In the Community

Sunshine Coast Grandmothers and GrandOthers (SCG&G), friends of the Grandmothers to Grandmothers Campaign of the Stephen Lewis Foun-dation, work hard fundraising to support the work of African grandmothers.

Guest speaker Peter Hews will give a presentation entitled; Earthquakes in the Sunshine Coast area: past, present and future at the first meeting of 2014 for the Sunshine Coast Natural History Society. The meeting is tonight, Friday, Jan.

Happy New Year to everyone! Halfmoon Bay Elementary School kicks their new year off with a pancake breakfast and gingerbread making activity on Monday, Jan. 6.

Festivities for all ages - the season's music, stories and sweets; making wishes, nature crafts and memories; wreaths, stories and photos with a zany Santa - Woodland Christmas this Sunday, Dec.

The merchants of Gibsons Landing are getting into the holiday spirit with a one-day holiday event next Saturday, Dec. 7, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

The Sunshine Coast community is invited to join Sunshine Coast Eldercollege for its spring course preview on Tuesday, Dec. 10, from 10 a.m. to noon at the Sechelt campus of Capilano University.

The inaugural Moustache Mountain Hiking Race was held on Sunday, Nov. 24. An official Movember move event, participants moustachioed or not, male and female raced from Soames Beach to the top of Soames Hill.

While you are out shopping around the Sunshine Coast, you may notice some new cans accenting the cash registers.

Pender Harbour's Frank White started writing the story of his life as a pioneer B.C. truck driver in 1972 when he was nearly 60.

Back by popular demand, the Porpoise Bay Christmas carol cruise is ready set to sail again on Saturday, Dec. 14. The boats will start their procession from the government dock in Porpoise Bay at 6 p.m. sharp.