December2017 Village Vibe

December 2017

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Good Food for Families Fresh fundraiser provides a twist on holiday giving & people are taking note

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he Gift of Good Food is a Fernwood-based, Greater Victoria wide food access fundraiser. Every $500 we raise supports a family facing poverty with fresh fruit and veggies every two weeks for a year.

We are in our third year of partnering with community centres, neighbourhood houses and transition houses throughout the Capital Regional District. All contributions allow support workers at our 15 partner locations to select families in need to receive this gift in 2018.

One of last year recipients shared, “The Gift of Good Food has helped us during some very difficult times. It has allowed us to make our meals as healthy as possible. It has shown our family that there are people in the community who care.” The benefits of the program are multiple: providing access to healthy food, increasing food literacy, strengthening connections to community, learning about the importance of giving, to name a few.

So far this year, we are fifteen percent of the way to our goal of raising $75,000.

A huge thank you to everyone who has already contributed, joined as a fundraising team, supported through your business, volunteered, and spread the word!

“I think this need in largely invisible,” shared Shonna Bell, Family Programs Coordinator at the Fernwood Community Centre. “Parents aren’t necessarily sharing with everyone that they can’t afford to feed their children a proper meal or that they’re eating canned food all the time.” The need for access to consistent, fresh produce does not exist only during the holidays but all year. The Gift of Good Food aims to help fill this need.

Our goal is to support 150 families in 2018. This doesn’t solve the problem but it’s a start. If you believe in this

cause and want to show your support, please donate what you can. Every contribution make a difference. Donate at thegiftofgoodfood.ca/donate.

If you want to get involved, check

out thegiftofgoodfood.ca/donate/ ways-to-support and learn about all the events and promotions happening in and around Victoria that are contributing to the Gift of Good Food. Email

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Vic High growing something good page 3

Story Line: North Park’s new mural page 4 & 5

Good Food Grooves, December 7th page 3

kathryn@fernwoodnrg.ca if you would

like to sign up to be a fundraising team— you can win great prizes too! Help us reach our goal for the first time ever! We can’t do it without your support.

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villagevibe Published by Fernwood Neighbourhood Resource Group Editorial Committee

Lee Herrin Kathryn Juricic

Matt Takach Mila Czemerys Founding Editor Lisa Helps Contributors

Mila Czemerys Mark Dusseault Kathryn Juricic Alysha Punnett Alex Harned

Danielle Stevenson Aaren Topley Ross Currie Laura Burki

Island Savings supports food access through Coalition of Neighbourhood Houses ›› Danielle Stevenson

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Mila Czemerys

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Luke Ramsey

Alysha Punnett

Production Mila Czemerys Contact us

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declaration of principles & values ››

a socially, environmentally, neighbourhood; We are committed to ensuring neighbourhood control or ownership of neighbourhood

our resources prudently self-reliant; We are committed to the creation and support of neighbourhood employment;

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We are committed to engaging the dreams, resources, and talents of our neighbours and to fostering new links between them;

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We are committed to taking action in response to neighbourhood issues, ideas, and initiatives;

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Scrooge returns to Fernwood

We are committed to using and to becoming financially

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mark your calendar: ›› Mark Dusseault

institutions and assets;

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myself and built friendships and skills that inspired me to go back to school and find a new career.”

None of this would be possible without the generous support of our funders.

We are grateful to Island Savings—a regional division of First West—who are co- sponsoring the Coalition of Neighborhood Houses’ Neighborhood Food Access & Distribution Program this year. We are also grateful to the Victoria Foundation for their continued support.

The Coalition of Neighbourhood Houses includes Beacon Community Services, Burnside Gorge Community Centre, Esquimalt Neighborhood House, Fernwood Neighborhood Resource Group, James Bay Community Project, Saanich Neighborhood Place, Sooke Family Resource Society, and Quadra Village Community Centre.For more info, contact daniellestevenson@gmail.com, Food Access Coordinator at CNH.

We are committed to creating and economically sustainable

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You may be aware that more than 50,000 people in the Capital Region, and 1 in 7 families, lack secure access to healthy food.

You may not have heard of the incredible work that community centres in the Coalition of Neighborhood Houses— including the Fernwood Community Centre—are doing to address this.

