Category: volunteers

• 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

• DARTNS Disaster Animal Response Team, Nova Scotia

  When disaster strikes and you have to close up the home to seek shelter elsewhere, where do the pets go? Disaster Animal Response Team, Nova Scotia (DARTNS) has an answer.

  Sheryl Dubois

  January 20, 2020

  Animals, Disaster, Donations, Halifax Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia, pets, Rescue, The City Voice, volunteers

  DARTNS, Disaster Animal Response Team Nova Scotia, Nova Scotia, Red Cross, Rescue

• VON will deliver favourite, healthy, satisfying frozen meal(s) to the door.

  902-454-5755  halifaxreception@von.ca The VON (Victoria Order of Nurses) will deliver healthy, packaged frozen meals to your door. Frozen Favourites, they call the program. Order a few at a time for your freezer. You will appreciate it when you (or your loved ones!) are not up to cooking. The meals are under the cost of a…

  Sheryl Dubois

  January 20, 2020

  Economical, Food, Halifax Regional Municipality, HRM, Meals, non – profit, Nova Scotia, Uncategorized, volunteers, VON Victoria Order of Nurses

  Bedford Sackville Oberver, Food delivery, VON Halifax, VON Victoria Order of Nurses

• 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

• Julie Michaud & Young Adult Cancer Canada (YACC)

  Reprinted in memory of Julie Michaud of Fall River, Nova Scotia, Canada. January 2020. “YACC for young adults with Cancer,” 2018.

  Sheryl Dubois

  January 11, 2020

  Chronicle Herald, fundraise, Gratitude, HRM, volunteer, volunteers

  Julie Michaud, Shave for the Brave, Young Adults Cancer Canada (YACC)

• 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

• East Lawrencetown, Nova Scotia: Everything travellers need.

  East Lawrencetown, Lawrencetown and Cole Harbour offer an array of activities, trails, history, art, historic properties, eateries and suites for visitors – making it feel quite like a resort.

  Sheryl Dubois

  November 17, 2019

  community, Halifax Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia, Salt Marsh Trail, Trails, Travel, volunteer, volunteers

  Acadian Tea Room, Atlantic Dutch Store, Atlantic View Trail, Cole Harbour Parks and Trails Association, Hope for Wildlife, Jane Dominie, La Cuisine de Brigette, Lucky Fancy Vintage, MacDonald House, Moonlight Beach Suites, Rose and Rooster Cafe and Bakery, Salt Marsh Trail, The Great Trail