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NEST: Woven Futures is a collectively governed non-profit society dedicated to nurturing intergenerational communities through education, carework, and the restoration of meaningful relationships with the land.

10/28/2026

Fairytales for All! Storytime and Family Freestore + Swap ✨

Come through for a sweet storytime with our wonderful librarian, and stay for some tea, snacks, and sharing! This is a family-centred mutual aid space for sharing resources, connection, and care. 🌱

The free store is open for anyone who needs it—no referral, no eligibility, and no expectation to give in return. Freestore items are contributed by community members and organized with care, and families are welcome to take what supports them and their household. If you’re able, you’re also invited to contribute gently used or new items to help keep resources circulating. This is a space of dignity, reciprocity, and collective support—where we care for one another by sharing what we have. 🌈

All are welcome. Bring your hand-me-downs, your gently used postpartum and pregnancy gear, preloved toys, books, and family items you no longer need. Bring your kiddos, your neighbours, your friends—come as you are. Take what supports you, share what you can, and be part of a mutual aid space rooted in community care, dignity, and reciprocity. ❤️

Additional resources available include:
Healthcare, legal, and housing systems navigation available. Doula care and perinatal education. Community resources and referrals.

Friday 30th October
1:00-3:00
Harbourfront Library, Nanaimo, Snuneymuxw territory. 🌟

10/22/2026

Just a quick note to let you know that there will be no drop-in tomorrow as the team is all a bit under the weather! We can't wait to see you next Friday for Fairytale's For All though, same time same place!

10/14/2026

We are back with the outreach tent this Friday!

☕️ Come and have some tea with us and sit for awhile. Wonderful Elder Glida will be there offering cultural supports, and our doula's and outreach workers will also be there to help answer questions around being pregnant, parenting, or other things up might want support navigating. Of course we will also have snacks and hand me downs for you and your kids. Kids very welcome!

Find us in Diana Krall Plaza out front of VI Regional Library Nanaimo Harbourfront!

Friday 16th October
1 - 3pm

10/07/2026

This week with In Good Hands:

Friday 9th October
1 - 3pm
VI Regional Library Nanaimo Harbourfront (upstairs!)

All are welcome at this community drop in for pregnant and parenting folks looking for community and support. No referral needed, just pop by to have some tea and snacks with us! We are there to answer questions, help you find resources, navigate systems that are hard to understand or scary, share our hand me downs, or to be a listening ear.

Children absolutely welcome! Harm reduction oriented, trauma informed, come as you are 🌿

10/03/2026

Our first In Good Hands: Perinatal Community Care Project outreach tent is complete! 🌱

We are grateful to have spent time in community offering low-barrier perinatal and parenting support, Elder-led cultural connection, doula care, systems navigation, harm reduction care, hand-me-downs, kiddo toys, practical resources, tasty snacks, and a warm place to connect over tea. 🌸

This is just the beginning of bringing In Good Hands care directly into community—meeting pregnant, postpartum, and parenting people where they are, with dignity, warmth, and without judgement. 💛

If you see us out and about in the future, please feel welcome to stop by! 🌈

10/02/2026

IN GOOD HANDS: OUTREACH TENT

Come by and spend some time with us tomorrow, Friday, October 2nd, from 1:00–3:00 PM outside the Harbourfront Library in Nanaimo.

Elder Glida of Tla’amin Nation will be joining us, offering cedar brushing, cultural support, connection, and care.

Our In Good Hands team will also be available for:

• Drop-in doula care
• Perinatal education and parenting support
• Healthcare and social service systems navigation
• Harm reduction supplies
• Community referrals and resources
• Tea, snacks + family hand-me-downs

This is a free, low-barrier, harm reduction–oriented space for pregnant, postpartum and parenting people, families, and community members. Come for support, connect with an Elder, have some tea, ask questions, or simply spend some time with us.

All are welcome. No referral or appointment needed.

Outside Harbourfront Library, Nanaimo
Friday, October 2nd
1:00–3:00 PM

Hosted by NEST: Woven Futures through our In Good Hands: Perinatal Community Care Project.

Please share with anyone who might appreciate some care, connection, or community.

09/29/2026

Here’s what is happening in October with In Good Hands 🍂

Join us this month for In Good Hands: Perinatal Community Care Project, a low-barrier, harm reduction–oriented space for pregnant people, parents, families, and community. Access to social navigation supports, doula care, and community referrals available at all events.

We’ll be gathering at the Nanaimo Harbourfront Library on Fridays from 1:00–3:00 PM for:

☕️ Friday, October 2
In Good Hands Outreach Tent
If the weather is dry we will be outside with warm drinks and snacks, and will be joined by Elder Glida from Tla’amin Nation offering care and cultural supports. We invite people to come in, connect, and share in teachings about babies, parenting, and this important transition. If it is bad weather, find us upstairs! Access to social navigation supports, doula care, and community referrals available.

