In the Community

If you needed another reason to get active and work off that Easter dinner, here's one: you can work out for free today at the Richmond Oval.

It won Staples Canada's annual Superpower Your School contest.

Seniors got into the swing of it at a charity table tennis tournament benefitting the Rotary Club of Richmond this weekend. Yukihiro Harada competes at a seniors' table tennis tournament at the Bridgeport Sports Club on April 20.

Richmondites joined an egg hunt at the Steveston Community Centre in celebration of Easter. People arrive at the Easter egg hunt. BOAZ JOSEPH PHOTO Parents and kids head to the egg hunt. BOAZ JOSEPH PHOTO Instructions are given for the egg hunt.

Later this month, the Richmond Potter’s Club is having a pottery sale and celebrating its 50th year. Over three days, on April 26, 27 and 28, a variety of gifts made by local potters will be for sale.

The Richmond library has started a new initiative collecting used smartphones to donate to blind and visually impaired people.

Richmond Cares Richmond Gives, a charity that encourages local philanthropy and volunteering, held its annual Volunteers are Stars gala celebrating the city's volunteers on April 9. There, some dedicated volunteers were honoured with special awards.

John Gedak started playing drums in Grade 9 at Cambie Junior High, and he still plays them today.

On Saturday, April 13, 84 young chess players, ranging from Kindergarten to Grade 9, participated in the 9th annual Kiwanis Scholastic Chess Tournament, held at City Centre Community Centre.

Message wasn’t planned by the church, but some community members enjoyed it