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Announcements: Week of Feb 8, 2021

This week:

  • Feb 15/16, 2021 NO Training for Family Day – see you all on Feb 22/23
  • Feb 20, 2021 A CAF (Canadian Armed Forces) Familiarization presentation will be taking place from about 1000hrs to 1300hrs roughly. It is open to all cadets and will have Current and retired members of the CAF discussing and talking about the work they do/have done in their service. A link for the presentations will be posted soon. Cadets are strongly encouraged to attend.
  • Some of the course descriptions and requirements for virtual summer training courses have been updated, however we are still waiting on most of them. The form for signing up will be posted when we have the majority of them up. Please keep in mind that you can choose up to 7 options for virtual ctc’s and must prioritize them in order from 1 – 7. The deadline of Feb 17 for those applications is being pushed back to accommodate for the delay in the forms release. A new deadline will be posted when the form goes live, so please keep an eye out for that. 
  • Those interested in the CAP program please see the supplementary training page for more details. The description for this will be updated in the coming days as we receive more information. 
  • Those who won prizes during our January parades should have or will soon be receiving your prizes so please keep an eye out for them. 
  • Also just as a reminder for all, if personal information such as email, phone numbers or addresses change you NEED to inform the squadron staff. If we do not have updated contact information we may not get information to you as needed, this especially with staff doing door drop offs of many of our physical objects to meet with health guidelines. We need to go to the right house!

 

As always thank you for continuing to be involved in the unit during these times and have a great week off!

Announcements: Week of Feb 1, 2021

This week:

  • Mon/Tues Feb 8/9, 2021 – Our regular virtual training nights. Great job this past week with our virtual Fitness nights!
  • CTC Applications are still up and the deadlines are fast approaching. Make sure to check the Summer Training page for that information and updates.
  • CAP Program signups are on the Supplementary training page and is open to all Grande Prairie Cadets. The application is still open but the deadline for this is coming quickly, so make sure to apply if you’re interested while you still can.
  • March Music Clinic has just been announced for the weekend of March 12/13. Information is on the Discord Band channels. If you’re interested, please let CIV Elliott know before February 26th. Band Sundays will be starting this weekend from 1-3pm. This is non-mandatory, but is an opportunity to get assistance with level testing prep and any questions you may have.

Announcements: Week of Jan 25, 2021

This week:

  • Mon/Tues Feb 1/2, 2021 – CFA/ Fitness night. We know that doing physical activity virtually is tough but we are still gonna give it a shot. We ask that cadets come at our usual times of 1830-2100hrs and bring the following: Ensure you have a workable space to move around in ( enough to spin 360 with your arms fully extended out), a water bottle or source of water, appropriate physical activity clothing, have a camera or webcam on if possible, and a small to medium sized box or object with something to measure over 30cm(ruler, measuring tape). 
  • CTC Applications are still up and we haven’t received a whole lot of new information but please check the Summer Training page for that information. 
  • CAP Program signups are on the Supplementary training page and is open to all Grande Prairie Cadets, this is an in-person training week that will run April 5-9 2021 during the hours of 9-5. This is subject to change and cancellation depending on public health guidelines. Signup period is small so please if you are interested apply for that. 
  • Congratulations to all our winners of prizes of appreciation we have been doing for the last few weeks, and big shout out to Cpl Campbell for taking our final grand prize of the Fitbit!! 

Announcements: Week of Jan 18, 2021

This Week:

  • Regular Virtual training Jan 25 & 26, 2021 at 1830hrs-2100hrs
  • Reminder Survivair is started up again on Thursday evening in the discord server all are welcome to join. Timings are 1800-2000hrs
  • Just like this week more prize and reward draws will be happening again, so if you want to get cool things like canteens, and shoulder bags like our winners this week make sure you attend the training nights as its the only way to win!
  • Reminder the first week of February we will be doing a virtual fitness night/ Fitness Assessment, keep it in your mind to try and participate so finding a good spot to get up and move a bit and get active. More info will be sent out closer to the date.

 

  • Summer 2021 training information is slowly being released as we gain the information ourselves. To eliminate confusion of where the information can be found the announcements will only be used to communicate that updates and changes were made. The information will be located on the Summer Training sub-page under the Training tab of the website, this is where updates and directions will be added. If you have questions let us know. 

 

As always the staff of 577 appreciate your involvement and are working tirelessly to try and create better activities and training for you during this time. Thank you for sticking with it!!