There is a new group meeting at the Pender Harbour Health Centre Board Room on Friday mornings from 10:15 to 11 a.m. called FOKUS: Focus On Keeping Us Strong. They are member driven, sharing inspiration, information and encouragement to reach healthy living goals. Best of all, its free. This Friday, Deb Cole gives an overview of the programs at the Pool and Fitness Centre and other activities throughout our community. Next Friday, Jan. 19, Haida Bolton, author and forest therapy guide, will present Keeping on Track with a Personalized Health Checklist. She will share how she has applied this in her own life and show how to personalize a list.
The Pender Harbour Music Society’s first Coffee House of the year is this Friday, Jan. 12. Performing will be Bonar Harris, Jay Burnham, Baili Clarke and Ange, Josh Boyd with his band. Doors open at 7 p.m. music at 7:30 p.m., $10 suggested donation at the door. Coffee and goodies will be sold. For more details visit www.penderharbourmusic.ca.
This Saturday, Jan. 13, join Jean Pate with Flair on the Coast at the Rockwood Centre in Sechelt from 10 a.m. to noon. Speaker Karen Switzer was a chronic pain resource nurse in long-term care on the North Shore. After developing chronic pain herself she became part of the web-based program, People in Pain Network (www.pipain.com). Karen leads a group at the Seniors’ Activity Centre. For more information, call 604-883-0660.
Pender Harbour Wildlife is proud to present Coast Salish storyteller Barbara Carmelita Higgins, Tuesday, Jan. 16, 7 p.m. at PH Secondary School. Higgins, or Xwu’p’a’lich, a storyteller, performer and author, has written hundreds of stories, poems and prayers drawing on her life and traditions about Sechelt, Egmont, Pender Harbour and Lasqueti Island. She will share the colourful legends of the native peoples, animals and natural elements of the Sunshine Coast and Western Canada. Home baked refreshments will be served. Updates at [email protected]
The Bargain Barn will reopen on Jan. 17. Come check out the deals and help support your Health Centre. Hours are Wednesday, Friday and Saturday, 10:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. and Thursday 12:30 to 3:30 p.m.
Thursday, Jan. 18, Harbourside Friendship welcomes guest speaker Mary-anne Brabanderto presenting Seniors Information and Outreach starting at 10:30 a.m. at PH Community Hall with lunch served at noon. Drop in is $10.
Next Friday, Jan. 19 get a team together for PODS Trivia Night starting at 7 p.m. at the Legion, $5 per person and maximum of six people per team. Contact Evan to RSVP at 236-989-9994. Come before 6 p.m. for fish and chips dinner.
The 42nd annual Robbie Burns Night is Jan. 20. This special celebration will feature dinner, the Coast Fiddlers and the Gibsons and Pender Harbour Pipe Bands. Poets Hour begins at 6 p.m., dinner at 7 p.m. Tickets are at the Legion and Harbour Insurance.
Pender Harbour Chamber Music Festival Mid-winter Weekend Concerts presents two concerts this season, Saturday, Jan. 27 and Sunday, Jan. 28, both at 2 p.m. The stellar line up of performers include Terence Tam, violin; Yariv Aloni, viola; Pamela Highbaugh Aloni, cello; and Lorraine Min, piano. Tickets are $25 at Harbour Insurance, and Sechelt Visitor Centre. Visit www.penderharbourmusic.ca for more information.
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