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Humans of the West End: Stephanie

Stephanie’s dad moved to the West End during WWII, he worked for years at the harbour which is one of the reasons why she likes living near the bay. Since she moved to her current apartment, a seagull visits her…

Humans of the West End: Bonnie

Bonnie used to have a business collecting pottery and she had whole shelves covered with it. To this day her collection continues to grow as she participates in the West End Pottery Club and assists to all the shows. However,…

The 2nd Annual Community GBQ

Last month, we transformed our front mini-plaza into a festive community BBQ full of amazing sights, sounds, and hickory sweet aromas for all to enjoy. Over 150 neighbours, members, volunteers, donors and partners were invited to fill their stomachs with…

Pride Community Block Party

The days and weeks leading up to Vancouver’s annual Pride Parade are always packed with events full of fabulous fun! To join in the celebration and festivities, we hosted the Absolutely Fabulous Neighbourhood Pride Plaza Party on July 22nd. West…

Urban Farming

  Summer’s just around the corner, which means we are fully immersed in the growing season! Our Farmer Joey and her garden volunteers have been busy planting at our 3 urban farm sites and 10 public herb boxes.   Urban Farm…

Holiday HoHoHoDown

  With the support of some West End Elves, Gordon Neighbourhood House will be hosting our first annual Holiday HoHoHoDown. Join us on Thursday, December 20th from 6:30 – 9:30pm for an evening of food, drink and holiday cheer. Take an Insta worthy…

Volunteer Appreciation

On November 1st we held our annual volunteer appreciation event to thank all the community members who dedicate their time and their skill set’s to ensuring Gordon Neighbourhood House is an asset to the West End. Volunteers came out from across all…

New Programs

Cozy Corners is a new morning program on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 10am-11.30am upstairs in the Atrium of Gordon House. This program aims to provide a space where people from the community can come to warm up with a hot…

Food Fiesta Success!

On August 12th the West End Food Series hosted the Food Fiesta, a one day food festival at Gordon House. 31 attendees, 6 volunteers, 4 facilitators, and 3 staff members came together for a day of learning, dialogue, social connection…

Season of Bounty: Urban Farm Update

Check out the picture of this huge 4.2 pound siu choy (yes, that’s one individual plant) that we harvested from the garden last week! Siu choy is an Asian vegetable that is in the same family as bok choy. It’s…