Living

North Shore News columnist and Wild Bird Trust of British Columbia naturalist Al Grass leads a group along the shoreline of the Conservation Area at Maplewood Flats last month as part of a birding-themed seniors outreach program offered by the Elders

Lorraine Campbell crochets while Mary Robinson knits in the relaxed social setting offered as part of Mollie Nye House’s weekly Arts and Crafts program. On Mondays, from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m.

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