, 2016
We welcome any questions and look forward to serving you in 2016!
The BCHA Board of Directors

Route 333 Refugee Sponsorship Association


February 1, 2016

To: All Residents and Groups on Route 333

The Route 333 Refugee Sponsorship Association was formed in January to bring a refugee family from war-torn Syria to the Clayton Park area, and welcome them into our larger community.

Like Canadians across the country, the Route 333 Refugee Sponsorship Association was organized after concerned community members gathered to figure out how they could personally respond to the humanitarian crisis taking place in Syria.

The sponsorship will be a lot of work, but the rewards are immense. By uniting our dispersed Prospect Road community around a central goal, and working together we can give a family, whose life has been shattered by war and terror, a chance at starting a new life in this beautiful and safe part of the world that we call home.

But in order to make that happen, we need to raise a lot of money! It will take about $30,000 to cover the living expenses for the family of four during their first year in Canada - that includes housing, food and clothing.

As a registered non-profit association, we are working in partnership with the Convention of Atlantic Baptist Churches to apply to sponsor our refugee family through the federal government’s refugee sponsorship program.

Our hope is that each community group, school, church and business in the Prospect Road area will unite around this cause. If we do, we think we can achieve amazing things. We hope to raise the money as quickly as possible so we can bring the family to Nova Scotia before this summer.

At the Prospect Road Community Centre, we have created a “giving clothesline” to encourage everyone to give what they can. You can select the amount you wish to contribute by taking a donation card off the clothesline. (We’re hoping for an empty clothesline!)

Contributions to the sponsorship can be made online through our GoFundMe site (https://www.gofundme.com/Rt333RefugeeAssoc), or by cheque made out to the New Life Community Church in trust to the Route 333 Refugee Sponsorship Association, sent c/o Doug Pass, 1600 Prospect Bay Road, N.S., B3T 2B2. Tax receipts will be issued for individual donations over $25. Please include your name and address if you would like a receipt.

Thank you, from all of us at the Route 333 Refugee Sponsorship Association. Together we can make a world of difference for one family.

Allison Lawlor, chair of the Route 333 Refugee Sponsorship Association.
(902) 852-2927, route333refugee@gmail.com.

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