YWCA Women of Distinction Awards

Archive for March, 2016

Win Passes to the Vancouver South African Film Festival

Comments 10 by Rebecca Bollwitt

The Vancouver South African Film Festival (“VSAFF”), now in its 6th year, is proud to present features and documentaries that explore the culture, history and politics of South Africa — films that entertain and inform. Vancouver South African Film Festival Where: Goldcorp Centre for the Arts, SFU Woodward’s When: April 8th to April 10th, 2016 […]

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Vancouver Special House Tour

by Rebecca Bollwitt

The Vancouver Heritage Foundation is once again offering the very popular Vancouver Special House Tour, now in its 8th year. On April 16th you can join a self-guided tour of 5 beautifully renovated homes, including 3 Specials, a 1950s bungalow and a late 1950s split-level rancher. Image via Vancouver Heritage Foundation Vancouver Special House Tour […]

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Awesome Aerial Images Taken from Harbour Air Flights

Comments 1 by Rebecca Bollwitt

There’s something quintessentially “West Coast” about flying to and from your destination in a seaplane. Gliding across the water in an aircraft where almost every position feels like a window seat, lifting up above the bay, cruising over bridges and byways, you see the world from a whole new perspective. Touching down in another city […]

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Getting to Know the Nutrition Facts Table

Comments 1 by Rebecca Bollwitt

I like to think of grocery shopping as a mission that I need to complete. Sure, I have a list and items to collect and check off, but there’s more to it. Can I get in and out of the store in record time? Will I be able to smoothly maneuver the self checkout, choreographing […]

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Grape Juice Wine Auction and Tasting Benefiting Big Sisters of BC Lower Mainland

by Rebecca Bollwitt

Enjoy a night of great wine, curated by Marquis Wine Cellars, all for a great cause! McNeill Nakamoto Recruitment Group and MAC Marketing Solutions created Grape Juice to raise much needed funds to facilitate the matching process for the over 100 at risk young girls on the Big Sisters waitlist. Grape Juice Wine Auction and […]

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