Red Cross Babysitting 11-15 Years (or completion of grade 5) Tuesday Nov 12, 2025 (Fall 2025)28 spots available
The Babysitting course refreshed and revised, now has a greater emphasis on First Aid skills. The Canadian Red Cross Babysitting course covers everything from managing difficult behaviors to essential content on leadership and professional conduct as a babysitter. Babysitting promises to deepen and enhance the responsibility that older youth feel when caring for younger children. This updated curriculum, complete with new science, also provides improved learning when it comes to giving the appropriate care in the event of an emergency.
CourseContent
- How to be responsible and demonstrate leadership
- How to make good decisions and manage difficult behaviors
- Information on children’s developmental stages, and specific strategies for each stage
- How to feed, diaper, dress, and play with children and babies
- How to recognize and prevent unsafe situations, make safe choices and promote safe behaviors
- First aid skills
- The business of babysitting
First Aid Content:
- Check, Call, Care (includes phoning EMS/911)
- Glove removal
- Recovery position
- Conscious choking (adult/child/baby/alone)
- CPR (baby/child)
- Illness
- Asthma (includes use of inhaler and spacer)
- Anaphylaxis (includes use of EpiPen)
- Poisoning
- Insect stings
- Wound care (i.e. minor cuts and scrapes, splinters, nosebleeds, bumps and bruises, life-threatening bleeding, burns)
- Head, neck, and back injuries, broken bones, seizures
Take-Home Materials
- Babysitter’s Manual
Please Bring:
- Indoor Shoes
- a baby-sized floppy doll or teddy (must lay flat)
- lunch
- pencil
- water bottle
Stay Safe 9-13 years old (or completion of grade 3) Wednesday Nov 13, 2025 (Fall 2025)28 spots available
This 1-day in-person session instructed by Impact First Aid & CPR is to educate youth aged 9 to 13 years on basic first aid and safety skills for when they are not under the direct supervision of a guardian or parent.The Stay Safe! program teaches applicable and age-appropriate skills while increasing and reinforcing a youth’s capacity to improve his or her own safety. Whether in their community or on their own, this group will be given better tools to Stay Safe! in a variety of different situations.Attendance is required to receive a certificate of completion:Participants will receive a Red Cross Stay Safe! manual, and a certificate upon completion of the program.
Course Content:
- Importance of responsibility and respect while being accountable for yourself
- Importance of setting and following rules around safety when staying on your own
- How to stay safe at home and within the community
- How to prepare, recognize and respond to unexpected situations, (i.e. inclement weather, strangers, unanticipated visits)
First Aid Content:
Check, Call, Care (includes phoning EMS/911), recovery position, conscious choking (adult/child/alone), feeling unwell, asthma (includes the use of inhaler and spacer), anaphylaxis (includes the use of EpiPen), poisoning, insect stings, wound care (i.e. minor cuts and scrapes, splinters, nosebleeds, bumps and bruises, life-threatening bleeding, burns)
Please Bring:
- Indoor Shoes
- a baby-sized floppy doll or teddy (must lay flat)
- lunch
- pencil
- water bottle
Sportball Parent and Tot 2 to 3.5 years PM (Parented) Fall 2025 Mondays (Indoors)7 spots available
Parent & Child programs teach children important introductory physical skills and help them develop confidence in their abilities. The program also helps adults understand proven teaching techniques that can be applied outside of Sportball classes. Classes focus on refining, rehearsing, and repeating skills and playing games in a fun, creative, and non‐competitive environment. Classes are conducted once a week in 45‐minute sessions – just the right length of time for active little minds and bodies. This class is appropriate for all levels!
Equipment needed: water bottle
Please arrive early enough to ensure that class can start on time.
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Sportball Parent and Tot 2 to 3.5 years AM (Parented) Fall 2025 Mondays (Indoors)7 spots available
Parent & Child programs teach children important introductory physical skills and help them develop confidence in their abilities. The program also helps adults understand proven teaching techniques that can be applied outside of Sportball classes. Classes focus on refining, rehearsing, and repeating skills and playing games in a fun, creative, and non‐competitive environment. Classes are conducted once a week in 45‐minute sessions – just the right length of time for active little minds and bodies. This class is appropriate for all levels!
