Pre-Meeting Event -- A&W Burgers to Beat MS -- August 20

Prior to the club's regular meeting let's gather at the Wye Road location of A&W for their annual Burgers to Beat MS fundraiser, where $2 of all Teen Burgers goes to support MS research in Canada.

We'll park at the Sherwood Park and District Chamber of Commerce at 100 Ordze Avenue (bring a lawn chair), walk across the street to the A&W at 99 Wye Road, Sherwood Park, grab our food, and retreat to the parking lot and enjoy the early evening.

From 5:00-5:45pm, when we'll head across Wye Road and over to Park Mazda for the club meeting 6:00-7:45pm.

Event Reminder -- My, Oh My, A Drive for Pie! (and a hike) -- August 15

Saturday, August 15 is our drive out to the Miners Cafe in Nordegg for pie (or lunch, or both) followed by a hike around Shunda Lake.

Details will be e-mailed out to club members via the club's GoogleGroups e-mail soon.

Inbetween fuel stop will be for cheap(ish) gas in Drayton Valley and then we'll head south past the Brazeau Dam towards the David Thompson Highway.

Plan for a relatively full day.

Event Reminder -- Rivercity Motors 9th Annual Charity Show'n'Shine -- August 8

Our friends at Rivercity Motors -- a valued corporate sponsor -- are having their 9th Annual Charity Show'n'Shine on Saturday, August 8 in support of the Stollery Childrens Hospital.

From their site: Bring your cool car, bike, tricycle, moped or just yourself! we will have all types of fun and games for family.

Set up: 9am to 11am Show: 11am to 4pm

To register follow this link for early sign up https://stollery.crowdchange.ca/129087

Copy and paste into your browser to register with the Stollery for the Show Giveaways, prizes, dyno, food, and more. Last year we raised over $8,000 for the Stollery Children’s Hospital — let’s top it! Registration is live and 100% of proceeds go to a great cause

Monthly Club Meeting -- July 16

July's a tricky month this go 'round, as there are five Thursdays. The club meeting is always on the third Thursday, so it's this week, on July 16 from 6:00 - 7:45pm in the second floor boardroom of Park Mazda located at 783 Fir Street, Sherwood Park.

Hope to see you there!

Event Reminder -- Ultimate Car Show at RAM -- July 11

Saturday, July 11 will be a day filled with amazing sights, a world-class museum, and hopefully no rain and no mosquitos. One can dream I suppose...

It'll be an early 8:00am departure from our meeting place (club members will receive an e-mail via our GoogleGroups system), as we'll be planning to arrive by 9:00am (the gates for exhibitors close at 9:30am).

Plan for a full day on-site, as we'll be there until 4:00pm.

FREE Registration deadline fast-approaching on June 19 for RAM's Ultimate Car Show event (July 11 attendance)

The DEADLINE to get your registration in for the Reynolds-Alberta Museum's "Ultimate Car Show" event is fast-approaching on June 19.

This event is entirely FREE to register for and attend. We will be making our annual splash of colourful Miatas on the field together with our sister-club Canadian Rockies Miata Club from Calgary on Saturday, July 11.

Get organized and get your free registration filled out via https://reynoldsmuseum.ca/form/registration

Event Reminder -- Jasper Jaunt -- June 20

Our annual Mille Kilometri drive -- the Jasper Jaunt -- is Saturday, June 20. Intended as a 1,000 kilometre loop south to Rocky Mountain House, west along the David Thompson Highway to Saskatchewan Crossing, north on the Icefields Parkway, and then ultimately home via the Yellowhead Highway, this is one of our premiere events of the season.

Best news is that access to the National Parks is free, so no fees need to be remitted upon entry to Banff N.P. at the gates just shy of Sask Crossing.

We'll meet up with members of Calgary's Canadian Rockies Miata Club at our gas / rest stop in Rocky Mountain House, and have a picnic-esque lunch in the parking lot at Sask Crossing (rest stop). Some of their cadre may be joining us northbound on the Icefields Parkway on an expanded route (they're overnighting in Hinton).

Depending on the weather outlook we may simply do a drive up to Maligne Lake, or turn that into a cookout opportunity with a fire.

As always, details will be sent out to club members via the club's GoogleGroups e-mail service.

Meeting Reminder -- June 18

Thursday, May 18 is the club's next monthly meeting, held from 6:00-7:45pm in the second floor boardroom at Park Mazda, located at 783 Fir Street in Sherwood Park. Access the stairs just off the main showroom on the way to the Parts and Service departments.

Come pick up your club license plate frame if you haven't already got your hands on this hot commodity. Bolt it to your Miata and show off.

Event Reminder -- Spring Drive & Lunch -- May 23

Our Spring Drive event is set for Saturday, May 23. This will be a two-part drive (90 min each) with a lunch break at the RV Pub and Grill restaurant in Seba Beach. I'll be requesting a head-count via the club's GoogleGroup e-mail service very soon so that the restaurant will be prepared for us. Their serivce last year was top-notch with ~30 people showing up.

NO SNOW!!

Details on the meet up location, departure time, and lunch break time will be sent out via the club's channels too along with the route information, so stay tuned.

Meeting Reminder -- May 21

Our next club meeting is Thursday, May 21 at our usual time / place -- that being the second floor boardroom at Park Mazda (stairwell is accessed just off the main showroom on the way through to the Service and Parts departments) from 6:00 - 7:45pm. Park Mazda is located at 783 Fir Street in Sherwood Park, just off Anthony Henday Drive at the Sherwood Park Freeway / Wye Road exit.

Hope to see you out there.

Come pick up your club member name badges and WRMC license plate frame. Very easy to join the club in-person at the meeting too!