In the Community

Ah, the New Year, a time of fresh beginnings and exciting plans. You may already have resolutions to eat healthier, exercise more, and stress less.

Consuming alcohol is an accepted and common social practice. We imbibe to celebrate, forget, relax, drink with our meals and sometimes, to get us up on the dance floor.

Another year has arrived and some of us have a list of things we'd like to change to make 2014 a better year. Some of those things were on our list last year, and the year before that.

Starting next Saturday, Jan. 18, and ongoing on a monthly basis, a peer support group is being offered to individuals with an acquired brain injury (ABI) at St. John's United Church in Davis Bay.

The Sunshine Coast Power & Sail Squadron is announcing that its new training courses, starting later this month will run on Saturdays instead of weekday evenings, as in the past. This means that courses can be completed in a shorter time.

Matthew Drope has a bone marrow disease called aplastic anemia. He had a bone transplant Dec. 13, thanks to his younger brother Dylan.

January is traditionally a time to reflect on the year gone by and make a plan for the year to come. Typically New Year's resolutions focus on increasing physical activity and eating better.

Thanks to continued funding from the Irving K.

Tonight (Friday) is the first School of Music coffeehouse for 2014. The coffeehouse held the second Friday of each month is a fun affordable evening of great music by talented local performers in a cabaret style setting.

The Sunshine Coast NewComersClub is celebrating a milestone. InDecember they surpassed 200members; all are people who are new residents on the Sunshine Coast.