The Coalition of Neighborhood Houses (CNH) is a group of 8 communitybased organizations that are committed to healthy children, youth, families, and individuals. They have been collaborating to increase access to healthy food and food skills at the neighborhood level since 2004. Through their Neighborhood Food Access Program—a food recovery partnership—they feed more than 20,000 people each month across the 8 community centre locations. They offer family meals, community kitchens, and

other food skill programs. “I am happy to come to [community] dinner; it’s like I have a family here,” said one senior at the Burnside Gorge Community Centre.

Over the last year, we’ve added new programs to increase the amount of healthy food available through community centres: • Roughly 100 banana boxes of produce from Thrifty’s Food Rescue Project are distributed every week through all 8 community centres in the Coalition; • Through the Gift of Good Food fundraiser, 133 high-need families received Good Food Boxes at CNH centres every two weeks for all of 2017; • 20,792 families, children, youth, and seniors were fed through meals, snacks, community kitchens, and food skills programs in 2016.

A participant at the community kitchen at Saanich Neighbourhood Place shared, “Through coming to this community kitchen, I became more confident in

We are committed to governing our organization and serving our

As humans, we are drawn to stories of redemption. Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol is one of the world’s most affecting and enduring stories. It is a story of the human heart, and our potential for goodness, compassion and charity.

Ebenezer Scrooge, a “tight-fisted old sinner”, is the perfect character to take us on this journey. From miser to man reborn, Ebenezer has inspired the imaginations of millions.

Written in 1843 in response to the social ills of Victorian England, A Christmas Carol profoundly changed western culture, reinvigorating the notion of Christ-

mas and adding the now fundamental idea of charity at this time of year.

While the story is 174 years old, it is as fresh today as it was in 1843. It is profoundly optimistic, with the message that it is never too late to start doing the right things.

From November 28 to December 17, 2017 the Belfry Theatre will reprise its much lauded production of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol.

Veteran actor Tom McBeath returns as Ebenezer Scrooge. Fernwood residents Celine Stubel and 8 year old Azura Lepard (from George Jay Elementary) play Mrs. Cratchit and Belinda respectively.

Playing the other Cratchit children are

Lauren Alberico (who just graduated from Claremont Secondary) as Martha, William Robertson (from école Victor-Brodeur) as Peter, and 7 year old Jude Culham-Keays (from Brentwood Elementary) as Tiny Tim. UVic alumnus Gerry Mackay returns as Jacob Marley (and the ghosts), with newcomers Evan Frayne as Bob Cratchit and Conor Wylie as Fred.

Amanda Lisman (from the TV series Suits) returns as Belle, while real-life couple Brian Linds and Jan Wood return as The Fezziwigs. Rounding out the cast are John Han and Jessica Hickman as Spirits.

Tickets for A Christmas Carol are available at 250-385-6815 or belfry.bc.ca.

neighbourhood democratically with a maximum of openness, inclusivity and kindness;

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We are committed to developing the skills, capacity, self-worth, and excellence of our neighbours and ourselves;

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We are committed to focusing on the future while preserving our neighbourhood’s heritage and diversity;

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We are committed to creating neighbourhood places that are vibrant, beautiful, healthy, and alive;

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and, most of all, We are committed to having fun!

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News and views from the heart of Fernwood

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Vic High is growing something good Vic High builds Vancouver Island’s first school farm

›› Aaren Topley Fernwood’s landscape is changing with a brand new operational learning farm at Victoria High School. Located on the field between Gladstone Avenue and the school’s automotive shop, Fernwood can now enjoy its own urban agriculture farm.

This project will be operated by Jesse Brown from the Mason Street Farm, where he’ll share his farming knowledge and experience with students from Vic High.

Beyond hands-on learning, the students will get to grow food for their weekly salad bar, feeding the school healthy local food.

If you walk past the field you will notice a large tarp covering 5,000 square feet. This tarp will cover the field from now until the spring, where it will be cooking the grass and weeds underneath, creating healthy soil for growing food. In the spring of

Volunteers joined in to spread mulch on the future site of Vic High’s learning farm on November 10, 2017. Photo: Mila Czemerys

2018, there will be a ribbon cutting ceremony and the first crop will be planted.

The Mason Street Farm and Vic High will be growing delicious local food for many years to come.

