City Beet Farm: Veggies for Neighbours
City Beet Farm is a small-scale, multi-site urban farm based in Riley Park – Little Mountain Neighbourhood in Vancouver.
Community Partnership
September is Hunger Action Month!
It’s Hunger Action Month! This is the perfect time to learn more about food insecurity, its impact on communities, and steps that each of us can take to address this problem. “Saving our planet, lifting people out of poverty, advancing economic growth…these are one and the same fight.” — Ban Ki-moon, Eighth Secretary-General of the …
David Discovers the Joy of Music
Thanks to donors, a client on the autism spectrum discovers community through a local drumming circle. David was not a musician, but he always wanted to be. A swimmer, Jewish Family Services client, and lifelong Vancouverite, at fifty-nine, David lives with autism. “Autism is a complicated condition,” explains Kevin Campbell, David’s clinical counsellor at JFS. …
A Family for Every Child
Adoptive Families Association of BC (AFABC) has been dedicated to finding families for children since 1977. This organization is focused on providing a continuum of ground-breaking programs that support the adoption and permanency community. AFABC prides itself in offering resources that include consultation with support workers, information sessions, online videos, support groups and more. A …