Step up your Valentine’s Day (or any day getaway) plans with a romantic stay in at Rowena’s Inn at Sandpiper Resort in Harrison Mills. Secluded on a 160-acre waterfront estate, this Harrison hotel is a grand, English-style manor that was converted into a boutique bed and breakfast in the Fraser Valley.
Rowena’s Inn, John Bollwitt photo
Valentine’s Day at Rowena’s Inn
The resort, which features a golf course, restaurant, boutique inn hotel, cottages, and cabins, is hosting a series of special dinners this season.
Step Back in Time, Fireside Dining is taking place February 12 & 13, March 12, and April 9, 2022. Enjoy a seasonally-focused gourmet meal amidst 1920s ambiance. Dine fireside in the Upper and Lower Drawing Rooms at Rowena’s Inn all while enjoying beautiful mountain and river views. $75 per person for the four course dining experience (view the menu online here).
The Clubhouse Restaurant has a special Super Bowl LVI menu (February 13), and a three course prime rib Valentine’s Dinner (available February 12, 13, 14).
Rowena’s Inn, John Bollwitt photo
To give you an idea of just how idyllic Rowena’s Inn on the River is: It’s been the backdrop for several Hallmark movies and I also recommended it for our nephew when he wanted to propose to his girlfriend when they visited Vancouver (she said yes! and they were married in September, 2021).
When you choose to stay at Rowena’s Inn, a $20 food and beverage credit is included per person per day, which may be used towards breakfast, lunch, dinner, or on the golf course. Browse their winter packages for more great offers and follow Rowena’s on Instagram and Facebook for their latest news.
Tickets for the Canuck Place Winter 50/50 raffle are now on sale! You can help Canuck Place give short lives the gift of great days with your support.
Canuck Place Children’s Hospice is British Columbia and Yukon’s pediatric palliative care provider. Over 818 children living with life-threatening illnesses and families from five provincial health regions receive Canuck Place inpatient and community care (in home/in hospital).
Canuck Place 50/50 Raffle
Tickets: Buy online for 3 for $5, 7 for $10, 50 for $20 or 150 for $50
Anticipated Prize: $350,000 to be split with the winner
Available until midnight Wednesday, February 23, 2022
Draw will be on Zoom February 25, 2022
For over 25 years, Canuck Place has been providing exceptional complex medical care, while helping children and families embrace living fully with the time they have left together. But not without donor support. That’s where your 50/50 ticket purchase can make a difference.
Canuck Place operates 13 patient beds and 8 family suites through two hospices in Vancouver and Abbotsford. Services include medical respite and family support, pain and symptom management, provincial 24-hour clinical care line, music and recreation therapy, education and art, grief, loss, and bereavement counselling, as well as end-of-life care. With donors, their talented team, including 400 energetic volunteers, they care for children with short lives and the families who love them.
Stanley Park Ecology Society’s education team has been busy organizing another lineup of fascinating and fun programs to immerse kids in the delights of nature! The Spring EcoCamps in Stanley Park will give youngsters (ages 7-11) a chance to uncover the mysteries of the natural world, learn valuable outdoor skills, and let their budding inner performers bloom.
SPES campers birdwatch at Beaver Lake. Photo by Anthony Ho.
Spring Break in Stanley Park
Fees: Members $280, Non-members $300 (family membership with SPES is $40, find out more about becoming a member today)
Schedule: Monday to Friday, 9:00am to 3:30pm
Due to the public health risk of COVID-19, SPES will be running the majority of the camp outdoors and be requiring that participants wear masks except for when eating and drinking.
March 14 to 18 – Stanley Park Survivor
This exciting camp will, through a series of games and challenges, help your children learn how to navigate in the wilderness, build a shelter and other skills to help keep them and the natural environment safe while on outdoor adventures. Register here.
March 21 to 25 – Fabulous Forest Theatrics
Does your child love nature and thrive on imaginative play? This camp, being offered for the first time ever, will foster your child’s creativity and talent as we guide them through the process of making an original piece of theatre inspired by the diverse animal and plants that make Stanley Park their home. Register here.
About SPES ~ Stanley Park Ecology Society promotes awareness of and respect for the natural world through collaborative leadership in environmental education, research, and conservation in Stanley Park. SPES gratefully acknowledges that the land on which they gather and help steward is the unceded and traditional territories of the xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish) Nation, and Səl̓ílwətaʔ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh) Nation. Since time immemorial, Coast Salish peoples have lived reciprocally with the land, harvesting and cultivating foods and medicines and practicing ceremony. The abundance of these lands and waters, which enables us to live, work, and play here today, is a result of the past and on-going stewardship and advocacy of the Coast Salish peoples.
Send a little puppy love to someone you care about this Valentine’s Day with a PADS Puppy Gram. Each special delivery comes with a box of Truffle Pig Chocolates and your choice of “PADS Legends” plushes (Caber, Macbeth or Leahy).
All Bark No Bite: A delectable box of assorted Truffle Pig Chocolates ($20)
Puppy Bar(k): An adorable plush puppy of your choice and a delicious Chocolate Truffle Pig Bar, three flavours to choose from ($30)
Puppy Love: An adorable plush puppy (of your choice) and a delectable box of assorted Truffle Pig Chocolates ($40)
Get Out of the Doghouse: An adorable plush puppy (of your choice) and a glorious Chocolate Shoppe box of assorted Truffle Pig Chocolates ($60)
Each delivery will include a customized greeting card, featuring Puppy-Gram spokes-puppers Mosley and Britton. Order by February 9, 2022 at 9:00am Pacific.
Truffle Pig Chocolates is on a mission to sweeten the world with their chocolate. They proudly source their cacao directly from farmers with strong human values and pay them a premium above world market prices. Their Central American cacao is grown wildly, beyond organic, without the use of fertilizers or pesticides. They have gone above and beyond to make sure their chocolate is made as ethically and deliciously as possible.
About PADS
Pacific Assistance Dogs Society (“PADS”) breeds, raises and trains fully certified assistance dogs. Their service (mobility & PTSD) and hearing dogs provide life-changing independence to those with physical disabilities other than blindness.
Follow PADS on Facebook and Instagram (where they have their own contest going right now too) for more information.
Enter to win
I have a PADS Puppy Gram to give away (Get Out of the Doghouse, value $60)! Here’s how you can enter to win:
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I will draw one winner at random from all entries at 12:00pm on Saturday, February 5, 2022.
Update! The winner is Tammy
*Delivery areas: Abbotsford, Anmore, Aldergrove, Belcarra, Burnaby, Chilliwack, Coquitlam, Delta, Langley, Lions Bay, Maple Ridge, Mission, New Westminster, North Vancouver, Pitt Meadows, Port Coquitlam, Port Moody, Richmond, Surrey, Tsawwassen, Vancouver, West Vancouver & White Rock
There’s much to celebrate this February with Lunar New Year, Black History Month, Valentine’s Day, Family Day, and much more. This month Miss604 is proud to sponsor the 56th Annual Variety Show of Hearts Telethon, the JCC Sports Dinner ft. A-Rod, and TEDxSurrey. Find these and more February events in Metro Vancouver listed below:
