LUSH VALLEY IN THE NEWS: 2024
- Courtenay’s LUSH Valley seeks community help to fund operations expansion (Comox Valley Record, April 2024)
- Auxiliary Society for Comox Valley Healthcare celebrates 110 years of giving (Comox Valley Record, April 2024)
- Cumberland line-dance event open this April for charity (Comox Valley Record, April 2024)
- Summer camp registration to come on April 15 (My Comox Valley Now, April 2024)
- Lush Valley hopes for nation-wide school food program in Canada (My Comox Valley Now, March 2024)
- Jagmeet Singh tours Vancouver Island and launches national school lunch program campaign (Victoria Buzz, March 2024)
- NDP calls on government to fund school lunch program in upcoming budget (CBC News, March 2024)
- NDP pushing Liberals to include national school food program in upcoming budget (CTV News, March 2024)
- NDP pushing feds to fund school food program in April budget (National Observer, March 2024)
- Jagmeet Singh Advocates for National School Lunch Program Amid Rising Food Costs (BNN Breaking, March 2024)
- Singh pushes for national school food program during B.C. food security stop (Victoria News, March 2024)
- Island MPs and NDP boss challenge Libs to create national school food program (My Powell River Now, March 2024)
- Hunger persists in Comox Valley despite historic school food program funds (Comox Valley Record, February 2024)
- LUSH Valley’s Prune-Along program returns to the Comox Valley for 2024 (Comox Valley Record, February 2024)
- Three local non-profits get $4,030 from Crown Isle (My Comox Valley Now, January 2024)
- Good Food Box program expanding to Zeballos, Ehattis, Ocluje (Campbell River Mirror, January 2024)
- Industrial sewing, meat processing training among free skill upgrade classes at North Island College (Times Colonist, January 2024)
- North Island College secures $802,000 in funding for short-term programs (Comox Valley Record, January 2024)
LUSH VALLEY IN THE NEWS: 2023
- ‘Cumberland is always hopping’: Mayor Vickey Brown looks back on busy year (My Comox Valley Now, December 2023)
- How to Build a Local Farming Food Hub: The Comox Valley Organic Co-operative connects growers to customers small and large (The Tyee, December 2023)
- Local food organization looks for support from community (My Comox Valley Now, November 2023)
- Rotary Club of Comox Valley’s Everyone Eats fundraisers return for 2023 (Comox Valley Record, October 2023)
- Annual Cumberland Fungus Fest set to bloom (Comox Valley Record, September 2023)
- Two organizations to serve students food in Comox Valley (My Comox Valley Now, September 2023)
- Local initiative looking to bring fruits and vegetables for affordable cost (My Campbell River Now, September 2023)
- LUSH Valley finalizes permanent home with completed commercial kitchen (Comox Valley Record, September 2023)
- 7 Comox Valley organizations benefit through recovery funds: CVCF (My Comox Valley Now, August 2023)
- North Island College and partners offer new food prep course (Comox Valley Record, July 2023)
- Mobile truck food training coming to Comox Valley (CBC Listen: All Points West, July 2023)
- Local organizations to receive over $900,000 for human and social services (My Comox Valley Now, July 2023)
- More than 40 Comox Valley organizations receive 2023 Community Gaming Grants (Comox Valley Record, July 2023)
- Making a Difference with Community Impact Day (The Collective Magazines, July 2023)
- First Credit Union plans early close for volunteerism activities (Peak, June 2023)
- Pruning with others: Head to the Comox Valley where a non-profit will teach you how to prune your fruit trees (CBC Listen: On the Island, January 2023)
- Improve quality of fruit trees with LUSH Prune-Along program (Comox Valley Record, January 2023)
LUSH VALLEY IN THE NEWS: 2022
- Comox Valley Farmers’ Market wins provincial award for equity, diversity, inclusion (Comox Valley Record, November 2022)
- Ecclesiastical Insurance 2022 Community Impact Grant Recipients Announced (Canadian Underwriter, November 2022)
- Rotary Club of Comox Valley’s Everyone Eats Raffle is now on (Comox Valley Record, November 2022)
- Comox Valley Schools allocates Student and Family Affordability Fund (Comox Valley Record, November 2022)
- Comox Valley all-candidates forums will focus on social determinants of health (Comox Valley Record, September 2022)
