Old School Community Gathering Place
7962 #7 Highway B0J2L0 Musquodoboit Harbour, NS, Canada

The latest Jude video covers two weeks, including prepping for a hurricane. Check It out! https://vimeo.com/460395398/e4acf29809

Tai Chi will start up at the Old School on September 16th! Registration is required, please contact us via messenger, at 902-889-2735 or at [email protected] to register or for more information. We're limiting class sizes to 10 people this year to allow for social distancing in the space.

We're excited to welcome back a new cohort of interns to the Old School! Check out some of the donations they are looking for to make the interns' space more welcoming and comfortable.

The Tri-County Vigil Committee is hosting their fourth annual Candlelight Vigil in Musquodoboit Harbour on September 13th @ 7 PM. The vigil will provide an opp...ortunity for everyone to come together and light up the community in memory of individuals who; due to the pain of living with mental illness and/or addiction, have ended their lives. By demonstrating our love, support, and concern, we hope to prevent any more of these tragic losses in our Eastern Shore Tri-county communities. When: Sunday September 13, 2020 @ 7 PM Where: Peace Park in Musquodoboit Harbour @ the Rink

New video from Jude! What to do with your garlic after harvesting! https://vimeo.com/450954290/a839d3dd2a

Several of you have asked how to find the videos we've been making with Jude Major. Here are all of them in one place! We will add more as the fall harvest proceeds and winter planting commences! #growourownfood #learningtogether Here are links to Jude's videos https://vimeo.com/426819207/bb1815b4b5 Planting with Jude: Tomatoes... https://vimeo.com/430215112/ab5661c1ee A Trip Through the Garden https://vimeo.com/434536151/020eaab932 Scapes https://vimeo.com/434547612/b9809c4049 Critters https://vimeo.com/440802602/b3dcaf5ea3 Maintaining a Garden, Pt. 1: Questions and Answers https://vimeo.com/440137191/25f97b71d3 Maintaining, Outdoors, Pt. 2 https://vimeo.com/444099679/7db496a912 Pruning the Garden https://vimeo.com/448188868/6a5fde2bbf Garlic Harvest!

Planting with Jude: Harvesting the Garlic! https://vimeo.com/448188868/6a5fde2bbf

Our 8 week Bereavement Group is back! See poster for contact details on registration. We will have three openings at The Old School for folks who cannot participate virtually.... With two facilitators and three participants, we will be practicing safe distancing. Masks are required!Sponsered by Eastern Shore Mental Health ( ESMH) and The Old School Community Gathering Place. See more

Applicants have until August 24 to apply!

Jude on Pruning: August 2020.

Many thanks to all who came to our first Zoom AGM! Here are the newly elected Board officers for 2020-21: Chair: Karen Bradley Vice-Chair: Wayne Collette Secretary: Marlene Knowles... Treasurer: Carole Jones ESMH: Anita Carter-Rose Community Garden: Jude Major Art Gallery: Gail Lambert, Karen Negus At-Large: Rosemary Walker, John Oosterhuis Special thanks to Jim Reid for the music today. Watch this FB page for all the upcoming events, programs, and community supports!

Please wear a non medical mask when coming to visit us! We are well stocked with non-medical masks that we can offer if you forgot yours home! Stay safe everyone!

Check out our new group Old School Youth Artists ! Featuring work by Eastern Shore Youth Artists!

Now taking candidates! Our second Youth Old School Community Gathering Place YESS Project is starting in September. If you are unemployed, not in school, and not in receipt of EI and are between the ages of 15- 30. Apply by August 24th!! This year we are only taking 8 interns, so apply soon. Please note this program will run pending funding. Email [email protected] with your resume, or expression of interest. You may also call 902-889-2735 Please Share!!

911 is operational again.

Calling all artists!

Planting with Jude: Critters in the Garden!! https://vimeo.com/434547612/b9809c4049

Planting with Jude: SCAPES! https://vimeo.com/434536151/020eaab932

We are slowly resuming some of our small groups that frequented our facility previously! We are taking groups of 10 persons or less. Our multipurpose room is 1024 square feet and our floors are now measured out as an easy guide to physical distancing. We have internet! We have Zoom! We have masks and hand sanitizer! New cleaning protocols, and barriers for our staff are being implemented. Please call if you have an inquiry 902-889-2735 or email [email protected]. We are navigating this new reality and looking forward to welcoming our community in our facility!

Garden Trip with Jude of the Musquodoboit Harbour Community Garden (June 17, 2020)!:

Update: A couple of things we are working on: We just attended an excellent presentation by Dr. Strang, Nova Scotia's Chief Medical Officer who gave a presentation to over 140 Non-profits through the newly formed NS Nonprofit COVID19 Coalition on Zoom- of which we are a member. Dr. Strang did a brief chat about our "new" Normal and answered many questions. We are preparing our facility to keep our community groups safe- many changes to come! If you have questions or inquiries we are still listening! : Email [email protected] or Call us 902-889-2735.

Planting with Jude: Tomato Excitement-Video up!! June 7th, 2020

Well we are getting much needed rain, which is exciting! and badly needed- however Tomato Excitement (!) filming will be moved to this Sunday June 7th. Look for Planting with Jude: Tomato (!) Excitement (!) uploaded Monday!

"Planting with Jude" Episode three is going to be filmed this Wednesday coming June 3rd - Topic this week: Tomato Excitement! Wee! Jude will talk about Tomato varieties and best tomato/tomato ownership.

Planting with Jude Episode 2: Garlic, Onions and One Hairy Carrot from Sunday May 24th, 2020 at the Musquodoboit Harbour Community Garden !

"Planting with Jude" Episode two is going to be filmed this Sunday May 24- uploading Monday / Tuesday all things going well! Topic this week: Planting Garlic, onions, and one hairy carrot at Musquodoboit Harbour Community Garden I have no idea what a hairy carrot is, so stay tuned for this elusive beast. Watch this space!!

Community Garden Project lead Jude Major with some gardening tips at the Musqudoboit Harbour Community Garden on Sunday May 17th!

We are going to try a livestream at the Community Garden this morning. If we cant livestream we will record but we are going to try it! Jude Major will be planting potatoes and prepping a new bed. Check back 11 or 11:15.

Hello! We are going to LIVESTREAM a community garden session with Jude Major this Sunday at around 11:15 AM. Jude will be planting potatoes and preparing a bed and we will all learn from her! So watch this page on Sunday, May 17! (The Old School moves online!!)

Although we are closed to the public- we do have staff now in house during regular business hours. We respond to email : [email protected] or you can call 902-889-2735. We are working on some future possibilities for the community, stay tuned for upcoming info!

At the end of March, the Old School received funding through the United Way Halifax's Atlantic Compassion Fund. We've been distributing comfort packages to people along the Eastern Shore and through the Musquodoboit Valley affected by Covid-19 and the associated shutdown. Packages include grocery and gas cards, cleaning and paper products, and non-perishables. Please contact us if you can make use of a package and pass along this information to others. You can private message us on FB, call us at 902-889-2735 or email us at [email protected] for more information or to arrange a pickup/drop-off. Our office is currently closed but we are checking voicemails and emails on a daily basis.

Mus Go Rider Cooperative is offering necessary trips as well as pharmacy and grocery deliveries free of charge during the SOE. Thank you MusGo!

Online peer mental health support available through Peer Support Nova Scotia.