Events
Take the Survey & Win $250 – Help Shape Wildfire Resilience on Salt Spring
Past Events
Now until March 16. Your experience matters. What you're already doing - or thinking about doing - on your property holds valuable knowledge that can help the whole community. We need your help! This survey takes 10 minutes and everyone who completes it can enter to win $250.
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Repair Café – Feb21st
Past Events, Repair Cafe, Uncategorized
Repair Café: DARE TO REPAIR! 🕥 WHEN: Saturday, February 21st, 10:30am – 1:30pm (last intake at 1pm)📍 WHERE: Meaden Hall, 120 Blain Rd (below the Legion) Stations include: ✅ General Household Repair✅ General Clothing✅ Electrical Appliances✅ Darning Knitwear✅ Knife Sharpening✅ Jewelry ❌ No Micro-Electronics. Two free darning workshops at 10:30am and 11:15am. By donation. Limited…
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Heart Circle for Hard Times
Climate Justice, Past Events, Uncategorized
Heart Circle for Hard Times This event is about coming together to name and honour our gratitude and our pain for the world. In doing so, we enhance our resilience, build connection, and strengthen our actions. In a facilitated small group setting, we will share our feelings of grief, anger, despair, and all that we…
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The Toy Swap Returns!
Events, Lighter Living, LL Events, Past Events, Swaps, Uncategorized
This holiday season, Salt Springers are invited to spread joy and reduce waste by taking part in the Community Toy Swap at Meaden Hall. This fun, family-friendly event gives pre-loved toys a second life while helping make the holidays brighter for local families. WHEN: December 5 & 6th, 2025 WHERE: Meaden Hall, 120 Blain Rd…
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Celebrating 2,000+ Native Plants Planted!
CARL, CARL Field Notes, Events, Past Events, Uncategorized
🌿A heartfelt THANK YOU to everyone who joined us in the field for our spring and fall planting days this year – and to all who donated plants, offered support, or helped behind the scenes. Together, we planted over 2,000 native plants! Your efforts are helping to restore ecosystem functioning (erosion control), reduce wildfire risk,…
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Heart Circle for Hard Times
Climate Justice, Events, Past Events, Uncategorized
In a small facilitated group, we will share the feelings – grief, anger, despair and more – that we carry about living in difficult times. Coming together to name and honour both our gratitude and our pain for the world enhances our resilience, builds connection and strengthens our actions. Maggie Ziegler is a former psychotherapist who…
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Repair Café – November 8th
Past Events, Uncategorized
The next Repair Café is coming up on Saturday, November 8th, 2025 at Meaden Hall. Start time 10:30 am, last intake for repairs 1pm Stations Available: NEW! Workshops/Demonstrations Bring the items you would like to work on, no registration necessary.
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Call for Native Plant Donations for CARL!
CARL, Past Events
We are hosting a community restoration planting on October 17 & 18, and we’re looking for donations of native plants to help restore and strengthen our local ecosystems. Here’s our target plant list: Ocean Spray (Holodiscus discolor) Red Elderberry (Sambucus racemosa) Pacific Willow (Salix lucida) Baldhip Rose (Rosa gymnocarpa) Red Alder (Alnus rubra) Blackcap Raspberry…
Read More Fall Clothing Swap! October 24 & 25th
Events, Lighter Living, Past Events, Swaps, Uncategorized
Clothing Drop-Off Items accepted: Freshly laundered and odour-free, male/female/kids baby clothing (outerwear, shirts, sweaters, coats, pants, dresses, pyjamas). Items excluded: Underwear, socks, shoes, accessories, items with noticeable stains or holes. We would really appreciate pre-sorting by size and type before arrival for donation. For Example: Kids – 0-1, 1-2T, 3-4 Women’s – t-shirts, sweaters, skirts…
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The Repair Café Returns on Sept 20th!
Events, Lighter Living, Past Events, Repair Cafe
Did you miss the last Repair Cafe? Do you still have broken items lying around your house that you don’t want to toss out? The Repair Cafe is a great place to meet new friends, reduce waste and save money. When: Saturday, September 20th, 10:30am – 1:30pmWhere: Meaden Hall, 120 Blain Rd (below the Legion)…
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