June 2017
Parrsboro International Plein Air Festival
Friday through Sunday, June 16, 17 & 18, thirty-seven top plein air artists are coming to Parrsboro from Maine, Ontario, Quebec, the Atlantic Provinces, New Jersey, Ohio and Massachusetts, for the Parrsboro International Plein Air Festival. Plein air - painting in the open air - is the hottest art movement in North America. They will compete for $6,000 in cash awards, and you can see them painting the spectacular Bay of Fundy/Parrsboro Shore from Bass River to Advocate. The Festival…
Find out more »AGM Empowering Behind Borders
The Annual General Meeting for Empowering Beyond Borders, is Friday June 16 from 11:30-1:30, at Christ Church Hall. Christine Saulnier, the Director of the Canadian Center for Policy Alternatives, will talk about the Politics of Antipoverty Policy. There will be a light lunch, with admission a donation. RSVP colleen.dowe@nshealth.ca is you are planning to attend.
Find out more »Rotary Walk To Camp Tidnish
Members of the Amherst Rotary Club are planning a Walk from Amherst to Camp Tidnish, Saturday June 17. Contact the Amherst Rotary Club if you would like to sponsor a walker. Proceeds to the construction of a new building at the accessible camp for children and adults.
Find out more »Nature Conservancy – Tree Planting
The Nature Conservancy of Canada will plant 2500 trees on Saturday, June 17 as part of a forest restoration and wildlife habitat enhancement project. NCC staff and volunteers, along with Canadian Forest International, will be planting native tree species near the New Brunswick-Nova Scotia border, in an old agricultural field that was donated to the land trust. The goal of the project is to help restore the Acadian forest, , and to encourage wildlife, especially moose, to migrate from New…
Find out more »Yard Sale/Open Mic
There will be a Fundraising Yard Sale at the Air Force Club on Havelock Street, Saturday June 17 starting at 8. Saturday afternoon at 3, the club is hosting an Open Mic.
Find out more »Guided Nature Walk – Bird Sanctuary
The Annual Guided Nature Walk is Sat June 17, starting at 9 from the Cumberland County Museum. Then you will travel to the Amherst Point Bird Sanctuary.
Find out more »17th annual John Michels Sr. Ladder Sit
The Amherst Fire Department and the Amherst Fire Fighters Association are hosting the 17th annual John Michels Sr. Ladder Sit at the Walmart parking lot. Starting at noon Thursday til 2 Saturday, fire fighter Dwight Wheaton will spend 50 hours, in the bucket, doing his part, along with his fellow fire fighters in helping to raise funds for Muscular Dystrophy and other community projects supported by the Amherst Fire Fighters Association. There will be volunteer tolls in the Walmart/Superstore parking…
Find out more »Ice Cream Sundae-BBQ
Join the Cumberland Health Care Foundation Monday June 19 from 5-7 rain or shine, for a free Ice Cream Sundae, at the Cumberland Regional Health Care Center. There will be a BBQ by Weston Bakeries in support of youth mental health programs, for a freewill donation. There will be games for the kids and entertainment by Mike Blakeny. And there will be no charge for parking.
Find out more »Sexual Health Center AGM
The Annual General Meeting of the Sexual Health Center, is tonight at 6, at the office behind Maggie’s Place.
Find out more »Library Fundraiser-Lesley Crewe
Cumberland Public Libraries is holding a Fundraiser, a Tea with Maritime author, Lesley Crewe, whose books include Relative Happiness. It is Tuesday June 20 from 4-6 at the Four Fathers Memorial Library. Tickets are $50, but only 25 are available. To buy yours, call Denise at 902-667-2135 or email information@cumberlandpubliclibraries.ca
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