Trail Fair

Fruitvale StrongStart
2021-11-05 08:30 - 11:30, 2021-11-08 08:30 - 11:30, 2021-11-09 08:30 - 11:30, 2021-11-10 08:30 - 11:30, 2021-11-15 08:30 - 11:30, 2021-11-16 08:30 - 11:30, 2021-11-17 08:30 - 11:30, 2021-11-18 08:30 - 11:30 (America/Vancouver) and 12 more dates | Fruitvale Elementary School, 1867 Columbia Gardens Rd,, Fruitvale, Fruitvale, BC V0G 1L0, V0G 1L0, Canada
StrongStart is a school based, early learning, FREE program for 0-5 year old pre-school children and their parents/caregivers that offers todays families an opportunity to provide their young children with problem-solving skills, self-esteem building practices, and the social skills that will help them successfully manage school.
Pre-registration is required and this is a popular program. To give all families a chance to join in the fun, participants are requested to book no more than 2 days per week and up to a maximum of 2 weeks in advance. Please let us know if you are unable to attend a booked spot so someone else can join in.
Click HERE or the “book an appointment” button above to book your spot using the secure new on-line booking portal we’ve just started using. You will be asked a few questions to set up a profile and complete a FAIR welcome document. If this child is new to StrongStart, you will be sent a School District Registration form to fill out prior to your first visit.
If you have trouble booking on line, just send the facilitator a message at SFlux@trailfair.ca indicating the days you would like to attend, and she will be happy to get back to you.

Muffins and Munchkins
2021-11-09 13:00 - 14:30, 2021-11-10 10:00 - 11:30, 2021-11-16 13:00 - 14:30, 2021-11-17 10:00 - 11:30, 2021-11-23 13:00 - 14:30, 2021-11-24 10:00 - 11:30, 2021-11-30 13:00 - 14:30, 2021-12-01 10:00 - 11:30 | FAIR Family Centre, 1300 Pine Ave, Trail, British Columbia, Canada
Muffins and Munchkins is a drop in group for parents with children under age 6.
Pre-registration is requested. On-line booking coming soon.

Building Beautiful Babies group
2021-12-02 10:00 - 12:00 | FAIR Family Centre, 1300 Pine Ave, Trail, British Columbia, Canada
Building Beautiful Babies is a pregnancy outreach program that offers support, information, and resources for pregnant women and families with babies up to 12 months.

Prenatal and baby group meet ups Thursdays 10am – 12 pm, at the First United Church (1300 Pine Ave) with snack, guest speakers, free prenatal vitamins and food vouchers.

December 6 - National Day of Remembrance
2021-12-06 16:30 - 17:30 | The Bridge View Cafe, 112-1290 Esplanade Ave, Trail BC, Canada
On Monday, December 6 all are welcome to a socially distanced vigil outside Trail’s Bridge View Café to commemorate the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women. To help mark the anniversary, the City of Trail will turn the lights on the Victoria Street Bridge to red.
Free Coffee and snacks will be available from the Café from 4:30pm with the Vigil taking place from 5 to 5:30pm on the river side of the Cafe.
This is an opportunity to remember all women affected by violence and to reflect on what can be done to help end that violence.
In Canada, violence against women became a very public issue on the 6th of December 31 years ago when a lone gunman targeted and murdered 14 women at the Ecole Polytechnique in Montreal. This act shook the country and led Parliament in 1991 to designate December 6 as a Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence against Women.
Since then, more and more Canadians have become aware of the extent of violence against thousands of women who, each year in Canada, are stalked, raped, beaten, abused and murdered simply because they are women. The 2019 Missing & Murdered Indigenous Women and Girl’s Inquiry has led to a deeper understanding of the violence and trauma experienced by generations of Indigenous women & girls but, sadly, the necessary actions to prevent the violence are lacking
Today, 3 decades after the Montreal Massacre, statistics and headlines continue to remind citizens that abuse of women is still an unresolved, serious issue throughout Canadian society, with an average of 1 woman killed every 6 days in our country. Every night in Canada over 3,491 women and their 2,724 children are in shelters trying to escape violence. Most recently, a recent survey disseminated through Women Shelters Canada found, “Transition homes and women’s shelters across the country reported seeing an escalation in the severity of violence against women during the Covid-19 pandemic”
The event is organized by the Trail Area Interagency Violence Against Women in Relationships(VAWIR) Committee. Member, Nadia Usher, Coordinator for Community-Based Victim Services hopes that “People will take the time to consider what they and the community can do to help create a culture of respect so as to end abuse of women in all forms. Actions can include something as simple as refusing to laugh at sexist jokes, making sure someone gets home safely, or learning about and supporting local anti-violence services.”
The Trail Interagency VAWIR Committee, is made up of representatives from several local organizations working with women and children. It includes such agencies as the Ministry of Children and Family Development, RCMP Victim Services, Mental Health and Substance Use Services, Ministry of Social Development and Poverty Reduction, RCMP Detachment, Adult Probation and Trail FAIR’s Stopping the Violence Counselling, WINS Transition House and Community Based Victim Services programs.
For more information about programs and resources available to women threatened by violence and abuse contact the Trail FAIR office at 250-364-2326 or check out FAIR’s Facebook page and website..
