The Forest Trust for the Children of Cortes Island Society will hold its AGM on January 29th, 2022.
It has been close to 12 years since Sabina Leader Mense and Christine Robinson launched the initiative to purchase 600 acres from Island Timberlands forest holdings.
Continue reading January 29: Forest Trust for the Children of Cortes Island AGMThis program was funded by a grant from the Community Radio Fund of Canada and the Government of Canada’s Local Journalism Initiative.
One of the advantages of virtual AGM is that people from Vancouver, Calgary, and select locations on both the West and East Coast can also attend. Most were in houses, but one was in a parked car and another on a sandy beach somewhere in Washington state. The Forest Trust for the Children of Cortes Island (FTCCIS) reviewed significant accomplishments of the past year at a ZOOM conference on Jan 23, 2021.
Continue reading Significant Accomplishments reported By Forest Trust for the Children of Cortes IslandThere were four tables when Mansons Friday Market reopened, on May 29th. Last week there were seventeen. They spilled outside the hall and throughout much of the parking lot. There were a lot of new faces: some covered by masks, but mostly not. This was only one of many examples of Cortes Island slowly reopening.
Continue reading Cortes Island Slowly Reopening
