Annual Report 2018
A Word from the Chair ›› he last year has shown that Fernwood continues to be a thriving neighbourhood. In that time we have seen the culmination of many of the Fernwood NRG’s efforts. The mixed-use building which was built at 1310 Gladstone is fully rented, and the anchor tenant is the Fernwood Yoga Den. The new space is larger and more functional than the previous space. We’re proud that we’ve built a building that looks like it was always there. The childcare services continue to thrive. The Provincial Government’s Universal Childcare Protype daycare pilot program has allowed us to offer care at much more affordable price—less than $200 per month. We think this helps make life in our city more affordable for families and we hope it becomes a permanent program. To that end, the province has asked us and parents to participate in surveys and other measurement and data collection exercises. We’ve been more than happy to work with them because we’re hopeful that our participation in this program will help it become a new provincial program
T
available to families across the province. It’s an exciting prospect to be at the leading edge of the first new social program in at least a generation. The community centre sees some other very vibrant activities that contribute to out neighbourhood community. If you haven’t attended yet, Family Dinner Nights on Mondays allow people to enjoy a healthy hot meal and meet your fellow Fernwoodians. If you’re younger and far cooler than me, you might want to attend the Student Dinner Night on Wednesdays. They include entertainment that ranges from local musicians to the best slam poets in the city. Then again, you might prefer more private company. If that’s the case, don’t miss out on the Good Food Box, which is like a buyer’s club to help you get cheaper groceries. It’s packed and delivered by a wonderful team of volunteers and we prioritize locally grown, unsprayed produce with a focus on seasonal fruits and vegetables. These are only some of the programs delivered through the Community Centre. There are many more programs that I could talk about, but I would encourage you to explore fernwoodnrg.ca to learn
Michael Lancaster
about them. So, what’s next? That’s a good question. We’ve built affordable housing and created food sustainability programs. The village businesses are thriving. FernFest has become one of the hottest (free) tickets on the Victoria social calendar. We’ve painted our hearts on our telephone poles. But our neighbourhood is continuing to change. There are more kids and the schools are expanding. We want to keep Fernwood Funky. To do that, we want to tap into the
dynamism of the people who helped us make this the most livable neighbourhood in the city. The Fernwood NRG Board has some great new volunteer board members from the neighbourhood. With that comes new energy and ideas. We will be exploring ways to tap into our neighbourhoods creative ideas. This might take the form of another visioning forum like we had in 2011. One things for certain, we want everyone to stay tuned for the next chapter. 2018 Annual Report
page 1
A year in review ernwood NRG is your neighbourhood resource group. Whether you want to share a meal with neighbours, find a summer camp for your child, or even get a great haircut, we’re the folks to help you—right here in Fernwood. And the list goes on—childcare, family support programs, recreation programs, affordable housing, FernFest, the Good Food Box… we even publish this newspaper—the Village Vibe. All of this work is important and rewarding, and it takes a lot of people to make it happen. On the page below are
F
›› Lee Herrin, Executive Director
just a few of the folks you might have seen around the neighbourhood going about their work. If you do see them, please say “hello”; and if you are so inclined, maybe say “thank you.” They, and all of the 93 people who worked for the Fernwood Neighbourhood Resource Group in 2018 are a big part of what makes Fernwood the great neighbourhood that it is. As always, even 93 of us cannot do it alone. So thank you to all of our funders, donors, supporters and volunteers in 2018. We are so much more because of your generous and continuing support. Thank you.
Here’s a snapshot of Fernwood NRG’s work in the neighbourhood in 2018:
We provided secure housing for
14
households
99
child care We provided spaces, and were successful in our application for the Universal Child Care Prototype, which slashes parent fees to only $200 per month
We supported
100
s of families through Best Babies & Family Programs
4,305
We said goodbye to the Cornerstone Café after
12
We served meals at Family Dinner, Student Dinner, and Seniors Lunch
years. Fernwoodians volunteered
We packed and distributed
4,500
9,756
hours in programs and at events
Good Food Boxes
3,616
We gave haircuts at Studio 1313, a social enterprise that supports community programs
4
new residential We added units and bright new commercial space at 1310 Gladstone
We hosted more than
19,000
people in recreation programs and events
We stretched out for
9,025
yoga classes since May, when the Yoga Den joined our social enterprise.
page 2
2018 Annual Report
The Nuu-cha-nulth cultural group met in our centre for the
17th
year
We raised over
$88,000
for the Gift of Good Food—that provides over 175 families with fresh fruits and vegetables for a whole year
Report on our Principles & Values 2018 In 2005, Fernwood NRG drafted a Declaration of Principles and Values—eleven statements that guide our work. You can read them all at fernwoodnrg.ca/fernwood-nrg-about-us/our-principles but today we want to report back on Principles Two and Four. Principle Two—We are committed to ensuring neighbourhood control or ownership of neighbourhood institutions and assets.
