In the Community

We voluntarily gave up our Easter Dance, Lions Club Easter Family Celebration, May Day and countless community events and celebrations over a month ago to be safe and stay at home.

Though our doors are closed, the Gibsons and District Public Library (GDPL) still strives to connect our community to the world of culture, knowledge and ideas.

In general terms on the Sunshine Coast, among land birds, winter is the season of the seed-eaters, while summer is the season of the insectivores.

This Easter a whole new meaning is being brought to religious tablets as churches across the Sunshine Coast turn to online platforms to reach their congregations during the holiest week on the Christian calendar.

Halfmoon Bay Community Association, that organizes the HMB Country Fair each year, will have a meeting May 7 to decide if the Fair will go ahead this year or be postponed or cancelled for 2020.

Trying hard to keep a routine, but sometimes it slips away – and oh, I missed lunch. I am doing OK.

Hope you are well. Mother nature is kind to us giving us these sun shiny days. We live in a precious paradise. Please don’t take it for granted. Think about making the best of the new conditions for all.

Villa Fonte sits on the crest of a wide valley outlined with tall poplar trees, its stone façade bathed in afternoon sunshine, bougainvillea draped from its doorway.

Responding to a special time of need, local organizers from the faith community and area service clubs are building a harmonized effort to help stock the shelves for the anticipated increased demand for the Sunshine Coast’s food bank services.

These are extraordinary times. My first month as interim library director took a dramatic turn as we had to take precautionary measures for health and safety reasons and close our library doors to the public.