The Sunshine Coast is fortunate to have a unique demographic abundant with skilled and knowledgeable citizens. Our community is rich with a significant senior population with a skill set that is unique to their generation, but important for today's generation and the future.
The wealth of knowledge that exists in our senior population inspired the Live and Learn program of One Straw Society to create the Wise Ways Project. During the next year, the Live and Learn program will focus on finding people with wisdom accumulated over a life time and offer guidance to enable them to share it with others.
Many seniors have lived through times of abundance and shortage and remember childhoods before video games and plastic wrap. The traditions and practices of the past are also our path towards a resilient and self-sufficient community. Unfortunately, many of these skills are being lost or forgotten.
People often don't realize how valuable knowing how to darn a sock, grow tomatoes or create a sauce can be. These skills and traditions are becoming less common but no less important in a shift towards resiliency and reliance on local products, food and connections.
Participants in Live and Learn's Wise Ways project will become mentors in the community. The project will teach mentors how to effectively run a workshop and share what they know.
If you have a skill or knowledge you would like to share with your community, please join us for snacks and beverages on Thursday, June 13, from 3:30 to 5 p.m. at the Sechelt Seniors Activity Centre or Saturday, June 15, from 12:30 to 2:30 p.m. at Harmony Hall in Gibsons.
For more information call 604-741-2347 or email [email protected].
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