Stories we tell our children

Supporting change, sustainably

December 20, 2017 · Leave a comment

A volunteer project headed by John Jordan in Rwanda is changing lives. This program is supported by Rotary and ICO. For more information on the Rwanda Initiative

What's Gone Well Today

Turning prisoners’ lives around

March 19, 2017 · Leave a comment

His volunteering in prison resulted in a number of lives being changed. When we met he was looking for a place to park his 5th wheel. I suggested Sooke… turns out he was going to be working there. Although there

Stories we tell our children

Henry’s Story… A reclamation in process

March 23, 2016 · 1 Comment

A recent rescue from a seeming rubbish pile on the Vancouver’s lower eastside, to crisis housing, to finding a safe place in a woman’s home to begin a new life. For more of the backstory of this social worker’s efforts:

Vancouver Island Music Fest

Sound man and the Paramedics

July 16, 2014 · Leave a comment

Just one of the almost 220 Vancouver Island Musicfest moments we’re collected. This woman stopped me at another venue to share the remarkable story of a sound guy being attended by two paramedics and not missing a single moment of

Conversations

Jason Heinrich at Lansdowne Middle School ( 2011)

January 25, 2014 · Leave a comment

Jason Heinrich, Engineer, adventurer, volunteer Jason Heinrich, a junior engineer at DEC Engineering, has traveled a windy path back to Victoria after working and volunteering in Uganda, Rwanda and Abbotsford. As a student, Jason won many academic awards such as

Community Stories

Passionate and dedicated support of St Lukes Players

October 23, 2013 · Leave a comment

A retired teacher’s involvement with a longstanding community theatre. The TLC and customer service she brings are epic. Her approach is, “It’s not what St Luke’s can do for me, what what I can do for them.”

Boxing

Dedicated support for Aprons for Gloves contender

July 28, 2013 · Leave a comment

The kind of support offered someone who undertook a major change in his life, training to be a boxer for a Restaurant Rumble.

Stories we tell our children, Vancouver Island Music Fest

Finding and releasing your inner 10 yr old

July 20, 2013 · Leave a comment

Having a successful and happy retirement: Great part of retirement is volunteering at children’s events… Many adults feel they are too old to do some of these fun activities , yet yearn to be involved.

Community School Interviews

Justin Blanchfield: CSI at Arbutus Global Middle School( 2013)

February 25, 2013 · Leave a comment

Part of Community School Interviews Series: Sustainability in 2013 ‘Public education needs reforms to engage those “special” students who are destined to be the next Steve Jobs (if properly engaged). I love being part of the change.’ – Justin Blanchfield.

Community School Interviews

Elizabeth May: Global Middle school interview 2013

February 23, 2013 · 1 Comment

Candid, respectful responses to great questions from grade 7 classes.. An environmental activist since her teens, Elizabeth May left her position as Executive Director of the Sierra Club of Canada to run successfully for leader of the Green Party of