Volunteer Driver needed Ferry to Farm!

Jollity Farm is starting a twice weekly work experience program with three Penelakut students and their teacher.

The students and their teacher will walk on the ferry, arriving at 11:10 and departing at 2:50, each Tuesday & Wednesday. This 'pilot' phase of the project will begin on April 20 and run until the end of June. We hope to start up again in the fall.

We only have one passenger seat in our delivery van so this isn't ideal for transport to and from the ferry.

If you have some spare time, a vehicle with room for 4 (and many days just 2), and a desire to be part of this new experience, please let us know.

With thanks, Jollity Farmers
info@jollityfarm.ca / text or call 250.415.0101

Heavy Ferry Traffic

Capernwray Harbour students will be leaving this coming Wednesday and Thursday (April 13th and 14th).  

We expect a majority of our students to be leaving Thursday on the 6am or 7:55am ferry departing Thetis Island, however they will be departing on scattered ferries starting Wednesday at 7:45pm through Thursday morning.  

We hope this information is helpful, please be in touch with our Main Office at (250) 246-9440 or by email at chbc@capernwray.ca if you have any questions.  

We apologize if this causes any inconvenience for you.

Thanks again,

Capernwray Harbour

Seeking Childcare

We are looking for someone amazing to look after our very active 2 year old for 3 days a week (9am-2pm, Monday-Wednesday).

The position could begin as soon as next week and is ideal for someone who loves to be outside and, ideally, has experience with kids.

If you are interested in learning more, please get in touch with Brianna at briannajsloan@gmail.com or 250-686-0266

Mooring Buoy Help Wanted

We have recently purchased a small rigid hull inflatable boat and would like to be able to tie it up periodically out front of our place on Forbes. There is an old mooring buoy out front but we do not know if it will suffice.

We are looking for someone on island or off who would be able to help us assess the current buoy/anchor or install a new one.  Please text or call the number below if you can help in anyway.

Thank you in advance,

Steve and Caroline Hanson
6046716982

Free Online Bible Academy Courses

We are pleased to offer 2 free dynamic and practical one-day, online Bible courses that will impact and change your lives as we discover Jesus Christ as the source and essence of the Christian Life.

Sat. April 30
Speaker: Richard Dahlstrom
Topic: Jonah (3 sessions)

Sat. May 7
Speaker: Matthew McLean
Topic: Galatians (3 Sessions) 

For more details & to sign-up visit: https://capernwray.ca/conference/online-bible-academy-2022/

Capernwray Harbour

Community Stewardship Awards Nominations Due April 18th

For approximately 20 years, the Islands Trust Community Stewardship Awards program has recognized remarkable and inspiring nominees and recipients who demonstrate leadership in preservation and protection of the Trust Area.

Do you know of some meaningful projects that deserve recognition? Help celebrate and  recognize this work by submitting a nomination by April 18. 

Awards are open to individuals, Indigenous community members and/or an Indigenous societies, organizations, schools, classrooms, community groups, non-profits or businesses.

Nomination forms, a list of past award recipients, and other resources are available on the Islands Trust’s stewardship awards webpage.

Thank you!

Trust Area Services Team

ThINC - Extra Hands Needed at the People’s Apothecary Garden (PAG)

It might not look it with yesterday’s snow flurry, but spring has sprung and the plants are beginning to reawaken! Life at the PAG is beginning to buzz with life again and the plants all seem quite happy, albeit in need of some TLC (or at the very least, a freshening up!).

For those of you who are unfamiliar with the PAG, it is a community medicinal plant garden located on Carolyn Askew's (kindly loaned) plot of land at Lot 62 North Cove Road, and is a part of the Thetis Island Community Farm Co-operative. It was constructed by the ThINCpod in the summer-fall of 2020 with the help of several Thetis Island residents. In 2021, Aislinn Cottell maintained the space with the help of volunteers, coordinated various events and activities, and developed some handy resources that we are continuing to expand on. In 2022 we are planning several medicinal plant and gardening workshops for the Thetis Island community.

The garden currently has 45 unique medicinal plants (map and online plant library coming soon), including borage, comfrey, self-heal, mullein, wormwood, mints, lemon balm, evening primrose, sweet woodruff, yarrow, fennel, deadnettle, motherwort, lamb’s ear, and more! The kids at Thetis Island Elementary School have made numerous trips there over the last couple of years and we will continue to do so! They are getting better and better at identifying the myriad plants, and have helped with various maintenance activities - from mulching and composting to weeding and path maintenance.

Without further ado and turning this eSPOKES message into an essay, ThINC would greatly appreciate having extra hands in the garden throughout the growing season! Some of the activities will include: weeding, pruning, planting, application of compost / lasagna gardening, and path maintenance / wood chipping, and work parties will run every other week. To jumpstart the summer season, our first work party, weather dependent, will be on Sunday, April 24th from 10am - 12pm. From there, we can collectively decide on the best times to garden. If you would like to join, please email me at charlotte@thetisislandnatureconservancy.org

For more info on the PAG, please see: https://www.thetisislandnatureconservancy.org/people-s-apothecary-garden

Many thanks!
Charlotte

Education and Stewardship Coordinator at the Thetis Island Nature Conservancy

Scottish Country Dancing Thetis Island at Forbes Hall Community Centre

Join us Monday April 11 from 3 - 4:30

Not sure what Scottish Country Dancing is like?

Check out the website:

https://www.scottish-country-dancing-dictionary.com/

Look forward to seeing you there.

Pottery Barn Fireplace Mantel/Shelf for Sale

Or shelf. 66 inches long, 9 inches wide at top, 16 inches tall
Hangs on a wood French cleat, very secure
$250
250-246-8239

Information Wanted

I can't verify this yet but has anyone heard of putting coffee grounds around their chicken pen to keep minks away? I friend just told me that's what her brother does & knock wood no losses the past year.  

rsmith1960@gmail.com

Weekly order reminders and the Jollity 'What's Fresh?' list

• Home Grocery Delivery from Superstore or the 49th - please confirm your order by Thursday afternoon
• Local milk & yogurt - any changes to your weekly order by Tuesday morning
• True Grain bread & organic baking - requests by Tuesday morning
• Bagels (and cream cheese) - requests by Tuesday
• Pastries - we will be baking lots of Croissants and Pain au chocolat for the Easter weekend (you may reserve ahead)
• Ice cream - we are getting stocked up with some new flavours and seasonal specialties for the long weekend
• Lots of flowers available for the long weekend
• Kombucha - new flavours on tap 

Locally made, Organic Maiiz tortillas and their new salsas - would you like to have these available again? If yes, then let us know and we'll put in an order

From the farm and coop: (you may reserve ahead as some supplies are limited)
Free range eggs
Salad mix
Kale bouquets
Brassica shoots
Potatoes
Baby cucumbers
Sunflower shoots
Sausage, ground pork and bacon
Preserves

With thanks, your Local Farmers
info@jollityfarm.ca / Text or call 250.415.0101

Forbes Hall Community Centre

Effective April 8, 2022
Proof of Vaccination and use of masks are no longer mandatory at Forbes Hall.

Due to the high vaccination rate provincially, the PHO has lifted the mandates of Proof of Vaccination and Use of Masks.  However, COVID still remains a key concern within the Health Care System, especially for those over 70 years and those who are immunocompromised.

Please respect that everyone has their own comfort level regarding COVID, and wearing of masks is still encouraged in close situations or when in a group one does not usually meet with.    

If you are feeling unwell, please do not attend activities or meetings at Forbes Hall.