What's New at the Hub
Upcoming Community Events:
- Community Dinner - Saturday June 12. Doors open at 4:00pm (Free meal for everyone)
- Hub Summer Rummage Sale - Saturday June 26, 9:00am - 2:00pm
New Programs for Spring/Summer 2010:
Free Haircut Service for Senior 50 plus (Please phone to book your appointment.)
New cycle of the Senior Computer Class starts Feb 1st, 2010
Kids Kitchen Program (July/August) for children age between 8 - 12 years old
- Have fun cooking & Learning about Food Skills, phone to register today!
The Hub is Proud to be part of the BWIN Initiative
The Becoming Welcoming and Inclusive Neighbourhoods (BWIN) project is a three year. It is an initiative developed to address the many barriers to full participation in our neighbourhoods that many newcomers and immigrants experience. The overall project consists of different neighbourhood specific initiatives taken on by a consortium of 12 neighbourhood houses the lower mainland.
Funding for this initiative has been generously provided by the Ministry of the Attorney General, Settlement and Multiculturalism Division.
The Oak Avenue Neighbourhood Hub has taken a food security approach to this initiative by offering a number of Community Kitchen programs. These include a Senior's Cooking Club, a Multi-cultural Cooking Club, an African-Specific Community Kitchen and a Burmese-Specific Community Kitchen. All these programs provide an opportunity for members to connect and share knowledge and stories while helping them establish functional ties with people in the community. Our goal is to engage people to make our neighbourhood a healthier and more vibrant place.
BWIN PROGRAMS at the Hub:
Cooking Club for Seniors - Focus on healthy and hearty soup making (2nd Circle)
Multicultural Community Kitchen (3nd circle) - Focus on how to make delicious and affordable meals for your families
Burmese-Specific Community Kitchen - Focus on learning healthy Canadian cooking
African-Specific Community Kitchen - Celebrate their unique cultures through food
About the Hub
The Oak Avenue Neighbourhood Hub evolved out of the Mission Board of Oak Avenue United Church in 2004.
It now is a registered non-profit society providing a variety of services to the community.
The purpose of the Hub is to provide a range of services for people in the community as part of a continuum of support for all ages. The hub serves as a place for other organizations and agencies to offer programs
 and fosters a unified vision of promoting healthy community development. Each program and service works in intentional cooperation with the Neighbourhood Hub to ensure that the needs of people in the community are being met in a way that is integrated and comprehensive.
Plans for the Hub include free or low-cost programs for school-age children including a homework club. Programming is currently being developed for seniors and youth as well as other drop-in programs for the community. We are also further developing our resource centre to include more information on community programming.
We want to engage the Cedar Hills community of Surrey more fully and provide opportunities for community development activities.
We invite you to join us in making the Hub a place of home and hope by becoming a member of the society, volunteering your time, donating in-kind resources or funds to the society.
Programs at the Hub
Hub Community Dinner
Partnering with the Oak Avenue Keystone Mission, every 2nd Saturday of each month, a free meal for the community is offered at the Hub.
Doors open at 4:00pm and dinner is served at 4:30pm. Please phone the office to confirm the date.
Clothes Closet ~ Oak Avenue Keystone
A program in partnership with the Oak Avenue Keystone, the Clothes Closet provides free clothing for babies and children up to 12 years of age. The Clothes Closet is located at the Hub. more
Day Care - 3 to 5 Years
The Hub provides qualified day care for children 3 to 5 years old.
The Hub works in co-operation with families to provide quality care.
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Day Care - Infants and Tots
Accommodating 12 children this Hub program offers full-time and part-time quality care for children from birth to 36 months. more
Income Tax Clinic
A program to assist low income earners to complete their income tax returns during the tax season. The clinic runs from March 1st to April 30th. Phone the Hub at 604-582 -7088 book your income tax appointment.
Harvest Box ~ United Way/South Fraser
The South Fraser Harvest Box is a partner program of the Hub. It is for individuals and families who want to purchase fresh, top quality produce at affordable proces.
Mother Goose ~ Options
The parent-child Mother Goose Program is a partner program of the Hub by OPTIONS: Services to Communities Society.
Mother Goose is a group experience for parents, their babies and young children. It focuses on the pleasures and power of rhymes, songs and stories together! more
Seniors' Programs
- Seniros' Drop-In: A program offering a weekly afternoon drop-in for seniors. Enjoy a variety of activities or just relax and meet new people. A light lunch is provided on the second and fourth Mondays.more
- Senior Cooking Club: An opportunity for seniors 55+ to gather, get to know each other and share knowledge and stories while cooking and eating together in a warm friendly atmosphere. Food will also be available to take home for the freezer.
