by Geeks on the Beach | Feb 5, 2019 | Buzz, Village Vibe
›› Ruben Anderson Family Dinner has been held at the Fernwood Community Centre on Monday nights for the past five years—but it is only partially funded. It is hard to do a good job—at work, at school, as a parent, as a partner, or as a friend—if you are hungry. But...
by Geeks on the Beach | Dec 5, 2018 | Buzz, Village Vibe
Invisible need and the case for fresh food ›› Kathryn Juricic This holiday season, Fernwood NRG is aiming to raise money to provide fresh fruits and vegetables every two weeks for 160 families in need throughout Greater Victoria. Sure, we all get why this is...
by Geeks on the Beach | Dec 5, 2018 | Buzz, Editorial, News, Village Vibe
Fernwood NRG’s Child Care programs are Victoria’s only location for BC’s new Universal Child Care Prototype ›› Lee Herrin After months of applications and meetings with the Province of BC, Fernwood Neighbourhood Resource Group’s Child Care Program has been selected as...
by Geeks on the Beach | Dec 5, 2018 | Buzz, Events, Village Vibe
›› Jessica Ziakin-Cook Many of us feel the mayhem at the mall and the hullabaloo of the holiday season and miss the essential meaning of Christmas. And yet most of us still shuffle off to shop like sheep every December, spending too much money on presents and other...
by Geeks on the Beach | Dec 5, 2018 | Buzz, Garden Gleanings, News, Village Vibe
›› Lauren Gaultier After many years of planning, the Vic High Learning Farm was a joint initiative prompted when a former faculty member reached out to Aaren Topley, Capital Region’s Community Animator, of Farm to School BC, for help in creating a sustainable...
by Geeks on the Beach | Dec 5, 2018 | Buzz, Village Vibe
›› Brett Higson Three years ago, Amy volunteered on a shark conservation project in Fiji. This is where she got the upfront personal view of plastic waste in our oceans and its destructive effect on the ecosystem. She vowed to create a simple-to-use product that...
