A Big Giant Thank You to Delores Franz-Los for her very kind and generous donation of an educational live bee display for the One Mile Lake Nature Centre!Earlier this month, Delores helped settle a portion of her personal bees into their new home inside of the Nature Centre. They will undoubtedly be the centre of … Continue reading Shout Out: Delorez Franz-Los, bee-keeper and sharer
If you dig reggae AND language revitalization, you will totally dig Kalan Wi – http://music.cbc.ca/#/artists/Kalan-Wi. And we dig that Kalan Wi won 'Best Historical / Linguistic Recording' at the Native American Music Awards this week. Congratulations to the band members, Russell Wallace - lead vocals and acoustic guitar, Leroy Joe - backing vocals and electric guitar, Vania … Continue reading Congratulations to award-winning band, Kalan Wi!
Thank you to everyone who came out to support a very successful Fundraiser at Mile One to kick off the 2013 Community Garden Season. With renewals and money raised by Mile One generously donating 10% of sales from Garden members enjoying a great local meal as well as funds raised from RONA donating Garden Gift … Continue reading Green Thumbs: Sprouting Forward
On February 5, the Village of Pemberton Council heard from an unusual delegation. Trinity Ellis, Maddy Hannah and Alyssa Richman made a presentation to Council, which in itself isn't that weird a thing - Village of Pemberton council receives delegations regularly. Only these delegates are all 12 years old. They wanted to explain what they're … Continue reading Shout Out: Junior World Changers
On March 8, for International Women's Day, the Community Foundation of Whistler hosted the Kathy Barnett Leadership Lunch, and announced four recipients for their annual grant, one of which was Winds of Change Steering Committee members and Wellness Almanac contributor, Tanya Richman. Congrats T! Check out the photo gallery of the event, here. Below, Tanya … Continue reading Shout Out from the 2012 Kathy Barnett Leadership Grant recipient
12 years ago, a Whistler guy named Dave Clark decided to shave his head to raise money for kids with cancer. I put a note in the Whistler Blackcomb employee newsletter, thinking I could rally a few other people to get involved, we could all raise $100. Then Mike Varrin phoned. He said, “I don’t … Continue reading Shout Out: Elizabeth Pierre is balding for dollars
Pemberton Secondary School math and science teacher and Pemberton Canoe Club and Laoyam Eagles Dragonboat champion, Karen Tomlinson, was named Pemberton's 2013 Citizen of the Year on January 31. On twitter, @houseofmole, she champions the successes of local athletes, from the paddlers to the basketballers, right on the sidelines of the action. Tomlinson was previously … Continue reading Shout Out: Citizen of the Year, Karen Tomlinson
Yesterday, we had the auspicious-sounding honour of having 111 friends of the Winds of Change facebook page, so we asked everyone to double-down... Refer a friend, recommend, tell someone you love how healthy/inspiring/helpful the Winds of Change page is... So a big shout-out to Bettina, Thomas, Johnny and Lisa for spreading the love. And a … Continue reading Shout-Out: Our new facebook friends!
Here's a shout out, to those who DO pick up their pet's doggy-doo. We ALL thank you for giving a crap about our beautiful backyard!
A big Thank You to the many volunteers and sponsors who made the 2013 Pemberton Winterfest possible. It was incredible to see young and old out to enjoy shinny, curling, ice skating, ice fishing, Polar bear plunge, fireworks….the list goes on and on with these quintessential Canadian treasures. The sun was shining, bon fire ablaze. … Continue reading Shout Out: Winterfest Volunteers, Organisers and Sponsors
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