Gratitude is like a wheel - the more you cultivate it, the more momentum it is able to build. If you can build it into your days, as a habit - giving thanks before a meal, dancing, making a gratitude jar that you can open up and read through on a special occasion (Thanksgiving?), … Continue reading Take a spin on the Gratitude Wheel
In 2007, David Shepherd, Travis Price and their teenage friends in small-town Nova Scotia organized a high-school protest to wear pink in sympathy with a Grade 9 boy who was being bullied [for wearing a pink shirt]… [They] took a stand against bullying when they protested against the harassment of a new Grade 9 student … Continue reading Wear PINK on Wednesday February 26 to stand against bullying
Visit with a family member or partner and receive free admission to the Fitness Centre. Free activities include Gentle Yoga, PLAYtots class, Family Open Gym, Winterfest Adventure Hunt and complimentary snacks. Schedule 8am-5pm: Free Fitness Centre when attending with a family member 8:30-4:00pm: Free Snacks 9am – 2pm: Family Open Gym 9am-10am: Adult Circuit Conditioning … Continue reading Reminder: Free Family Day activities at the Pemberton and District Community Centre today.
Last month, the ABC reported a story about an Australian Indigenous fire practitioner, Victor Steffensen, who is working with traditional owners of the Tsilhqot'in Nation to share knowledge of traditional burning practices for land management and protection. In 2017, just three years after the Tsilhqot'in Nation won Aboriginal title to a vast area of their … Continue reading Fire knowledge exchange comes to Tsilhqot’in country from Australia: “the land is sick, we need to start acting now.”
Guest post by Cindy Coughlin. Last month, we shared Cindy's postabout burning her old diaries. Cindy is a local HR consultant and coach. Today, we're happy to share this post, in which she challenges herself to consider her words. See Cindy's website for more of her thinking! Sticks and Stones - Three Things I Learned … Continue reading Sticks and Stones – Three Things Cindy Coughlin has Learned About the Power of Words
I wanted to share this today, because, coming from two physicians, I felt it came with a kind of moral authority that made sense to me. Let's just talk about being a healthy human. Everyone needs clean water. That cannot be disputed. That is fundamental. We all share this basic need. It doesn't matter where … Continue reading Two physicians explain what’s at stake at Wet’suwet’en
For the past six years, Stewardship Pemberton & Signal Hill Elementary School have joined forces to make sure there is healthy food on every table, with the Grow It Forward garden, run as part of Stewardship Pemberton's Feasting for Change umbrella. Basically, they're growing an ecosystem of kindness. Students at Signal Hill Elementary school start … Continue reading Order your organic seeds and support Stewardship Pemberton’s Grow it Forward garden
Visit the Pemberton and District Community Centre on Saturday the 15th of February to celebrate the Family Day weekend. Visit with a family member or partner and receive free admission to the Fitness Centre. Free activities include Gentle Yoga, PLAYtots class, Family Open Gym, Winterfest Adventure Hunt and complimentary snacks. Schedule 8am-5pm: Free Fitness Centre … Continue reading Family Day festivities at the Pemberton Community Centre take place Saturday February 15. The Centre and Library will close on Monday for the public holiday
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