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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

Active Page Article December, 2020

By |December 1st, 2020|Categories: Active Page Articles, Club News|

Galiano Club

By Jack Garton

Hello, and Happy New Year from the Galiano Club. As I write this, 2020 is coming to a close, and I am settling into my first few weeks as a new member of the Board of Directors of this great organization. It is an honour to help with this group that has been serving the Galiano community for almost 100 years. It is also an honour to work with such an accomplished Board! The experience, skill and attention brought to the table in service to Galiano is humbling.

Our community has been rocked this year by the many […]

The Galiano Club Logo

By |September 15th, 2020|Categories: History|

Logo - Illustration of South Hall with Vintage Truck

In the early 1980s, islander & artist, Keith Holmes, completed a series of ink drawings of old Galiano buildings which included the 1920’s-era Galiano Community Hall owned & managed by the Galiano Club. The Hall drawing, shown above, included a 1937 Chevy truck owned by Bruce Pearson.

All of the drawings were put up for sale except the Hall one with Keith keeping it for possible future use of the Club. In the 1990s, while serving as a Club […]

New School Garden Coordinator

By |July 6th, 2020|Categories: Club News, Food Program, School Projects|

We are happy to announce that we’ve hired Tricia Sharpe as our new School Garden Coordintor. Tricia has been facilitating workshops and coordinating programs for youth since 2001.

She majored in Anthropology at SFU, and completed her minor in Education during a 2006 field school in Punjab, India. Her experience growing food and flowers has evolved over the years through many courses and workshops, including a Permaculture Design Certification, Linda Gilkeson’s Year Round Harvest course, and an internship at the Mason Street City Farm. For the last three years, Tricia and her partner have been working on intensive […]

Community Hall Historic Photo #2

By |May 27th, 2020|Categories: History|

By Allan Forget

A second framed ‘historic’ photo hangs in the Galiano Community Hall kitchen and is therefore less visible, less  known. It contains no date, no notes, and seems to record a public meeting–a good number of men and women seated on wood chairs–in the main Hall. From the dress of the individuals it was guessed the time period to be the 1950s. It has also been assumed that this is another photo by islander, Donald New.

Mr. New (1895-1988) was an amateur island photographer. His photo collection contains many depicting Galiano Club events, activities in the Community Hall. […]

A bit of history …

By |May 22nd, 2020|Categories: Club News, History|

by Allan Forget

(May 29, 1929 original photo by Donald New; this copy by Keir Briscoe)

Just over 91 yrs ago our Galiano Community Hall was officially opened with a formal dance organized by the Galiano Club which was presided over by a visiting BC Lieutenant Governor. (This event was duly reported on by the Sidney Review, an area weekly newspaper; many of the details come from that source. )

The Galiano Club had come into being in Dec.1924, held its first AGM in January of the following year. One of the Club’s primary objectives was to “build a […]

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