December 12th Newsletter

News from NOW Lunenburg County View this email in your browser Youth: Lighting the Way NOW MEETS 1.4 People gathered on December 4th  at the Mahone Bay Centre to discuss opportunities for youth in Lunenburg County. Junior Achievement students, Megan Joudrey, Fernanda Cano, and Sonnie Desbiensin introduced  their company, Lighting the Way. Their business focus is on youth market research. The purpose is to enrich the community by surveying youth and completing a report to sell to businesses. The students were joined by their Junior Achievement mentor, Patrick Henry from the LaHave Credit Union. Do you have a question you would be interested in having the group survey? You can connect with the group onFacebook or email them at lightingthewayja@gmail.com A special thank you to Wile's Lake Farm Market for sponsoring the evening. Watch the slideshow from the event on our website.   Communities: The fight to save rural communities in Nova Scotia Watch CBC's Land and Sea report featuring Lunenburg County Original air date Nov. 30, 2014 Project Announcements  The 15th Annual Atlantic Conference on Public Administration (ACPA) will be held at the Lord Nelson Hotel on January 29 and 30, 2015.  This year’s theme is Models for Success: Leading in Atlantic Canada.  The objective will be to create a learning environment that encourages conference participants to reflect on their role in leading innovative and transformation growth within their own areas of influence.  We expect that participants will leave with concrete ideas for development in Atlantic Canada.  For more information see their website at www.acpa-caap.ca DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY MINI LAW SCHOOL PUBLIC LECTURES   Joins with “LUNENBURG COUNTY UNIVERSITY PROJECT” to discuss the many ways law enters our lives. The following topics will be presented at the Dalhousie Schulich Law School and simultaneously, via video conference, at the Nova Scotia Community College, Bridgewater, room B207 at 7pm. Hosted in Bridgewater by Michael Power QC.       Jan. 28/15 Jocelyn Downie – Developments in Assisted Death     Feb. 25/15 Diana Ginn – Law & Religion     Mar. 25/15 Faye Woodman – Wills     Apr. 22/15 Donna Franey & Megan Deveaux Residential Tenancies Act Please note that Mini Law lecture topics are subject to change. Lectures begin at 7 pm  in Halifax at 6061 UNIVERSITY AVE ROOM 104; DAL.CA/LAW and at NSCC, BRIDGEWATER, room B207.  For Bridgewater information contact michael@lawpower.ca or keith.sullivan37@gmail.com Want to learn more about NOW LC ? Read our updated Concept Document and Evaluation Summary. We continue to refine, rework and redesign!  Find out more about the projects and follow our blog on the NOW Lunenburg County news page. Ring out the old, ring in the new, Ring, happy bells, across the snow: The year is going, let him go; Ring out the false, ring in the true. - Alfred Lord Tennyson   For more information and to get involved, visit the website. Best regards, Elspeth McLean Wile, Lynn Hennigar, Michael Belliveau, Paul Belliveau, Wayne Fulcher and Tim Merry NOW go do something! Forward Share Tweet Share +1 Copyright © *|CURRENT_YEAR|* *|LIST:COMPANY|*, All rights reserved. *|IFNOT:ARCHIVE_PAGE|* *|LIST:DESCRIPTION|* Our mailing address is: *|HTML:LIST_ADDRESS_HTML|* *|END:IF|* unsubscribe from this list    update subscription preferences  *|IF:REWARDS|* *|HTML:REWARDS|* *|END:IF|*