PENTICTON EVENTS & INITIATIVES |
| Come out to the meeting!!! We need your input. TONIGHT NEW TIME!!!!! Planning Meeting Thursday, March 3rd – 5:30 pm Potluck dinner. 6:30 pm to 8 pm Meeting – Plan to be there! Agenda: Focus on “What’s Next?” There have been dramatic changes in Canada over the past weeks and months. Are we prepared for the future? This meeting will be devoted to ideas and initiatives to recreate a society based on a clear vision of equal rights for all, a sense of community, a healthier future, individual freedom with individual responsibility. How will decisions be made, what resources are needed? In other words, what’s next for Penticton4Freedom and its community of freedom guardians. Please contact Mary Lou at 780-908-0309 if you want a spot on the agenda. Book Club March 3, 3:30 pm (same place as our planning meeting) Let us know if you want to get on the Book Club email list. We are continuing with the book The Law by Frederic Bastiat.. There is much more wisdom in that book than we’ve had time to discuss at our first Book Club meeting. So many parallels to today’s world in Canada although written during the decades surrounding the French Revolution in the mid 1800’s. Please join us regardless of whether you attended our initial session. You’ll be gratified that you did. We encourage you to bring a potluck item and stay after for fellowship with food, followed by our Penticton4Freedom Planning Meeting. RALLY Sunday, March 6 Penticton at 1:00 PM– Let’s Hold the line!!! Keep showing up! Music. Speakers and a guest appearance from Alex – One of the Convoy for Freedom Ottawa coordinators. – Come visit our literature table. You’ll be delighted with the selection of items there. Druthers and Pandemic Papers are already running low. Make sure you get your copy. Books, key chains, postcards, and other cool items. BRING FRIENDS!!. They will leave inspired! RALLY LOCATION Meet in the parking lot at the NE corner of Main St and Warren Ave across from Tim Hortons. BRING TWO FRIENDS! Lots of extra parking at BCAA garage, the strip mall adjoining our regular parking area, Winners (across the street), or overflow mall parking opposite the Warren Avenue entrance to Cherry Lane Mall. Community-Wide Prayer Location: Penticton War Memorial (beside the courthouse) When: Every Sunday 7 pm Who: anyone who would like to pray towards a peaceful resolve to the current state of Canada, our freedoms, our leaders and our legal system (everyone is invited). Please bring a candle in a jar. If you play an instrument, please come prepared with appropriate songs for reflection and worship. Slow Roll-On hold while we Roll out a few more fun Ideas – watch for updates in next week’s email. OLIVER EVENTS Saturday, March 5th at 1 PM in front of Town Hall. Still going strong. Bring friends, your enthusiasm, and signs!!! |
| OSOYOOS EVENTS- No major rally this weekend. To participate in the convoy to Salmon Arm and the Canada-Wide Human Chain for Freedom initiative, show up at the Penticton gathering place by 7 a.m. “March to the Border” walk is every day at noon except Sunday – from the Baptist church parking lot. This is a great opportunity to create visibility and intention so please bring any signs and/or flags along for the walk! There has been a great turnout daily so please feel free to invite others along with you! Monday Osoyoos Meets Osoyoos Baptist Church from 7:00 to 9:00. There will be guest speakers, strategy planning, and general discussions about current and future plans. Let’s do this Osoyoos/Oliver!! KELOWNA EVENTS Weekly on Saturdays – Kelowna C.L.E.A.R. Rallies @ Stuart Park at the Bear 12:00 noon- Every Week! Longest running B.C. rallies – with David Lindsay. Visit https://clearbc.org/events for Kelowna and other city updates. |
OTHER INITIATIVES
FREEDOM CHAIN March 5th
Osoyoos, Oliver and Penticton Supporters who wish to carpool Saturday, March 5th
Convoy leaves for Salmon Arm at 7 a.m. Meet early so we don’t miss linking up with others as we convoy north on Hwy 97. Muster point: the end of the Penticton Parkway Channel.
There is lots of parking there immediately west of the bridge. If you have ever tubed the channel, you’ll recognize that this is where you get off the rafts. We’ll park there and jump into cars to continue to Kelowna, then Vernon, and on to Salmon Arm.
Freedom Chain 2022 Convoy (Approximate Schedule)
Penticton- 7:00am Departure (Channel Parkway)
West Kelowna 7:40 (Gorman Mill Overpass)
Kelowna 8:00am McCurdy Corner
Lake Country 8:20am (Tim Hortons)
Vernon 8:45 (Vernon Scales)
Armstrong 9:00 (Petro Can)
Enderby 9:20 (Tim Hortons)
Salmon Arm 9:45 (Locations below)
(Sicamous-Malakwa-Sorrento join in )
SALMON ARM
Muster Points (park and walk) once in Salmon Arm.
Location #1: CO-OP & Shaw Center: Use the frontage road – 10th Ave and 30th st (frontage road turns off 97b) ** Kelowna Convoy **
Location #2: Hilltop Inn ** Vernon Convoy **
Location #3: Remax Office
Location #4: Husky
Location #5: Centanoka Mall
Location #6: Shell
Location #7: Buckerfields
Location #8: Fischers Funeral Home (frontage rd access turn left on Silver Creek rd)
PLEASE ARRIVE AT EACH LOCATION at least 15 minutes prior to departure time to assure we stay on schedule. Goal is to be joining hands in unison at 10am.
We will join hands for at least 20 minutes (longer if you would like) so we are able to make sure we have enough footage (Pic & Video) and then we are invited to join Salmon Arm for festivities at Blackburn Park.
BYOV = Bring your own vest
Safety is key
We have ZELLO channels in place for communication between Muster spots and the Okanagan Convoy coming in.
Check out the KELOWNA Freedom Chain 2022 channel on Zello.
Please use 4-way flashers and keep young children in cars or strollers ad well away from roads.
Pets should also be kept on leash or in your vehicle.
If you have safety pylons, please bring and use accordingly.
Please make sure we are not blocking any roads or highways (driveways included)
No blocking or shutting down traffic
Wear bright clothing
Carpool If possible
Please No littering
I look forward to seeing you all there!
WALK TO OTTAWA with James Topp
Coming to a city near you!!!! James Topp is marching for all our Freedom’s. He is in the Okanagan and could use some support. Please visit https://www.canadamarches.ca/ where there is a live tracker and a blog. They are needing gas cards, cheering stations and other support. Jump on the website and see what you can do.
REQUEST FOR UPDATES! CALL OUT TO KEREMEOS!
Anyone reading this, please let us know what times and places you are planning to cheer James Topp on. As of this writing, he was somewhere between Hedley and Keremeos, pausing for a day or two.
We’ll see you later this week!
~ Mary Lou Gutscher
780-908-0309