The third in a summer series of “21st Century Village Square” festivals was held Saturday at R.V. Burgess Park in Thorncliffe Park. It is the work of the Thorncliffe Neighbourhood Office, a functional support and planning centre sustained by the City and such charities as the United Way. The TNO’s initiatives were seen at tented venues where women knitted, children drew and painted with supervision, seniors met and discussed accommodation and where young men and women learned about how to advance themselves. The TNO Youth Centre was a crowded place where counselors told of sports programs and a Girlz and Glam program directed at girls. There appeared to be as many as 15 tents offering everything from music and singing to popcorn and candy floss (very busy). A patch of ground the size of a small front lawn serving as a soccer pitch was a place of entertaining play for several young men.
