If you walk the trails in the Halfmoon Bay area, you could help with spring maintenance by taking your hand clippers along to trim the salal, ferns and other plants off the trails. Everyone loves a volunteer!
Halfmoon Bay Community School is hosting a Community Garage Sale on Saturday, June 3, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the school parking lot and grounds, rain or shine! $25 per table or $20 if you bring your own table ... the school has a limited number, so please secure yours early!
Tables need to be prebooked and prepaid no later than Friday, June 2. Contact Wendy by email at [email protected] or call 604-551-8461. All community members are welcome to participate. All proceeds will go to our outdoor classroom project.
The Halfmoon Bay Com-munity Association is sponsoring an afternoon seminar with information for estate planning and connecting people to low cost legal advice, at Coopers Green Hall on June 7 at 2 p.m. There is limited seating, by donation. The seminar with Alison Feenstra, CPA, CGA, will cover: what’s taxable and what’s not; why beneficiary designations matter; houses and homes: the three taxes to consider (probate, property transfer and income tax); tax-free spousal rollovers; the graduated rate estate and considerations if creating a trust from a will; and cross-border issues, when one of the family is a U.S. citizen or non-resident of Canada.
Also presenting is Alick Troup, partnering with Legal Services Society, on connecting people to legal information, what is locally available for support, and low cost legal advice for all areas of the law. .
Please email [email protected] to reserve a seat.
Sunshine Coast Health-care Auxiliary, Halfmoon Bay branch’s next meeting is the June windup lunch on Monday, June 12, at Coopers Green. Tickets are $15 and can be purchased from Shelley Grainger at 604-885-7338.
June 17 is a dance at Coopers Green Hall with Papa Greg and the Chillin’ Dylans. Doors open at 7 p.m. with downbeat at 7:30 p.m. Brought to you by Halfmoon Bay Community Association. Tickets are now on sale at Welcome Woods Market and Halfmoon Bay General Store.
The community association has over 300 members and is still growing; membership is free. They have a dedicated board of directors who enjoy the camaraderie and the fun involved in putting on functions. Their growth has created a need for more volunteers, and in particular they are looking for a membership director. If you have good computer skills and can volunteer approximately two hours a week, they would love to talk to you. Contact Terry Knight, president, at [email protected] or Toni Morris, vice-president, at [email protected].
To have your say at the Bay, contact me before 5 p.m. Monday at [email protected] or 604-885-5034.
