In the Community

Local robotics team RCXRM, featuring Kiel Strang and Ryden Custance, has qualified to compete in the FIRST World Robotics Championship for an incredible third year in a row.

Some hidden treasures were uncovered last Saturday at the 10th annual S. C. Museum and Archives Antiques Roadshow. More than 160 people came with items for appraisal from experts in their field.

The Sunshine Coast is encouraged to wear pink next Wednesday to show support and take a stand against bullying and the role our communities play in its intolerance. Wednesday, Feb. 23, is Pink Shirt Day.

Sixteen contestants displayed impressive vocabularies at the fifth annual A Way With Words competition last Sunday at the Gibsons and District Community Centre.

Your local Army Cadet Corps, 2963 Seaforth Highlanders of Canada, have been busy in the community this past training year, and they still have a number of activities planned.

Drums have been used for thousands of years and by many cultures. The drum beat works as a conduit connecting the resonant sound of the human heartbeat and the rhythm of the heartbeat of Mother Earth.

After years of planning and preparing, the first French childcare centre is now open in Sechelt. Based in École du Pacifique, the centre opened its doors in early January to a near full capacity.

The Ruby Slipper Fund is celebrating its first anniversary of providing support to the Sunshine Coast Palliative Care Program and the families it serves. Fundraising and donations during their first year totaled more than $25,000.

Editor's note: This is the first in a series of stories about people who were raised on the Sunshine Coast who are making a successful mark in the world in their chosen vocations.

Have any items tucked away that are collectable, unusual, historical or antique? Want to know more about them, including what they're worth? If so, then bring them down to the 10th annual Antiques Roadshow and Heritage Fair on Saturday, Feb. 19.