In the Community

Baby's First Year at Coquitlam's Place Maillardville community centre boasts a line-up of expert guest speakers for its free drop-in program for moms, dads and grandparents with babies up to 12 months of age.

Do you have an interest and/or experience in raising a food garden? Do you feel comfortable working with school-age kids? If so, then become an Inspiration Garden volunteer and mentor.

You can celebrate all things Polish on May 29 in Port Coquitlam with the Polonez Tri-City Polish Association. From 12:30 to 6 p.m.

For kids, putting on PJ's means bedtime. At Port Coquitlam's Terry Fox Library, it also means storytime. The library offers evening storytimes for pre-school children and their families on the first Wednesday of every month.

If you have kids, you are likely concerned about their health. And next week, you can get information on that topic at the Tri-Cities Healthy Kids Fair in Coquitlam.

Burke Mountain Naturalists are known for their commitment green causes and, on the Riverview Hospital grounds, they've frequently hosted walks to show of the site's impressive collection of trees.

United Way of the Lower Mainland is encouraging the public to submit videos for the 2011 Care to Change Video Competition.

The 10th annual Walk For Lupus will be held across Canada in May and, in Port Coquitlam, the ninth annual event - the Walk for Steph - is set for May 1.

Don Knodel has never actually hugged a polar bear but anyone that has seen the new commercial for the all-electric Nissan Leaf might be fooled.

The Port Moody Ecological Society is in urgent need of buckets for this year's Fingerling Festival on May 7 and is asking the community to help.