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Freedom Kitchen & Closet
FB/https://www.facebook.com/freedomkitchensackville Email/rainieholly@gmail.com Phone/902-478-9665 I met Rainie Murphy at the Sackville Youth Expo – an event Rainie, a volunteer with Knox United Church, founded with Jay Aaron, owner of Cape & Cowl Comics and Collectibles. It was there Rainie spoke about a project she was working on – a food truck that would provide free hot…
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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.
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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…
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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.
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Making kids part of the dance builds trust
This page is the link to a story about a little girl who, at Motion Dance Centre in Lower Sackville, Nova Scotia, was made part of the dance, was included, despite her reticence.
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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…
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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.
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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
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Solopreneur
Equal but different: entrepreneurs and solopreneurs. How are the same and how they are different. They are equal.
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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.