Come to the Cottage Life Spring Show

Come to the Cottage Life Spring Show

...and fill in a ballot for a chance to win $5,000 in the Cottage Life and FOCA "Make Your Lake Great" contest!

Cottage Life Spring Show- FOCA is going, are you?

Friday, March 30 - Sunday April 1, 2012 (International Centre, Toronto)

Visit booth #2328 in Hall 3A and help us to celebrate 50 years of FOCA!

Also, FOCA has curated an exhibit for the Spring show, titled Postcards from the Edge of Cottage Country - a light-hearted look back at the heritage of cottage living, in photos, postcards and other cottage memorabilia. Thanks to our partners at the Canadian Canoe Museum and the Peterborough Museum and Archives for lending to this event, as well as artist Charles Pachter and private art collectors.

* Drop by the Exhibit (near the "Trading Post" area of the show) and submit a ballet for a chance to win $5,000 in the Cottage Life & FOCA "Make Your Lake Great" contest. (Prizing provided by BOATsmart! Canada.)

http://www.foca.on.ca/news_and_events/595

Spring Cottage Life Show

Get ready for cottage country
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Love the Cottage Life Show
The show is at the International Centre, 6900 Airport Rd., Mississauga on March 30, 11 a.m. to 8 p.m.; March 31, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.; and April 1, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Admission is $17; $10, ages 13 to 17; free, 12 and younger; $24, weekend pass (discounts on-line and in Cottage Life magazine, April edition). Parking is free.

Penny's Blog: A cool website for cabin design and cottage photos
http://ow.ly/1iakDV Cottage Life
Great Web Sites

FOCA has been named a Constant Contact "All Star" for success in email marketing campaigns in 2011

Federation of Ontario Cottagers' Associations (FOCA)

Wow, this little Canadian not-for-profit membership organization just got recognized by a big American marketing firm:
FOCA has been named a Constant Contact "All Star" for success in email marketing campaigns in 2011. We're among the top 10% of more than 500,000 accounts using Constant Contact, based on criteria like consistently high open rates.

Thanks to all of you who are hooked on the FOCA Elert and have turned it into such a success.

Don't know what an Elert is? Not yet on the list? Visit the FOCA website www.foca.on.ca today and sign up (look for the red box) - the next edition is coming this week!

Alien plant invasion right in our ditches

AWARE prepares to battle alien plant invasion right in our ditches 

http://bit.ly/x4ETZq Midland Freepress

If you are going to be in the Simcoe County area on April 14th it would worth going to. 

10 of the problematic plants -Giant Hogweed, Garlic Mustard, Dog-strangling Vine, Common Reed (Phragmites), Japanese Knotweed, Glossy Buckthorn, Common Buckthorn, Periwinkle (Vinca), Bishop's Goutweed and Norway Maple

Great Lakes show massive ice loss, study says

Great Lakes show massive ice loss, study says
http://bit.ly/ylzMwj CBC
Not a good thing, the ice helps prevent evaporation of the water in the winter

Toronto Sportsmen's Show

Toronto Sportsmen's Show
March 14 - 18, 2012
Metro Toronto Convention Centre
http://bit.ly/zdiOaF
A sign that summer is coming 

The Midland Free Press's compilation of fun stuff to do on family day in Huronia

The Midland Free Press's compilation of fun stuff to do on family day in Huronia
Looks like lots of fun for this long weekend

http://bit.ly/yLbhxo

Winterama a showcase of community spirit

Winterama a showcase of community spirit

64th annual winter carnival runs from Friday to Sunday

Looks like a fun weekend, I have fond memories of Winterama from when I was much younger.

http://bit.ly/yi3sC6

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