Fernwood has grown a good percentage of businesses that are owned and operated by real people who live in our neighbourhood, not distant holding companies. This means decisions that affect Fernwood are made in Fernwood, and dollars that are spent in Fernwood are earned in Fernwood. We want to continue and strengthen this trend wherever possible.
Of course we made our biggest leap in becoming a social enterprise, buying the Cornerstone Building and renovating it into affordable housing and commercial spaces. We then built the Park Place apartments. When properties came up for sale in the heart of village we knew we had to ensure they would come under neighbourhood ownership. One property was renovated by the Fernwood Inn into Fernwood Pizza, plus an office space and two residences, and we just completed the newest building in the neighbourhood at 1310 Gladstone which adds four more
residential units and some beautiful and bright commercial space to the village centre. Neighbourhood people do neighbourhood-scaled redevelopment. Principle Four—We are committed to the creation and support of neighbourhood employment.
In order to provide child care for almost 100 kids, as well as youth, family, seniors, and recreational programming, we employ several full and part-time staff. We also operate Studio 1313 Hair Design and the expanded Fernwood Yoga Den as
social enterprises that support our nonprofit programming, and these businesses bring still more jobs into the neighbourhood. The magic of localism is the multiplier effect, where the same dollar gets spent several times over. We earn money in the neighbourhood and pay wages in the neighbourhood. These wages are often spent in the neighbourhood—on a delicious sandwich at Little June, upcycled clothing at Luna Collective, or a Pilates class at SOMA. These local businesses repeat the cycle of earning, spending and employment.
Our Donors & Supporters We are tremendously grateful to the following individuals and organizations for their support in 2018: Aaronson's Pharmacy AES Engineering Allied Universal Ampersand Distilling Co. Artavi Skateboards Atomique Productions Aubergine Specialty Foods Bastion Books Bath and Body Works BCAA Car Seat Program Beacon Consultants Bean Around The World Belfry Theatre Blue Bridge Theatre Blue Grouse Estate Winery Bona Vini Wines Co. Booboo Bears Midnight Jammies Bread & Butter Catering Butchart Gardens Category 12 Brewing Cedar Coast Photos
Celina Lyons Acupuncture & Medical Arts Central Middle School Circus CFAX Santas Anonymous Chef Andrew Paumier Chef Michael Williams Christie's Pub Christine Lintott Architect Coalition of Neighbourhood Houses Coast Environmental Cobs Bread End of Day Giving Program Cold Star Freight Systems Inc. Community Garden Volunteer Grant Community Social Planning Council of Greater Victoria: BC Transit Ticket Assistance Program Cook Roberts LLP The Courtney Room Rose Cowels Cultured Kombucha
Cycle BC Roman Czemerys Mila Czemerys Discovery Coffee Do250 Dobell Designs Dodd's Furniture Dr Amarjot S Sajan Inc. Earth Bags BC Fernwood Coffee Company The Fernwood Inn Fernwood Pizza Company Fernwood Yoga Den Jennifer Ferris Firece Juijitso Fired Up! Floathouse Victoria Food Share Network Friendly Giant Window & Gutter Cleaning Frontrunners Garside Signs and Displays Garth Homer Society Good Food Box Volunteers
Our Board Michael Lancaster Lisa Matthaus Matt Takach Sarah Amyot Kelsey Singbeil
Goldilocks Wraps The Great Giffoni Greater Victoria Cycling Coalition Greater Victoria Public Library Kathy Guthrie Margaret Hantiuk Harbour Cats Heart & Hands Health Collective Hemma Yoga and Acupuncture The Holistic Yogi Honey Bee Cleaning Service Horror Escape Hot & Cold Café Carolyn Howse Hoyne Brewing Company IMAX Victoria Theatre Integral Group Intrepid Theatre Iyengar Yoga Bruno Jayme Just Matcha Tea Shop Kid Sister Ice Cream Knappett Projects Inc.