- 1st Monday of each month - Planning meeting - 10:30am - 11:30am
- 3rd Monday of each month - Cooking session - 10:30am - 1:30pm
- Senior Luncheon: A drop-in lunch for seniors to socialize while enjoy our homemade hearty soup and sandwiches.
- 2nd and 4th Monday of each month - 11:30am - 1:00pm
- Senior Drop-in Tea: Seniors gather at the Hub while enjoy coffee, tea and snacks.
- 3rd Wednesday of each month - 1:00pm - 3:00pm
- Seniors Computer Class: A drop-in computer class where seniors can learn computer skills in a relaxed environment. Now wireless available. New Cycle starts Feb 1st, 2010
- Every Monday - 1:00pm - 2:30pm
Surrey, Parks Recreation and Culture
The Hub partners with Surrey Parks and Recreation to provide our facility for the benefit of the community, offering a variety of programs.
Whalley Family Place ~ Options
In partnership with the Hub, Whalley Family Place is a place to play and grow for families with young children. The goal of the program is to support families, empower parents, and encourage connections with other families. more
Day of Caring
The United Way Day of Caring held at the end of September saw 16 volunteers from Terasen Gas at the Hub. It turned out to be a wonderful sunny day and the crew was really there to work. They leveled the ground and laid cement block for the new storage shed and assembled it. They even installed a small retaining wall to stop the dirt from washing down on the shed area and to help keep it clean. 
They closed in the area under the 3 – 5 sun-deck with lattice and installed a door so the staff can store outdoor toys under there. Several volunteers went into the 3 - 5 Day Care and painted the kid’s cubbies. Several others painted the lower part of the building and the front stairs of the 3 - 5 Day Care. The difference was outstanding and it looks so good now.
Another group of volunteers worked on the flower beds and along the back of the building to get it all cleaned up. Then they generously went and bought some plants and bulbs so we have pansies in bloom now with lots of bulbs to come up in the spring.
Others planted several cedar shrubs to replace several that had died around the playground area.
We now have the bathroom and the galley in the Hub Centre freshly painted and it looks really nice. The painters were wonderful as they were so tidy and did a great job.
 We enjoyed muffins and coffee all morning and we served soup and hamburgers to the hungry volunteers for lunch. It was a great day in all.
Our friends at Terasen were very impressed with all that is happening at the Hub. They even put pictures and an article about their day working with us in their newsletter.
They said they were really impressed with the Clothes Closet and wanted to help promote it, as they have so many employees that have children themselves.
All went really well, and they said that they would love to come back to our site for another project in the future. At the end of the day, the Day Care presented a card that the children had made to thank them. The volunteers were really thrilled with this and said that that was the best thank you of all!
Janice Lanigan
Co-Chair Board of Directors.
Become a Hub Member
We invite individuals and organizations to join us in making the Oak Avenue Neighbourhood Hub a place of home and hope by joining the society, volunteering your time, donating in kind resources or funds to the society.more
Volunteering at the Hub
Really do make things happen!
There are many ways to volunteer at the Oak Avenue Neighbourhood Hub. Here are just a few:
- We need skilled trades people and others to help with the upgrade and maintenance of the site
- People to volunteer as helpers in the Day Care
- People to volunteer with seniors and youth programs
- Gardeners and people who like to work outdoors
- Seniors to help tutor seniors Computer Club
- Tutors for after school Homework Club
For further information about volunteering and detailed job descriptions please contact the Hub office. more
Contacting the Hub
Oak Avenue Neighbourhood Hub Society
12740 - 102 Avenue
Surrey, BC V3V 3E5
Office and Programs: 604-582-7088
Fax Number: 778-395-0323
Email: info@oanh.ca
Getting to the Hub by bus (located just minutes from the Skytrain):
#323 ~ On 128 Street, get off at the 102 Avenue stop and walk west along 102 Avenue.
#328 ~ On 104 Avenue, get off at the 128 Street stop and walk south to 102 Avenue and then go west.
#316 ~ On 100 Avenue. get off at the 128 Street stop and walk north to 102 Avenue and go west.
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Our Mission
We desire to be a Neighbourhood Hub. A place of home and hope partnering with similar organizations for the
benefit of the community.
Our Partners
Oak Avenue Keystone
Clothes Closet
Harvest Box
Options - Mother Goose
City of Surrey, Parks Recreation and Culture
Whalley Family Place
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