🍂 Friday, October 9
Drop-In Doula Care, Parenting Support, + Systems Navigation
Join us upstairs in the library to chat with doulas and support workers. This is a judgement free space where you can ask questions, find resources, and make community. Drinks + snacks provided, hand me downs available, babies and kids welcome.
Access to social navigation supports, doula care, and community referrals available.

☕️ Friday, October 16
In Good Hands Outreach Tent
If the weather is dry we will be outside with warm drinks and snacks, and will be joined by Elder Glida from Tla’amin Nation offering care and cultural supports. We invite people to come in, connect, and share in teachings about babies, parenting, and this important transition. If it is bad weather, find us upstairs! Access to social navigation supports, doula care, and community referrals available.

🍂 Friday October 30
Fairytales for All! Storytime + Family Freestore
Drop in for stories, connection, and our family freestore. Families are welcome to take what they need, share what they can, or simply come spend some time together.
Access to social navigation supports, doula care, and community referrals available.

All are welcome. No referral required. Come as you are. Gatherings are community-centred and harm reduction oriented, with space for connection, cultural teachings, mutual aid, and support.

Nanaimo Library — Harbourfront
1:00–3:00 PM, Fridays
Hosted by NEST: Woven Futures on Snuneymuxw territory

09/25/2026

WE HAVE MOVED INSIDE DUE TO WIND -- ALL PROGRAMMING IS STILL AVAILABLE

Our outreach tent is not yet wind proof -- considering such, and due to the weather, we have elected to move indoors to our regular meeting space, upstairs in large meeting room at the Harbourfront Library.

All programming still applies! Come by and spend some time with us, today, from 1:00–3:00 PM outside the Harbourfront Library in Nanaimo.

Elder Glida of Tla’amin Nation will be joining us, offering cedar brushing, cultural support, connection, and care.

Our In Good Hands team will also be available for:

• Drop-in doula care
• Perinatal education and parenting support
• Healthcare and social service systems navigation
• Harm reduction supplies
• Community referrals and resources
• Tea, snacks + family hand-me-downs

This is a free, low-barrier, harm reduction–oriented space for pregnant, postpartum and parenting people, families, and community members. Come for support, connect with an Elder, have some tea, ask questions, or simply spend some time with us.

All are welcome. No referral or appointment needed.

Upstairs, Large Meeting Room, at the Harbourfront Library.
Friday, September 25
1:00–3:00 PM

Hosted by
NEST: Woven Futures through our In Good Hands: Perinatal Community Care Project.

Please share with anyone who might appreciate some care, connection, or community.

09/24/2026

Introducing, the IN GOOD HANDS: OUTREACH TENT

Come by and spend some time with us tomorrow, Friday, September 25th, from 1:00–3:00 PM outside the Harbourfront Library in Nanaimo.

Elder Glida of Tla’amin Nation will be joining us, offering cedar brushing, cultural support, connection, and care.

Our In Good Hands team will also be available for:

• Drop-in doula care
• Perinatal education and parenting support
• Healthcare and social service systems navigation
• Harm reduction supplies
• Community referrals and resources
• Tea, snacks + family hand-me-downs

This is a free, low-barrier, harm reduction–oriented space for pregnant, postpartum and parenting people, families, and community members. Come for support, connect with an Elder, have some tea, ask questions, or simply spend some time with us.

All are welcome. No referral or appointment needed.

Outside Harbourfront Library, Nanaimo
Friday, September 25
1:00–3:00 PM

Hosted by NEST: Woven Futures through our In Good Hands: Perinatal Community Care Project.

Please share with anyone who might appreciate some care, connection, or community.

09/18/2026

TODAY, 1:00-3:00 at the DOWNTOWN NANAIMO LIBRARY: Fairytales for All! Storytime and Family Freestore + Swap ✨

A family-centred mutual aid space for sharing resources, connection, and care. 🌱

Families are invited to drop in and take part in a shared mutual aid space grounded in community care. The free store is open for anyone who needs it—no referral, no eligibility, and no expectation to give in return. Freestore items are contributed by community members and organized with care, and families are welcome to take what supports them and their household. If you’re able, you’re also invited to contribute gently used or new items to help keep resources circulating. This is a space of dignity, reciprocity, and collective support—where we care for one another by sharing what we have. 🌈

All are welcome. Bring your hand-me-downs, your gently used postpartum and pregnancy gear, preloved toys, books, and family items you no longer need. Bring your kiddos, your neighbours, your friends—come as you are. Take what supports you, share what you can, and be part of a mutual aid space rooted in community care, dignity, and reciprocity. ❤️

Address

Nanaimo, BC

Website

https://www.nestwovenfutures.ca/

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