Category: community

• Business is Jammin’ and other stories: A conversation with Matthew Martel – CEO, Black Business Initiative (BBI), Nova Scotia

  

  A conversation with Matthew Martel, CEO of Black Business Initiative (BBI) a Nova Scotia not-for-profit, about BBI during COVID, BBI Youth Summit 2019, BBI Business in Jammin’ 2019 and the importance of seeing people like yourself.

  Sheryl Dubois

  January 11, 2021

  Adults, BBI, Black Business Initiative, Business, community, education, Entrepreneur, Free, Halifax, Halifax Regional Municipality, HRM, non – profit, Nova Scotia, Youth

  Adults, BBI Youth Summit, Black Business Initiative, Business is Jammin', education, Entrepreneur, Matthew Martel, Youth

• Community of volunteers and entrepreneurs a great asset, in pictures (2017 – present)

  

  Halifax Regional Municipality (HRM) ‘s community assets in pictures. Stories by Sheryl Dubois.

  Sheryl Dubois

  November 16, 2020

  Abilities, Adam Ghazoul, Adults, AIDS, Amy Holloway Photography, Animals, Art, BBI, Beaver Bank Bus, Birding, Birds, Black Business Initiative, Boys and Girls Clubs of Halifax, Bread, Brunswick Street Mission, Business, Canada, Candidate profiles, Children, Chronicle Herald, Cleaning company, community, Conservation, Dance, Definitions, Democracy, Depression, Disabilities, Disaster, Don’t Throw it Away, Donations, Easter Seals Nova Scotia, Economical, elephant, Entrepreneur, Environment, Etsy, Federal Election 2019, Fishing, Food, Freedom Kitchen, fundraise, Gratitude, Halifax, Halifax Regional Municipality, HIV, Home Insurance, Homeless, HRM, Human rights, Insurance, Jay Aaron, Jay Aaron Roy, Knox United Church, Lawrencetown, Lori Lewis, Lyle Mailman, Makers, Mariah Rose, Meals, Mental Health, mini homes, Mobile homes, Modo Yofa, non – profit, Nova Scotia, Nova Scotia Bird Society, Petal and Crow, pets, Rainie Murphy, Rescue, Research, Sackville Area Warming Centre, Sackville NS, Sackville Youth Expo, Salt Marsh Trail, Salt News, Samara Canada, Solopreneur, The City Voice, Trails, Travel, Videos, volunteer, volunteers, VON Frozen Meals Delivered, VON Victoria Order of Nurses, Wise Group, Wise Group Canada, Writing, Yoga, Youth, Zero-waste society

• IWD 2020: Gina McFetridge

  

  KJIPUKTUK (Halifax) — In celebration of International Women’s Day, 2020, Saltwire ran a series of 24 articles called Amazing women doing wonderful things on the East Coast in their paper and digital newspapers. Among those women was Gina McFetridge, president of Archway Insurance and Atlantic Canadian original with over 31 locations and more than 200…

  Sheryl Dubois

  April 21, 2020

  Business, Chronicle Herald, community, Easter Seals Nova Scotia, fundraise, Halifax Regional Municipality, Insurance, non – profit, Nova Scotia, The City Voice

  2020, Archway Insurance, Chronicle Herald, Drop Zone, Easter Seals Nova Scotia, Gina McFetridge, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Saltwire, South Shore Breaker, The City Voice

• Women that Hunt

  Nothing could have surprised me more. I went into the brief – to profile the group called Women that Hunt – with trepidation. Could I write positively about something I didn’t ‘believe in’? Hunting, I thought, is not something I could get behind. I was not on the phone a minute when president of Women…

  Sheryl Dubois

  March 12, 2020

  Abilities, Animals, community, Conservation, Economical, Environment, Fishing, Food, non – profit, Nova Scotia, The City Voice

  Conservation, Environment, Kelly Countway, Women that Hunt

• Jen Powley, advocate, organizer, writer

  People that get things done, that change society, have many things in common. For example, they are ambitious AND passionate about their cause. Jen Powley is the same, if you don’t count the severe disability – which in honesty is hard to do. Jen’s words need to be relayed by an assistant, her wheelchair pushed,…

  Sheryl Dubois

  March 12, 2020

  Abilities, Chronicle Herald, community, Disabilities, Human rights, non – profit, volunteers

  Chronicle Herald, Emma Cameron, Jen Powley, Multiple Sclerosis, No More Warehousing

• Need a fundraiser? Check out Urban Rustic DIY in Sackville, NS

  Sheryl Dubois writes: Urban Rustic DIY in Lower Sackville, Nova Scotia opened September 2019 by self-proclaimed “serial volunteers,” Laurie and Mike MacDonald.

