Rollo Centre
Registered Charity #865593768RR0002
ACTIVITY GROUPS
Chess at the Rollo
Activity Leader: Kaamran Hafeez. (hafeezk1@yahoo.ca) 247 8269
Everyone is welcome to drop in for a game of chess on Wednesdays from 7 – 9 pm.
We have a regular turnout of roughly 8 – 10 players (and growing). All ages and levels are welcome. Bring your own board if you like, but we have plenty of the club-style sets available. A $2 activity fee for Rollo members, $5 drop-in fee for non-members.
Play is informal and tea and cookies are provided.
Contract Bridge
Activity Leader: Warren Smart (warrenkeithsmart@gmail.com)
We meet every Thursday afternoon at 1:30 p.m. There are anywhere from two to five tables (eight to twenty individuals) who play. Lately there have been four tables. A trophy for the highest score overall is given out. Cash prizes are given out for first and second place plus random cash prizes for card sequences. We enjoy a Christmas pot luck lunch and party in December.
Duplicate Bridge
Activity Leader: Vanda Blok (whtblok@hotmail.com); 250-247-7876
The Duplicate Bridge group meets every Monday evening at 6:30pm for 3 hours of brain gymnastics in a convivial atmosphere. Currently we average 3 tables/evening (12 players) and we are actively recruiting more players. Although we are no longer are sanctioned by the ACBL, scores are always tallied and the top pair always enjoys ***FREE PLAY*** for their next session.
An activity fee of $4.00 is charged. ($2 for Rollo; $2 for cookies) Coffee, tea and cookies are always served😊
The Palette People
Activity Leaders: Catherine Adam-Legg (cadamlegg@yahoo.ca) and
Devon Featherstone (devart1@shaw.ca)
Meet to draw, paint, inspire and support each other every Tuesday and Friday from 9:30 am to noon and often into the afternoon.
Email: gabriolapalettepeople@gmail.com.
Website: gabriolapalettepeople.ca
Parkinson's Group
Activity Leader: John Peirce (john.w.peirce@gmail.com);
We meet Fridays 2:45 – 4:15 to share briefly and support each other, and then join in professionally-led exercises designed for people with Parkinson’s Disease and pitched to our level (mostly seated). Care-givers very welcome!
Seated Tai Chi every 4th Friday.
Gabriola Quilters
Activity Leader: Vicki Dods (vdods1@gmail.com)
We meet the 2nd, 4th and 5th Wednesdays from 9:30 am to 4:00 pm in the large room.
We are a group of individuals who get together to share ideas, work on projects, our own or a group project, and socialize. We love to play with colours and fabric. Members’ skills range from beginner to very experienced.
Some members are also fiber artists, some do other forms of needle crafts to be incorporated into their quilts, or while in between projects. Primarily, we work on our own projects. Occasionally we may be involved as a group in projects that benefit the community. The latest example being the Sunflower quilt for PHC .
Membership Fees: $20/calendar year - which covers the storage locker rental with some left over to cover other expenses such as our annual show and sale.
There is a $2 activity fee paid to the GSCA each time a member attends. Drop-ins are always welcome. The first visit is free and subsequent visits are $5.
Gabriola Spinners and Weavers Guild
Activity Leader: Luanne McCollum (luannemcc@shaw.ca)
We are a group of spinners, weavers, needle felters, wet felters, dyers, knitters, crocheters, finger weavers and surface designers. We meet at the Rollo Centre on the 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 5th Thursday of the month year round.
The second Thursday meeting offers a three-hour program on a different technique.
Guild members demonstrate and sell their creations at Street Art in August and at the Rollo Christmas Craft fair in December.
We welcome new members. The GSCA drop-in fee for your first visit is on us.
Contact us to be involved.
Email: gswgiland@gmail.com
Website: gswg.ca
Gabriola Basketry Group
Activity Leader: Marylyn Beaubien (casa_blanca@shaw.ca)
We are an enthusiastic group of artisans who meet every second Thursday at 1:00 pm in the small room at the Rollo Centre for an afternoon of basketry. You can check the Rollo Activity Calendar or email Marylyn to find out when the next meeting is.
The group started meeting and creating in 2002 on Gabriola. Currently we have eight members on Gabriola and about the same number in Nanaimo. Three of our original group are still actively involved in basket making after 23 years!
Over the past few years we have jointly facilitated basketry workshops which helps to increase our member numbers. There are no workshops planned at this time. Contact us for information on any future workshops and feel free to drop in on our regular activity day to check out the group.