Relax, Rejuvenate, Re-energize – Here’s How!

Taking time for you is not an indulgence, it’s essential to being a good parent. We’ve got lots of ideas on how you can find time for you so find a quiet moment (yes, it can be done) and indulge yourself in finding your perfect getaway.

EMPLOYMENT

CALGARY FENCING CLUB
3304 - 33 Street NW – NE Corner of VRRI Building
Phone: 403-246-5801
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Website: www.calgaryfencingclub.ca
Calling all swashbucklers to learn the exciting modern sport of fencing! The Calgary Fencing Club offers beginner classes for children and adults. Excellent coaches and custom-designed facility. Discover why it is nicknamed ‘Physical Chess’!

THE CALGARY ZOO
Phone: 403-232-9300
Website: www.calgaryzoo.com
Take your Time-Out at the Zoo! Enjoy a wreath making course, a gardening program, an ‘adults only’ behind the scenes, some armchair travel in our lecture series, be a keeper for a day or just come for a fantastic Sunday Brunch! See calgaryzoo.com under Educational Programs/Adult programs.

THE CRUX CLIMBING AND BOULDERING
Bay 9, 1415 - 28 Street NE
Phone: 403-235-CRUX (2789)
Website: www.thecruxclimbing.com
The Crux, Calgary’s tallest indoor rock climbing facility, offers programs for kids of all ages and abilities. Take a break and drop your kids off at the Crux for our instructor-led drop-in programs or junior climbing team. Climbing provides kids with a fun opportunity to increase their confidence, physical strength and problem-solving skills. Visit our website or give us a call for more information.

EPCOR CENTRE FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS - EVENING ARTS STUDIOS
205 - 8 Avenue SE
Contact: Arts Learning Registrar
Phone: 403-294-7455
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Website: www.epcorcentre.org
EPCOR CENTRE’s Evening Arts Studios are a great opportunity to integrate the arts into other areas of your life, whether it’s work, parenting, school or personal growth. Relax and spend an evening learning a new art form like Chinese brush painting, music stomp-style, or improv. Each class is $25 and run throughout September and March.

FITMOM Calgary
Contact: Monica Cooke
Phone: 403-874-4063
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Website: www.fitmomcanada.com
Are you pregnant or have you recently had a baby? FITMOM Calgary offers prenatal, postnatal, and beyond fitness classes, in-home personal training, and educational services. Whether you are a fitness beginner or seasoned veteran, the FITMOM programs will challenge you! For more information contact Monica at 403-874-4063.

FREE HOUSE DANCE
2020 - 12 Avenue NW
Phone: 403-282-0555
Website: www.freehousedance.com
Step into something new at Free House Dance! A talented assembly of dedicated professionals giving quality instruction to students of all levels and abilities, ages three to adult. Ballet, jazz, hip hop, Indo-jazz (‘Bollywood’), tap, modern, musical theatre, breakdance, creative, Irish, Highland, African, Flamenco, bellydance, club styles, Samba, African, Hooping, drumming, Yoga/Dance, Pilates and flex and tone.

LJ COACHING
Contact: Lone
Phone: 403-293-4200

UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY HEALTH & RECREATION

2500 University Drive NW
Phone: 403-220-4374
Website: www.ucalgaryrecreation.ca/fitness
TrymGym® Learn to shed unwanted pounds - for good - in just 12 weeks! Break poor eating and lifestyle habits, learn and apply the principles of a healthy and sustainable diet, and get active with motivating group fitness classes targeted at all levels. TrymGym’s 12-week program includes a reference manual and personal meal plan you can take home!

WELCOME WAGON
Phone: 403-263-0175
Website: www.welcomewagon.ca
The only national, Canadian-owned, free greeting service for families experiencing a lifestyle change. Greeting people who are undergoing lifestyle changes with a friendly visit including moving to a new neighborhood, planning a wedding, expecting a baby, a new executive, manager or professional.

YMCA CALGARY
101, 3 Street SW
Contact: Jacques Krzepkowski
Phone: 403-781-1675
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Website: www.ymcacalgary.org
Get out and get active at the YMCA. Community YMCA: 403-531-1660; Crowfoot YMCA: 403-547-6576; Eau Claire YMCA: 403-269-6701; Rocky Mountain YMCA (city office): 403-269-6156; Shawnessy YMCA: 403-256-5533; South YMCA: 403-255-8131; Bishop McNally: 403-285-7444. YMCA Calgary offers a variety of programs and activities for the entire family. Everyone is welcome regardless of age, ability or financial circumstance. Call for more information or visit ymcacalgary.org.