This project was made possible by the

support of the School District 61, School District 61 Facilities, the City of Victoria, Victoria High School and Mason Street Farm. Funders include Farm to School BC and Farm to Cafeteria Canada.

The project can always use hand tools,

wheel barrels, seeds, and small monetary donations. If you have anything you’d like to donate, please contact Aaren Topley, Capital Region Farm to School Animator, Farm to School BC at capitalregion@ farmtoschoolbc.ca.

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Good Food Groove, December 7 at Vinyl Envy Local music for an awesome cause

›› Kathryn Juricic Vinyl Envy and Fernwood NRG are partnering, once again, to present Good Food Grooves: a fundraiser concert for The Gift of Good Food. It’s a true Fernwood Family production.

Building on a blossoming relationship from FernFest, a shared love for the local music scene and awesome causes, we are presenting Grapefruit is Impossible (hip hop, jazz, funk), Cartoon Lizard (psychedelic pop) and opening with Laura Glover and Isabella Harned (dreamy folk) on Thursday, December 7th at Vinyl Envy, 1717 Quadra Street. Proceeds will be split between the musicians and The Gift of Good Food.

Phillips Beer and Merridale Cider will

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be available with all proceeds going to the cause—it wouldn’t be a Fernwood NRG fundraiser without them!

We’re especially excited for this evening, not only are the bands are incredibly talented but each band has a unique connection to Fernwood: Alexa Verstraten, MC in Grapefruit is Impossible, works in Fernwood NRG’s Out of School Care Program and leads Youth Programming at the Fernwood Community Centre, Cartoon Lizard member Shilo Preshyon facilitates groups from Garth Homer who volunteer at the Fernwood Community Centre (Cartoon Lizard also played an awesome set at FernFest this past summer) and Isabella Harned used to work in the Fernwood Community Centre Kitchen (you are missed!).

All to say, we love our community that continues to grow here and are grateful and humbled to work with such talented

and generous people in Fernwood. This is going to be a night filled with groovy tunes, dance moves and lots of fun. We hope to see you at the show.

Make sure to come early and check out the new skate shop next door, Artavi

Skateboards at 1719 Quarda Street.

Tickets are $15 and available at GoodFoodGrooves.eventbrite.ca—get them early. Some tickets will be available at the door but the venue has a limited capacity. This is a 19+ event.

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Story Line: Connecting neighbourhoods throu

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hose of you who passed through the intersection of North Park Street and Cook Street in October might have been pleasantly surprised to see the beginning stages of an expansive mural encompassing the Women In Need Resale Shop (WIN) and Logan’s Pub buildings.

Now that we’ve seen the finished product, it’s quite a remarkable contrast in terms of subject matter and scope, and has certainly got people’s attention.

The origins of the mural are linked to the new crosswalk installed by the City on Cook Street, which now allows for greater mobility between the Fernwood and North Park neighbourhoods. Jenny Farkas from the North Park Neighbourhood Association initiated the project, which originally took the form of an art piece on the crosswalk but later morphed into the recently completed mural.

“We’ve been doing a lot of thinking about revitalizing our little urban village,” says Farkas. “We identified this intersection as a natural hub of our neighbourhood,” she adds. It comes at a good time, as North Park is updating its local area plan in 2018, as will Fernwood. Her hope is that the project will spark an influx of public art to the intersection. “The idea is to get murals on all four corners to help identify it and give it a sense of place… Our little neighbourhood needs a boost right now, it’s so car-centric, so this is a real win for us,” says Farkas.

Farkas got in touch with Luke Ramsey, the City of Victoria’s Artist in Residence, and started the conversation about doing a mural. “[Jenny] reached out to me, and wanted my input on some of the ideas that were coming up for public art in the neighbourhood, and she mentioned this notion of putting a mural on the WIN building,” says Ramsey. “With my artist in residency position I have a budget to pull from for public art projects, so I approached Jenny and said I was able to use some of my budget for this project, and

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Luke Ramsey (top left), the City of Victoria’s Artist in Residence, with the crew of artists who created the Story Line mural and North Park Neighbourhood Association peeps. Photo courtesy of Luke Ramsey.

proposed to her to make it a collaborative project with other artists.”

