Every Tuesday morning this summer a small, but dedicated group of Nanoose residents has been working faithfully to prepare the NCS Canada150 Community Garden for planting. Once ready, clients and volunteers will plant fall vegetables for a small harvest late in the year. Next Spring we’ll be able to
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Rotary Rocks
Our sincere thanks to the Lantzville Rotary Club for their very kind donation of $1,000 from the proceeds of their recent golf tournament at Fairwinds Golf Course. Eleven supporters answered our call for volunteers and sat at various holes spotting (and hoping for) a prize-winning “hole-in-one”, closest to the pin,
Canada150 Community Garden
Nanoose Community Services (NCS) is pleased to announce that we have received a grant from the Community Fund for Canada’s 150th to create a community garden for NCS clients to grow their own produce with the assistance and engagement of a variety of groups and businesses within Nanoose Bay. This
Planning for Increasing Needs
The NCS Client Services team now numbers 14 hard-working volunteers. Their responsibilities include the Food Program, Emergency Services, and Education as well as manning the telephone hotline 24/7. On March 15th the team held a lengthy planning session. Applying their experience and knowledge of NCS client needs, they began the
Feat for Funds
A small but cheerful group of local residents took to their feet Sunday April 2nd and raised $1,893 for the Nanoose Community Services (NCS) food program. The Feat for Food event was organized for the 7th year in a row by Dr. Rustin Abdurahman’s wife, Rhonda and his dental team at Nanoose
Client Survey
With the help of our NCS founder, Ginny Brucker, NCS recently developed a client satisfaction survey to enable us to find out how our clients perceive our services, how satisfied they are with the assistance they receive, and how, from their perspective, NCS could improve. The survey was administered by two volunteers
Be an Elf
Following a tradition started by our founder, Ginny Brucker, the NCS elves are beginning to dust the Christmas trees off, pull gifts, wrapping paper, and decorations out of storage and get ready for our 2016 Elf Program. Trees, with Santa hat tags attached, will be on display starting November 15th in about ten locations
Dining Out with Neighbours
The lights were low and the spirits high as people sat around small tables decorated with flowers enjoying a delicious home-cooked ‘Oktoberfest’ meal. It was the monthly community dinner at St. Mary’s Anglican Church hall and hostesses Terry Shepherd and Elaine Cowan roamed the room greeting people, chatting with volunteers
Year in Review
As I approach the end of my term as Chairperson of NCS I would like to thank those who have worked with me to develop and discern our plans for the future of our charity. We are grateful to St Mary’s Church for providing us with office space and with
Client Services Team
Frank and Deirdre Santesso (Food Bank Director) recently hosted a lunch for the team of volunteers who “man” the emergency crisis line and meet with NCS clients. On a monthly basis, team members take a turn at answering the crisis line (for approximately one week each), issue clients with QF cards to enable them to