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40 Days of Kindness Challenge

40 Days of Kindness – A Community-Building Yoga Partnership
 

The Fernwood Yoga Den (1311 Gladstone Avenue) is pleased to announce a new community-serving partnership with Vancouver-based Karma Teachers. To celebrate this partnership, the Yoga Den we are launching a “40 Days of Kindness” campaign!! The campaign asks participants to commit to 40 acts of kindness in […]

By |November 2nd, 2012|News|1 Comment

The Owl Designer Fair 2012

 
The Owl Designer Fair is a local holiday shopping and live music event.
 

Where: Fernwood Community Centre, 1240 Gladstone Avenue.

When: Nov 30th 6-10pm and Dec 1st 10am-6pm, 2012

 

The Owl is back for another year as Victoria’s most creative holiday fair. All items are handmade or upcycled by local artists and designers. Come out and support your […]

By |October 31st, 2012|News|0 Comments

Mark your calendar for LifeRing fundraiser

Clean & Sober: LifeRing takes a non-12-step approach to addiction support on the Island
Monday MagazineBy Danielle Pope, October 10, 2012
First steps of recovery begin with: “How was your week?”

It’s 1976 and, at age 10, Nanaimo native Michael Walsh sneaks his first drink of alcohol out of his parent’s home liquor cabinet. Two years later, he […]

By |October 15th, 2012|News|0 Comments

University 102

 
Attend the public information session:
When: Wednesday, November 7th, at 6:00pm
Where: Fernwood Community Centre (1240 Gladstone Ave)

 
For more information contact uni101pa@uvic.ca OR 250-721-6516
web.uvic.ca/uni101/
 

By |October 15th, 2012|News|0 Comments

Harvest Potluck Speaker Series

 

It is (soon to be) fall and the bounty of the season is ready to be enjoyed. It is the perfect time to come together and connect as we enter the next cycle of Fall and Winter.

 

Join us for this FREE speakers series:

Friday, September 28th – Design from a permaculture perspective with Brandon Bauer
Friday, October […]

By |September 25th, 2012|News|0 Comments

How would you spend your tax dollars?

The City of Victoria passed a motion put forward by Councillor Helps this past spring to cap property tax increases at no more than 3.25% per year for the next three years. This means the City of Victoria needs to cut $6 million from its budget over the next three years.

 

 

Join Councillor Lisa Helps and […]

By |September 12th, 2012|News|0 Comments

Anita’s Revolution Book Launch

 

Author Shirley Langer will be at the Cornerstone Cafe on Thursday, September 20th at 8pm promoting her new book, Anita’s Revolution.

Anita’s Revolution is about book about Cuba and how 100,000 young people helped transform Cuban society and the nation by teaching a million people how to read and write in seven months in 1961.

Drop by […]

By |September 11th, 2012|News|0 Comments