›› Laura Burki
More spaces in Fernwood NRG’s Out of School Care Program:
Fernwood NRG’s Out of School Care programming is thriving, with a dedicated staff team providing a space for kid’s in our community that is safe and inclusive. One of the guiding values for the Out of School Care Program is for children to connect […]
Fernwood NRG is part of the Mayor’s Child Care Solutions Working Group
›› Lee Herrin
In June, Victoria Mayor Lisa Helps invited community, public sector, and business leaders across the City together to discuss a local response to the chronic shortage of child care in the City of Victoria.
The meeting was well attended. All of the Community […]
>> Alex Harned
This growing season, the Fernwood Helping Hands team of volunteers are flexing their gleaning skills at various generous farms across the Capital Region. ‘Gleaning’ is the practice of collecting fresh, excess food. From an abundance of lettuce and kale at the local urban Mason Street City Farm, to the endless wild blackberry bushes […]
No need to cook on Wednesdays because it’s Fernwood Student Dinner Night
›› Mila Czemerys
With a saddle of books on their hip, sprinting from a Biology lab to the bus loop to in hopes to swiftly arrive at their part-time job, followed up with sport team or band practice commitments in the evening, it is no […]
Seasonal tips from Compost Education Centre’s Site Manager and Community Education Coordinator
›› Alysha Punnett
Fall is a great time of year for composting. Compost ingredients are abundant as you put the garden to bed, dried leaves are plentiful and things have all winter to slowly break down into your spring soil amendment. Below are some tips […]
›› Ryan Wugalter
The needle will be dropped once again on Saturday, October 21 when the Fernwood Community Centre (1240 Gladstone Avenue) is transformed into Vinyl Supernova, Vancouver Island’s biggest vinyl LP fair!
Collections from all over Vancouver Island and the Lower Mainland will be on display and for sale at this bi-annual event, first launched by […]
Sausages, sauerkraut, beer and community
›› Phoenix Bain
The annual tradition of Oktoberfest returns to Oaklands on Saturday, October 14th. Now in its 4th year, the annual event has established itself as a must-attend community gathering in Oaklands.
The evening celebrates the many traditions of Oktoberfest from beer to delicious food to music to the chicken dance, while […]
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