Getting SMART with rock star habits

Getting SMART with rock star habits

Wearing his favourite checkered socks and his best pair of blue jeans, Dustin Hogan, a professional speaker and trainer joined the Wednesday English Conversation Class on March 7 to inspire us to set SMART (specific, measureable, articulate, realistic, and timely)...
Social inclusion: Masi’s story

Social inclusion: Masi’s story

Neighbourhood houses are known as places to connect, volunteer, and become involved in the community. Many people do not realize the important work that neighbourhood houses do to help people feel a sense of belonging. This is known as social inclusion, and is...
Feeding a community: Insights into Mount Pleasant’s food programs

Feeding a community: Insights into Mount Pleasant’s food programs

It’s Not Just About the Food! Like many new immigrants, Aya* found the process of adjusting to her new life in Vancouver difficult and lonely. That is, until she found her way to the Cooking Club program at Mount Pleasant Neighbourhood House (MPNH). Through...
Miracles happen at our House: Children’s Birthday Miracles

Miracles happen at our House: Children’s Birthday Miracles

Shivani Mysuria is the founder of Children’s Birthday Miracles (CBM) here at Mount Pleasant Neighbourhood House, who studies science at UBC. “Coming from an immigrant family myself,” Shivani says, “My family was not financially able to throw...
Celebrating 40 years as neigbhours

Celebrating 40 years as neigbhours

Hundreds of people gathered under our roof on the tenth of May to celebrate the 40th Anniversary of Mount Pleasant Neighbourhood House. From seniors like George Jolly who was part of the neighbourhood in the 1970’s, to new parents swaddling our tiniest community...