Food Program
The Galiano Community Food Program works to build community and food security on our small island. We hold community potlucks, weekly Soup and Bread lunches and monthly Games Nights, plus organize Gleaning, Frozen Meals for Seniors, a Garlic Coop, Cheese Club, Workshops, School Garden Programs and much more.
Club Parks & Programs
The Galiano Club owns and maintains the South Community Hall, as well as over 830 acres of parkland on Galiano Island, British Columbia, Canada including Bluffs Park, Mount Galiano and the Community Forest. The Club runs the Community Food Program, is the home of the Galiano Players Theatre, hosts the Annual Blackberry Festival and Christmas Market. The Galiano Club was founded in 1924.
Community Hall
The Hall is a hub of the Galiano community and many of our local events are held there on an ongoing basis. It is also a favourite place for concerts, dances, weddings, plays, exhibitions, lectures, etc. The kitchen has convection ovens, industrial sinks, counters and cupboards and all manner of conveniences, and we’re quite proud of it.
Community Hall
The Hall is a hub of the Galiano community and many of our local events are held there on an ongoing basis. It is also a favourite place for concerts, dances, weddings, plays, exhibitions, lectures, etc. The kitchen has convection ovens, industrial sinks, counters and cupboards and all manner of conveniences, and we’re quite proud of it.
Club Parks & Programs
The Galiano Club owns and maintains the South Community Hall, as well as over 830 acres of parkland on Galiano Island, British Columbia, Canada including Bluffs Park, Mount Galiano and the Community Forest. The Club runs the Community Food Program, is the home of the Galiano Players Theatre, hosts the Annual Blackberry Festival and Christmas Market. The Galiano Club was founded in 1924.
Food Program
The Galiano Community Food Program works to build community and food security on our small island. We hold community potlucks, weekly Soup and Bread lunches and monthly Games Nights, plus organize Gleaning, Frozen Meals for Seniors, a Garlic Coop, Cheese Club, Workshops, School Garden Programs and much more.
Latest Blog Posts
A Hall Opens…
By Allan Forget
(with notes from the archives of the Galiano Club & the Sidney Review.)
Photo by Mr. Donald New
Ninety-two years ago this month an event was held that is considered to be the “official opening” of the building we now know as the Galiano Community Hall.
The Galiano Club was founded in December, 1924. One of the Club’s main objectives was “to build a public hall”. Construction of such a building began the following year on land donated by Mr. Stanley Page; it was ready for occupancy by 1926.
Early in 1929 the BC Lieutenant Governor, His Honour, R.Randolph Bruce, accepted an […]
The Bluffs: Notes
by Allan Forget
The Bluffs was created in 1948 as a result of a land donation by Mr. & Mrs. Max Enke and by the financial donation of several dozen islanders. The Galiano Club accepted title to the 139 ha of land in October of that year. In 1951 a Deed of Trust was signed setting out just how the Bluffs was to be managed. This Deed was amended by the Club in 1988 re-designating the land as a Nature Protection Area. The Galiano Club continues to manage the Bluffs, on behalf of our island community, to this day.
In the early […]
Active Page Article June, 2021
Galiano Club Update, June 2021
By Jack Garton
The summer is opening its door, and by the time of this publication we will have enjoyed some of its warm welcome. Hot spring days are a wonderful thing. The feeling of warmth on our skin, the smell of life everywhere, colours bursting from trees and flowers; a sweet relaxation starts to take over.
However, before long, the reverie includes hopes for rain and fear of another dangerous wildfire season. As someone who prefers warm sun, there’s an unease underneath these sunny days. Maybe even a tiny bit of guilt for enjoying the heat. No, […]
A Bit of Club History
There is a framed hanging on one of the Galiano Community Hall walls which displays a long list of beautifully inscribed names in–troduced with, “Galiano Club Charter Members for the Year Nineteen Hundred and Twenty Five”. Lots here is of interest to me. Most of these family names are quickly recognizable—Bell–house, Burrill, Georgeson, Morgan, Murcheson, Page, Twiss—to mention just a few. The names are part of my island neighbour–hood geography. Their descendants are amongst us; some con–tinue the tradition […]
Active Page Article May, 2021
Galiano Club AGM
While we hope that everyone is enjoying the spring and spending time outside, alas COVID 19 is still with us and this year’s Galiano Club AGM will be on Zoom, scheduled for May 30. If you would like to vote on any of our resolutions, contribute to the discussions, or get familiar with the many ways in which the Club stewards its lands and assists the community on Galiano, put it in your calendar! To vote in the AGM, all you need to do is renew your membership for 2021 at galianoclub.org/about/membership. It costs $10 for the year […]