Vital People

Experts say a healthy community is one where people feel they belong. But these days it’s hard to strike up a chat with a stranger…

The Victoria Foundation’s Vital Signs report identifies environmental sustainability as a key piece of a healthy, vibrant community. That’s why volunteers at the Peninsula Streams…

Bowl For Kids’ Sake Big brothers Big Sisters Victoria has been helping vulnerable families across the region for forty years. One way they support the…

Helen Hughes has been serving her community and making a difference for many years. She’s a former Victoria city councillor who has helped raise close…

In the latest issue of Vital People, from the Times Colonist and the Victoria Foundation, read about the Inter-Cultural Association of Greater Victoria‘s new I’ve…

There are many ways to support your favourite charity, you can volunteer your time, make a cash donation or you can follow Helen Martin’s lead….

They say many hands make for light work. For the students of one Victoria elementary school, that phrase has never rung so true. Working with…

The Indigenous Perspective Society’s Button Project is a chance for people in the community to spend time together learning and healing, all the while creating…

Discussions about mental health are becoming more and more common these days, as many try to lessen the stigma by sharing their own struggles. Now,…

In the latest issue of Vital People, from the Times Colonist and the Victoria Foundation, read about how the Rainbow Kitchen serves more than 36,000…