January 2024 Community Calendar

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Happy new year everyone! We’re so happy to be back in school and launching a new season of programming. This month we return to our core programming and celebrate Family Literacy Week!

🧘‍♀️ People of all skill levels are invited to join a fun and friendly yoga class on Wednesday evenings at the school from 5:15-6:15pm.

🪅 This month’s Friday Night Chill is January 12th – join us for pizza, laser tag, and games at the school from 7-9:30pm.

❤️‍🩹 Learn how to take care of your own and others’ mental health by joining the Red Cross Psychological First Aid Training at the school on Sunday January 14th.

🍲 This month’s Community Potluck will be at the House of Huu-ay-aht at 5pm on Sunday January 14th!

🏀 Kids Basketball, After School Clubs, and the Youth Drop-In return the week of January 15th.

🤾‍♂️ Folks 15+ are invited to Monday night Drop-in Sports starting January 15th. Please note the time has shifted a bit earlier, and will now run 6-8pm.

🧸 Wee ones ages 3-5 and their adults are invited to join us at Little Buddies Playtime at Pachena Beach on January 16th, and at the School on January 30th.

📚 January 20-28 is Family Literacy Week! Check out our fabulous collection of books at the Community Library, and stay tuned for details about our fun family-friendly events, the Great Big Buddy Read and the 🎥 Bamfield Film Festival!

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Skill-sharing!

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Are you interested in getting more involved with our community? Do you have a cool skill that others might be keen to learn? Want to share what you know?

Get in touch with us about facilitating a skill-share workshop, a seminar, a series of classes, whatever you like! We have the resources and spaces to make cool things happen!! We are currently looking for some diverse offerings for our Jan-April program guide, and we want to hear from you.

Facilitators (that could be you!) are compensated for their time and expertise. Please contact Renee at BCSALITFACILITATOR@gmail.com to discuss opportunities or offer ideas 🙂

Autumn 2023 Sports & Fitness Classes

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Although we still have yoga every Wednesday as per usual, we tried something new with our Monday Night Adult Sports this season! Rather than a dodgeball league, we have mixed it up by offering different Drop-in sports, such as volleyball, indoor soccer, badminton, and even an opportunity to dance and play with flo-toys! Check out the schedule below.

Autumn 2023 Art Workshops

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Wow! We have had such an excellent array of talented artists who have offered to teach their skills & passions this Autumn! Yet to come are Lino-cut Printmaking with Jess, and Ceramic Ornaments with Julie, both just in time to create unique decor and gifts for the holiday season.

Autumn Community Event Recap!

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This has been a busy season for us, chock full of community lunches, family-friendly events, a photo contest, and much more! Many of these events were advertised in our first ever FALL/WINTER 2024 PROGRAM GUIDE, which was available at The Market, Bamfield Mercantile & Marine, and our office at the school.

Keep an eye out for our WINTER 2024 PROGRAM GUIDE, which we hope to launch in January, for upcoming workshops, gatherings, classes, and sports!

November is Financial Literacy Month! Seminar Series

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Would you like tips on how to better manage your money? How about protection from fraud? Conquering your debt? Making the most of your taxes?

Join us for 4 free, quick, & easy classes over November to boost your financial literacy skills! Teens, Adults, and Elders are all welcome to check out these virtual seminars together at the school, Wednesdays 6:15-7:30.

Cooking Classes are Back!

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We are so pleased to offer the BCSA’s much beloved cooking classes after a several year hiatus! Thanks to the Bamfield Volunteer Fire Department, who have been generous enough to lend us their considerable kitchen space, we have been able to host 3 talented local cooks. We hope to revive this series again in the Spring!

November 2023 Community Calendar

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Wow, is it really already halfway through November? We are still working our way through the Halloween candy. Here is our calendar for this month!😅

You’ll notice a lot of opportunities for group physical activity: yoga, badminton, volleyball, basketball, dodgeball, hockey at HOH… if you are starting to feel the effects of the rainy weather, come on out and play with us 🙂

We have 2 more free Financial Literacy workshops with the excellent CPA Shelley Bevz. Join us Wed 22 for FRAUD PROTECTION FOR SENIORS and Wed 29 for EFFECTIVE TAX STRATEGIES. These sessions are quick, easy, and held in a friendly space at the school. Doors open at 6:15, seminar begins at 6:30pm.

We are excited to offer two separate printmaking classes toward the end of the month with the very talented Jess. In one class we will print on paper, and in the second, fabric! Stay tuned for registration details

Oysters, Authors, & Ales 2023!

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Hello friends! We are thrilled to announce this year’s Oysters, Authors, & Ales line-up!

Ann Eriksson is the author of five adult novels and three non-fiction ecological literacy books for younger readers. Her most recent non-fiction book, the award-winning “Urgent Message from a Hot Planet: Navigating the Climate Crisis,” was described by Green Party co-leader, Elizabeth May, as a “toolbox for hope.”

Gary Geddes has written and edited more than 50 books of poetry, fiction, drama, non-fiction, criticism, translation, and anthologies and won a dozen national and international literary awards. His most recent book of poetry is (coincidentally!) titled “The Oysters I Bring to Banquets.”

We will also welcome our first-time Ale suppliers, the Whistle Buoy Brewing Company from Victoria, who named their popular brewery after our very own whistle buoy in Trevor Channel!

As always, we will host this event alongside a silent auction, the proceeds of which will fund many of our literacy initiatives and community programming. We welcome any and all auction item donations to support our cause.

TO PURCHASE TICKETS or DONATE AUCTION ITEMS: Please contact Jaslyn at bcsacoordinator@gmail.com

TO VOLUNTEER FOR THE EVENT: Please contact Renee at bcsaassistant@gmail.com

Willow Basket Weaving Workshop with Candice Callum

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Join visiting weaver Candice, post-Fungus Fest, to learn to weave your very own solid-base basket! Candice has a business called Full Baskets and is passionate about “sharing the love and various bounties of our wild Canadian wilderness through tutorials.”

Sunday September 30

1:00 – 4:00pm

$60 per person