Category Archives: Events

cranberry eco preschool OPEN HOUSE!!

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cranberry eco preschool
OPEN HOUSE
June 7th, 2018 5:30-7:30pm
6831 Artaban Street
(Cranberry Children’s Center)
Spaces available for children 30 months to 5 years of age
Please join us and meet the staff and visit our spaces.

Cranberry Preschool is changing to Cranberry Eco Preschool! We will be enhancing our existing nature based learning environment. The program will focus with even more of an environmental lens using natural materials, teaching the children about gardening and composting, and we will have a zero waste policy. We will operate under the philosophy that there is no bad weather because
the best classrooms have no walls.

Fentynol Crisis-1 Year later Follow-up Meeting

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This meeting Provide an update on progress around overdose prevention in Powell River – 1 year after that last meeting

– Seek input from individuals and families on the following:

· What are the issues that contribute to accidental overdoses in our community?

· What would work to help prevent accidental overdoses in our community?

Contact: Maggie Hathaway, 604-414-5087, Maggie.Hathaway@powellriver.ca

Chronic Pain Public Seminars

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Chronic Pain Public Seminar – April 26, 6:30pm to 8:30pm (Doors open at 5:30pm) – The ARC Community Event Centre
https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/chronic-pain-public-seminar-tickets-42747686481

Overcome pain; live well again – April 27, 10:00am to 12:00pm – Powell River Rec Complex

In this 2-hour workshop, participants will gain:
•Hope – that pain is more changeable than we thought, and that we have influence over moving with more ease, decreasing pain and living well.
•An understanding that pain is complex, and that simple solutions and quick fixes rarely lead to lasting improvements.
•Knowledge of self-care techniques supported by evidence.

Overcome pain; live well again – April 27, 10:00am to 12:00pm – Powell River Rec Complex

In this 2-hour workshop, participants will gain:

  • Hope – that pain is more changeable than we thought, and that we have influence over moving with more ease, decreasing pain and living well.
  • An understanding that pain is complex, and that simple solutions and quick fixes rarely lead to lasting improvements.
  • Knowledge of self-care techniques supported by evidence.

 

Register at https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/overcome-pain-live-well-again-tickets-42748166918

To learn more about pain self-management resources and other chronic pain events in Powell River, visit: www.painbc.ca/PowellRiver

 

A FREE Storytelling Workshop w/David Roche & Marlena Blavin at the ARC

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Join us on November 16th at 9:30am in the newly renovated ARC Community Event Centre for a morning of storytelling. Everyone has a story and the ever engaging duo of David and Marlena will be conducting a workshop where the community is invited to hone their story telling skills or just listen. These workshops are always immersive, illuminating and entertaining. Limited seating! Please RSVP at Eventbrite using the link provided. https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/storytelling-workshop-wdavid-roche-marlena-blevin-tickets-37464499326

These workshops are always immersive, illuminating and entertaining. Storytelling begins at 9:30am! Limited seating! Please RSVP at Eventbrite

ARC Community Event Centre 7055 Alberni St. Powell River, BC

 

The Great BC Shake Out!

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Yesterday, inclusion Powell River joined thousands of other British Columbians in the Great British Columbia Shake Out! This province-wide initiative for earthquake preparedness serves as a reminder that we live in an earthquake zone and we must remain ever vigilant. For more information on the Great BC Shake Out go to https://www.shakeoutbc.ca

Thank you, City of Powell River! From Ages and Stages

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inclusion PR would like to thank the city of Powell River for accepting our grant-in-aid application for the Ages and Stages event.
The 14th Annual Ages and Stages event that ran on May 26, is run by multiple organizations such as inclusion PR, Success by 6, SD 47, Vancouver Coastal Health, PR Public Library, PREP, PRCYFSS, Tla’amin Health, PR RCMP and the PR Fire Dept.
We rely solely on financial donations to pull off this event. Thanks to the city accepting our grant in aid application, the Recreation Complex rental costs were covered for our event. This space rental is the largest cost for our Ages and Stages. Thank you city of Powell River!

BC Disability Pride Celebration and March!

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On June 15th inclusion Powell River joined in celebration with folks from all over the province in the first BC Disability Pride Celebration and March. Celebrating the full citizenship of Canadians of all abilities, they marched from Richmond Cultural Centre Plaza to Brighouse Park.

The local media in Nanaimo covered the group from Clay Tree Society and their participation in the march. http://nanaimonewsnow.com/article/540683/disability-pride-march-inspires-nanaimo-society