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Thursday means it’s Farmers’ Market Day!

East Lynn Park Farmers’ Market is on 3-7pm today.
Here’s what’s happening this week:                              
Kids’ tent –  market scavenger hunt.
DECA tent – buy a market t-shirt and renew your DECA membership.
This week we welcome (back) Fisher’s Field and their garlic scapes and visiting vendor Franglish Gourmet Food with their cheeses
All this in addition to the usual local farmer and business goodness:
Oy’s Joys – baked goods
Hooked Inc – fish and salads
Stock in Trade – sandwiches
Mad Mexican – tortillas and salsas
Muddy York Brewing Co.-beer
Nepali Momo -dumplings
The Back 40 – flowers
Greener Grazing – beef
Jiggy Popz – popsicles
Son in Law Produce – fruit and veg
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Are you a DECA Member?

Your “Pay What You Can” Annual Danforth East Community Membership enables our team of volunteers to administer a variety of community events such as:

  • Danforth East Yard Sale
  • Pumpkin Parade
  • Festival of Lights
  • East Lynn Park Farmers’ Market Children’s Activities

Visit deca.to/become-a-member to join or renew your membership.

 

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The #DanforthEast Yard Sale is here!

Pack up your small bills and food bank donations in your tote bag and head out to the neighbourhood! We’ve got over 200 sales listed on the yard sale map here:

https://yardsale.azurewebsites.net/app/home

Look for the yellow bins (yellow pins on the map) to see where to drop your donation for the Daily Bread Food Bank. Remember, their most needed items are canned fish, canned tomatoes, canned fruit and veggies, oatmeal, and nut butters.

We’d love to see your finds– tag them #DanforthEastYardSale on social media to share!

DanforthEast Yard Sale Poster: Saturday June 11 8am-2pm

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It’s Market Day!

Bring the bikes, the kids, the garden questions and your appetite! We’ve got a great line-up of vendors and activities for our first market. Storytime with Em at 4, Rosy Ramblers performing 4-6, and dinner options like Nepali Momo and Stock-in-Trade!East Lynn Park, every Thursday, 3-7

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Q&A with Local Candidates (Part One)

Thank you for your questions, Danforth East and Monarch Park Collegiate! We edited down the many questions we had to five key ones for the candidates:

QUESTIONS FROM DECA SOCIALS:

My question as a tenant in DECA is, will our candidates pledge their support for vacancy control?

What will you do to help small businesses get back on their feet?

What are you going to do for low-income seniors?

QUESTIONS FROM GRADE 9 + 10 STUDENTS IN A MONARCH PARK COLLEGIATE CIVICS CLASS:

How will you tackle Gen Z’s problem with mental health and stress? One in four Gen Z feel emotionally distressed.

Currently, our world is being killed by greenhouse gases. How do you plan on reaching net zero emissions?

THE ANSWERS:

In this post, we share the full answers from Beaches East York NDP candidate Kate Dupuis and Liberal candidate Mary-Margaret McMahon. We will share responses from other candidates as we receive them.

NDP Responses: NDP Responses to DECA questions.docx

Liberal Responses: Liberal Responses to DECA Questions

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First East Lynn Market of 2022 is this Thursday!

DECA is so excited to announce the return of the East Lynn Market this Thursday, June 2! We have a number of farmers and prepared food vendors committed to being there this week (see full list below), and more as the growing season progresses. You can find us back on the concrete path through East Lynn. Our first week will feature live music, garden advice, bike repairs, and kids’ activities.

Our live music this week features a very special guest. We are thrilled to welcome back Dirty Dishes alum Alison Porter as one part of the duo The Rosy Ramblers, a Leslieville mother/daughter fiddle duo composed of Porter (Mom) and Hazel Evans (daughter). They play traditional fiddle music, and classical pieces in 2 part harmony. Local songstress and CBC darling Nancy White called their act “magical”.

We will also have a kids’ activity at 4pm, with the delightful Em! She will do a circle time for kids 0-6y+ featuring sing alongs and readings of fun inclusive stories! Circle Times with Em is a program for children and their parents/caregivers in East Toronto (as well as performing at local children’s events and birthdays around the city.) See her on instagram @emilia_bender and register for her other classes here:
Storytime with Em

This week the Master Gardeners will be on hand to offer garden advice and teach us about invasive vs. native species. We will also have free bike tune-ups with 32 Spokes!

Our vendor list for June 2:

5th Town Cheese
The Back 40 -flowers
Cedar Hedge -veggies and plants
Dundas Park Kitchen -pies and other baked goods
Fisher’s Field -garlic scapes
Flat Rock -wine
Greener Grazing -beef
Hooked -fish
Jiggy Popz -popsicles
Left Field -beer
Mad Mexican -salsas and tortillas
Nepali Momo -dumplings
Oy’s Joys -danishes and cookies
Stock in Trade -sandwiches

We are always looking for more volunteers for the market. You can sign up here:

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0a4faeab28a4fa7-east1

See you Thursday!