🌱 Join us for an inspiring morning of learning, planting, and connecting with the land! Métis herbalist and author Lori Ann Bird will be sharing stories from her book Revered Roots and teachings about our plant relatives at the P’ipa:m Lelum Food Forest. 🌿✨ @earthandcompany 📅 Tuesday, May 26 🕙 10am–12pm 📍 Clinton Park – 2690 Grant St, Vancouver 10am–11am: Indigenous Plant Talk 11am–12pm: Community Planting Party Come learn, grow, and plant alongside community. 💚 To register, contact Gloria at 604-307-6626 or gloria@froghollow.bc.ca.

15% of people in Canada who menstruate say lack of period products has stopped them from work, school, sports, or daily activities. Access to period products is a matter of dignity, health, and equity. Frog Hollow Neighbourhood House is happy to announce our collaboration with Shoppers Drug Mart #2294 (Hastings-Slocan) for the Pad It Forward campaign this year — helping increase access to menstrual products for people in our community. @shoppers_hastings_slocan You can support by donating: ✔ Pads ✔ Tampons ✔ Menstrual cups (new and unused only) From May 23rd to June 6th, drop off donations at the Pad It Forward bin in-store (Shoppers Drug Mart #2294 Hastings-Slocan). Together, we can help create a healthier and more equitable community for everyone. #PadItForward #FrogHollow #MenstrualEquity #CommunityImpact #EastVanCommunity #SupportLocalCommunity

From Spare Change to Big Change: Children Leading Community Care from Kids World Program Some of the children in the Kids World School Age program have recently taken up interest in fundraising. What started as a casual jar to collect money for a local food bank turned into a collaborative event! The group started by advertising within their own program by emailing the families, gathering the other 70+ children and informing them of the cause, finding ways to draw them in and use their likes and skills to add to this fundraising event. On the provincial wide pro-d day, the children booked the parking lot at Frog Hollow, broke out the popcorn machine and got to work. ‍ The original group set out tables and chairs and offered popcorn and lemonade by donation. They invited other offsite programs, such as Village and Nootka school age to attend. ‍ Many of the other children in the program found ways to get involved, some crocheted small creations, some made small books/comics, some wanted to be serving staff for the popcorn and lemonade. They had community members stop by to support the cause, bringing so many people together on a beautiful sunny day. ‍ In the end, they raised $500 for a local food bank, and are intending to continue their fundraising efforts long term, thinking of other causes that they are passionate about. 💖Across our childcare centres, children are building meaningful connections with their neighbourhoods—through walks, relationships, and shared experiences. This series highlights those small but powerful moments of belonging, care, and curiosity. We invite you to explore these stories and see how children connect deeply with the people, places, and communities around them. Thank you for reading 💖

On May 13th, Frog Hollow Early Years and School-Age children stepped into the community to make sure their voices were heard through #KeepThePromise. With handmade signs, big energy, and even bigger hearts, they reminded us that every child deserves care, support, belonging, and opportunities to thrive.   Watching children speak up for their communities is powerful. It reminds us that advocacy can begin at any age, and that listening to children means building a better, more compassionate future together.   Thank you to all the children, families, educators, and community members who came, honked for us💛   Take Action to support us! Click link in bio. 👉Protect $10aDay Child Care

Moments of Pause - from The Village Sprouts Program The Sprouts have been suggesting to sit and pause in certain spots in our neighbourhood - especially on Nanaimo street, to stay and watch cars and neighbours go by. It was quite a powerful moment of sitting with a strong presence and almost like demanding to be seen. It led me to think about young children being seen in public spaces. We have also been intentional and deliberate to explore the different businesses along Nanaimo and forming genuine relationships with our neighbours. 🐱Paco the cat, is a neighbourhood cat they have developed a friendship with with our walks, and they have gotten to know Paco's owner too! 💖Across our childcare centres, children are building meaningful connections with their neighbourhoods—through walks, relationships, and shared experiences. This series highlights those small but powerful moments of belonging, care, and curiosity. We invite you to explore these stories and see how children connect deeply with the people, places, and communities around them. Thank you for reading 💖