Ramsey then assembled a team of ten artists, eight based in Victoria (Kay Gallivan; Ali Khan; Sarah Jim; Kristofer Ray; Ian George; Jesse Campbell; Charlie Walker and Sam Sharp) and two from out of town; James Kirkpatrick from London, Ontario and Tyler Keeton Robbins from Kelowna, BC. All the artists involved represented different artistic background and styles, such as graffiti, folk art, printmaking, drawing and painting.

“Knowing I’d have resources to make public art, I thought about how easily it could be for me to just throw a good

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chunk of that money on raw materials…

But then I thought about artists, and not thinking of artists as product, but thinking of artists as material, and thinking about their creativity, and using the money to enhance their abilities and bring people together from different backgrounds,” says Ramsey.

The project was completed over ten days in October—one day for prep and nine days of art—which happened to coincide with some good weather. Ramsey was in charge of keeping with a strict colour palette that was chosen by Farkas, which are representative of the colours used by the North Park Neighbourhood Association.

“To tie everybody’s work together, I was very specific on everyone keeping to that colour palette and just using the inversion of colours to connect to this line that is passing through everybody’s work,” says Ramsey.

That line in question is the orange line that runs throughout the entire mural— also know as the story line which is the title of the piece. Th e line is symbolic of the process of artistic collaboration, but also represents a larger concept of community engagement through public art and shared spaces. Ramsey referenced the line in the context of graffiti tagging, which would generally exclude someone

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ugh collaborative public art else’s work, but in this case, the line is intended to pass through everybody’s work as a means of collaboration and inclusion.

“I really wanted to bring everyone together in that way, to show this story line, because in each neighbourhood or community, everybody as an individual has their own story, but as a collective whole. We become one. So, this mural is about that story line, and it’s about how the individual in the collaborative spirit can create this unity,” says Ramsey.

Farkas and Ramsey then worked with business owners from WIN and Logan’s to get their input on the content and subject matter of the mural.

“We asked that the art be kept abstract and overall reflect our vision of growth, empowerment, inclusiveness and positivity,” says Clare Yazganoglu, Executive Director at Victoria Women In Need Community Cooperative who operate the WIN Resale Shops. “The mural is really great—it feels joyful, welcoming and is a great starting point to having these vibrant colours reflected throughout the neighbourhood.

It is a great opportunity to bring the neighbourhood together in a visual way,” she adds. Yazganoglu also spoke to the mural as being good for the Cook Street WIN, adding vibrancy to the store that’s been on the corner of North Park and Cook for the past 25 years.

“It was just about hearing everybody’s perspective, and what they wanted… Just being open eared to everybody in the neighbourhood, trying to make something we can all be happy with,” says Ramsey.

Over the duration of the project, Ramsey spoke highly of the community’s reception to the project. “We had hundreds of people coming by, and giving us props, and bringing us coffees, yelling out of windows and saying good things.” Of course, everyone is entitled to opinions on artistic preference, something that Ramsey is well aware of as an artist. Noting that

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(Top) The complete mural seen from North Park Street. (Bottom) Progress on the mural during the month of October 2017 by artists Ian George, left, James Kirkpatrick, center, and Tyler Keeton Robins, right. Photos courtesy of Luke Ramsey.

one individual over the ten days reacted negatively towards the piece. “That’s fine,” says Ramsey. “I welcome critique on art.

People aren’t tied up to opinion. If you say nothing to it, if it gives you no reaction, I think that’s the most offensive thing to a work of art.”

The mural has certainly livened up the busy corner dividing North Park and

Fernwood, and will hopefully stand out as a centerpiece for more proposed public art in the neighbourhood.

“I think everyone gets it, that something like this can really infuse a lot of energy into a space, and then as we continue to build off of it, people will be really happy,” says Farkas.

“It was really fun for all of us to come

together and feel like we were a family,” says Ramsey. “That’s the spirit of what this piece is about; it’s about the neighbourhood vibe, and everybody feeling like they own it, and feeling like they are a part of something.”

Thanks to public art, City resources and community involvement; everyone that engages with the mural can hopefully feel that connection too.

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compost corner:

Winter Growing Tips for mid-winter

them and weighting it down with wood or bricks can be a quick fix.

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Mulching

›› Alysha Punnett Happy December, Village Vibe readers! As the days draw closer to Solstice on the 21st, it may feel like the garden and the compost piles are sleeping—unless you’re growing a winter garden! Here on the west coast, we’re lucky enough to be able to grow our greens year-round. While we’re past the point of planting or seeding anything for 2017, here are some important things to keep in mind for taking care of your kale, collards, winter lettuces and chard (and any broccoli, fava beans, the list goes on…).

