This is a guest post from Kiran Pal-Pross to recap the Pemberton Refugee Resettlement Group's weeklong takeover of our instagram account. I would have liked to send a video to our refugee family, of the week leading up to our Barn Party fundraiser. It would have clips of the planning sessions, the organizations providing cheques, … Continue reading Kiran Pal-Pross reflects on what a refugee family might discover if they were perusing our instagram
On National Aboriginal Day, June 21, CBC news featured the work of a four grade 11 Lílwat Nation filmmakers. Hannah Jones, Chantal Thomas, Mallory Ritchie and Sarah Joe from the Xet̓ólacw Community School produced a short film, "Taken Away", for Cinematheque’s Canada on Screen program. The project encourages youth to define what it is to … Continue reading CBC recognizes short film “Taken Away” produced by local students from Xet̓ólacw School
My spousally acquired health benefits expire when the ski season ends, so in April, I decided to make a last minute, literally down to the wire, effort at addressing a chronically neglected issue and its mysterious new sidekick, by booking a visit to a physiotherapist. Cue several light bulb moments: this Sea to Sky community … Continue reading Trading in Facebook for face time
Best way to acknowledge the solstice I can possibly imagine. See you at the Library Wednesday night at 7pm, to learn about the launch of the Pemberton Valley Seed Library.
Today, Polek shares his photo journal entry from June 16, 2017. Feel like home?
Rumi said, "Don't sit and wait. Get out there, feel life. Touch the sun and immerse in the sea." Shayla Wallace is getting the message loud and clear and her feet are itching.
Kiran Pal-Pross is the other half of the takeover team on instagram this week and Logistics Director for the Pemberton Refugee Resettlement Group (prrg.ca). She explains in her post why she's motivated to help and where she learned that one person can move a heart, and a group of people can move a mountain. My … Continue reading One person makes a difference. Kiran Pal-Pross explains
Who dares to call Pemberton home? It's an intentionally provocative question, to question a sense of entitlement many of us end up with, that can sometimes erode our generosity. And then I look around, and I see the wellsprings of generosity burbling away. Like on Sunday, when I took my 4 year old to Hooves … Continue reading Do you dare to call Pemberton home?
The Wellness Almanac 