AbeBooks at Woodwynn Farms
Yesterday, the folks in the AbeBooks marketing department spent the day working at Woodwynn Farms – a project designed to tackle homelessness on Vancouver Island.
In their words….“Woodwynn Farms is a therapeutic community for the homeless, offering an opportunity to change peoples’ lives with educational and work programmes based on responsibility, dignity, independence and the principles of peer-to-peer help.”
The farm itself is about 20 km from our office in a beautiful part of the Saanich Peninsula. There’s a sea view in one direction and a view of roaming countryside in the other. The farm needs a lot of updating and our task was to repaint the exterior of a large barn. Founder and Executive Director Richard LeBlanc has long-term plans to grow organic produce but there is still much work to be done before it becomes a fully functioning farm where homeless people can become involved in a viable business.
It was a good day – the sun shone and the barn was painted. Thanks to Richard for this opportunity and it will be interesting to see how this project develops. The farm is still looking for donations and volunteers – perhaps you can help.
(By the way, the dog is not a member of the marketing department)
A great looking bunch of people!
And the dog is a looker too.