Category: Human rights

• 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

• Everyone has the RIGHT to volunteer.

  Interviewing the founder of the now defunct On-Point Volunteers, Tracey Randem was adament that EVERYONE has the RIGHT to volunteer. To get to feel like they are helping their community. It’d be hard to disagree.

  Sheryl Dubois

  March 12, 2020

  Abilities, Disabilities, Human rights, volunteer, volunteers

  On-Point Volunteers, Quotes, Tracey Randem

• 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

• 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