Sara Kubica Laura Nicolina & Olimpo Shoshana Litman Little June The Livet Luna Collective Maritime Museum Maude Kids McLennan's Island Meat & Seafood Merridale Cidery & Distillery Metropol Industries Michell Bros. Farm Michelle Pichert Photography Modo Monk Office Moon Under Water Mount Royal Bagels The Mustard Seed Street Church My Great Neighbourhood Grant Mysore Victoria Noodle Box North Park Bike Shop Northern Quarter
Oak Bay Bicycles Obara & Company, Chartered Accountants Ocean Grown Medicinal Socety One Yoga Orca Books Publishing Origin Bakery Pagliacci's Pedersens Event Rentals Joanna Pettit Phillips Brewing and Malting Co. Phillips Fermentorium Distilling Co. Phillips Soda Works Pizzeria Prima Strada Poppet Creative Portofino Bakery ReFUSE Resource Recovery Ring Partner RISE Health RJC Engineers Robert Bateman Centre Barbara Rolloczko The Root Cellar
Rox Designs Royal BC Museum Ryzuk Geotechnical The Salt & Pepper Fox Scallywags Children's Boutique Sea Cider Farm & Ciderhouse Sam Sharp Silk Road Tea Ana Simeon Ian Sirias CarolAnn Smedley SOMA Active Health St. John's Ambulance St. Luke's Players Stage Wine Bar Storied Wine & Spirits Team Sales Theatre SKAM Thistle and Wren Beth, John, Grayson & Jackson Threlfall Thrifty Foods Tod Creek Cider Touch Wood Editions
Toque Catering Trees Dispensary Marianne Unger Urban Lotus Acupuncture & Herbs Vancity Varsha Indian Kitchen Terry Vatrt Vessel Liquor Victoria 1000 x 5 Victoria Compost Education Victoria Distillers Victoria Women in Need Community Cooperative Vinyl Envy Patti Wall The WetCleaner Inc. Widlish Wear Hats Wild Roots Yoga and Dance WildFire Organic Bakery & Café Wychbury Ave Yonni's Doughnuts The Zone at 91-3 A huge thank you to all our volunteers!
Our Funders Brett Gaylor Robert Kemp Paula DeBeck Caitlin Davies
We gratefully acknowledge the financial support of the following funders in 2018: We acknowledge the financial assistance of the Province of British Columbia
James Bay Community Project
We acknowledge the financial support of the Government of Canada
Public Health Agency of Canada
BC Council for Families
A big thank you to Paula DeBeck, Caitlin Davies, Matt Takach and Sarah Amyot who have stepped down from the Board in 2018.
Burnside Gorge Community Association
A warm welcome to new directors who have stepped up to serve their neighbourhood. Benjamin Jones Jackie Robinson Sarah Reid Eric Swanson
Cornerstone Café
City of Victoria Community Action Program for Children Esquimalt Neighbourhood House Fernwood NRG Holdings Inc. Fernwood Yoga Den Island Health Island Savings Credit Union
Oak Bay Kiwanis Quadra Village Community Centre Rotary Club Saanich Neighbourhood Place Sarah Spenser Foundation Sooke Family Resource Society Studio 1313 Hair Design Success by Six United Way of Greater Victoria Vancouver City Savings Credit Union (Vancity) Victoria Foundation
2018 Annual Report
page 3
Gift of Good Food Donors & Supporters A huge thank you to everyone who contributed to the Gift of Good Food in 2018: A.W. Jones Insurance
Alli Bunting
Maureen Elworthy
Bronwen Harmston
Kelsey LeClair
Candace Morris
REALFOOD
Stefanie Burkert
Alix Harvey
Isabella Lee
Maleen Mund
Realfoto Media Inc
Abby Sprouts
Marleen Butchart
Noel Hay
CindyLou Lenyk
Lisa Munkley
Mallorie Reid
Laura Taylor
Susan Adamson
Thea Cacchioni
Envision Counselling Services
Cary and Cindy Swoveland
K Oona Hayes
Laura Lessingham
Michele Murphy
Sarah Reid
Team Misfits
Annette Hayward
Patricia Leung
Shea Nacci
Melissa Reid
Team Zussman
Ray & Joan Headrick
Joanne Levy
Brian Neill
Courtney Faber
Lynn Nelson
Healthy Hive
Sebastien LienardBoisjoli
Reynolds Secondary School
theDock
Breanna Fabbro
Tamara Nelson
Isabelle Richard
Halima Thompson
Melissa FaceyCrowther
Ash and Ahmed Heaslip-Mumeni
Susan Link
Chris Nelson
Trish Richards
Fernwood Community Association
Ruth Linka
Colin Richards
Brenda Henderson
Blair Neufeld
Thurber Engineering Ltd.