YU’S TAEKWONDO MARTIAL ARTS CENTRE
Room 102, 7907 Flint Road SE
Contact: Grand Master Yu
Phone: 403-258-0998
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Website: www.yustaekwondo.org
Yu’s Taekwondo Schools apply the philosophies and teachings of traditional Korean Martial Arts, along with state-of-the-art, modern self-defence techniques to achieve total fitness of the body and mind. Our specially designed program will help you in both business and in daily life. After just a few weeks of training, you should notice improvement in your energy levels, flexibility, and overall health.

EMPLOYMENT

ARBONNE INTERNATIONAL
Contact: Rena Benner, Executive Regional Vice President
Phone: 403-236-4676

CALGARY BOARD OF EDUCATION
2nd Floor, 112 - 28 Street SE
Contact: CBE Support Staffing
Fax:1-866-465-8547
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Website: www.cbe.ab.ca

UPS
3650 12 Street NE
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Website: www.upsjobs.com
Want a job with weekends off? UPS is hiring permanent part-time administrative and warehouse staff. Various positions and shifts available Monday to Friday. $11.75 to $13.31/hr to start. Tuition reimbursement available for students. Benefits offered to all UPS employees. Also looking for full-time drivers. $15/hr to start. Brown Shorts included! 

USBORNE BOOKS
Contact: Shirley Cameron
Phone: 1-800-757-7977
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USBORNE BOOKS
Phone: 1-800-561-2674
Website: www.usborne.ca

WORK AT HOME UNITED
Contact: Candice Gamez
Phone: 403-246-2933
Website: www.helpingothersfromhome.com
Balance in your personal, family and business life? Work at Home United! is an award-winning team with unparalleled success. We will supply you with free training, free tools, mentoring needed to work from home and be successful. Call or visit our website and request information.

FINANCIAL PLANNING

CANADA MORTGAGE TEAM
Contact: Victor Janus
Phone: 1-866-718-8366
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Website: www.canadamortgageteam.com
Tired of many monthly payments for credit cards, loans and your mortgage? Combine all your debt using the equity in your home. Get your mortgage or refinancing solution with Canada Mortgage Team and you may qualify for a $100 gift card to your favorite store. Call 1-866-718-8366.

CANADIAN SCHOLARSHIP TRUST FOUNDATION
Contact: Gregory Grasdahl
Phone: 403-217-3947
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Canadian Scholarship Trust Foundation, with a distinguished 47-year history, is the most experienced RESP provider in Canada, helping more parents save for their children’s higher education than any other plan. Managing RESPs is our only business, and our goal is the stable growth and protection of your investment - to ensure the money for higher education will be there when your child needs it.

DEBT FREEDOM
Explore the possibilities for your family through Debt Freedom’s Revolutionary Financial Makeover! Isn’t it time you smiled at the end of the month? For more information please call Roy Babiuk: 403-519-1192; Diana North: 403-271-6771; Monica Thompson: 403-454-6780; Terry Baptiste: 403-371-3848; Judy & Jeff Tate: 403-230-5559.

GLOBAL EDUCATIONAL MARKETING CORPORATION
Suite 222, 1935 - 32 Avenue NE
Contact: Kari Chan & Kim Hiep
Phone: 403-617-8286 & 403-828-6808
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Website: www.globalfinancial.ca
Doctor, Teacher, Engineer? Every dream needs a Plan. Global Educational Trust Plan offers you options and advantages: Eligibility for government grants. Low-risk investments. Professionally managed investment portfolio. Pooled investing for potentially higher returns. Many flexible plan options that make saving easier. Help your child realize their dream.

HOBBIES

COLOUR ME MINE

SMALL SOLDIER
438, 11520 24 Street SE (Douglas Square)
Phone: 403-203-2622
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Website: www.smallsoldier.ca
Did dad build models when he was a kid? He’ll love this! Small Soldier is a military-themed hobby store specializing in model kits and detailed tabletop gaming miniatures. We carry all the essential model making supplies. Small Soldier hosts instructional model-building clinics for adults and children of all skill levels.

MEALTIME SOLUTIONS

BOSTON PIZZA
Calgary, Strathmore, Cochrane and Okotoks
Website: www.bostonpizza.com

COPPER POT CREATIONS
11229 - 30 Street SW
Phone: 403-585-4717
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Website: www.copperpotcreations.com
Convenient. Healthy. Creative. Chef-prepared, ready-to-heat meals for the whole family! Fully prepared lunches, dinners, organic baby & toddler foods & more! We use only natural, fresh ingredients to prepare our meals. Order online or by phone. Delivery to Calgary & area. Visit our website for more info.

