Pub Night

Come down to the Ritchie Hall on the last Saturday of the month for beers, snacks, and music. Bring your neighbour!

Upcoming Pub Nights

Details:

• Bent Stick brews, cider option, NA options

• Snacks for purchase - Lucy’s pizza buns & exclusive to Ritchie, cheese buns.

• $5 admission at the door (price of admission includes one drink ticket for Ritchie resident members)

• There will be music, sometimes live and sometimes DJ

Volunteer Opportunities

• Set-up the seating / entry / games on tables

• Entry table for ticket and memberships and door watching

• Sell drinks and food

• Pro-server to supervise event (all night) and jump in to help bar when busy

• Tear down and clean up with help from friends

Questions? Ask the team: pubnights@ritchie-league.com

West Ritchie Garden Meetup

Last Wednesday of the month @ 7 pm

Season Series: April 2025 - September 2025

Location: 7900 A 101 St NW Edmonton, AB T6E 0B9

Would you like to join our garden committee to help run the garden? 

The monthly meeting will occur in the garden on the last Wednesday of the month. It is a casual, BYOB meet-up where we talk upgrades, priorities, issues, grants, and stories.

All RCL volunteers must be RCL members/associate members. If you’re up for it, volunteers will help make garden clean-up, grant applications, or Instagram management easier. 

What we need:

A small monthly commitment (1-5 hours) during the gardening season

What you get out of it:

• Your voice will shape the future of the garden, including how grants are spent, how maintenance is assigned, and more

• You will be guaranteed one garden plot for your effort

• If you need a letter or reference for your time, one will be provided

The best part? The garden crew is a lot of fun, and the people are nice. We would love to have you join.   

For more information about the West Ritchie Community Gardens visit our info page

Email Hanna at garden@ritchie-league.com to sign up, or feel free to show up at the picnic tables around 7.

We will cancel or reschedule if the weather is particularly unpleasant.

Ritchie Men’s Shed

Saturdays 10:00 am

Visit us for coffee, conversation and projects.

The Ritchie Community League Board hosts a Men’s Shed at the community hall. We gather weekly over coffee to share stories, bounce around ideas for community projects that need doing, and build or fix something!

QUESTIONS? Contact mensshedritchie@gmail.com

Trevon Romanuik: 780-604-8676

Doug Hartman: 780-919-3696

WHAT IS A MEN’S SHED?

Men’s Sheds started in Australia over 30 years ago when a few retired guys got together to restore furniture and fix lawn mowers. There are now thousands of Sheds across the world, including over 10 in the Edmonton area. Each one is unique in that the men decide what they want to do. Many start as informal coffee gatherings and grow into collaborating on projects for companionship, training, teaching, mentoring, and to improve their community.

Learn more about Men’s Sheds here: https://mensshedscanada.ca/

WHY A RITCHIE SHED?

In Ritchie, there have been few opportunities for guys to gather together and share stories. Our Shedders do that and also put their combined experience to good use, helping to maintain and improve our community facilities. 

Our Shed is led by two community members, Dan and Doug, who have been with our Shed since the beginning. As a very experienced certified carpenter, Dan regularly brings his youthful community insights, professional guidance, job safety and quality control skills to our Shed. A retired banker, Doug loves coffee chats and herding the guys to dive into hands-on projects. Each week is different.

Please feel free to contact either one of them at their numbers above.

MEN’S SHEDS BENEFITS THEIR MEMBERS: 

• By having fun! They enjoy activities they have always loved or discover new ones.

• By making friends. 

• By getting involved in their community. 

• By having a chance to share their own knowledge or skills, and learn from others. 

• By being in a place where they can be themselves.

• By experiencing support that can enhance mental health.

• By reducing isolation. 

ACCOMPLISHMENTS TO DATE 

Since we began in April 2023, these have been some of our activities.

• Held weekly Saturday Shedder meetings 

• Assembled 3 insulated dog sheds for Second Chance Animal Rescue Society

• Co-hosted evening presentations to the community

• Learned how to play pickleball

• Refurbished children’s games

• Performed numerous maintenance, building and repair projects for the Ritchie Community League hall, inside and outside

• Modified space in the hall to become the home of our Ritchie Men’s Shed

• Partnering to assist with the West Ritchie Community Garden

• Hosted a Birdhouse Build event for Father’s Day 2025

Bridge

Every Friday at 11:00

Doors open: 11:00am
Games start: 12:00pm

$3 per person

Contacts:

Lynda

• Phone 780-437-3819

• Email lyndacalarco@gmail.com

Girl Guides

Wednesday Evening

Starting on September 4th

4th Edmonton Spark Unit

ages 5-6 Wed @ 6:15 PM - 7:15 PM

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2nd Edmonton Ember Unit

ages 7-8 Wed 6:15 PM - 7:30 PM

2nd Edmonton Pathfinder Unit

ages 12-14 Wed 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM

Commonwealth Rec Centre (Free Access)

SATURDAYS, 3 - 5 pm
SUNDAYS, 1 - 3 PM

Show your Ritchie membership card on entry.

What can you do at Commonwealth?

• swim in the pools

• run the track

• work out on the equipment

• shoot some hoops in the gym

• kick a soccer ball around the field house.

PLUS…discounted admission to ALL city rec centres

NOTE: Commonwealth is scheduled for a maintenance shutdown  (no swims) July 6, 2026 - Aug 28, 2026 use Bonnie Doon Leisure Centre instead.

Use the Community League Wellness Program to purchase memberships and passes to city recreation centres at up to 20 per cent off regular prices.

Community swims do not take place on Statutory Holidays or days the facilities close early: Sept 6, Sept 7, Sept 13, Sept 14, Sept 27, Oct 11, Apr 5