ThINC Summer Plans

Dear Thetis Island community:  We hope you are well, and would like to take this time to update you on our summer plans.  In light of the continuing COVID-19 situation, we have made the difficult decision to cancel the Nature House program for the summer season.  However that doesn’t mean we will cancel all ThINC activities!  The pandemic has highlighted the parts of our society that need attention, one of which is food security. As you are well aware, this is even more of an issue for a small island like Thetis, particularly for seniors.

Thankfully, we have a strong community of islanders who look out for each other, and a growing Food Co-op that is helping address our food security gaps by producing local organically grown food and providing food delivery services. To aid in this effort, ThINC, with the support of the Canada Summer Jobs program, TIRRA and the Community Fund, is pivoting its activities this summer towards addressing island food security, which is one of our organization’s mandates.  

We are hiring two university students to help with operations at Jollity and engage in other local projects such as tending to a pollinator garden, managing invasive species, trail maintenance, helping to establish a medicinal garden, and creating an educational food map of the island which will be available to the community at summer’s end.  

There may be opportunities throughout the summer for the community to engage and collaborate on these initiatives, depending on changing COVID-19 protocols. 

For those who have purchased a “Friends of the Nature House” membership for 2020, we are grateful for your support and will apply your membership to the 2021 season.

We’ll have more information to share with you as our plans develop. 

Thank you all from the ThINC board. Stay well.