Stories from next door

Project leaders love to share what happened during their event, gathering or project. Get inspired for your next idea by reading about what your neighbours are up to.

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Hearts & Scraps Storybook
I recently held my Junk Journaling “Paper Pathway Workshop” and it was a great success. …
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Community Care on the Street
The Neighbourhood Small Grant CRASH received in November 2025 had a very real impact on…
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Chelsea Street Pantry
Seven years ago, I built a small food stand out of pallets to help share…
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Youth social: Friendship bracelets and keychains
For my YNSG, I wanted to have a creative skill-sharing workshop, More specifically, I would…
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Craigdarroch Easter Egg Hunt
We had an incredible turnout for our event with about 50 kids and their families.…
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Poetry, Art and All the Brightness in Between for Jane’s Walks
Through the Jane’s Walks organization, I planned a five-venue walking tour of the West End…
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Fix-It Workshops
Using our Neighbourhood Small Grant, Paola Qualizza and I partnered with the Bowen Island Public…
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Embroidering Words
We had an amazing afternoon at Marpole Neighbourhood House—19 women, aged 9 to 80+, came…
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Family yoga
Our project began with a simple but meaningful goal: to create a safe, engaging, and…
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Young Leaders in Development- Reconciliation First Nation, “Indigenous Dreams Rising”
Our Surrey OANH is having very poor participation from teenagers. As an NSG project leader,…
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Nicole’s Modeling and Tea Party Project
Our Nicole’s Modeling and Tea Party group gathering together for modeling and simple dance very…
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Sunny Dance Group
Our Sunny Group are formed by friends and neighbours . We had been practice and…
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