by suzukiwebmaster | Jun 16, 2022 | Uncategorized
In late April, Canada celebrated National Volunteer Week. This year’s theme was: Volunteering is Empathy in Action. “Volunteers bring heart to Canada’s communities, affirming the strong connection between volunteerism and empathy. This...
by suzukiwebmaster | Mar 26, 2022 | Uncategorized
It’s finally spring, and spring brings gardens and butterflies. Suzuki Elders and many other seniors are a driving force behind the creation and renewal of butterfly gardens popping up in many communities all over Canada. Ambleside Butterfly Garden volunteers...
by suzukiwebmaster | Jan 25, 2022 | Uncategorized
It started as an accident. A whisky jack landed on the limb of an old pine overburdened with snow from the latest polar vortex. The limb broke with a loud crack triggering the index finger reflex of an RCMP officer providing lethal overwatch at a routine check on the...
by suzukiwebmaster | Dec 19, 2021 | Uncategorized
A poem by Marianne Worcester This is the season of impossibles: impossible lineups, traffic, impossible deadlines, impossible expectations I place on myself; impossible dreams of a consumer paradise available to so impossibly few; the season tugs at me, swings me from...
by suzukiwebmaster | Dec 8, 2021 | Uncategorized
The first Suzuki Elder Dialogue on Hope took place December 2, 2021. This two-hour small group discussion included elder members from inside and outside of BC – six men, two women and a facilitator. New folks are now booking in for the 2nd session in the new...
