March Rainfall Stats

courtesy of Keith Rush

Habitat Farm is on Instagram

Check out our page to see what we've been busy doing down at the farm (at the Portal)

https://www.instagram.com/habitat.farm/ 

Jollity & Habitat are working together to enhance food security & sustainability on Thetis Island. We are undertaking all kinds of interesting projects to do with permaculture, food webs, mycoremediation, heritage & rare breed livestock rearing and co-op, beekeeping, insect farming and more! Follow the farm!

jollity FARM Hanging Baskets and Planters

It's time to drop off your hanging baskets or planters for spring flower planting.

You may drop off anytime that is convenient (make sure to put your name on them), or come up next Saturday, April 7 to talk about your special requests and design preferences.

Basket Stuffers also available for purchase next Saturday, April 7.

Eggs for Sale

Pasture raised, heritage breed, organically fed chickens.

Beautiful multi-coloured eggs, highly nutritional & delicious

We are now accepting orders for weekly eggs.

$6/doz

Please contact info@jollityfarm.ca  or 250.416.6736. 

Firewood for Sale

Combination fir and arbutus. Seasoned 2 years. $275 per cord. You pick up or delivery extra.

Contact 250-210-4042

Sunstrings Orchestra Performance

Sunstrings Orchestra will be offering a concert at the Thetis Island Community Centre at 1:30 pm on Saturday April 7th.

This elementary string orchestra from Sunrise Waldorf School will be performing a few of their favorite pieces as they prepare to participate in the Victoria Festival of the Arts at the end of April.

Come out and enjoy a little something different from these wonderful students.

Concert is sponsored by the Thetis Island Arts Council, and is by donation with the proceeds going to help fund our trip to Victoria​.

Alexis More

Monday Evening Yoga

Monday yoga classes with Tatiana

Your wish has been granted! Now that the days are longer, the class will start later to allow you to spend more time playing in the garden before class :) 

As of today, Monday, April 2

NEW TIME: 6:15 to 7:15 pm in Forbes Hall 

See you on the mat!

Tatiana

Yoga Cancelled

Hello all,

I am sorry to say I will have cancel yoga again for this coming week April 3 and 5th. My truck is still in the shop! Ugh! I am looking forward to seeing you in class when I finally get back on Thetis, which should hopefully be the following week.

Love and hugs

Sonya

Thetis Blog is Experiencing a Couple of Issues

Thetisblog is online and accessible, as you can see.

Please note that the domain thetisblog.net and its associated email, editor@thetisblog.net, have been compromised.

There is no security danger to the site or any of its users.  Basically a shield went up when this happened.

It should be resolved (now that we know what happened) within the next 2 days.

Until then, please access the website via thetisisland.squarespace.net, and use the email ann@lawrenspring.net

Many thanks for your patience,

Ann Dickie

Get to the Point 2018

The Last Boat of Walkers, heading to Pioneer Pacific's Dock to complete their walk (72 walkers, runners & cyclists used the marine connection to do the round the island walk.  

Photo: Tom Milliken

A huge thank-you is given to all who participated, & to all of those who “made it happen”.

It was a great event with so many involved for the dinner, trivia night, and the walk.  T-shirts were on most, proudly being part of a caring, Thetis Island team.

While the final amount this event has raised towards the Forbes Hall Expansion has not yet been determined, one thing is for sure ~ it truly takes a village to raise a hall.

Also, a reminder to all who took photos, please email any you’d like to share to hall@thetisisland.net

Those who gave of their time & skill are the following: 

Event Leads

Tatiana Nemchin ~ for keeping us all inspired, and reminding us to look after ourselves, all with grace and humour 

Ellen Rush ~ for keeping us focussed, while reminding us to reach for the stars, somehow she’s able to do both

Tricia Hunter ~ for keeping up with all the details that make events tick, and reminding us all of inclusion, and how to do it with heart

Registration & T-shirt Sales

Tatiana Nemchin, Ellen Rush, Val Brown, Marcie Welsh, Carolyn Askew 

T-Shirt Design

Bill Dickie

Main Hall Set Up

Andy Lamb, Ken Redman, Tom Milliken, Paul McMillen, Celine Valestrand, Donna Stadt, and Bill Dickie for picking dozens and dozens of daffodils.

Bar Service

Gloria Taylor, Melody George

Dinner Cooks

Don Sinclair, Ruth Kempe, Anne Marie Koeppen, Ann Dickie, Sheila Dickie, Charlotte Verborgh

Kitchen Team

Connie Schermerhorn, Cat Fielding, Kat Urton, Leah May Howard

Trivia Night

Joel Delaquis (an amazing MC), Trivia - the Dickies (and we take fully responsibility for any perceived or actual errors) & the tally team of Bill Dickie, Sheila Dickie, and Charlotte Verborgh

Breakfast Cooks & Kitchen Team

Led by Don Sinclair, with assistance from Ruth Kempe, Cat Fielding, Anne Marie Koeppen, Connie Schermerhorn

Breakfast Bakers

Don Sinclair, Veronica Shelford, Kathleen Thompson, Theresa Elsie, Joan Smirl, Gloria Taylor, Nancy Sinclair, Val Brown, Virginia Lamb, Ruth Kempe, Petra Accipiter, Helen Bird, Dell Mitchell

Walk Marshall

Keith Rush ~ set with the task of sending us off in an organized manner, but more like herding cats.

Marine Leg

Tricia Hunter, Jonathon Gall (TIVFD Unloading Safety), Andrea Gall, Greg Gall, Tom Milliken (TIVFD Loading Safety), Dave Tarris (TIVFD Loading Safety), Alex Rozewicz, Pauline Harwood

TIVFD Walk Presence

Jeannine Caldbeck (Rescue Vehicle), Murray Fraser (Command), with Embedded Walkers: Peter Luckham (Ham Radio & First Aid), Chris Fordham (Safety & First Aid), Ralf Kempe (Safety)

TIVFD Auxiliary Traffic Control

Kat Urton, Cat Fielding, Merry Gooding

W/C, Rest & Water Stations

Carolyn Askew, Peter & Anne Barr, Michel & Lynda Poirier, Graeme & Veronica Shelford, James Alton & Hortenza Nawatzki, Dave & Bev Green, Pioneer Pacific

Delicious Pot of Gold Coffee to help send us on our way

Nan Beals

Garbage Pick Up at Forbes Hall

Louise Esquirol

Thank you to all,

Ann Dickie

Free Bee Garden Seeds

Bring back the bees campaign is offering free bee garden seeds at

https://bringbackthebees.ca

Thank You!

All we can say is wow!  The "fundraising" but fun, dinner this weekend and the walk was an amazing event.  (The t-shirts were an added bonus!)

The dinner was delicious as always, the trivia was a ball, Joel, you are an amazing MC! 

Thank you to everyone who worked hard to put on this event, you are all so appreciated!  

It was truly about community and we loved it.

Genny and Ken Redman