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We’re Hiring! Join Team EG:

Health and Active Living Plaza Opportunities:

For details and to apply, visit eastgwillimbury.ca/Careers.


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Youth Week
Join us for FREE Youth Week Programs from May 1 to 7! Check out our various drop-in programs  including:

  • Youth Shinny
  • Watercolour Workshop
  • Youth Open-Gym
  • Youth Board Game Night
  • Youth Yoga
  • Dodgeball Drop-in

Find dates and times at eastgwillimbury.ca/YouthWeek.

East Gwillimbury Farmers Market
The EG Artisan and Farmers Market opens on May 22, and we want you! We are looking for vendors for the upcoming season. Interested in joining us? We are looking for businesses, farmers, community groups, not-for-profit organizations, youth entrepreneurs, and food trucks to join our 2025 season. 

Learn more and apply at eastgwillimbury.ca/FarmersMarket.

Sponsorship Opportunities
The Farmers Market would love to partner with you! Learn about our sponsorship opportunities and how your business can support as a community partner. 
For more information, please send us an email.

Spring and Summer Health and Active Living Guide
Have you heard? The 2025 Spring and Summer Health and Active Living Guide is online and available to register for spring programs! Check out:

  • Aquatics programs
  • Pre-school programs
  • Child and youth programs
  • Adult fitness programs

Learn more at eastgwillimbury.ca/Guide.

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Customer Service Portal
Did you know EG has an online customer service portal? You can quickly create a service request and check your previous entries. The customer service portal can help you with:

  • Streetlight outages
  • Road and traffic concerns
  • Water and wastewater inquiries
  • Parks and trails
  • By-law concerns
  • Missed waste collections
  • Other general inquiries

Visit the portal at eastgwillimbury.ca/CustomerServicePortal.

Food Pantry
Join us on Saturday, April 26 from 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the Holland Landing Community Centre (19513 Yonge Street). If you wish to support the Food Pantry, here is how you can help

Make a monetary donation:

  • online through Canada Helps Donation site (in the message field, write “Food Pantry”).
  • In person at the Library. Please note all monetary donations by cheque should be made out to “East Gwillimbury Public Library”. You will be asked to fill out a donation form which has a notes field for you to include ‘Food Pantry’ to ensure we have the correct information for tax receipts.

Drop off non-perishable food items at:

  • Holland Landing library branch – at the front desk during library hours.
  • Holland Landing Health Centre – during open hours.
  • Holland Landing Fire Station 24 (19314 Yonge Street, Holland Landing)
  • The Neighbourhood Market (19423 Yonge St, Holland Landing)
  • Vince's Market (19103A Leslie St, Sharon)

Please contact the library at foodpantry@egpl.ca or 905-836-6492 if you have questions.


 

Town Events

Community Cleanup Program
Help keep our neighbourhoods, parks and trails clean! Do you want to get involved? Join us at the following Community Cleanup dates:

  • May 3 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Holland Landing Community Centre
  • May 10 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Vivian Creek Park
  • May 24 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Sharon Hills Park
  • June 7 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Ridgeview Park and Vista Hills Park

Plan your own!

  • Email the Environmental team your name, proposed date/time of the clean-up and location for the clean-up activity, and where the filled waste bags will be located after the cleanup. If you are organizing a large group event, please include that in your email.
  • Kits can be picked up in Customer Service at the Civic Centre, 19000 Leslie Street, Monday to Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Kits contain gloves and garbage bags.

Learn more at eastgwillimbury.ca/Cleanup.

Earth Week in EG
Celebrate Earth Week with us! We have various events this month to spread eco-friendly awareness. Join us at:

  • Check out the EG Public Library Earth Week reading list at https://bit.ly/41V1HoE.
  • Movie Screening of “The Lorax” tonight at 4 and 6 p.m. in Council Chambers at the EG Civic Centre and Online
  • Eco-Fair on April 26 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the EG Sports Complex in the Canada Hall

Learn more at eastgwillimbury.ca/Environment.


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Join Team EG for Run for Southlake
Support Southlake Regional Health Centre on April 27 in the Nature’s Emporium run/walk for Southlake! Join Team EG for the run or walk or donate on the Southlake Foundation website. Join the run or walk or donate on their website.


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Short Story Contest
Since 1993, the East Gwillimbury Public Library has encouraged young writers to imagine and create. Every year, students in grades 3 to 8 are invited to submit a short story for inclusion in the Write On! Anthology. Winning submissions will be published and celebrated at our anthology launch party in the fall of 2025.

This year’s Write On! theme is Travelling Through Time: 50 Years in the Future! The deadline to submit is June 9, 2025. Visit the Library’s Write On! page for submission guidelines, inspiration, and more.


 

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