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Call for VEMA Volunteers - Recruitment Session

Are you calm under pressure? Want to assist your community in an emergency? Volunteer with the Victoria Emergency Management Agency (VEMA), the City of Victoria's resource for helping our community to be “emergency prepared.” We're looking for people 19 years or older to join these four teams: Evacuee Assistance, Auxiliary Communications, Urban Search and Rescue, and Emergency Operations Centre. Free training is provided.
Learn more at our:
Volunteer Recruitment Session
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
7 p.m. - 9 p.m.
Oaklands Community Centre
2827 Belmont Avenue
Register by email at vema@victoria.ca or call 250.920.3373.
For more information: www.PrepareVictoria.ca

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Drop in to see or buy art from local artists displayed on our walls. All support your local artist and the Fairfield Gonzales Community Association Youth Programs.

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Help Clean up Moss Rock!

Join neighbours of Moss Rock and City Parks Staff to remove invasive species. Work parties take place on the 3rd Saturday of the month, 10-noon. Meet on May St at Eberts St.
For more information contact Pat Johnston at 250-595-5600.

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Southeast Woods Ecological Recovery Project in Beacon Hill Park: SWERP

Volunteer opportunities: Every Saturday morning from 9 untill 11am (excluding long weekends) volunteers meet in Beacon Hill Park’s woodlands to pull English ivy. We welcome volunteers to help remove this invasive plant and bring back the natural life of the woodlands, click here for more details.
Staff contact: Fred Hook fhook@victoria.ca/
Volunteer coordinator: Cornelia Lange kacy@islandnet.com

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Community Garden Initiative for Porter Park

FGCA Community Garden proposal to the City of Victoria
Map of Porter Park with Proposed Site
Communtiy Garden Design (pdf)
More infomation and Contacts for the Food Security Sub-Committee (here)

Food Security Subcommittee

The blog for the Fairfield Community Gardens is: http://fairfieldcommunitygardens.blogspot.com/ and the email is fairfieldcommunitygardens@gmail.com
Please contact the group of you're interested in volunteering or have any questions/concerns!

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Emergency Preparedness Meetings

City of Victoria Emergency Preparedness Workshops

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Moss Street Village
Creating a Green Neighbourhood in the Heart of Fairfield

Check out the Moss Street Village idea and map Village and Map
Fill in the survey and be a part of the innitiative Survey

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