DASHING DISHES
Contact: Kim Grech
Phone: 403-471-1395
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Website: www.dashingdishes.com
Dashing Dishes will help solve your dinnertime dilemma! Attend a Dashing Dishes session and in two hours, you will assemble 12 different entrees for your family (each entree serves 4 to 5 people). We hold Dashing Dishes sessions all over the city in community halls. Register on our website to view our menus and sign up for a session near you.

FARM FRESH ORGANICS HOME DELIVERY LTD.
Phone: 403-210-3700 or 1-800-563-1517
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Website: www.freshorganics.ca
Organic freshness delivered to your door.

THE LIBERATED COOK
16 Stadium Shopping Centre 1941 Uxbridge Drive NW
Contact: Charles Lawton
Phone: 403-233-2665
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Website: www.theliberatedcook.com
No time to cook? Liberate yourself from the dinner time dilemma with one of our time-saving meal solutions - ready made meal packages, do-it-yourself meal assembly sessions and parties, in-store selections, and catering. We focus on complete, nutritious, restaurant quality meals at family friendly prices. Taste the difference and become liberated!

WOVENFARE INTERNATIONAL INC.
104 - 1240 Kensington Road NW, Suite #149
Contact: Cecilia de la Rocha/Justine Brown
Phone: 403-809-1678
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Website: www.wovenfare.com
According to dietitians the world over: “A weekly meal plan is fundamental to a healthy lifestyle.” The benefits of meal planning extend beyond simply having the groceries you need on hand. With Wovenfare™ you get: Consistent nutritional benefits through wholesome home cooked meals. Valuable family time with regular family dining. Freedom of time with no more wasted moments stressing about what to make for dinner! Log on and register for free meal plans.

PLAYGROUPS & COFFEE HOUSES

CALGARYMOMS.COM
Contact: Britt Raposo
Phone: 403-285-7613
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Website: www.calgarymoms.com
CalgaryMoms.com offers a supportive environment for all Calgary moms to connect online and in person. Our friendly community is always abuzz with hot topics including pregnancy, parenting, relationships and more. We have playgroups located all around the city and moms can enjoy some ‘me’ time with our Moms Nights Out, Retreats, Weight Loss Challenges. Join us today!

COFFEE & S'CREAM
555 Northmount Drive NW
Contact: Sonja Litwack
Phone: 403-210-2020
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Website: www.coffeeandscream.ca
Come and relax at Coffee & S’cream’s full service coffee spot with a separate 2,000 sq. ft. play area for parents and tots. Children six months to six years can climb and slide, explore mats, ride around our 100-foot track plus more in our colorful, safe, clean, secure environment.

GYMANIACS
2, 125 - 1 Street East Cochrane, AB
Phone: 1-403-932-5104
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Website: www.gymaniacs.com
Join us in our child proof PlayGym and remember what being a kid is all about! Enjoy your favorite book in the comfort of our lounge chairs, secure in the knowledge that your child is safe, active & growing self-confidence in our ever changing wonderland. Take the beautiful drive to Cochrane and discover why Gymaniacs is the PlayGym of choice for Cochrane & Calgary North parents!

PLAYTIME COOFEE & PLAYROOM
PLAYTIME TOY & PARTY RENTALS
2 - 390 Northmount Drive NW
Phone: 403-258-0223
Website: www.playtimerentals.ca
We offer a baby friendly playroom for children up to age five. Rent inflatable bouncers, ball pits, roller coasters, motorized trains or vehicles and more. Exclusive playroom bookings.

ROOM TO GROW
9 - 1330 - 15 Avenue SW
Contact: Shannon Kozak
Phone: 403-463-9565
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Website: www.room-to-grow.ca
No baby is too young to join! Come meet other moms while your kids play with our large collection of wooden toys, sculpt with play dough, create an art project, and explore our discovery centre. Songs, rhymes and a story end the class and keep a smile on your face for the rest of the day. Playgroup classes for children 0 to three. Parented Preschool for two-and-a-half to four. Preschool for three to five.

THE URBAN TREEHOUSE
102, 960 Yankee Valley Boulevard, Airdrie, AB
Phone: 403-945-0676
Website: www.theurbantreehouse.com
The Urban Treehouse is an award-winning indoor playcentre. Funky urban coffee house meets creative playplace. Come on in and grab a coffee or a healthy meal while the kids explore, create and climb, and you relax and enjoy the atmosphere. Just a short drive to Airdrie! 