Carol Linnitt
Diane Rider
Milvi Tiislar
Joan Henderson
Joanne Nicolson
Elyse Longair
RISE Health
Pete Tonseth
Fernwood Daycare Families
Ellen Henry
Brooke Lowden
Gwyneth NortonWilks
Sean Hern
Cyndy Chan
Lee Herrin
Anne Lucas
Rebecca Noseworthy
Judy and Neil Tremblay
Fernwood Yoga Den
Shea Lowry
Rise Physical Therapy Inc. Jasmine Robertson
Lorne Charbonneall
Flytographer
Chris HindmarchWatson
Luna Collective
Betsy Nuse
Jesse Robertson
Judy and Cedric Trueman
Rae Franklin
Barbara Lyall
Ann Ronald
Sheryl Hine
Ocean Grown Medicinal Society
Nancy Frederickson
Cheekwan Ho
Penny Ross
Nikki Honour
Heather MacAndrew
Rachel O'Neill
Chelsey Rossner
Dawn Hope
Valerie MacDonald
Orca Book Publishers
Advicas Group Consultants Inc. Alexandra Ages Ellen Agger Lynn Alexander Amber Allan Sarah Alpert Angela Capson Physiotherapy Kaleigh Anstett Jorge Aranda Kaylin Arason Meghan Aris Keith Armstrong Carol Armstrong
Linda Cain Jennifer Cameron Tracey Campbell David Carl Genevieve Casault CAVU Designwerks CBS Stoneworks Centre Balance Chamberlain Walk Hair Design
Carla Charles Patrick Charpentier Nora Chen
Amanda Evans Yulenda Evans
Donna Lynch
Rachel Roots
Joanne Thompson
Robert Tyrrell Alexandra Van Tol Vancity (Fort Street) Alain Vandendorpe
Hayley Atkinson
Circle Ceremonies
Friendly Giant Window & Gutter Cleaning
Morgan Clark
Angela Hot
Douglas Baer
Shael Fripp
Regan Macdonald
Kim Clarkson
Howyfaswed
Christian Baerike
Astrid Fritzsche
Tim Cormode
Hoyne Brewing Co.
Erin Baillie
Fiona Hughes
Martha Macdonnell
Michelle Panchuk
Sarah Bain
Carissa Cornfield
Anne-Marie Gagnon
Michelle Macdonald
Richard Hung
Tracey MacDougall
David Parfit
Jamie Barnett
Rose Cowles Martin
Marria Gauley
Saanich Community Health Services
Kirsten Hunter
Jean Macgregor
Sara Parker
John Sager
S Wadge
Cindy Barton
Mary Jane Crawley
Don Genova
Monica Sager
June Wall
Shelley Parker
Gail Saiger
Stephen Bean
Marcus Cutler
Mike Hyde
John MacLan Culham
Peter Parker
Kennedy Cullen
Susanna Hurd
Karen Basi
George Jay Elementary School Patricia Gilchrist
Christina Parsons
Christine Sanders
Liane Beattie
Roman Czemerys
Jennifer Hykin
Georgia Maclean
Jamie Wallace Barnett
Moira Gill
Jennifer MacMillan
Caroline Pattison
Tanya Sasi
Peggy Beere
Brianne Czypyha
David Irons
Jennifer Gillespie
Gina Magdanz
Anissa Paulsen
The Savoury Café
John Bell
D Clark Arboriculture
Barbara Isaac
Ashley Gillies
Lyn Makepeace
Anna Peacock
Jessica Sawkins
Claire and PE Daigre
Diana Gillis
Island Rhythmic Gymnastics Club
Peter Malcolm
Patricia Pearson
Allison Schein
Ian Goard
Jasmin Jackson
Shaun Peck
Michelle Dalzell
Jacob Gofman
Pat Javorski
Mange tout en francais
Robyn Penfold
Newman Schiphorst
Goldilocks Sustainable Goods
Marija M Juricic
Kailee Mar
Krista Perlstrom
Catherine Schissel
Linda Westby
Sherri Daniar
Colleen Juricic
Pamella Mason
Patricia Petersen
Goo Goo Goggles
Chelsea Mason
Westin Bear Mountain
Juricic Family
Leslie Peterson
Joan Schwartzenberger
Campbell Good
Regina Pfeifer
Lauren Scott
Jennifer Weston
Michael Kagis
Janice Mason
Rowan Good
Lisa Matthaus
Elizabeth Phillips
Sheridan Scott
Kyle White
Carola Kanaya
Eleanor Good
Sara McAdam
The Good Food Box Gals
Karin McAvoy
Alan Segal
Megan Whitelaw
Virginia Kenyon
Phillips Brewing & Malting Co.
