In the Community

Once again it's time for the Sunshine Coast Hospice Society's Lights of Life program. This year will be the 21st year of this annual event put on by the Sunshine Coast Hospice Society.

Local engineer Mike Bakst has a burning passion -he wants to see an increase in the number of young people from the Coast pursuing a career in trades and technology. To that end he spearheaded a Sunshine Coast Trade and Technology Award at BCIT.

What would it be like to live with a brain that made it impossible for you to be able to reach your full potential? What would it be like to know that the only reason you have this disability is because your mother drank alcohol while you were in her

November is the month of "signs" -election signs, fall registration signs, and "sheep signs" announcing the Sunshine Coast Spinners and Weavers Guild annual Fibres Plus Sale. The sale takes place Nov.

Next Friday, Nov. 18, the Royal Astronomical Society (RASC) presents Adventures in Telescope Design at the Sunshine Coast Arts Centre with long time RASC Vancouver member Craig Breckenridge.

The Angel Tree Project supports those who are in financial or emotional crisis on the Coast and you can help them by building a gingerbread house this November.

St. Hilda's Anglican Church is hosting its 75th anniversary craft sale this Sunday, Nov. 13, between 1 and 4 p.m. in the Parish Hall.

There will be a talk of interest to gardeners, naturalists and artists alike on Wednesday, Nov. 9, as Marianne Webb presents Paints from Plants at the Botanical Garden's Sparling Pavilion in Sechelt at 7 p.m.

More than 140 trivia players from all over the Sunshine Coast met at the Sechelt Seniors Activity Centre on Oct. 15 for the fourth Trivia Night fundraiser for animal welfare.

The Waterfront Restaurant's owners Art and Narie Jones and their patrons have been helping Kenyan children by collecting money and displaying the work of Mercy and Caring Children's Homes.