Jan 14th from 1-4 pm, Phoenix Auditorium. People for a Healthy community is hosting a community meeting about affordable housing on Gabriola Island. The purpose of the meeting is to gather community input about affordable housing needs on Gabriola Island. There will be a short presentation about the preliminary results of the survey currently in circulation. This will be followed by world café style discussion groups for community members to provide their ideas. Our goal is to report back with a Gabriola Specific Affordable Housing Strategy that gives concrete actions to create affordable housing on our island.

Hope to see you there!!!!

Survey: People for a Healthy Community (PHC) and the Housing Task Force (HTF) are working in partnership towards the development of an Affordable Housing Strategy for Gabriola. Please consider filling out our survey which will allow community residents to help us identify gaps in availability of affordable housing, and help PHC and the HTF to move forward to effectively meet the needs of the community on housing issues.

Participation in this survey is voluntary, and the information disclosed will be kept confidential. All data will be used in a form that will make it impossible to determine the identity of the individual responders. We will protect your privacy but we need the information below to help us develop an appropriate Affordable Housing Strategy, access the necessary funding, and gain political support.

To respond to the survey click here!

Circle of Care – Reaching out to Seniors Event – next luncheon January 26; 10:30 AM - 12:45 pm at the Rollo Centre. Share a bowl of delicious, homemade soup, buns, cheese, coffee, tea and dessert with us.We will also have a guest speaker - To Be Announced. RSVP 250.247.7311 . If you will need transportation help getting to the luncheon, please note that Bill's taxi offers a $2.00 taxi ride (each way) and would be happy to be of service to you. We also have a volunteer transportation system that can help with getting folks to the lunch. Please let us know as soon as possible so we can organize the rides. We Are Looking forward to seeing everyone in the New Year!

January 14, 2012: PHC will be hosting a community forum as part of the development of specific, concrete initiatives for expanding affordable housing for local residents. Details, time and location to be announced in the early New Year.

Weekly Activities:

PHC strikes partnership with Red Roaster Coffee! Do You Drink Coffee? Did you know you can drink coffee and support PHC? HOW? Purchase delicious Red Roaster coffee www.redroaster.ca by emailing: info@redroaster.ca or phoning 250.325.3250. If you order by end of the day Thursday (you still have time today!) and ask to have it delivered to PHC THEN we get a donation of $4 per pound! To pay for your coffee, please bring in a cheque (made out to PHC) or cash when you pick up your coffee on Fridays between noon & 2 PM (alternate arrangements can be made if it’s absolutely impossible for you to pick on Friday.

Thanks to all the volunteers and supporters of Seedy Saturday. Big thank you once again to Village Foods for the donation to the PHC/Commons fundraising canteen. We sold all the vegetarian chilli!