In the Community

Last week, the Sunshine Coast Community Foundation was grateful to receive the final installment of a bequest from the will of Jonathan Mason Hird, a longtime Gibsons resident. Jon grew up in Australia, the youngest of three children.

Bird migration has always been a source of wonder for humanity and September is the prime month for movements in the fall. Most of the migration is unseen, taking place at night to avoid predation and allow for feeding during the daylight hours.

Toastmasters, I thought my only task would be giving speeches. Now, after two years, I realize that the club is built on generosity, a team environment, filled with practice, followed by constructive feedback on how to grow and improve.

Start your Labour Day weekend off with a fine dinner tonight, Friday, Sept. 4, at the Clubhouse. The talented Brit Eddy Edrik will be there to entertain you from 5 to 8 p.m.

Into the future we go, September already and I am a column behind. Time got away from me last week but that’s OK. I will share a bit of wisdom I received lately. In difficult times, move forward in small steps.

The “Together Apart” Elphinstone Community Picnic in August was attended by fewer than 20 people, so there was no problem with social distancing! The ECA experimentally held it at the Maryanne West Park between Frank West Hall and Cedar Grove playgro

Hi everyone! Hope you all had a wonderful week. Can you feel the weather changing? Fall is in the air, with the days being shorter and the mornings are most definitely cooler.

Thanks to the big hearts of Sunshine Coasters, the Rotary Club of the Sunshine Coast was able to present a cheque for $3,000 to the Sechelt Food Bank on Tuesday, Aug. 25.

Of course it was raining on the day the Sechelt Seniors Activity Centre, Sunshine Coast Community Solar Association (SCCSA), friends and family gathered to celebrate the unveiling of the James Pawley Legacy solar panel array on the activity centre’s

We have an abundance. As Coast residents used the COVID Lockdown to clean out closets, cupboards and carports, we all realized we have a lot of “stuff” that is in good shape, but now surplus to our needs.