Healthy Selves, Healthy Communities:
An Intercultural Health and Wellness Program
When: Fridays 11:00am-12:30pm (11 sessions beginning January 27th—ending April 13th)
Where: Little Mountain Neighbourhood House: 3981 Main Street (at 24th avenue and Main St).
What: A free health literacy program for newcomers and other community members. Includes free child minding, bus tickets, healthy snacks. Participants will receive a certificate of accomplishment and health manual. This program is a partnership between Little Mountain Neighbourhood House and BCIT Nursing Program, with funding from Vancouver Coastal Health.
Who it’s for: Newcomers and other community members wanting to learn how to live healthier lifestyles, increase their understanding of chronic diseases including stress and stress management; learn about nutrition and active living.
Sessions are facilitated by trained nurses and program staff. The program incorporates peer based focus groups, educational lessons, community building games and other activities.
Learn different ways to manage health and wellness:
Increase understanding of chronic disease and prevention
Learn about stress and stress management
Participate in health games, activities, and presentations
Be involved in conversation and dialogue
Share experiences and learn from others
Approach health and wellness from a multicultural perspective
REGISTRATION is necessary. For more information or to register contact:
Jennifer Wesman (Manager of Community Programs at Little Mountain Neighbourhood House):
604-879-7104, ext. 315 or email: jennifer_wesman@Lmnhs.bc.ca
The Metro Green Club has announced a number of activities around Metro Vancouver for the month of February.
The Club promotes education and enjoyment of Metro Vancouver’s natural areas. Activities include nature walks, bird counts, and more.
Many activities are offered in Mandarin as well as English, with a special focus on making newcomers aware of the many ecosystems in the lower mainland. For more information, please visit the bilingual Metro Green Club website.
The Grandview-Woodlands Food Connection announces some February workshops on healthy eating.
For more information, please directly contact Ian Marcuse, Community Connector, Grandview Woodland Food Connection
at 604-718-5895, or visit the Food Connection’s website.
Raw Vegan in 10 minutes
A gluten/dairy/diabetes/weight loss special.
Learn to make filling, easy raw & vegan recipes in 10 minutes with the least amount of equipment of investment.
Sun Feb 5, 2:00-5:00pm $18
Sinless Desserts for All
Chocolate lovers unite! this is YOUR day! A program for diabetics, the weight conscious and dessert lovers. use fruit, nuts and REAL chocolate to create artisan chocolates, ice cream and other blissful SIN FREE confections.
Q & A covering Raw Vegan & Diabetes as well as samples and recipes.
Sun. Feb 12, 2:00-5:00pm $20
Cleansing with Smoothies
All you need is a blender and an open mind! Breakfast, lunch and dessert never tasted so good. Sample some sweeteners you’ve never heard of. Basic cleanse rituals and in-class samples.
Sun. Feb 19, 2:00-5:00pm $12
The Broadway Youth Resource Centre
IS PROUD TO HOST:
A PANCAKE BREAKFAST on
TOQUE TUESDAY FEB. 7
PLEASE JOIN US
FROM 7:00AM TO 11 AM
IN THE PARKING LOT OF THE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH ON 969 BURRARD
(Corner of Nelson)
A TOQUE FOR ONLY $10!!!!
HELP PUT AN END TO YOUTH HOMELSSNESS IN VANCOUVER.
1 TOQUE - a hot meal
2 TOQUES - an emergency food kit or a book of bus tickets
5 TOQUES - fee for lifeskills/employment program
All proceeds to emergency housing subsidies, start up kits/food kits, moving and storage costs.
You can purchase a toque on February 7th, from 7:00 to 9:00 am in front of the following Skytrain stations:
Burrard Skytrain
Granville Skytrain
Waterfront Skytrain
Broadway-City Hall Skytrain
FOR QUESTIONS OR TO VOLUNTEER, CALL THE BROADWAY YOUTH RESOURCE CENTRE AT 604-709-5720
The Right to Food
February 15, 2012 | 7-9 PM
FREE
World Art Centre, SFU Woodwards, 149 W. Hastings Street
The Vancity Office of Community Engagement presents:
The Right to Food: Moving from Charity to Justice
Talk by Paul Taylor, the Executive Director of the DTES Neighbourhood House
As a child, Paul had first hand experience with the effects of material poverty and the impacts of poverty on families. He credits his experience with providing him with urgency around the need for greater socio-economic and food justice and his criticism of charity, which have become significant parts of his personal mandate.
Talk followed by a moderated audience discussion.
Paul Taylor is the Executive Director of the Downtown Eastside Neighbourhood House and has previously served as the Executive Director of Second Base Youth Shelter in Toronto, Ontario. Paul has taught at both the secondary and post-secondary levels, while also having had served on the board of directors for the largest food bank network in North America, the Daily Bread Food Bank.
Paul is a member of the BC Raise the Rates coalition, which is a group that is concerned with the level off poverty and homelessness in British Columbia. He sees increasing the amount of money that people receive on social assistance as one of the ways in which the materially poor can make more of their own food choices. and participate in stimulating the local economies that support low-income individuals and families.
On February 26, Governor General’s Award Winner Paul Yee will be at the Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Garden to launch his latest publication The Secret Keepers, a haunting novel set in San Francisco’s Chinatown during the catastrophic earthquake of 1906.
Paul Yee, raised in Vancouver’s Chinatown, is one of Canada’s most celebrated writers for young people. He is the author of the prize-winning Saltwater City and other acclaimed books on Canadian-Chinese culture and history.
Sunday, February 26 | 2-4pm
Hall of One Hundred Rivers
Music, Refreshments, Book Signing and Sale
Entrance by Donation
This is part of Meet with the Authors Series 2012, brought to you by our Eight Treasures Shop located inside the Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden.
For more information about this and other upcoming free or affordable public events at the gardens, I encourage you to visit: the Garden’s website.
Family Caregiver Series – March 7, 14, 21, 6:30-9:30pm
A free education session for family members or friends who are impacted by dementia. Information to help caregivers understand Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias; learn strategies for communication and challenging behaviours; and information on navigating the health care system and personal planning.
For more information or to register call 604-742-4927 or email jbourne@alzheimerbc.org
Tuesday, January 31
Worksafe BC's Teleclaim Service Line now open until 6 PM
Tuesday, January 31
Options for Responsible Recycling
Monday, January 30