In the Community

Editor's note: Jessica Monk is a student in the professional scuba dive instructor program at Capilano University on the Sunshine Coast. Below is her account of the program and why she loves diving so much.

The Jan. 4 meeting of the Sunshine Coast Natural History Society (SCNHS) will feature a presentation by Rand Rudland on a visit to the Serengeti and Ngorongoro in East Africa.

The Christmas spirit is in overdrive at the Sunshine Coast Elves Club. This is their 40th year as a charitable society, and they are in the throes of organizing their annual telethon, on Saturday, Dec. 8, from 2 p.m.

Prize-winning poet and novelist Alison Pick, much-praised author of Far to Go, long-listed for the prestigious Man Booker Prize, reads at the Sunshine Coast Arts Centre in Sechelt, this Saturday, Dec. 1, at 8 p.m.

You are invited to the Sunshine Coast Botanical Garden for a Woodland Christmas, this Sunday, Dec. 2, from 3 to 6 p.m.

Canada World Youth (CWY) won't be coming to the Coast this year; instead, they're headed to Vancouver Island, after some problems came up in South Africa. "The group is already in South Africa.

The BC SPCA's Sunshine Coast shelter is in need of foster homes for animals in their care, including cats, dogs, puppies, kittens and small animals such as rabbits, guinea pigs or rats.

The Sunshine Coast community is invited to join Sunshine Coast Eldercollege for its spring courses preview on Thursday, Dec. 6, from 10 a.m. to noon, at the Sechelt campus of Capilano University.

Volunteers will be out spreading some Christmas cheer and seeking donations up and down the Coast during the next few weeks in support of the Salvation Army. The annual kettle campaign was officially launched last Thursday (Nov.

It is time again for the Sunshine Coast Hospice Society's Lights of Life program. This year will be the 22nd year of this annual event.