Darrold Gould Executive director, Bide Awhile Animal Shelter With the SPCA, Bide Awhile is among the biggest animal shelters in HRM. “We’re so over-inundated with the big picture,” says Gould (pictured, with Spartacus), “we can use all the help we can get. How I look at is, if there’s 30 shelters out there, good, we […]
Give Guide
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The give guide
ENVIRO Marine Animal Response Society c/o Museum of Natural History, 1747 Summer Street, 1-866-567-6277 “We primarily respond to live and dead cetacean strandings, anything that’s coming ashore—whales and dolphins,” explains Andrew Reid, coordinator of MARS. “We’ll try to assess the animal, see if it’s healthy, or whether it’s diseased or malnourished. If it’s healthy, we’ll […]
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On Siobahn Wiggan’s radar
Siobhan Wiggans Director of operations, Centre for Art Tapes The Centre for Art Tapes is a sort of a meta-arts organization that supports people working in electronic media, providing programming, exhibitions, facility and equipment access, as well as training. Since she’s plugged into the larger scene, we asked Wiggans what she saw as the biggest […]
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Time to give
Charitable organizations in the city need people to give of their money, but they couldn’t exist if people didn’t give of their time. Here are some places to get involved: The IWK offers an array of volunteer opportunities. From volunteering in playrooms, to working at the information desk, to cuddling babies, there seems to be […]
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Thought for food
Audrey knows the taste of powdered milk and sugared cereal. It leaves a bitter taste in the 54-year-old Halifax woman’s mouth. Audrey’s grocery budget for her small family is about $230 a month. With two sons, one of them school age, it’s hard to make ends meet. She’s been on disability since she herniated three […]
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On Renee Ross’s Radar
Renee Ross executive director, Stepping Stone If there’s anyone who knows about fighting the hard fight with a shortage of funds and an uphill PR battle, it’s Rene Ross, who has stewarded the scrappy sex worker advocate organization Stepping Stone into a force to be reckoned with in the community. So we asked her what […]
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The Coast’s get involved guide
Right here, right at the beginning, this is the part of the guide where I beseech you to reach into your inner self and find that true heart of goodness that sits at your very core, your soul, right next to your spleen, I think, and to connect that true heart of goodness to those […]