by Hub staff
Local farmers and food producers want to supply you with the best of their best. Their challenge is to create a system that brings you what you want to eat in a way that is sustainable and fair to both producers and eaters.
To this end, you are being invited to participate in a survey about your family's likes, needs and patterns in food shopping and cooking. Where do you buy your food? What do you consider in making your choices? How interested are you in prepared foods? The Grey Bruce Centre for Agro-ecology, a farm-based co-operative, will use the community's answers to create an on-line ordering system that will bring local food right to your neighbourhood, maybe even right to your door. Fresh, convenient, packaged to suit your household at competitive prices – that is the goal. From veggies and baking to coffee, pantry staples and prepared meals, the local grocery distribution system can provide a wide variety of food options.
Your answers to the survey linked here will help local producers provide the right mix for our Grey-Bruce eaters. All the submissions will be confidential, but you will have the option to sign up for updates as the distribution project unfolds toward a launch as early as this fall.
There is only one organization in Bruce and Grey brave enough to invite 350 teens to spend from midnight until 7:30 am watching movies and eating bottomless pop and popcorn....to raise funds for children and youth projects....that organization is the United Way of Bruce Grey!
Friday April 24th, at the Galaxy Cinemas Owen Sound doors open at midnight.......
The Starlight Film Festival celebrates its 12th year with 4 timely movies (14A rating) all designed to keep everyone awake all night long.
At a cost of $20 a ticket this event is one of the United Way's largest fundraising events of the year. All proceeds from the event go to supporting children and youth projects throughout the county – youth supporting youth.
Full-time students aged 15-29 have the opportunity to start and run their own business with the help of The Business Enterprise Centre - Owen Sound & Area, and the Ontario Government program, Summer Company.
Receive hands-on business training, individual mentoring, and financial awards of up to $3,000 to help you start and run your own summer business. Whatever career path you take, Summer Company will give you the tools you need to succeed.
If you still don’t have a summer job, then it’s not too late to apply for this exciting opportunity! Applications run until May 8th, 2015.
For more information or to apply, visit www.ontario.ca/summercompany.
by Cathy Hird
Most of us do not face life threatening situations on a daily basis, but we all feel fear. What are you afraid of?
For some of us, there are social situations that make our chest constrict. Standing in front of a crowd to speak makes our legs shake. We have to go to a party alone, will have to mingle with a crowd of strangers, and we break into a cold sweat. We avoid the friend who lost a loved one because we are afraid of saying the wrong thing.
Sometimes we are afraid of failure. We may over prepare, put in hours of extra work to get it right. Or we are so afraid of failing that we do not try. At times, we are afraid the world is failing, that peace is impossible and climate change is bringing inevitable disaster. We are afraid our life is headed for a crash. We are afraid our child is climbing into real trouble.
Whatever we are afraid of, fear shuts us down. We close our eyes so we don't have to see trouble coming. We close our hands so we do not have to touch the task we cannot handle. We put our hands over our ears and close our minds. Fear shuts us away from other people and from ourselves.
Saturday, April 18 the Sydenham Sportsmen's Association and City of Owen Sound are teaming up on a community litter pick-up in celebration of Earth Week. Anyone who would like to volunteer should meet in the city hall parking lot for a 1 p.m. start. Dress for the weather, as this is a rain or shine event.
Rubber gloves and plastic bags will be supplied, and pick-up areas will be assigned according to the number of "litter pickers" available. The Sportsmen will provide snacks and draws for prizes to volunteers at the 3 p.m. wrap-up.
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