We want to provide lots of opportunities to hear from you — so we’ve gone ahead and set the PAC general meetings for the rest of this school year! Please mark your calendars now for these dates:
Weds Apr 30
Tues May 27
Weds Jun 18
We’ve alternated between Tuesdays and Wednesdays to try and make the dates as accessible as possible (we know extracurricular schedules get locked down pretty early.)
For now, we are testing out holding meetings at 630 pm in the library and will advise if that changes. Please make sure to subscribe to the newsletter through info@hastingspac.ca to make sure you’re always into the loop!
The Spring Fair is the PACs biggest Fundraiser and Community event of the year. All proceeds, after expenses, go to important initiatives that support the kids of Hastings Elementary school with classroom supplies, technology, art projects, field trips and more.
Join us Friday, May 9th from 3-5.30pm, rain or shine, for the Hastings Community Elementary School Spring Fair. This is a community event and everyone is welcome. This event wouldn’t be possible without the support of local businesses, community sponsors, toy donations and many many volunteers. Thank you to everyone who supports the Spring Fair!
Atrium Inn Vancouver Big Fun Run Series Caliper Print & Signage Solutions Inc. Figaro’s Garden High Point Beer Wine Spirits Makehaus Fabrications Grow Speech and Language Therapy Mindful Brains Learning Support Save on Foods (2880 Bentall St, Vancouver) Tall Shadow Bakery Shirley Manfron Notary Public Hill and Harbour Real Estate Group Recycling Alternative Taste Vancouver Food Tours Platform 7 Coffee Stong’s, North Vancouver Soulfish Wellness East Van Jam Sunrise Health Massage Therapy & Acupuncture ROE Environmental Karin Davidson Personal Real Estate Corporation Pacific National Exhibition (Playland) McGill Grocery Studio Roslyn Tot 2 Teen Dental Columbus Meat Market Swank Hair & Esthetics Rhum HR Nail Palette Selene Aegean Bistro Pho Don East Village Insurance
Join us at Hastings Elementary on Friday, May 9 from 3:00–5:30 PM for an afternoon packed with fun, food, and community spirit!
Get ready for:
🏰 Bouncy Castles 🃏 Carnival Games 🍕 Pizza, Hot Dogs & Treats 🎵 Music & Vibes 🏐 Sports Demos 🏆 Prizes Galore 🧩 Family-Friendly Fun
The Spring Fair is Hastings PAC’s biggest fundraiser and community event of the year—and we’d love your support!
Where do the funds go? Straight into our school—supporting classroom supplies, art, tech, field trips and more.
Ways to get involved:
🙋♀️ Volunteer – We need 40–60 amazing helpers to keep things running smoothly. SIGN UP HERE to grab a shift. There are lots of opportunities to help out throughout the day!
🎁 Make a Jolly Jar – Fan fave alert! Fill a jar with goodies or join a lunchtime jar-making session at school (TBA) with Jolly Jar Queen Meg Roe.
🎪 Sponsor a Game or Activation – Are you a local biz owner? Support your community AND get visibility with local families! Email Jenn: jenn@wintcommunications.com for tiered sponsorship options.
🎟 Donate Tickets – Buy a pack of 10 or 20 and gift them to another family. Spread the joy!
🧸 Toys Needed! – Spring clean + support the fair = win-win. Donate gently used toys, puzzles, or games (no books, please). Drop-off box by the office.
We can’t wait to see you there! It’s going to be a blast! 🌸
This is your friendly reminder that the Hastings PAC is hosting the very popular Burger & Bevvie Night at The Princeton, and tickets are selling fast! And read on for a sneak peek at the song catalogue 😉
When: Saturday, March 1st! 6-11pm Where: The Princeton Pub & Grill – 1901 Powell Street What: Adults only social event to bring together the Hastings School parent and caregiver community
Tickets are only $30 each (+ fees) and that gets you a *burger, fries, one beverage, karaoke entertainment, and good times! We will also be having a 50/50 cash-only draw!
*veggie burgers available
Doors open at 6pm, and first burgers are served at 6:30pm.
Kitchen closes at 10pm, but event goes until 11pm.
And for those of you who like to plan ahead – here is a link to the karaoke song catalogue! http://Songbook.triumphent.ca
This is a wonderful way to meet other parents and caregivers. While this event is primarily intended to be a community building event, any proceeds will go to the Hastings PAC to fund initiatives such as classroom supplies, dance and phys.ed programs, art supplies, to name a few! So grab some friends and come out for a fun night while raising money for the PAC!
Don’t wait to snag your tickets! Thanks in advance for your support!
The Hastings PAC Garden Club wants you! (and your weeding tools, your brooms, your shovels, your secateurs.. you get the idea) We are getting ready to get growing in the school garden, which makes this the perfect time of year to do a little clean up in our green space.
Please join us Thurs Feb 27 from 3-5 pm at the undercover area so that we can pull out weeds, dig up plants that didn’t make it through the winter, and generally spruce things up. It’s the first thing we need to take care of, with sessions planned for later this year to improve the quality of our dirt, and then get planting!
Work gloves are also highly recommended. Children are welcome to join if they can follow strict safety rules, and are under the direct supervision of their parent(s).
Hastings PAC Presents Holiday Movie Night: doors at 5, 1st movie at 5:30. Admission by donation.
Hastings PAC is inviting you to say Hello to the Holidays! Please join us at the school gym on Weds Dec 18 between 5-8 for a double blast of Grinch goodness! We’ll screen the original 1966 animated short with Boris Karloff as the iconic voice of the green guy starting at 5:30 pm, and then segue into the full length CGI-animated feature from 2018, with Benedict Cumberbatch taking his Grinchy turn.
Doors open at 5 pm with admission by suggested donation of $5/person, capped at $20 for families of more than 4. Bring whatever suits your movie-watching style best when it comes to seating, whether that’s a bean bag, a sleeping bag or blanket, or a camp chair. Did we mention it’s a pretend-over? Wear your jammies and bring a stuffy if you like!
We also have all of your dinner and snack needs sorted!
We’ll have pizza, popcorn, treats, and beverages, and for the first time in Hastings’ history — the ‘Not a PBJ’ Bannock Bar. Take your pick from a non-nut based butter (eg WOW butter, sunflower seed butter, pumpkin seed butter) and a dozen sweet spreads, and build yourself a fab sandwich out of the fluffiest, most delicious bannock you’ve ever had. Or, go deluxe with a marshmallow and chocolate syrup version — it’s the holidays, after all. If you don’t have a sweet tooth and prefer the savoury, we’ll have you covered there too, with grilled cheese bannock, or vegetarian chili and bannock.
Please rsvp to info@hastingspac.ca in advance to give us a general sense of numbers. We are still looking for volunteers to help make the night go smoothly; please email us there as well if you’re available.
We’ll have an awesome holiday-themed draw for attendees, and we’ll share participation details for that through the PAC newsletter. Please sign up for that — you guessed it — by emailing us at info@hastingspac.ca.
