A slideshow of highlights from the 2014 Wellness Gathering. Here's what wellness looks like where we live.
Take Our Survey! How Can We Improve The Wellness Almanac?
This is our 1001st post on the Wellness Almanac! The Winds of Change started as a social policy initiative 10 years ago, to bring these communities together over drug and alcohol issues. But how do we talk meaningfully about alcohol and addiction in our communities, without alienating people? The focus of the Wellness Almanac has … Continue reading Take Our Survey! How Can We Improve The Wellness Almanac?
Column: We Were Children screens at the Library, Nov 27
Gary Martin spent 50 days riding his bike back and forth between the Pemberton and Mount Currie, contemplating the distance between our communities. At the Wellness Gathering on Saturday, an event conceived to help bridge that gap, he said to me, “It seems like the things that really lie between us are mostly invisible.” A … Continue reading Column: We Were Children screens at the Library, Nov 27
Wellness Champions Celebrated: Now with Photos!
The Winds of Change Recognition Awards were given on Saturday at the celebration dinner that marked the culmination of the Wellness Gathering. In the meantime, please congratulate the first high school student to be recognised in the award's 5 year history, and two of the most dynamic and productive community groups out there. The Winds … Continue reading Wellness Champions Celebrated: Now with Photos!
Photo of the Week: Polek Rybczynski
One of our regular contributing Photo of the Week photographers, Gary Martin, spent Saturday at the Wellness Gathering, capturing the action, the energy and the faces. We'll share a gallery of highlights once he's had a chance to work his editing magic. In the meantime, Polek Rybczynski gives us another frame of action, in this … Continue reading Photo of the Week: Polek Rybczynski
Today’s Wellness Gathering features Theatre for Living
What do racism, alcoholism, addiction or bullying look like in our communities? River Chandler has a sense that big complex issues like these can be tackled, if we try it one take at a time. That is in part what Theatre for Living does. Participants create moments of frozen time. A single distilled instance of … Continue reading Today’s Wellness Gathering features Theatre for Living
Wellness Gathering – Preview the Program
There's no doubt. It's a busy weekend. With the Pemberton Library Wine and Cheese tonight, Growing Great Children's Girls Night Out tomorrow at 7:30, and Opening Weekend all battling for your energy, we hope you'll make some time tomorrow - any time between 1pm and 7pm - to swing by the Wellness Gathering. Check out … Continue reading Wellness Gathering – Preview the Program
Support the Library – Annual Wine & Cheese Fundraiser November 21
It's undeniably the social event of the year! Not to be missed! Join us to celebrate the Library's 35th Birthday, enjoy some wine, beer, food and music and help raise funds to get those added extras for the Library! 7 - 11pm at the Library. Tickets are available at the Library and Scotiabank Pemberton. Featuring … Continue reading Support the Library – Annual Wine & Cheese Fundraiser November 21
Mental Health Break: Nourishment is More Than Just Calories
Column: You’ll Get By With a Little Help from Your Friends (or Not)
My new motto: if you can’t nail a #50DayWellnessChallenge, at least surround yourself by people who can. There is a good chance their success will rub off. It’s called “lifestyle contagion” and right now, it’s my best hope. If you started the #50DayChallenge on October 3 and plan to end with a grand celebration, social … Continue reading Column: You’ll Get By With a Little Help from Your Friends (or Not)
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