Action for Animals in Distress Society, a locally run nonprofit group that finds homes for cats, is hosting a fundraiser on Saturday, Aug. 24 and Sunday, Aug. 25.
Volunteers will be selling raffle tickets in Burnaby's Big Bend area, and there are roughly 25 prizes, including a twonight stay on Galiano Island. To purchase tickets, look for the Action for Animals volunteers at Market Crossing (at Byrne Road and Marine Way) between noon and 4 p.m. They will be in front of PriceSmart foods, Canadian Tire, and PetSmart. Also, if you buy a kitten through PetSmart, they actually are rescued felines from Action for Animals, so you're helping the group find homes for cats.
For more on Action for Animals, go to actionfor animals.net.
BURNABY GROUP IN PHOTOGRAPHS
If you're wondering what the work of the Burnaby Intercultural Planning Table looks like in pictures, the non-profit consortium has set up a Flickr account.
There are many photos from community events and meetings featuring several familiar faces, like Wanda Mulholland from the Burnaby Task Force on Homelessness, local MLA Kathy Corrigan, Burnaby Family Life executive director Jeanne Fike, Antonia Beck from the South Burnaby Neighbourhood House, and Jody Johnson, project coordinator for the planning table.
The consortium includes various local nonprofit groups, government agencies, police and settlement services. The planning table's goal is to make Burnaby more inclusive and welcoming to immigrants and refugees. To check out the photos, go to www.bipt.ca and click on the Flickr icon at the top of the page.
SHARING CITY MEMORIES
Our regular political columnist, Keith Baldrey, sent us a note about a Facebook group called Growing up in South Burnaby. There are more than 1,300 members, and according to Keith, the numbers are growing quickly.
There are tons of old photos, and people use the forum to reminisce about bygone days in Burnaby. Some of the members you may recognize include local Liberal Brian Bonney, Global TV's Squire Barnes and Premier Christy Clark.
If you grew up on the south side of the city, consider checking out the group and sharing your neighbourhood memories. Just go to Facebook and search for Growing Up in South Burnaby.
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