In the Community

For the past few weeks Jenni Peters has been “elbows deep in dresses.” The Madeira park hair stylist won’t be wearing the frills and tulle. Instead, she’s collecting the garments for Sunshine Coast high school graduates to wear to this year’s prom.

Sunshine Coast Community Services Society

The Sunshine Coast Branch of the Canadian Federation of University Women (CFUW) donate $200 to the Gibsons and District Public Library for the purchase of resources to assist and enable women to further their personal development.

Doug and Michelle Sikora of S&M Sweet Shoppe in Gibsons present a cheque for the Salvation Army Food Bank to family services coodinator Matthew Hardman.

Capilano University

Friends are looking to buy their first home. I’m encouraging them to find a place with at least a room if not a larger or separate area they can rent out.

The syiyaya Reconciliation Movement has announced a series of public weaving times for ch’elkwilwet Raquel Joe as part of its Weaving Reconciliation Project.

Many of us can readily remember our university lecture halls. Professors were situated at the front of the room and were known as the vessels of information. Students would listen intently, taking notes that would later be used for exam preparation.

Pender Harbour Wildlife Society

My husband and I recently had a chance to sit down with Bud Fisher, a remarkable man of 91. Bud is an old-timer, born and raised on the same Gower Point property where our conversation took place.