ABoriginART Galleries and the Lions Bay Art Gallery invite you to participate in the SAVE HOWE SOUND Art Fundraiser.

Artwork has been generously donated by Simon Griffiths and Michael Tickner to raise funds for purchasing communications materials for the Save Howe Sound public awareness campaign. 

Save Howe Sound’s goal is to raise awareness about the Burnco Open Pit Gravel Mine and Crushing operation that is slated for the McNab Creek valley in the Howe Sound and to create awareness about the need for a long term land use plan for Howe Sound.

The warm sunlight came filtering through the jacaranda tree in the central courtyard and the scent of roses filled the air as we left our hotel room and wandered across to meet the members of our team for our first breakfast together in Antigua, Guatemala. This stunningly beautiful town in the central highlands has been designated a UNESCO world heritage site and tourists from all over the world flock here for a few days before taking off to see the great Mayan ruins at Tikal or Lake Atitlan which is often compared to Lake Como in Italy.

This was my wife Rose's and my fourth visit to Guatemala with a Project Hands surgical team and we would be leaving the luxury of Antigua the following morning for 9 days to experience a different Guatemala than the ones the tourists see.

To Lions Bay residents,

“Thank you for making Death wait. You’re giving all Canadians more time. More life.”
from the Heart and Stroke Foundation of BC, 2012.

Our numbers were small, but our enthusiasm was not! This year we had only 11 volunteers going door to door, canvassing on behalf of Heart and Stroke, during our cold and wet month of February, yet we managed to raise over $2400.00, from generous Lions Bay community donors.

We also raised $1100.00 from online donations, with 3