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The pandemic has drastically changed our daily routines. But that hasn’t stopped Calgarians from coming together in support of their neighbors and local businesses. The 2021 Virtual Hike for Hospice Calgary allows you to continue this trend by pledging your support, as an individual or as a part of a group, to the Hospice Calgary community. The 2021 Virtual Hike for Hospice Calgary can be done anytime and anywhere. You choose when and how to walk your 5 kilometres - whether outdoors at your local park, on your favorite trail, or indoors on a treadmill. You may also decide to make it a family activity or head out solo. The choice of how and when to participate is up to you. Registration has already started and the hike runs May 1 to 10. Hospice Calgary hopes to raise $100,000 for Calgary’s grieving families. Register early to receive a 2021 Virtual Hike for Hospice Calgary T-shirt and early-bird registration prices. Visit the website for more details.

Explore Calgary's parks and green spaces, get some exercise, get competitive, win prizes. Join PlayCity for an urban scavenger hunt: Hide & Seek! Hide & Seek continues in May with 2 rounds with Parks Foundation Calgary: May 8 to 9 and May 22 to 23. How do you play? It's easy! For full details, visit the PlayCity website.

Calgary Unplugged is an annual family-friendly Earth Hour event. Date: Saturday, March 23, 2024 Time: 7 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. Location: Central Library (800 3 Street SE) Join us for music, entertainment, and opportunities to experience what environmental actions you can take in Calgary. Pedal power midway games and experience how our natural world affects our daily lives. Bring personal lighting and dance to the DJ when the lights go down for the Earth Hour party! Calgary Unplugged is hosted by The Arusha Centre's Climate Program, with support from The City of Calgary and community agencies. If you can't make it to the event, turning off nonessential lights, "unplug" from electronics at 8:30 and reconnect with people, games or hobbies! After Earth Hour, share your participation with #EarthHour and #EarthHourYYC. Email programs@arusha.org with questions.

Virtual Race for Pace takes place June 4 to 20. For over a decade, heroes across Calgary have laced up and embraced their inner hero for children with special needs! Race for Pace is a highlight for many families and an important fundraiser for Pacekids Programs. This year, they look forward to hosting a virtual Race for Pace, presented by Grant Thornton, and being able to bring the community together once again! Register yourself, friends, or family for this year’s virtual Grant Thornton Race for Pace. Every little superhero who registers by May 31 will receive a Superhero Supply Package loaded with fun and engaging activities! All participants will complete their run or walk at their leisure between June 4 and 20, and are encouraged to share videos/photos on social media and tag Pacekids Programs.

Let us show you how we empower our students to reach their full potential! Hear stories from staff, current students, and parents before learning about how you can be a part of our wonderful community. Rundle Studio is an online learning environment built to help students with diagnosed learning disabilities thrive. Let us show you how we empower our students to reach their full potential!

Come and enjoy an afternoon listening to stories and some of Canada’s finest musicians. Storyteller/Musician Samantha Whelan Kotkas and her friends will entertain you and your children with musical interactive tales of child-accessible hikes in the Rocky Mountains. Teach your child about courage, unity, joyfulness, and caring in an afternoon of fun and adventure. An event for the whole family that you will want to be a part of. Recommended for children aged 5 to 12, but created with the entire family in mind. Come one hour before the show & enjoy family friendly activities. Stay after to meet the performers. Created and Narrated by Samantha Whelan Kotkas Music by Tyler Hornby Puppets by Green Fools Theatre Video by Joel Goundry Tyler Hornby - Drums, Chris Andrew - Piano, Pat Belliveau - Saxophones, Aaron Shore - Guitar, Stephen Shepard - Bass

Pamper the mother in your life with a brunch fit for a queen! The Zoo is serving up a chef-created menu of delicious sweet and savory brunch favorites - perfect for leisurely bedside dining or a family feast at the dinner table. All you need to do is heat and serve. Now's your chance to try something new and feel good knowing that you are supporting the Zoo's wildlife conservation initiatives at the same time.

More than a year of the COVID-19 pandemic has presented many challenges to working parents, specifically mothers. In the last year, many articles have highlighted how their lives have been disproportionately impacted working mothers. Join on May 8 to have honest conversations about parenting in the pandemic and parenting as a professional. Special guest speakers Jacqueline Green and Janis Simpkins will share their insights on their experiences. Jacqueline Green is the founder of the international Great Parenting Simplified Nonprofit Cooperative. She’s also the author of the upcoming book: Strong Enough to Stay; Work it Out or Leave Happy. Janis Simpkins is the Senior Vice-President for the Alberta Forest Products Association. To purchase tickets, visit the website.