🌟 New Program:¡Canto y Salto!🌟 "¡Canto y Salto!" means “I jump and sing” in Spanish - and that’s exactly what this joyful new program is all about! 💃🎶 Join us for a low-cost Spanish Immersion experience designed for families and caregivers with little ones (ages 0–5). Each weekly session is filled with music, movement, free play, guided activities, circle time, and a shared meal — all woven together in Spanish to support natural, playful learning. 🎵 Every session features a special song to help introduce new words and ideas
📚 Families will receive a take-home booklet with songs, rhymes, and a themed playlist to keep the learning going Come connect, play, and explore Spanish together in a warm, welcoming space 💛 Time: Tuesdays, 9:45am - 11:45 am Location: Frog Hollow Neighbourhood House, 2131 Renfrew St. Vancouver Join one or both 4-week series $56 per series and each series has 4 two-hour sessions - Series 1: April 28- May 19, 2026 - Series 2: May 26 - Jun 16, 2026 Registration needed (No drop-in) Click link in bio to register : https://tinyurl.com/ijumpnsing Or contact Ana Lorena at analorena@froghollow.bc.ca #froghollowNH #SpanishImmersion #children

Neighbourhood Small Grants are Open for Applications! @nsgnetwork Applications are accepted from March 10th to April 30th, 2026, in Cedar Cottage, Hastings-Sunrise, and Renfrew. Projects must be completed by November 30, 2026. Applications will be reviewed by the Cedar Cottage, Hastings-Sunrise, Renfrew Neighbourhood Grants Committee and Community Coordinator once applications close, and you will hear the results within four-five weeks. Contact Ana Lorena if you have questions or feedback on Neighbourhood Small Grants. Paper applications are also available — please get in touch with her to ask for one. Email to: eastvan.nsg@gmail.com

❗️EVENT CANCELLED DUE TO RAIN❗️- March 26, 2026 Stay tuned for the new date 🙏 We are planning a food forest at Clinton Park! Come learn about what’s coming this Spring and provide your input. The next session is March 26th from 2pm to 4pm at Clinton Park, 2690 Grant St. Learn more: The P’ip̓am Lelum Food Forest is a community-led initiative rooted in respect for the land and ancestral teachings. Through sustainable growing practices, we’re cultivating more than food — we’re nurturing relationships, knowledge, and reciprocity. Supported by the Real Estate Foundation of BC and the Neighbourhood Matching Fund, this project invites community members to learn, plant, harvest, and share together, honouring our deep connection to the earth and to one another. #froghollownh #community #foodforest #vancouver #decolonizingland

This program started with funding from the United Way BC Kapwa Strong Fund, which was established after the Lapu Lapu events of April 26, 2025. 🤍 Grief and trauma look incredibly different for someone who was there at the time of the incident, someone who was there that day, someone who planned to go to the festival, someone who lost a loved one, someone who was connected to the Filipino community. The creative process was essential in introducing ease and lightness in this program. Some of the themes that emerged from the sessions were belonging, safety, and connection. These art pieces were created in response to them. This is the exhibition write-up that was co-written by the group: Healing Art Circles Ten sessions of collective co-creation. What do safety, connection and community mean after tragedy? Navigating collective grief, sadness and loss Fun, colourful, spontaneous, collaborative Creative release Splatter movements Chit chat sessions Nice to be witnessed Speaking in Tagalog was YES! OMG YES! To speak my language again Letting go The pressure of having to be good at a hobby Connect with your inner child Release Expectations and stress Be able to just do what I wanted to do Art less intimidating Roots of trees supporting each other Like community The food! Filipino food! Food was very helpful Releasing together Safely falling and connecting Cradled by community Belonging in strength written by: Fie Neo Frames Film Program Coordinator Expressive Arts Therapist

🎙️ Podcast Spotlight! 💚🐸 We’re excited to share Season 5, Episode 3 of BC’s Path to Universal Child Care Podcast, featuring our very own Maryam Naddaf, Director of Frog Hollow’s Learning Centre! In this episode, the conversation explores the BC Early Years Professional Development Bursary Program—what it is, why it matters, and how it’s supporting educators’ learning and growth across British Columbia. Maryam is joined by Kathreen Riel, who manages the bursary fund, for an insightful discussion on strengthening early learning and care through professional development. 🎧 Tune in and learn more about the impact this program is having on our early years community. 🔗 Link in bio at Frog Hollow NH 🔗 #FrogHollowNH #LearningCentre #EarlyYears #ChildCareBC #community