Get your ‘kindness’ on by doing random acts of kindness for neighbours, family, friends or the community. PLEASE remember to keep a safe 6 foot distance from others and follow all current BC and Canada health initiatives to avoid the …
Valentine’s Day Heart Wagon
Written by: Lesley Thorsell, Community Connector, inclusion Powell River Society Seeing the Valentine’s Day wagon with paper hearts hanging off of it reminded me of when my family had moved to Powell River back in the 1970’s. My mum wanted …
The Positive Postcard Project
Contributed by Christine Townley, Community Connector, iPRS Inspired by the 100 in 1 day events, “The Positive Postcard Project” has been running for 5 years. The project is a simple concept with multi-faceted impacts: We set up a table in …
The abOUT Community Collaboration Group
Colin Darge is a gay man with diverse abilities. He is the co-founder of abOUT, a social and support group for LGBTQ+ people labeled with Intellectual Disabilities. Colin lives in Vancouver and spends a lot of his time on the …
This is Me
This June, Building Caring Communities (BCC) hosted its third discussion around the key conditions of resilience, but this time it was our autonomy orientation stars who joined us. We asked the group if they like the name or if they …
Liam’s Story
Liam is an interesting and complex man. He has strong likes and dislikes and is not afraid to use his voice which sometimes lead others to misunderstand his good intentions. Most people don’t know that Liam is a passionate and …