Welcome to our Community Activities Page for events & Links to other Community Services for Ocean Park residents.
OCEAN PARK DAY JUNE 19th 2010
Please click on the logo left for our events held at the HALL, there you will find more links for the "Village" events on Ocean Park Day.
Home's for Birds & Bees "that is!" This project is an on-going project sponsored by the OPCA Learn all about how you can build the Bird's & (Mason) Bee's homes for our local parks. View our information poster by clicking on the logo left for more "how to" information
Heritage Tea:
This event for 2010 was held on Friday March 19th, with many of our long time members & non-member attending.
It is a chance for old friends to renew acquaintances &
it also gives us a chance to honour all those who came before us and helped
make Ocean Park the special place that it is. The new Heritage plaques were on display. For a view of the eventLink here.
Membership Committee:
Membership in the OPCA hovers between 150 & 200 members/families. We would
like to increase our membership, if possible, as there are more than 5000 (and growing daily)
households located on this Peninsula. To that end, there is this year a new membership
committee headed by Board Member Shelley Deglan to devise how we can best recruit new members. If you are interested in volunteering to work with Shelley please contact her at the Hall 604.538.2460 and leave a message or e-Mail Shelley directly at Link here.
Hall Heritage & Restoration Committee: The OPCA executive is currently (2010) looking into gaining a heritage designation for the Hall. If you are interested in volunteering please contact the Hall 604.538.2460 and leave a message or send us a note from the OPCA Executive page Link here. Visit our "HISTORY" pages Link here.
All Aboard for the Holidays event Nov. 2009
This was a new event to kick-off the Holiday season for 2009 & was held Sat. Nov. 28. Check for photo galleries of the day's events by clicking on the Choo-Choo left for photo gallerys. We hope this event will become an Ocean Park "tradition".
Association of Sustainable Communities SASC:
With the help of Surrey Social Futures, this group was formed to be a coordinating body for Surrey’s community based, resident and property owners associations. It provides an opportunity for local community groups to share resident experiences in all parts of the City of Surrey. They identify common issues; and to seek solutions that support community-building initiatives. This group s meets 3 to 4 times a year with Surrey Mayor Diane Watts and a meeting schedule is now in place for the next year. The OPCA representative is former OPCA president Fred Weber. Please view the SASC web site there are links to most of the Surrey Community Associations : Link here.
Ocean Park Library: 12854 - 17th Avenue Surrey, BC Phone:604-502-6304
General Services offered are:
Public Internet Stations (free)
MICROSOFT Office Centre (free)
Programs Available: Microsoft Word, Excel & Powerpoint
Printing: 20 cents a page
Self-Serve Photocopier
Meeting Rooms
Also in 2000, the Association was instrumental in saving the Ocean Park Library and lands from sale to Safeway and donated $7,597.90 toward the purchase of the fireplace in the new library.
For a view of the fire placeLink here.
To Visit and learn more about the Ocean Park Library services as posted to their web site:
Link here.
OPCA Bursary Awards
The OPCA presents two bursary awards each year per High School to two deserving graduates
of Elgin Park Secondary and new for 2008 Earl Marriott Secondary. One of the many eligibility requirements for
the award is community service. There is now a special sustaining fund set up for this award, but further donations are always welcome...interested? call the Hall at: 604.538.2460
Visit the School web sites:
Winners for 2009 were: Marie Janes & Ian Metz. Visit the Earl Marriott High school web site. Link here.
Winners for 2009 were: David Markus & Kirsten Cave. Visit the Elgin Park High school web site. Link here.
Historic Stewart Farm. Located at 13723 Crescent Road Surrey, B.C. The Stewart Farm hosts a variety of seasonal events. The SUMMER & FALL 2010 programs are now linked here.
Information on SUMMER?Link here.
Information on FALL? watch this link.Link here.
New! the SURREY STORIES Current Issue is "on line"Link here.
City of Surrey Link to other Surrey Community Organizations:
This link will take you to the City's Mayor and Council pages, starting at the Community Associations’ Page. Along with the OPCA listing there are others such as Crescent Beach, Semiahmoo Residents, Panorama Ridge and more. To view: Link here.
OPCA Brochure & Flyer Distribution:
Look for the OPCA 2010 information brochure to be circulated this spring and it will include information about
the Association and our current projects as well as a membership form & will be available soon.
Updated brochures will be found at the Ocean Park Library and many other local businesses.
We sincerely thank the local business owners who have agreed to let us place our brochures at their places of business. The OPCA also distributes on occasion Community Event Flyers home to home by "foot" by our"Flyer Squadron" team, if you would like to join this fun group of "FLYERS" contact us through the Board Members Page
Link here.
OPCA Newsletter "COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS":
The OPCA distributes a quarterly newsletter to our members. These have been created on Microsoft Publisher,
and distrubuted to our members that are on line in "living colour" with Adobe Acrobat...for the current news letterLink here.
For updates & connections for Current Committee Projects both currently underway and pending; such as Traffic Management, Air Plane Flight path issues & Community Safety & Crime Prevention.Link here.
This event for 2010 was held on Friday March 19th, with many of our long time members & non-member attending.
It is a chance for old friends to renew acquaintances &
it also gives us a chance to honour all those who came before us and helped
make Ocean Park the special place that it is. The new Heritage plaques were on display.
The OPCA executive is currently (2010) looking into gaining a heritage designation for the Hall.
With the help of Surrey Social Futures, this group was formed to be a coordinating body for Surrey’s community based, resident and property owners associations. It provides an opportunity for local community groups to share resident experiences in all parts of the City of Surrey. They identify common issues; and to seek solutions that support community-building initiatives. This group s meets 3 to 4 times a year with Surrey Mayor Diane Watts and a meeting schedule is now in place for the next year.
General Services offered are:
Located at 13723 Crescent Road Surrey, B.C.
This link will take you to the City's Mayor and Council pages, starting at the Community Associations’ Page. Along with the OPCA listing there are others such as Crescent Beach, Semiahmoo Residents, Panorama Ridge and more.