Protective Covers

If building a cold-frame or cloche to set over top of your grow beds was too

When water in the soil freezes, it expands and can crush delicate roots. Hence the importance of a thick mulch layer around your plants to keep the soil from freezing.

About 4 to 6 inches of straw or leaves is what you’re looking to keep plant feet cozy.

Frost

complicated to think about in the heady days of summer, don’t worry too much.

Often a sheet of plastic laid over top of chard or other greens is enough to keep frost from doing too much damage. If you see a cold snap coming up and your veggies are naked, throwing a sheet of plastic over

Plants that freeze don’t always turn to mush! Before mourning the loss of plants to an overnight frost, let them thaw out. Often they will return to crispness, or just a few vulnerable leaves will need to be picked off.

Come on by the Compost Education Centre to see our winter garden in action. We also have a handy factsheet on Winter Gardening over at our website: compost.bc.ca.

For the month of December, visitors receive a free membership with composter purchase and we also have gift cards for Earth Machines and Greencones available (the membership deal applies with these too!). Membership includes 10% off composters and free access to one of our workshops, so if you’re keen to learn about organic growing, preserving, pollinators, native plants and more this is the deal for you!

Alysha Punnett is the Site Manager & Community Education Coordinator, Compost Education Centre. They are currently seeking donations and membership to continue to deliver accessible programming and maintain their Resource Centre and Teaching Gardens. To donate, please visit compost.bc.ca/the-composteducation-centre-needs-your-help/.

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Social enterprise coffee roaster perks up non-profit community ›› Mila Czemerys Philosopher Thomas Browne wrote, “One should never approach the temple of science with the soul of a money changer,”—but perhaps the inverse could be said too. Scientists aren’t known for their inclination towards business but three Victoria scientists are trying it anyway.

“We’ve given away almost every penny we’ve made so far,” laughs Hannah Charnock, the 21 year old co-founder of Smoke & Mirrors Coffee Co., Victoria’s newest small-batch coffee roaster. “Cash might rule the world, but we’d rather focus our energy on building social currency.”

The company was founded over the summer by Charnock and Euan Thomson, her co-worker in the Phillips Brewing & Malting Co. laboratory, after they took a hard look at the low yield, high stress world of non-profit fundraising.

“Getting grants is hard enough,” says Thomson. “But even when an organization is lucky enough to land one, the work involved can drive staff to work unpaid overtime so it looks better on the balance sheet. It’s a serious problem in the nonprofit sector, and it isn’t getting better.”

They decided to direct their efforts at launching an enterprise with a single focus: applying their scientific and sensory training from the beer world to make good coffee, netting a reliable, and (for the organizations, anyway) low-effort revenue stream for local non-profits. The team has since added a third member, UVic biochemistry PhD candidate Karen Lithgow, who, as Thomson puts it, has an “advanced” coffee problem.

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(Left to right) Karen Lithgow, Euan Thomson, and Hannah Charnock of Smoke and Mirrors Coffee Company. Photo: Mila Czemerys

Social enterprises are businesses that exist to benefit the community, and since launching in June, all profits from Smoke & Mirrors have been reinvested into four community-building organizations.

In 2013, B.C. became the first province to have a corporate category that encourages social enterprises, but they have caught on across the country.

“We’ve been inspired by the selflessness of celebrities like Paul Newman, who could just as easily continue padding their bank accounts by opening up standard for-profit businesses and use their name to market the product. The difference with our situation is we didn’t start with names or money— just good friends and customers that believe in what we’re doing,” says Thomson, who taught himself how to roast on a refitted chicken rotisserie.

“We’re going to keep pushing that DIY

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ethos. We’ve been able to gain an intimate appreciation for roasting science through our projects. This fall, staff at Phillips are helping us design and build a bigger roaster out of recycled materials. We have so many skilled people around us that are keen to help, so instead of trying to dig up twenty thousand dollars for a new roaster, we’d rather see that money build the community.”

