The Women’s Connection will be hosting the third annual Community Update on April 8 at the School of Music. This is a fantastic opportunity for Pender Harbour residents to learn what has changed in our community and meet the people are who are bringing new opportunities and ideas. The lineup this year will be Megan Noel, Community Market; Bob Baker, Legion president; Cheyenne Howitt, Community School executive director; Cheryl Alsop, community referral worker; and lastly, Michele Rose from Marina Pharmacy. Each speaker will have 15 minutes to explain salient points pertinent to their area of interest. Following a refreshment break, there will be a short question period. The invitation is extended to spouses and friends to attend the meeting. Doors open at 9:30 a.m. Start time 10. Drop-in fee $4.
Harbourside Friendships, Thursday, April 10, will have two choirs performing for your pleasure, the Pender Harbour Choir and a visiting choir from Germany, wow! At the Hall 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Ramping up for the iconic Pender Harbour Community Club’s Annual Plant Sale April 26, here is the run down. A few spaces are available for vendors of food, crafts, vintage and collectibles, art, pottery items. $35 for an 8’ table if booked prior to April 15. Call-out for donations of garden furniture, tools, plant pots, garden decor, gardening books, bird houses/feeders, wind chimes, and anything floral or wildlife related. China, decorative items, jewellery for the White Elephant tables and silent auction. Plants please! As well as divisions, tubers, bulbs, seedlings. Pick up or drop off is available. Volunteers are needed to support the event as are those to donate sweet treats, baking! Contact Lesley cell: 778-840-1692; email: [email protected].
The Pender Harbour Wildlife Society is pleased to host Jacqueline Sunderland-Groves for a presentation on “Bornean orangutan reintroduction as a conservation tool” on April 15. With more than 30 years of experience in great ape research, she will share her work with the Borneo Orangutan Survival Foundation (BOSF) in reintroducing critically endangered Bornean orangutans. In recent decades, orangutan populations have declined significantly due to habitat loss and poaching, leading the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) to classify them as critically endangered. Current estimates suggest only around 104,700 Bornean orangutans remain, making it crucial to prioritize efforts for their future conservation. Having lived in Cameroon and Indonesia, Sunderland-Groves’ career has focused on great ape ecology and conservation. She is a research scientist at UBC’s Faculty of Forestry and is the working group chair for Great Ape Action Planning within the IUCN Species Survival Commission’s Primate Specialist Group. Her research at UBC focuses on enhancing Bornean orangutan reintroduction success, which she teaches in the course “Primate Conservation in the Anthropocene.” On a global scale, Sunderland-Groves contributes to great ape action planning and developing IUCN Best Practice guidelines to support conservation efforts. Join them on April 15 at Pender Harbour Secondary School to learn more about Sunderland-Groves’ ground-breaking work. Doors open at 6:45 p.m. before the presentation at 7 p.m. Refreshments and raffle to follow and all are welcome to attend. For more information, email [email protected].
Time to sign your team up for the greatest competition in the Harbour: April Tools Boatbuilding Championships, Saturday April 26. Go to the Pender Harbour Living Heritage site to enter.
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