  Sheryl Dubois

  March 6, 2020

  Art, Business, community, Entrepreneur, fundraise, Halifax Regional Municipality, HRM, Sackville NS, The City Voice

  Courses, Entrepreneur, Events, Gatherings, Sackville NS, Urban Rustic DIY

• More Stories on Pinterest

  

  Photos are the essence of the story. Here are a few photos representing as many stories. Thank you to everyone donating photos to accompany respective articles.

  Sheryl Dubois

  February 28, 2020

  Abilities, Adam Ghazoul, Adults, AIDS, Amy Holloway Photography, Animals, Art, BBI, Birding, Birds, Black Business Initiative, Boys and Girls Clubs of Halifax, Bread, Canada, Children, Chronicle Herald, Cleaning company, community, Conservation, Dance, Democracy, Depression, Disabilities, Disaster, Don’t Throw it Away, Donations, Easter Seals Nova Scotia, Economical, education, Entrepreneur, Environment, Etsy, Federal Election 2019, Fishing, Food, Free, Freedom Kitchen, fundraise, Gratitude, Halifax, Halifax Regional Municipality, HIV, Home Insurance, Homeless, HRM, Human rights, Insurance, Jay Aaron, Jay Aaron Roy, Knox United Church, Lawrencetown, Lori Lewis, Lyle Mailman, Makers, Mariah Rose, Meals, Mental Health, mini homes, Mobile homes, Modo Yofa, non – profit, Nova Scotia, Nova Scotia Bird Society, Petal and Crow, pets, Poll, Rainie Murphy, Rescue, Research, Sackville Area Warming Centre, Sackville NS, Sackville Youth Expo, Salt Marsh Trail, Salt News, Samara Canada, Solopreneur, Square Roots, Square Roots Sackville NS, The City Voice, The Halifax Wire, Trails, Travel, Videos, volunteer, volunteers, VON Frozen Meals Delivered, VON Victoria Order of Nurses, Wise Group, Wise Group Canada, Writing, Yoga, Youth, Zero-waste society

  Pinterest, Sheryl Dubois Writes

• Sackville Area Warming Centre SAWC

  This page shares information about Sackville Area Warming Centre in Nova Scotia, Canada. Warm space to spend overnight out of the cold in Sackville, Nova Scotia – for people experiencing homelessness or are housing insecure. A wonderful community asset.

  Sheryl Dubois

  January 18, 2020

  Chronicle Herald, community, Donations, Halifax Regional Municipality, Homeless, HRM, non – profit, Nova Scotia, Sackville Area Warming Centre, The City Voice, volunteer, volunteers

  amyhollowayphotography.com, Beaver Bank NS, Bedford NS, Fall River NS, Free, Sackville NS, Service, Shelter, Wellington NS

• Don't Throw it Away

  I regularly peruse Kijiji for volunteer calls. In November I dug into a post titled, “Don’t throw it out. There’s a group for that.” The writer was named David and we exchanged emails. “In today’s age there is very little that should be going out to the garbage as so many non-profits exist and thrive…

  Sheryl Dubois

  January 11, 2020

  community, Don’t Throw it Away, Environment, Halifax Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia, The City Voice, Zero-waste society

  aluminum, bikes, blankets, books, cell phones, clothing, CPAP machines, crafting, electronics, eye glasses, fridge freezer, garbage, Hearing Aids, Ink, instruments, markers, music, personal care, pets, refuse, textiles, tools, What to do with, zero-waste

• I didn't see this coming: When people tell their stories

  Story by Sheryl Dubois written for The City Voice, December 2019. Lyle Mailman of Beaver Bank, Nova Scotia, speaks out about depression, gratitude and “doing” for his community. #inspire

  Sheryl Dubois

  January 6, 2020

  Amy Holloway Photography, Beaver Bank Bus, community, Depression, Gratitude, Halifax Regional Municipality, HRM, Lyle Mailman, Mental Health, The City Voice, volunteer, volunteers, Writing

  Beaver Bank, Gratitude, Halifax Regional Municipality, Inspiration, Lyle Mailman, Nova Scotia, The City Voice, Volunteering