Living

Perry Manns plays banjo and sings during a recent session of the weekly Acoustic Jam program at North Vancouver’s Mollie Nye House. The program is held Mondays from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m.

Joan Walther works on some of her acrylic paintings at North Vancouver’s Silver Harbour Seniors’ Activity Centre. silverharbourcentre.com

Garth Prouse completes a series of 2,000 burpees at Northwestern Athletics as part of a fundraiser he undertook for the B.C. Cancer Agency and the B.C. Women’s Neonatal Intensive Care Unit in honour of the support they offered to his family members.

Sole Girls founder Ashley Wiles poses with some program participants at an event at the Olympic Village earlier this year. Sole Girls is partnering with New Heights Academy for an empowerment and basketball camp for girls, ages 10-13, July 30-31.

Sound healer Matthew Kocel blows through a conch shell during a sound therapy workshop held for teenagers with developmental disabilities from Seycove secondary at Maa Yoga.

Pedal Pushers

BC SPCA constables are being inundated with calls this summer to rescue pets left in parked vehicles, according to the cruelty-prevention society.

Changemaker fundraising for East African school

I was making a quick stop on the way home to grab a bottle of wine when, out of the corner of my eye, I noticed a mini van pulling into the parking stall in front of the veterinary office located beside the liquor store.

Wonder Women Run4Mom A memorial run to honour women who struggle with significant life challenges like mental illness, addiction and domestic violence Saturday, July 26. This is a virtual event powered by FitCause, so anyone can join.