by Jennifer van Gennip | Apr 22, 2017 | Uncategorized
Today, for Earth Day, we have an insightful guest post by 17 year old Elijah Kent, a multi-talented scholar, athlete, and musician and all-around good guy. If you recognize his last name, it’s because he’s Tim and Rhonda’s eldest son. ...
by Jennifer van Gennip | Mar 8, 2017 | Uncategorized
Everyone wears glasses. These aren’t reading glasses, or bifocals, or Ray Bans that I’m talking about. I mean the glasses through which we view the world. Sometimes they’re rose coloured. Sometimes bleak and grey. Sometimes...
by Jennifer van Gennip | Feb 8, 2017 | Uncategorized
This month we have a guest post by one of our volunteers, Bernadette Gerrish. Bea has written about her experience helping out with Redwood Park Communities. I am a volunteer for Redwood Park Communities and I also donate my time to The Salvation Army at the...
by Jennifer van Gennip | Jan 21, 2017 | Uncategorized
Have you ever heard of the broken window effect? There’s this theoretical neighbourhood–it’s clean and pretty and everyone’s friendly. But then, through some accident, a window gets broken. It’s just a little crack,...
by Jennifer van Gennip | Nov 25, 2016 | Uncategorized
Written by Rhonda Kent. Photo credit May Borchert. Each November for the last few years, Dani Strong has put on a concert to benefit Redwood Park Communities. And at each concert she has asked me to stand up and say a few words about what it is that we do at Redwood....