Equipment needed: water bottle
Please arrive early enough to ensure that class can start on time.
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Tennis Demo Day Saturday August 9, 2025 (2:50 pm- 3:10 pm) Summer 20254 spots available
Have you ever wondered what Tennis is all about? Are you curious to learn the basics or refine your skills on the court? Look no further! Join us for a FREE Tennis demo day and dive into the exciting world of Tennis!
What to Expect:
Expert instruction from certified coach Victor Lee
Tips and techniques to improve your game
Who Can Attend:
Beginners looking to try out a new sport
Experienced players seeking to hone their skills
Families and friends looking for a fun activity together
Mark your calendars and get ready to serve up some fun! Whether you're a rookie or a seasoned player, this demo day promises to be a smash hit!
Tennis Demo Day Saturday August 9, 2025 (2:25 pm- 2:45 pm) Summer 20254 spots available
Have you ever wondered what Tennis is all about? Are you curious to learn the basics or refine your skills on the court? Look no further! Join us for a FREE Tennis demo day and dive into the exciting world of Tennis!
What to Expect:
Expert instruction from certified coach Victor Lee
Tips and techniques to improve your game
Who Can Attend:
Beginners looking to try out a new sport
Experienced players seeking to hone their skills
Families and friends looking for a fun activity together
Mark your calendars and get ready to serve up some fun! Whether you're a rookie or a seasoned player, this demo day promises to be a smash hit!
Tennis Demo Day Saturday August 9, 2025 (3:40 pm- 4:00 pm) Summer 20252 spots available
Have you ever wondered what Tennis is all about? Are you curious to learn the basics or refine your skills on the court? Look no further! Join us for a FREE Tennis demo day and dive into the exciting world of Tennis!
What to Expect:
Expert instruction from certified coach Victor Lee
Tips and techniques to improve your game
Who Can Attend:
Beginners looking to try out a new sport
Experienced players seeking to hone their skills
Families and friends looking for a fun activity together
Mark your calendars and get ready to serve up some fun! Whether you're a rookie or a seasoned player, this demo day promises to be a smash hit!
Tennis Demo Day Saturday August 9, 2025 (2:00 pm- 2:20 pm) Summer 20252 spots available
Have you ever wondered what Tennis is all about? Are you curious to learn the basics or refine your skills on the court? Look no further! Join us for a FREE Tennis demo day and dive into the exciting world of Tennis!
What to Expect:
Expert instruction from certified coach Victor Lee
Tips and techniques to improve your game
Who Can Attend:
Beginners looking to try out a new sport
Experienced players seeking to hone their skills
Families and friends looking for a fun activity together
Mark your calendars and get ready to serve up some fun! Whether you're a rookie or a seasoned player, this demo day promises to be a smash hit!
Tennis Demo Day Saturday August 9, 2025 (3:15 pm- 3:35 pm) Summer 20253 spots available
Have you ever wondered what Tennis is all about? Are you curious to learn the basics or refine your skills on the court? Look no further! Join us for a FREE Tennis demo day and dive into the exciting world of Tennis!
What to Expect:
Expert instruction from certified coach Victor Lee
Tips and techniques to improve your game
Who Can Attend:
Beginners looking to try out a new sport
Experienced players seeking to hone their skills
Families and friends looking for a fun activity together
Mark your calendars and get ready to serve up some fun! Whether you're a rookie or a seasoned player, this demo day promises to be a smash hit!
Summerside Community Cleanup RSVP86 spots available
Join us on Saturday, May 24, 2025, from 10:30 AM to 12:30 PM to help keep Lake Summerside clean. Stop by at 10:30 AM to pick up garbage bags and gloves. Cleanup ends at 12:30 PM—bring back your collected trash to receive a food ticket and show your efforts.
Then, enjoy hotdog, pop and chips from our concession. A food Ticket is required upon returning at 12:30 PM as a thank-you for your hard work. Residents only. RSVP required.
Sign up at lakesummerside.ca or call 780-497-7558.