Polar Express & Gingerbread for Teens

Polar Express and Gingerbread Delight for Teens 3:30 – 6:30 PM December 7 @The Core 134 McPhillips Avenue  

The Core – Youth Center Parent Survey

Greetings from The Youth Center at The Core We are excited to announce that we are in the midst of designing fresh and engaging programs and activities at our Youth Center. To ensure that our initiatives align with the community’s needs and preferences, we highly value your input. Your feedback as parents and guardians is […]

Hunger Count 2023

The Food Banks Canada Hunger Count report, an annual assessment of Food Bank usage,  was released last week with shocking findings.  According to the report, in March of 2023, there were almost 2 million visits to food banks across Canada representing a 32 percent increase over 2022, the largest increase ever seen and the highest […]

Giving Tuesday – Save the Date

Celebrating its 11 anniversary this year on November 28, Giving Tuesday is a day of generosity when people find a way to give to their favourite causes. Giving can be by doing or donating with volunteer commitments as valuable as cash and easier for some to give. Giving Tuesday is a movement that has spread […]

Barney’s Back!

On Sunday November 19, after a three-year hiatus, the Salt Spring Folk Club will once again present Barney Bentall and the Cariboo Express – a fundraiser for Island Community Services Food Bank. The Bentall family Hawthorne Foundation will match, dollar-for-dollar, donations to this worthwhile cause. Known as Western Canada’s longest running roots revue, the Cariboo […]