Community

The Salvation Army in Williams Lake is in dire need of volunteers to help make up food hampers.

“Giving isn’t about getting, it’s about seeing the smile on someone’s face and knowing you helped put it there” is one of the sentiments that spurred Mountview elementary’s Grade 6 students to enter the first annual Starlight Children’s Foundation national art project.

Charlotte Lundeen plays the ukulele at a ukulele workshop, led by Mike Butterfield, at the arts and culture centre Sunday afternoon.

The Cariboo Friendship Centre’s Choices for Youth program has undergone a transformation over the past year.

Making a traditional hand drum is a keystone of the Cariboo Friendship Centre’s Choices Boo-Maga program.

Emma Jarvis (left) and Anna Tresierra are among a group of girls participating in the Cariboo Friendship Centre’s Choices, Rights of Passage program.

Dozens of people, including Shane Volkmann and his son Kristian, 7 (in front), took part in the Walk for Autism Awareness on Saturday, April 2 — World Autism Awareness Day.

Williams Lake and British Columbia lost one of its leading historians over the weekend. Irene Florence (Ward) Stangoe passed away in Williams Lake April 2, 2011 at the age of 92. Irene was born Aug. 12, 1918 in New Westminster to Eveline and Alvera Ward.

Judy Campbell, CEO of Barkerville Historic Town (left) and Sue Morhun, president of the board, give a presentation at the TDC Friday about improvements made to Barkerville and further upcoming projects.

The Williams Lake Bankers’ Variety show celebrates its 25th anniversary April 16.