Smoke & Mirrors is supporting four non-profit partners: Habitat Acquisition Trust (HAT), which engages the Victoria region in conservation efforts that protect and support habitats and wildlife; Restorative Justice Victoria (RJV), a key partner for local police, facilitating community focused alternative solutions to crime; UVic Women in Science, a community engagement hub for women in science, technology, engineering and mathematics in Victoria; and The Latitude

Project, which brings the resources to remote communities in Central America to build and maintain critical infrastructure.

The organizations received cash donations in the company’s first month of operations, with Phillips Brewing & Malting Co. stepping up to match it.

The following round, Smoke & Mirrors collaborated with The Very Good Butchers after they were mentioned as a potential matching donor on an Instagram post.

“The matching donations don’t just add money to the pot,” says Lithgow. “They also help spread the word and get new people involved.”

The scientists say they couldn’t resist applying their knowledge to the roasting process. They have even partnered with analytical chemist Blair Surridge at Camosun College to research roasting chemistry, an area they say is under-studied.

“Our small batch approach lets us experiment in a truly scientific way,” says Charnock. She says the company has plans for its scientific approach to making coffee, and insists, predictably, that it isn’t all just “smoke and mirrors.” “We aim to be industry leaders someday.”

Smoke & Mirrors coffee is available at Phillips Brewing & Malting Co. and Niagara Market, online at smokeandmirrors. coffee and at the offices of the community partners listed above. To learn more in person, look for the Smoke & Mirrors booths at the Boreal Collective Winter Fair in Duncan on Sunday, December 16th or the Picot Holiday Market at Sea Cider in Saanich on Sunday, December 17th. Holiday gift boxes, coffee and t-shirts will be for sale at both of these events.

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Fernwood’s Student Dinner Night will wrap up the year with a Winter Solstice Celebration on Wednesday, December 13th! Join us for a hot and delicious holiday meal, live music and a pop-up holiday market with a handful of local artisans and vendors. Please bring a suggested donation of $5 to this event—100% proceeds raised at this Student Dinner this evening will do to the Gift of Good Food Holiday Fundraiser!

We are in gratitude for donations from awesome local businesses such as Fry’s Bakery, Top Soil and to the Food Share Network for providing 70-80% of the food used in this program.

When we wrap up for the year on December 13th, we will have provided four workshops, hosted three live bands and will have fed approximately 700 meals to an amazing community of students! See you in the New Year. For more info, please visit fernwoodnrg. ca/fernwood-nrgprograms/recreation/youth/.

Fernwood NRG’s Out of School Care program is moving towards being even more environmentally friendly than we already are. In the New Year, we’re aiming to take it one step further and be 100% nature-based going into 2018.

What does that mean exactly? A few things: For our art projects, we will use only recycled and found items. For our time outdoors, the kids will be designing, planting and growing a garden for themselves and their families. The garden will be near the sidewalk on Gladstone Avenue, inside the 3-5 Child Care’s outdoor space at the Fernwood Community Centre. This will allow our staff to teach the kid’s where their food comes from, play in the soil and learn about what it takes to grow food. Lastly, we have been working towards developing a community project in 2018 that will give each child in Out of School Care the opportunity to learn what it means to be involved in a community.

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Fernwood Family Dinner $2/drop-in Nuu Chah Nulth Drumming (Closed Group)

Drop-in, by donation 9:30am – 11:30am Register w/ Victoria Bootcamp 6:00pm – 7:00pm Register w/ info@stigmafreezone.com 7:00pm – 8:30pm Register w/ VSSC 7:00pm – 10:00pm

WEDNESDAY Best Babies (Postnatal) Pre-register Good Food Box Pick-up Order at thegoodfoodbox.ca Fernwood Student Dinner Drop-in by donation ROOTED Leadership Group (15+ yrs), Drop-in by donation

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THURSDAY Family Resource Program Best Babies (Prenatal) Bootcamp VSSC Dodgeball Karma Yoga Class

Drop-in by donation Pre-register Register w/ Victoria Bootcamp Register w/ VSSC $5 donation/drop-in, $2 mat rental

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FRIDAY Seniors’ Lunch (55+) $4/drop-in 12:00pm – 2:30pm Sports Drop-in (7-11yrs) 1st & 4th Friday/month, by donation, 6:00pm – 8:00pm Metaphysical Meetup Group, 2nd Friday/month, register with MeetUp, 7:00pm – 9:00pm

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