Halifax Volunteer News
Want to help raise a future guide dog? CNIB is looking for new recruits
Excerpt:
“…If you’re patient, have lots of spare time and love puppies, the CNIB might have the perfect gig for you.
The national organization that supports Canadians who are blind or visually impaired is looking for volunteers to help raise the next generation of guide dogs….”
Author: Emma Smith
Date of Article: November 10, 2021
Source: CBC News
Website: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/future-guide-dog-training-cnib-volunteers-recruits-puppies-1.6244613
Firefighter ‘blown away’ by support after losing part of his leg
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“…Jimmy Smith is a long-time volunteer with a northern N.S. fire department, but now he’s the one needing help…”
Author: Jon Tattrie
Date of Article: October 31, 2021
Source: CBC News
Website: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/firefighter-wounded-cutting-wood-leicester-nova-scotia-community-support-1.6227179
Ready or not, winter is coming to People’s Park
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“…As the sun sets on a Friday evening in October, People’s Park is bustling. At the Chebucto Road green space, known as Meagher Park before it became a community of unhoused locals, residents are eating goulash made by a volunteer, someone else is sorting through donated winter jackets and a man plays hacky sack while talking with his friends….”
Author: Victoria Walton
Date of Article: October 29, 2021
Source: The Coast Halifax
Website: https://www.thecoast.ca/halifax/ready-or-not-winter-is-coming-to-peoples-park/Content?oid=27465147
Bedford Players return to the stage following pandemic shutdown
Excerpt:
“…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
Excerpt:
“…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