Building Belonging
Are you or someone you know between the ages of 6-12 years old? Live in the Spence area? Want to have fun, meet friends, and get to know your community? Join Building Belonging!





Building Belonging offers free structured programming for children ages 6-12 in the Spence neighbourhood at the Magnus Eliason Recreation Centre (MERC) – 430 Langside Street
School Year Program
(September-June)
Monday-Friday, 3:30pm-5:30pm.
We offer program pickup from John M. King and Sister MacNamara, and drive home for participants within the neighbourhood.Â
Summer Program
(July-August)
Monday-Friday, 12:00pm-3:00pm.
We offer program pickup and drive home for participants within the neighbourhood.Â
We are dedicated to providing children in the Spence neighbourhood with a sense of ownership and belonging in our diverse and vibrant community.
By fostering creativity, sharing our cultures, taking part in local events, planting vegetables, or just playing together outside, we encourage kids to get involved!
We provide access to recreation and healthy food, with daily meals and weekly cooking classes.
Our Kids’ Garden Program provides fresh veggies and fruit in the summer and teaches kids how their food is grown while we learn about the environment.
We go swimming at local pools, try new sports such as cross-country skiing, snowshoeing, and gymnastics, and provide skates, skateboards, helmets, and sleds so that every child can play.
We ask all participants, volunteers, and staff members to be respectful, safe, engaged, and accountable in our program.
Registration:
Registration forms are available at the MERC, or can be downloaded from this link:
2025-2026 SNA School Year Building Belonging Registration Form
Registration can either be scanned and emailed to one of the programmers or dropped off at the MERC, 430 Langside Street.
Contact us: buildingbelonging@spenceneighbourhood.org
Building Belonging Calendar
Take a look at what activities the kids are attending this month!
Contact
Reach out to our Building Belonging Coordinator if you have any questions!
Email: buildingbelonging@spenceneighbourhood.org
Phone: (204) 783-5000