Karin Scott
Stacy White
Liz Kemp
Kurt McBurney
Lee Sentes
Julia King
Kevin McCarthy
Kristi Philpott Buchanan
Kristina Wilcox
Dr. Sally Kimpson
Shatterbox Coffee
Aimeson King
Nancy McDougall
Jeanette Pike
Donald Shaw
Merrie-Ellen Wilcox
Linda King
Stacy McGhee
Jillian Player
Jen Shelest
Heather Kingston
Peter McMartin
Alexandra Silvester
Sarah Kinnear
Ryan McNaught
Gwendoline Pointereau Michael Pojol
Nicole Kinsman
Dave Skilling
Kelly Greenwell
Amanda Merritt
Elizabeth Polard
Nancy Kirshfelt
Matthew Smith
Alison Gregson
Natalie Merta
Juan Portilla
Chelsea Kittleson
Peter Sperling
Laura & Bart Griffin
Sarah Milbrath
Judy Kitts
Dejan Milidragovic
Jayne Postuk
Katherine Woodhouse
Katherine St James
Kailie Woods
Felice Griffiths
Jaime Korner
Sandra Mills
Suzanne Powell
Ashley Stanford
Andrew Woolridge
Jérôme Guiraud
KTV Holding Ltd.
Mim Mills
Alicia Power
Angel Star
Shayla Wright
Olivia Gutjahr
Suzanne Lacroix
Sandra Mills
Marion Price
Chris Stask
Adam Wunderlick
Taylor Hainstock
Mélodie Laforce
Victoria Stevens
Tracey Price
Randy Wunderlick
Tess Hammett
Anouk Landry
Vanessa MinkeMartin
Barry Price
Bernie Stovel
Debbie Pungente
Warren Wunderlick
David Handley
Elysha Lane
Lindsay Miskow
David Stuart
Heather Putney
Beth Yearwood
Jennifer Handley
Ralph Lapp
Muriel Modder
John and Liz Sturdy
Isabelle Pylat
Shauna Yeomans
Claire Handley
Viv Larminay
Michael Moffat
Chris Sullivan
Handley/Good Family & Friends
Gail Lastiwka
Dawn Sutherland
Linda Zajac
Anne Moon
Quadra Village Community Centre Team
Liza Yuzda
Maya Molander
Lindsay Zepeski
Dawn Moon
Lisbie Rae
Ray and Carol Sutherland
Ashtanga Yoga Victoria Inc.
Shonna Bell Belton Avenue Family & Friends Jacqueline Bennett Chantal Berard Josie Bergman Melissa Berry Roxenda Bhagat Jaymini Bhikha Sandra Birrell Kelly Black
Tina Chien
Lorne Daniel Shae-Linn Davies Anna De Luca Paula DeBeck Jackie Desormeaux Kristia Di Gregorio
Scott Blair
Andrea Di Lucca Bustard
Pippa Blake
Discovery Coffee
Paul Blood
Edie Dittman
Bloom Yoga Michael Bloomfield Donna Boffo Celine Boisvenue
Lionel Dobson Dawn Donaldson Dottie Kids
Leslie Bootle
Erin DoxseyWhitfield
Anne Boquist
Christina Drake
Cathy Boraston Whitney Borowko Sarah Bourdon Jill Braybrook Ashley Brekelmans Jane S. and David Brooks Caitlin Brown Margaret Bryant Marni Brydon Chrystal Bryson Teresa Bubela
Duchess & Duke Paul Duckett Chloe Dufort Benji Duke Mary Dunn Robyn Duplantis Pamela Sue Durgin Maryann Dyck Carol Eby Jane Edler-Davis Lisa Edwards Enid Elliot
Robert Budd page 4
2018 Annual Report
Maureen Goyeche Robert Grant Rebecca Grant Ian Grant Monique Gray Smith
Todd Harmer Roger Harmston
Laurel Stark Inc. Mia Lauzon George Lawie
Laurie Morgan Melissa Moroz
Vicky Orme Teresa Ouellette Rachel Page
Ross Ramage Sean Raymond
Laurie Rubin Clara Rubincam Lloyd Rushton
Kelsey Singbeil
Dayle Sutherland Geraldine Swayze
Farrell Vanderree Tasha Vegh Elizabeth Vibert The Vitamin Shop Kathleen and Daniel von Kanel
Jacqueline Walter Allieren Ward Myrna Webster Wee Nourish Heather Wellman Lucy Wells
Laura Wille Barbara Williams Katrina Wilson Paul Wilson Avy Woo
Kirsti Ziola Julianne Zussman