Valley Park Middle School, Thorncliffe Neighbourhood Office and Flemingdon Neighbourhood Services Announce the Crazy for Cricket Sleepover to Celebrate Valley Park’s Go Green Cricket Field
From Friday April 1st at 9 PM to Saturday April 2nd at 2 PM, Valley Park Middle School will host the Crazy for Cricket Sleepover: Toronto’s Biggest World Cup Cricket Party Ever! The event, which includes students, their families and community members at a cost of $3/person, will raise funds for the school’s Go Green Cricket Field Initiative. The Friday evening will come alive with Bollywood dancing, a DJ, indoor cricket, games rooms, ghost stories and movies. A CBC personality will be hosting the evening featuring performances by singer Prita Chhabra and 7 Arts Dance Company, a Bollywood dance troupe. Ghost stories will be told by Greenwood College Director of Community Life and Kilcoo Camp Director David (Lub) Latimer. On Saturday morning, sleepover guests will wake up to catch the final Cricket World Cup match on big screens with cable feeds provided by Rogers Communications Inc. Fun and interactive games will be supplied by Cineplex Entertainment.
Toronto District School Board Environmental Program Coordinator Richard Christie, Valley Park School Trustee Gerri Gershon, Ward 26 City Councillor John Parker, Kathleen Wynne, MPP-Don Valley West, Rob Oliphant, MP-Don Valley West and many community volunteers are ecstatic about the revitalization project, which will ultimately become a giant outdoor community classroom for cultural performances, sports, wetlands and wildlife. “We need to make the best use possible of the public spaces that we have,” explains Parker. “I’m absolutely thrilled with this proposal.”
About Valley Park’s Go Green Cricket Field
The Valley Park Go Green Cricket Field is a $1.7-M initiative to bring a cricket pitch to Toronto’s Thorncliffe and Flemingdon communities. Through the vision of architect Shompa Hai, the community hub will connect newcomers to the area within a sustainable environment while creating an opportunity to transform an underutilized schoolyard into a vibrant, interactive space.
The committee would like to thank its volunteers as well as its Sleepover event sponsors: Cineplex Entertainment Inc., Greenwin Inc., Civic Autos Inc. and Rogers Communications Inc.
We also thank our Go Green Cricket Field project sponsors: Live Green Toronto, TD Friends of the Environment Foundation, Greenwin Inc., Islamic Society of Toronto and private donors.