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In today’s Mom Scoop:
🚣 Come Try Rowing Day @ Barrie Rowing Club
📎 Crafty Kids @ Barrie Public Library
💪 Free Self Defence Class for Women & Girls @ Yujo Martial Arts
🍽 Recipe Of The Week: Mexican Street Corn Pasta Salad
🗞 Local Good News Stories
🌆 What’s Happenin’
Let’s get to it!
🚣 Come Try Rowing Day @ Barrie Rowing Club
Do you want to learn more about the Barrie Rowing Club and the sport of rowing? Please join us on May 30th or June 6th from 9:00am to 1:00pm.
What to expect:
Tour of the boat house and equipment
Learn about the programs that are offered and how to get started
Try your technique on land using a rowing machine (erg)
Try rowing a stable rowing shell on water with an experienced rower
📅 Saturday May 30th - 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Register for a time slot.
📍General John Hayter Southshore Community Centre
📎 Crafty Kids @ Barrie Public Library Holly Branch
Get ready for an exciting weekly craft! Join the Barrie Library each week to see the latest craft in action.
📆 Saturday May 30th - 10 a.m. to 11 a.m.
📍 Barrie Library Holly Branch
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💪 Free Self Defence Class for Women & Girls @ Yujo Martial Arts
Ready to feel empowered and confident? Join us in person for the 3rd Annual Women's Self Defence Class! This fun and supportive session is all about learning practical skills to keep you safe. No experience needed—just bring your bestie and let's get moving together!
You will learn:
Release techniques to break free from grabs
Pressure points that give you the advantage
Striking techniques using your elbows and knees
How to develop proper form and build muscle memory
The emphasis is on practical skills you can actually use; building confidence and capability in a safe, welcoming, women-only environment.
📆 Sunday May 31st - 10 a.m. to 12 p.m.
🎟 The event is FREE but Donations to Heather's Ride are appreciated.
📍 Yujo Martial Arts - 201 Sunnybrae Avenue, Innisfil
👩🍳 Recipe of the Week: Mexican Street Corn Pasta Salad
Elote gives that grilled, charred flavor that every grill out needs, while pasta salad is the easy, reliable side dish that everyone thanks you for.
🗞 Local Good News Stories
🏡 County relaunching $1.9M affordable housing fund after no successful winner. Read more.
👩🎤 Local openers unveiled for Troubadour Summer Concert Series kickoff. Read more.
🎙 Lyrica’s upcoming concert bids farewell to ‘beloved’ music director. Read more.
🐶 SPCA launches Spring Adoption Days, with focus on large dogs. Read more.
🏌♀️ Golf for Kids’ Sake returns to National Pines next month. Read more.
🛶 Application window open for Recreation and Sport Community Grant. Read more.
💛 Readers and local businesses raise $1,500 for Elizabeth Fry Society Simcoe Muskoka. Read more.
😻 Helping more animals starts at home as foster need grows in Barrie. Read more.
📕 Barrie poet turns difficult year into ‘something beautiful’. Read more.
🛼 ‘Fun, vibey’ Roller Skate the Square coming to Innisfil this week. Read more.
🥼 New hyperbaric clinic in Barrie aims to ease pressure on local health care. Read more.
🩺 How a Canadian cardiologist built a portable ‘hospital in a Pelican case’. Read more.
🌆 What’s Happenin’
Friday
🧸 Rise & Shine Playtime @ the Barrie Library - Holly Branch - 9:30 a.m. to 11 a.m. Learn more.
🎥 Friday Flicks @ the Barrie Library - Painswick Branch - 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Learn more.
🎤 Den of Hilarities - Stand up Comedy @ Liar’s Kitchen and Social - 8 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. Learn more.
Saturday
🧑🌾 Barrie Farmer’s Market @ City Hall - 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Learn more.
🧸 Rise & Shine Playtime @ the Barrie Library - various branches - 9:30 a.m. to 11 a.m. Learn more.
🎤 Damn Good Comedy Show @ Rec Room - 8 p.m. Learn more.
Sunday
🧸 Rise & Shine Playtime @ the Barrie Library - Holly Branch - 9:30 a.m. to 11 a.m. Learn more.
⛳ Family Fun: Minute to Win It @ Friday Harbour Beach - 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. Learn more.
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