In December Action for Neighbourhood Change in the Bathurst-Finch community hosted a number of events to mark the launch of the project and celebrate the end-of-the-year festivities. On December 18, 2007, the doors of the ANC office at 5987 Bathurst St. unit 104 were wide open for community residents, agencies and other stakeholders. Ten people stepped by the office and were greeted by the ANC staff, who provided information on the project and answered their questions.

The other two events were held on December 20 and 21 at the Centennial Library and the Antibes Community Centre. They brought together over 100 people from the Bathurst-Finch neighbourhood (50 people on each night) and 22 of them agreed to provide their contact information to receive future updates about the ANC project. Although at times chaotic and noisy, the events served as an opportunity to introduce the residents to the Action for Neighbourhood Change. Other guest speakers were Penny Calvo, Senior Library Assistant at the Centennial Library, representatives of T.D.O.T., and Darren Ma, Police Constable for 32 Police Division.

Between speeches, our guest enjoyed tasty snacks and performances by local residents. We would like to thank Anastasia and Juhi, young singers who entained the audience with holiday favourites at the Centennial Library, as well as Rhythmic Gymnastics School and Breakdancing group, who impressed us with their flexibility and dexterity. As promised, grand prize draw for residents who agreed to take part in our survey was held at both events. One of our community animators Cleo Bangsoy and Constable Darren Ma helped us draw names at the Centennial Library and Antibes Community Centre respectively

Congratulations to our winners Ramyamani Jetty who took home a portable DVD player and Al Freireich. Event attendees could also win smaller prizes by answering neighbourhood-related questions. The highlight of both evenings was the drumming circle that helped bring together people regardless of their demographic characteristics. Special thanks to Kwanza Msingwana, African drummer and story-teller, as well as John Smith , COD for the City of Toronto , who turned out to be an excellent drummer. We would also like to thank our partners Centennial Library and Antibes Community Centre; our community animators: Masters of Ceremony Amanda Plafker and Satya Archana Evena, Cleo Bangsoy for her delicious spring rolls, Rina Dubosarski for her excellent pictures of the event at the Antibes Community Centre; and all the volunteers who helped arrange the events. Their contributions were greatly appreciated. And of course, our best regards and thanks to the community residents who attended the gatherings, because without them, the events would not have happened.