Hey moms, this one’s for you. Take a night off and head over to Richard McBride Elementary School’s “Mom’s Night Out” fundraiser happening this Friday, May 6 from 7 to 9:30 p.m.
Wesgroup will be serving free wine and beer, there will be gift baskets to bid on (and we’ve seen photos, they look great), appetizers and desserts, door prizes to be won and more than 20 vendors are expected to fill the school gym.
“Leave the kids at home, socialize with friends and give yourself a chance to be pampered,” noted a write-up from organizers.
All proceeds from the event go to the Richard McBride parent advisory council. It’s an important fundraiser for the school, according to organizers.
See www.eventbrite.com and search for “Mom’s Night Out.”
Making life better
Students at Douglas College and Simon Fraser University are about to embark on a three-year research program that will promote health and well-being and community inclusion for people with mental illness.
Developing inclusive practice and upstream change in community mental health, as the project is called, aims to improve the community health system. The first step is to examine three community mental health locations and then determine, through peer-led projects, what changes need to be made to improve care, according to a press release.
A $217,014 research grant from the Vancouver Foundation is funding the endeavour.
