Good Neighbour Kitsilano, Kitsilano, Vancouver, BC (2026)

12/02/2025

🍪🎄 Join the Good Neighbour Holiday Cookie Campaign! 🎄🍪

For the past six years, we’ve been spreading warmth and kindness by baking and sharing delicious holiday cookies with our neighbors. This season, take the pledge to participate and help us make a difference in our community!

How to Join:

✅Sign Up: Pledge to bake and deliver cookies by signing up here: https://forms.gle/qqmrvoNMUMh12T9G9

✅Get Equipped: Upon signing up, you’ll receive helpful instructions, resources, and tips.

✅Bake with Love: Whip up a batch of your favorite holiday cookies! 🍪✨

✅Add a Personal Touch: Write a cheerful note with a friendly message and your name/contact information.

✅Spread the Joy: Deliver your cookies to at least 3 neighbors on your block, in your building, or on your apartment floor (or more if you're feeling generous!).

✅Connect and Share: Knock on their doors for a friendly chat, or leave the cookies at their doorstep. Don’t forget to capture the memories! Share your photos and stories using the hashtag 📸

Let’s fill this holiday season with kindness and sweetness! Ready to make a difference? Sign up today! 💫

10/17/2025

🌟 Celebrating the 2025 Connect & Prepare: Block Connector Cohort 🌟

WHO is in your emergency preparedness kit?

Earlier this year, a group of neighbours came together to make Kitsilano more connected, caring, and prepared — starting right where they live. The Block Connector Cohort members received a customized Connect and Prepare training to bring their neighbours together and develop shared emergency preparedness plans for their building or block.

Over the course of 6 months, 12 amazing volunteer Block Connectors worked across 7 apartment buildings and city blocks in Kitsilano (and Fairview!) to strengthen neighbour-to-neighbour connections and improve shared emergency preparedness — one hello, one chat, one BBQ, one block party at a time. 400+ residents were reached across 7 apartment buildings and city blocks with over 100 neighbours actively participating through events, info-sharing, and peer-to-peer support. While each project was tailored to the unique context of the block, they all shared the common goal of strengthening social connections and building trust, increasing awareness and local capacity to respond together in times of crisis. There were, predictably, a few challenges: lack of trust, limited engagement, lack of strata/management support, and physical design limitations. Nevertheless, the Good Neighbour Cohort has achieved some remarkable outcomes:

- Strengthened neighbour-to-neighbour connections and trust
- Increased awareness about emergency preparedness through education and resource sharing
- Established neighbour-to-neighbour communication systems (WhatsApp groups, printed contact lists)
- Created practical preparedness tools like HELP/OK window signs, Grab & Go checklists, and a Handbook for Emergencies
- Strengthened collaboration between residents, building management, and community emergency partners

The Good Neighbour Connect & Prepare: Block Connector Cohort demonstrated just what could be possible when neighbours step up to lead community resilience from the ground up - because in an emergency, your first responder is your neighbour!

We extend our deepest gratitude to our community partners, without whom this work would not be possible: Building Resilient Neighbourhoods, Kitsilano Neighbourhood House, and the Tamarack Institute with the generous support of Gore Mutual Foundation.

06/19/2025

✨ Meet the 2025 Connect & Prepare Block Connector Cohort! ✨

We just kicked off our first session with this amazing group of neighbours who are stepping up to build stronger, more connected, and more prepared communities—starting right in their apartment buildings or blocks. 🏘️💛

Joined by the incredible facilitator, Ame-Lia Tamburrini from our partner organization, Building Resilient Neighbourhoods, we learnt about the importance of social connectedness for emergency preparedness, shared our visions for a resilient neighbourhood and practical ideas for bringing neighbours together around the common goal. We began planning small but powerful actions to connect with neighbours and prepare together!

We can’t wait to see what this inspiring cohort will do next. Stay tuned for updates of the amazing community-building work ahead! 💬🏘️

Interested in getting involved by connecting with your neighbours and co-creating emergency plan together? We have one spot open to join the cohort!

Good Neighbour Kitsilano is an independently organized, volunteer-run grassroots group, brought to you by your neighbours, in partnership with Building Resilient Neighbourhoods and Kitsilano Neighbourhood House. Good Neighbour Kitsilano is a member of Communities Building Belonging, Tamarack Institute for Community Engagement.

The Good Neighbour Kitsilano Connect and Prepare Block Connector Cohort Program is made possible through the Collaborative Partnership Grant in partnership with Tamarack Institute, funded by the Gore Mutual Foundation. https://goodneighbourkitsilano.ca/

05/13/2025

🏡Do you know your neighbours? Are you prepared for emergencies?

When disaster strikes—whether it’s a power outage, a heatwave, or something more serious—knowing your neighbours isn’t just helpful, it can save lives.

Let’s get prepared, together. 🧡 Join the 2025 Connect & Prepare Block Connector Cohort, and help us build a more connected, caring and resilient community—starting right in your apartment building or your block, to make sure no one is left behind !

Good Neighbour Kitsilano is partnering with Building Resilient Neighbourhoods to deliver the innovative Connect & Prepare Block Connector program in our community. This hands-on program that empowers you and your neighbours to lead emergency preparedness planning right where you live. You’ll get tools, training, and a $100 microgrant to bring your neighbours together, build a shared emergency plan, and connect with the community and government partners.

What does the Connect & Prepare Block Connector Program involve?

✔️ 4 interactive gatherings (June–October)
✔️ Training and coaching
✔️Tools, resources & Block Connector Kit
✔️ $100 microgrant to bring neighbours together
✔️ A network of local changemakers

Learn more and apply by May 25!