- Food delivery box partnership boosts food security in Campbell River, Comox Valley (Comox Valley Record, September 2022)
- LUSH Valley and CVCF establish Bunny Shannon Legacy Fund (My Comox Valley Now, August 2022)
- LUSH Valley hosts second farm-to-table fundraiser with new chef (Comox Valley Record, July 2022)
- LUSH Valley fundraising and looking to expand service (My Comox Valley Now, June 2022)
- LUSH and Farmer’s Kitchen Food Truck partnering again this summer (Comox Valley Record, June 2022)
- National Volunteer Week: LUSH volunteers nourish and protect Comox Valley community (Comox Valley Record, April 2022)
- Anderton Therapeutic Gardens Society appeals to politicians for support (Comox Valley Record, March 2022)
- Cumberland market looks to expand operations (Comox Valley Record, March 2022)
- Comox Valley Food Bank and LUSH big winners in Rotary’s Everybody Eats raffle (Comox Valley Record, February 2022)
- Food Policy Council (Comox Valley Record, February 2022)
- Rising up for LUSH Valley Food Action Society (Comox Valley Record, January 2022)
LUSH VALLEY IN THE NEWS: 2021
- 2021 Comox Valley Year In Review: September (CV Record, December 2021)
- Winners announced in Rotary Club of Comox Valley’s Everyone Eats Raffle (CV Record, December 2021)
- Rotary Club raises more than $19,000 for local food initiatives (My Comox Valley Now, December 2021)
- Comox Valley school board remembers Bunny Shannon (CV Record, December 2021)
- Comox Valley Regional District directors debate restart funding (CV Record, November 2021)
- Comox produce gleaning a win-win-win for all (United Way BC, November 2021)
- Filling your tank + fuelling your community: Island-owned gas company gives back (CV Record, September 2021)
- LUSH Valley finds permanent home in Courtenay (CV Record, August 2021)
- Farm to Table Meal in support of LUSH Valley’s ‘forever home’ (CV Record, August 2021)
- LUSH Valley donor gifts $10,000 towards property purchase in central Courtenay (Tide Change, July 2021)
- Merville Garlic Fest is back for 10th year (CV Record, July 2021)
- Food security non-profit reaches 27 percent of permanent residence fundraising goal (My Comox Valley Now, July 2021)
- Anonymous donor helps LUSH Valley toward goal of permanent home (CV Record, July 2021)
- Comox Valley gives back (CV Record, July 2021)
- Comox Valley Regional District’s Road to 2030 award recipients announced (CV Record, July 2021)
- Comox Valley organizations doing their part to lower Greenhouse gas emissions (My Comox Valley Now, July 2021)
- Comox Valley’s LUSH Valley seeks volunteers for 2021 Fruit Tree and Farm Gleaning Programs (July, 2021)
- Meals for a Deal (Tide Change, July 2021)
- Courtenay gives greenlight to raising hens within the city (CV Record, July 2021)
- LUSH Valley launches capital fundraising to secure a permanent home (CV Record, June 2021)
- Comox Valley school garden in full bloom after setback (CV Record, June 2021)
- LUSH Valley Food Action Society expands Good Food Box program to include Community and Subsidized Boxes (Tide Change, June 2021)
- Group to hold workshop to address food security gaps (CR Mirror, May 2021)
- Comox Valley school board backs national healthy food initiative (CV Record, May 2021)
- Council approved $60,000 to support the Good Food Box program (CV Record, May 2021)
- Courtenay doughnut shop serves up sweet tribute to a friend (BC Local News, May 2021)
- Courtenay to determine contribution to Good Food Box program (CV Record, April 2021)
- Courtenay council approves third reading of financial plan (CV Record, April 2021)
- LUSH Valley: Comox Valley School Good Food Boxes fed 200 families in 2020 (CV Record, March 2021)
- LUSH Valley recognized for collaboration with Comox Valley Farmers’ Market (CV Record, March 2021)
- How the Comox Valley overhauled its food security approach in 2020 (National Observer, February 2021)
- LUSH Valley seeking funding from municipalities, moving to curling club in April (CV Record, February 2021)
- How One Rural Community Creatively Solved Keeping its Residents Well Fed During a Pandemic (Pressenza, February 2021)
- Comox Valley Organization Hopes to Restart Food Program (CV Record, January 2021)
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