QUICK ESCAPES & EXCURSIONS

AIRDRIE FESTIVAL OF LIGHTS
Website: www.airdriefestivaloflights.com
The Airdrie Festival of Lights is western Canada’s largest outdoor free walk through light display. The family-focused event is held every night in December in Airdrie’s Nose Creek Park and features live stage entertainment, train rides, camel rides, hot chocolate, Santa’s workshop and much more. Admission is free and parking is free. For more information visit www.airdriefestivaloflights.com.

FORT CALGARY
750 - 9 Avenue SE
Contact: Nicky Peeters
Phone: 403-290-1875
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Website: www.fortcalgary.com
The heart of Calgary is red... the scarlet red of the North West Mounted Police tunic. When the NWMP built their fort at the confluence of the Bow and Elbow Rivers in 1875, they laid the
foundations for the city we enjoy today. Take a short walk to The Deane House, the lovingly restored historic home of the NWMP Captain Richard Deane, now operating as a restaurant.

HERITAGE PARK
1900 Heritage Drive SW
Phone: 403-268-8500
Website: www.heritagepark.ab.ca
Heritage Park is Canada’s largest living historical village. Located on 66 acres of lush parkland, Heritage Park features over 150 exhibits, daily interpretive activities, special events and hands-on fun. Come ride on our Steam locomotive or our SS Moyie Paddlewheeler or simply enjoy a horse drawn wagon ride and antique midway rides. Relive the adventures of Western Canada’s past today!

SHAKERS FAMILY FUN CENTRE
285020 Venture Avenue SE
Phone: 403-236-2213
Website: www.shakerscalgary.com
Had fun today? Shakers Family Fun Centre offers mini golf, go karts, lazer tag and more!

SPRUCE MEADOWS
118011 Spruce Meadows Way
Phone: 403-974-4200
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Website: www.sprucemeadows.com
Discover the magic of Christmas at the Spruce Meadows International Christmas Market. Celebrate Christmas with unique products including original art, hand-crafted items, food, clothing, furniture and many ‘one-of-a-kind’ gifts. Enjoy the international cuisine, the kids’ craft area, the live entertainment, or simply take a stroll through the ‘streets’ created in an indoor environment bursting with Christmas joy. Get a head start on your Christmas shopping for friends and family.

REST & RELAXATION

SHERATON SUITES EAU CLAIRE
255 Barclay Parade SW
Phone: 403-266-7200
Website: www.sheratonsuites.com
Experiences are invited at the Sheraton Suites Calgary Eau Claire, located in the heart of downtown Calgary in the midst of the city’s most exciting shopping and recreation area. This award-winning, 4-diamond, all-suite hotel’s neighboring attractions include the Eau Claire Market, YMCA and Prince’s Island Park - an extensive parkland which plays host to a multitude of Calgary festivals. Be sure to ask about the special Calgary’s Child Weekend rate.

RETAIL

MARKET MALL
3625 Shaganappi Trail NW
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Website: www.marketmall.ca
Market Mall is Calgary’s family friendly destination for top brands, trendy restaurants, rejuvenating spas and more stores than any other mall in Calgary. Let shop! cards take the guesswork out of gift giving. They’re available in any denomination and accepted at 220 stores. Get yours at Guest Services.

SUNRIDGE MALL
2525 - 36 Street NE
Contact: Claire Salaysay
Phone: 403-280-2525
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Website: www.sunridgemall.com
Sunridge Mall is the dominant shopping centre in Northeast Calgary. Newly renovated, the mall offers over 160 exciting stores and services, anchored by The Bay, Zellers and World Health Club. New streetscape retailers include Old Navy, Danier Leather, and The Childen’s Place. Visit the Guest Services Centre on the main level for an array of services including mall directories, kiddie kruizers, gift wrapping, gift card sales and more to enhance your shopping experience.

SUPPORT & SERVICES

A PLACE FOR EVERYTHING

CALGARYMOMS.COM
Contact: Britt Raposo
Phone: 403-285-7613
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Website: www.calgarymoms.com
CalgaryMoms.com offers a supportive environment for all Calgary moms to connect online and in person. Our friendly community is always abuzz with hot topics including pregnancy, parenting, relationships and more. We have playgroups located all around the city and moms can enjoy some ‘me’ time with our Moms Nights Out, Retreats, Weight Loss Challenges. Join us today!

CREATIVE KIDS 
Contact: Sharilyn Clowes
Phone: 403-873-1966
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Website: www.greenlearning.com 
Go shopping, visit with friends, prepare for the holidays, or enjoy a day at the spa while your kids create art, play games or are engaged in holiday activities. Leave your children in the hands of Creative Kids experts while you give yourself the gift of time!