🔗 https://goodneighbourkitsilano.ca/block-connector-program

Questions? Email [email protected]

Good Neighbour Kitsilano is an independently organized, volunteer-run grassroots group, brought to you by your neighbours, in partnership with Building Resilient Neighbourhoods and Kitsilano Neighbourhood House. Good Neighbour Kitsilano is a member of Communities Building Belonging, Tamarack Institute for Community Engagement. Learn more at https://goodneighbourkitsilano.ca/

04/08/2025

Back by popular demand! 🙌 On May 7, Good Neighbour Kitsilano is hosting a FREE Emergency Preparedness event - Grab and Go Bag Workshop! 🎒

A Grab & Go Bag is a small emergency kit that's easy to take with you, in case you need to leave right away during an emergency event, and is the first step in your emergency preparedness plan! At the workshop, you will learn about the importance of a Grab & Go Bag, what you should include in it and why (you will be surprised!). You will receive a curated checklist and a FREE gift bag with some essential items to include in your own Grab & Go Bag! You will also learn about our new community emergency preparedness initiative - Connect and Prepare Block Connector Program aimed at strengthening neighbourly connections and preparing for emergencies together. Because knowing your neighbours is an essential part of any emergency preparedness effort! 🏘👫💙

📅 Wednesday, May 7
⏰ Doors: 6pm, Workshop: 6:30pm-8pm
📍 Kitsilano Neighbourhood House, 2305 W. 7th Avenue

Spaces are limited. Register on Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/good-neighbour-grab-go-bag-workshop-and-connect-and-prepare-info-session-tickets-1316587782499?aff=oddtdtcreator

Questions? Email [email protected]
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The project is made possible through the Neighbourhood Small Grants (NSG) program, funded by the Vancouver Foundation, and administered by Kitsilano Neighbourhood House for the West Side community.

Good Neighbour Kitsilano is an independently organized, volunteer-run grassroots group, brought to you by your neighbours, in partnership with Building Resilient Neighbourhoods and Kitsilano Neighbourhood House.

Good Neighbour Kitsilano is a member of Communities Building Belonging, Tamarack Institute for Community Engagement.

Learn more at https://goodneighbourkitsilano.ca/ 🧡

12/27/2024

The Good Neighbour Kitsilano Holiday Cookie Campaign 2024.🏡🎄🍪 The idea was simple: bake cookies and share them with your neighbours! Thank you to all of the 20 amazing volunteers who helped spread Holiday cheer while creating neighbourly connections that will carry on beyond the Holiday season. Thank you to Kitsilano Neighbourhood House for making this project possible!

The Good Neighbour volunteers, aged from 0.5-90 years old, came together with their partners, children, grandchildren, senior parents, and families to bake cookies. From classic chocolate chip and sugar cookies, festive ginger snaps and snickerdoodles, to exquisite matcha pistachio white chocolate, volunteers put a lot of love and care into preparing a festive treat for their neighbours. After carefully packaging the treats and signing cards with a Holiday greeting, they knocked on their neighbours’ doors to deliver Holiday cheer! Needless to say, everyone was pleased to receive such an unexpected surprise. The Good Neighbour volunteers share how a simple kind gesture of connection can create a meaningful impact:

🍪A neighbour I had seen at least half a dozen times and he always had a furrowed brow and looked stressed. When I handed him the cookies, he broke out into a huge grin - it was the first time I had ever seen him smile!

🍪 When I shared the baked goods with one neighbour, she commented how grateful she is to receive homemade treats. Her husband passed away in the fall, and she said these small gestures mean a lot to her.

🍪 An elderly woman shared that she was alone and lonely so we invited her to join us for the Kits House potluck.

🍪 It was a great opportunity to teach my daughter about giving back and how great that can feel too! On a wet winter day, people seemed really cheered to see us and receive a cookie with nothing else in exchange!

🍪 I remember my mom taking me to share treats with our neighbours during Holidays, when I was a kid. It means a lot to continue this tradition with my son.

While the Good Neighbour Holiday Cookies Campaign has come to an end, acts of kindness and connections can happen any time of the year! Discover ideas and resources on how to connect with your neighbours at goodneighbourkitsilano.ca 🏡💕

11/19/2024

🍪🎄💕 For the past five years, we have been baking Holiday cookies and sharing them with our neighbours. And this Holiday season, we would like to invite residents of Kitsilano to take part in the Good Neighbour Holiday Cookie Campaign and spread warmth, kindness and Holiday cheer while connecting with their neighbours! The idea is simple: bake cookies and share them with your neighbours! 🌟

Sign up here: https://forms.gle/sYfU9rCYNoeJP3pNA to pledge to bake and deliver cookies. Let’s spread Holiday cheer far and wide throughout Kitsilano!

When you pledge to participate in the campaign, you will receive instructions, resources and helpful tips. Sign up before December 5 and you will be entered to win one of 10 Good Neighbour Holiday Cookie Kits to make baking and connecting easier! Each kit includes: $20 Grocery Gift Card (for baking supplies), Cookie Cutters, Cookie Bags, Connector Cards, and a Good Neighbour Button.

Here’s how you can join the fun:
✨Sign up here to pledge to bake and deliver cookies.
✨Receive instructions, resources and helpful tips
✨Bake a batch of your favorite holiday cookies. 🍪✨
✨Write a note with a friendly message, festive greeting and your name/contact.
✨Deliver them to at least 3 neighbors on your block, building or apartment floor (or more if you're feeling extra sweet!).
✨Knock and have a friendly chat or leave cookies at the door
✨Share your photos and cookie stories with us using 📸

Ready to bake and deliver some joy? 🍪 Sign up today! Let’s make this holiday season extra kind and sweet! 💫

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