In the Community

It was a very exciting day when Antonio Hovden hopped for the first time.

Some large ornate panels of stained glass have made their way to the Community Treasures Thrift Store in Gibsons with 40 per cent of the profit from each piece sold going to support programs run by Sunshine Coast Community Services.

More than 70 people gathered at the Seaside Centre on Nov. 2 for a fundraiser to raise the operating budget for Young Life on the Sunshine Coast.

SideStix has once again come home with hardware from the 2012 MISTIC awards, this time winning the promising pre-commercial innovation category. We are delighted by our win at the MISTIC awards.

The Beachcombers, Canada's longest-running dramatic TV production, is celebrating its 40th anniversary this year.

Restorative Justice week takes place across Canada from Nov. 18 to 25, and will be celebrated along the Sunshine Coast with information events in Sechelt and Gibsons.

Raffles, sports camps, flower sales and recycling are among the many fundraising activities planned by the Elphinstone 2013 graduating class this year.

The Sunshine Coast Conservation Association (SCCA) is hosting its Celebration of Conservation event at the Robert's Creek Hall this Saturday at 7 p.m.

You'll see a little local nostalgia in the movie A Christmas Story 2, now available on DVD. The sequel, based on the Christmas classic, is set in the late 1930s and was filmed earlier this year in Vancouver.

The Salvation Army will add text-messaging and on-line donations to its traditional Christmas Kettle drive this year, campaign coordinator Sarah Ward told Gibsons council's committee-of-the-whole Tuesday.