Halifax Volunteer News
Bedford Players return to the stage following pandemic shutdown
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“…The long-running, all-volunteer community theatre company launches its 2021-22 season on November 4 with the board game-turned-stage play adaptation of ‘Clue’…”
Author: Steve Gow
Date of Article: October 15, 2021
Source: CityNews
Website: https://halifax.citynews.ca/local-news/bedford-players-return-to-the-stage-following-pandemic-shutdown-4509778
Volunteers who supported Syrian refugees reconnecting to help Afghan newcomers
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“…Volunteers who helped Syrian refugees settle in Canada six years ago are coming together once more to help Afghans who’ve recently arrived in the country.
Their efforts – which range from securing weather-appropriate clothing to helping the newcomers access medical services – are expected to ramp up as the federal government delivers on its commitment to settle 40,000 Afghan refugees….”
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Date of Article: October 14, 2021
Source: HalifaxToday.ca
Website: https://www.halifaxtoday.ca/national-news/volunteers-who-supported-syrian-refugees-reconnecting-to-help-afghan-newcomers-4512895
Souls Harbour Rescue Mission holds annual Thanksgiving meal
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“…A rescue mission in Halifax — launched by a husband and wife team more than a decade ago – doesn’t miss an opportunity to feed people in need of a holiday meal throughout the year. And Thanksgiving is no different….”
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Date of Article: October 11, 2021
Source: Global News
Website: https://globalnews.ca/video/8258559/souls-harbour-rescue-mission-holds-annual-thanksgiving-meal
‘A sign of life’: volunteers plant 13,000 daffodils in Dartmouth, N.S. garden for cancer survivors
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“…A place of reflection along the Dartmouth waterfront will be a sea of yellow next spring.
Volunteers planted 13,000 daffodil bulbs along the Dartmouth waterfront on Saturday, each representing someone who has been touched by cancer….”
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Date of Article: October 9, 2021
Source: CTVNews
Website: https://atlantic.ctvnews.ca/a-sign-of-life-volunteers-plant-13-000-daffodils-in-dartmouth-garden-for-cancer-survivors-1.5617886
How a Nova Scotia man turned a volunteer project into a Lego business
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“…Jason Pyett was a stay-at-home dad in 2019, volunteering at his daughter’s elementary school in rural Nova Scotia to run workshops to teach kids to get creative with Lego.
Now he’s built his own business — doing what many kids would consider a dream job. He designs and constructs commissioned works out of Lego….”
Author: Elizabeth McMillan
Date of Article: October 4, 2021
Source: CBC News
Website: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/lego-commission-business-jason-pyett-1.6196019
1,300 Riders raise more than $1.6 million net at record-breaking RIDE FOR CANCER
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“…HALIFAX, NS, Oct. 2, 2021 /CNW/ – Today a community of over 1,300 riders, numerous sponsors, and generous supporters raised more than $1.6 million net for cancer care at the QEII Health Sciences Centre – and that number is still growing.
Ride for Cancer powered by BMO Bank of Montreal is Atlantic Canada’s largest fundraising cycling event and is hosted by the QEII Foundation….”
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Date of Article: October 2, 2021
Source: Cision
Website: https://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/1-300-riders-raise-more-than-1-6-million-net-at-record-breaking-ride-for-cancer-807865659.html
Halifax food bank needs a new delivery truck to keep up with rising demand
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“…A Halifax food bank says it needs to raise enough money for a new delivery truck by December, or hundreds of people might go without the food they need.
Parker Street Food and Furniture Bank on Maynard Street is asking the community to pitch in $160,000 for a new refrigerated delivery truck….”
Author: Feleshia Chandler
Date of Article: September 29, 2021
Source: CBC News
Website: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/halifax-food-bank-needs-a-new-delivery-truck-to-keep-up-with-rising-demand-1.6192132
Lawrencetown resident rewarded for years of Cuddles and Comfort
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“…Karen MacRoberts has been making an incredible contribution to the community — one stitch at a time.
As head of the Lawrencetown Sew-ciety Quilt Guild’s Cuddles and Comfort program, the long-time seamstress has helped to craft hundreds of quilts to give out to non-profit charities, organizations or pretty much anyone who could use a little warmth in their life….”
Author: Steve Gow
Date of Article: September 28, 2021
Source: HalifaxToday.ca
Website: https://www.halifaxtoday.ca/rooted/lawrencetown-resident-rewarded-for-years-of-cuddles-and-comfort-4460603
‘Go big or go home’: Volunteers needed to put together 300,000 COVID testing kits
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“…With Nova Scotia in the midst of the fourth wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, volunteers are needed to help assemble 300,000 take-home COVID-19 testing kits over the coming weeks to deal with an expected increase in testing needs.
“Go big or go home,” said Dr. Lisa Barrett, a clinician scientist and infectious disease doctor at Dalhousie University….”
Author: Richard Woodbury
Date of Article: September 27, 2021
Source: CBC News
Website: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/covid-19-nova-scotia-take-home-testing-kits-volunteers-needed-1.6190201
Volunteer group steps back from Halifax tent encampment site to allow for ‘resident-run system’
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“…A 24-hour volunteer “vigil” at a Halifax encampment for unhoused people is ending, after the group says it received assurances from the city that there will be no more evictions….”
Author: Rebecca Lau
Date of Article: September 26, 2021
Source: Global News
Website: https://globalnews.ca/news/8222258/meagher-park-volunteers-unhoused-encampment/