Ripple Effect Society

Sept 5 - outdoor and indoor composting workshops

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 19:55:00 GMT

Hey Ripplers - if you love to garden, here's some upcoming gardening workshops you may e interested in from one of our non-profit partners, The World In A Garden:

Two great workshops on outdoor and indoor composting

Become fluent in recycling waste from your kitchen and garden into valuable nutrient rich-soil and ‘compost tea’. Partake in one or
both interactive demonstrations explaining how compost works naturally and how to get set up at home. Walk away with a wealth of knowledge and a fully-equipped vermiculture (worm) indoor composting system. Take your first steps to dramatically reducing
waste and enriching your garden!

The World In A Garden
W. 57th Avenue & E. Blvd.
11 am - noon (outdoor)
noon- 1 pm (indoor)

$ 35/both sessions| $20/session
All proceeds go to The World In A Garden

To sign up contact Lily 604.257.5151
lcananreynolds@jfsa.ca
www.theworldinagarden.com

We've joined Twitter!

Tue, 31 Aug 2010 22:23:00 GMT

OK, so it's taken us awhile, but we have decided to sign up!

Now you can follow Ripple Effect Society on twitter at @RipplerEffect

You can follow new events to join with us, other great volunteer events in the city, and news we think is relevant for our fantastic members.

We look forward to hearing for you too - so send us messages about events you would like to see, news to share and pictures of people getting out there and making some ripples or whatever else you can think of to keep charity connections coming.

Summer has arrived!....

Tue, 27 Jul 2010 21:10:00 GMT

..and your Ripple Effect team is taking these sunny summer months to plan some fantastic ripple-making events, opportunities and activities for you to participate in. We have had a bit of change and new energy lately on our Ripple team, and looking forward to making this next year one of our best!

Every action and choice we make contributes to our world. Ripple Effect Society creates social volunteer events for young professionals to network and give back to the local community at the same time. We believe every “ripple” we create will bring a cascade of goodness to our community.

You have probably noticed we have not had as many events recently as we would like. We would like to change that for the fall. One of the ways we can this is to find out what you like (and maybe what you don’t!) about the events that we hold. Right now, we are running a survey (we would love your feedback – click here for the survey) about what you love, like and would like to see more (or less) of in our programming.

Ripple Effect believes every “ripple” we create will bring a cascade of goodness to our community! If you have an idea for an event, we would love to hear from you. As a group of volunteers, we try our best to keep you up-to-date, informed and active Ripplers! If you have something you would like to contribute – get in touch –

Thanks –

from your Ripple Effect Team

Mother's Day Tea and Little Mountain Place

Sun, 09 May 2010 17:58:00 GMT

On Saturday, May 8^th, 2010, a team of 8 Ripplemakers celebrated the Mother’s Day weekend by continuing a longstanding tradition: We volunteered at the Mother’s Day Tea at Little Mountain Place , which is home to over 100 seniors. After networking and introductions over a slice pizza and pop, we proceeded to transform the dining hall into a ‘Tea Room’. When all the preparations were done, we welcomed residents and their families, and waited their tables, serving tea and dessert. The room was decorated in a beautiful butterfly motif and the atmosphere was rendered even more elegant by a percussion band that played old standards. It was a wonderful event, and especially meaningful for those of us Ripplemakers who could not mark Mother’s Day with our moms. We are once again grateful to Julie and the amazing team of Little Mountain Place staff and volunteers who continue to share this event with us.

Serving Up Goodness at First Baptist

Tue, 20 Apr 2010 18:30:00 GMT

On April 13th, a small group of Ripple Effect volunteers spent the evening serving dinner to the homeless at First Baptist Church's shelter. Our volunteers were kept on their toes as they dished out a wonderful, savoury chicken dinner - complete with cake and ice cream - to over 120 guests. Some of the highlights of the evening for me were:

Tara – staying cool while serving from steaming pans of chicken

Melanie and Pauline – working together to quickly become the perfect salad and dressing team

Overall, it was a wonderful experience for everyone. I look forward to working with you again at future Ripple Effect Society events.

Cheers,
Celia

Olympic Welcoming Event

Mon, 15 Mar 2010 04:09:00 GMT

Welcoming the World to Vancouver, Ripple Effect Style.

A few eager beaver Ripple Effect members met at Mango Cafe downtown Vancouver on the first day of the Olympics to assist people new to downtown with directions and other friendly advice that was needed.

The number of people requiring assistance were few, but the activities this Ripple Effect group participated in were numerous and fun!

The highlights:

* visiting the Olympic torch!
* seeing the huge crowd lining up outside Hudson Bay to purchase Olympic gear
* watching the first brave soles flying above on the zip line. 3hour waiting line up and that was one the first day!
* being accosted by a group of wonderful Vancouverites that were offering "Free hugs and chocolate"
* learning the 'riots' where nothing but hype.
* seeing people enjoying the novelty of walking on the road along Robson St.

Each Ripple Effect member was able to assist at least SOMEONE with either directions, advice or taking photos of groups etc.

It was a fun morning, and while the crowds had yet to descend on the streets of downtown Vancouver, people were starting to get the feel that the Olympics "had arrived".

Welcome badges adorned, this Ripple Effect group had a great start to the Olympics.

Michael
President