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Tonari Gumi Newsletter November 2025
Table of Contents Okinawa Shamisen Mini Concert Nikkei Craft Fair TG Social Club Gatherings: Hawaiian Film & Loco Moco Lunch Report ✨ TG Social Club Gatherings ✨ Handbell Music Experience Tonari Gumi Seniors Join Multicultural Seniors Day Tonari Gumi Life Seminar Report Upcoming Life Seminars Tonari Gumi Shopping Transportation Service Tonari Gumi Japanese-Language Home Support: Light Housekeeping Aspira Peninsula Retirement Residence Guided Tour – Join Us! 📣Messages from
Oct 31, 2025


🤖 Moving Toys Workshop (at Fall Bazaar)
🤖 Moving Toys Workshop (at Fall Bazaar) 🤖 Event Timing: November 1, 2025 Session 1: 11:30 am ~ Session 2: 1:30 pm ~ Location: Tonari Gumi (2F) — 101-42 W 8th, Vancouver Workshop Details: Create cute spinning robots using batteries and motors!This workshop is fun for both children and adults, with 2 sessions available. Contact: ☎ 604-687-2171 Ext.106✉ programs@tonarigumi.ca Register Online: You can sign up using this form .
Oct 25, 2025
✨ First Volunteer Lounge is happening! ✨
📅 Thu, Oct 23 🕙 10AM–12PM & 3PM–5PM 📍 Tonari Gumi 101-42 West 8th Ave., Vancouver Curious about volunteering? Already part of TG and want to connect? Come hang out, chat, and share ideas over tea, coffee & snacks ☕🍪 No sign-up needed — just drop by!
Oct 20, 2025
🚗 We’re looking for Lunch Delivery Volunteers!
Help us deliver meals to seniors in the community on Tuesdays. 📍 Delivery Areas: ✅ South-East Vancouver (Killarney) ✅ South Burnaby (Metrotown) ✅ Edmonds Station / Highgate If you're interested or would like more info, feel free to contact Rie: 📧 programs@tonarigumi.ca 📞 604-687-2172 ext. 106
Oct 20, 2025
🍁 Fall Bazaar Volunteers Needed! 🍁
We’re looking for volunteers to help with the Fall Bazaar preparation, set-up, kids’ activity area, and clean-up. Bazaar Prep: October...
Oct 7, 2025


Film Screening & Hawaiian Lunch: Saturday, October 18, 2025 | 11:00 AM – 2:00 PM
For our October Social Club gathering, we are pleased to present a special film screening along with a Hawaiian-style lunch. We will show The Untold Story , a PBS documentary produced in 2012 by the Japanese Cultural Center of Hawaiʻi. This thought-provoking film sheds light on the Japanese American internment in Hawaiʻi—a history that is not widely known. A story that was once buried and forgotten has been rediscovered and retold through this important work. Unlike the Japan
Oct 7, 2025


Tonari Gumi Newsletter October 2025
Table of Contents Tonari Gumi’s Mission Farm Tour 🍂 Tonari Gumi Fall Bazaar – Nov 1st 🍂 🍁 Fall Bazaar Volunteers Needed! 🍁 Tonari...
Sep 29, 2025


Kitchen Volunteers Needed!
Kitchen Volunteers Needed! Help us prepare delicious bento boxes for our seniors every Tuesday, 8:30am-11:30am. Join the Tonari Gumi team...
Sep 15, 2025


Lunch Delivery Volunteers Needed
Lunch Delivery Volunteers Needed If you are interested in volunteering or would like more information, please feel free to contact Rie....
Sep 15, 2025


Tonari Gumi Newsletter September 2025
Table of Contents Powell Street Festival 2025 Thank You to Our Volunteers! A Message from the Craft Club Family Fun Event: “Making Sushi...
Aug 29, 2025


November 25, 2025 TG Life Seminar
For 100 Years of Healthy Living Understanding and Adapting to Communication Changes Along the Dementia Journey Part 2 of a three-part series on understanding Dementia, focusing on how the illness affects the brain and communication. ENGLISH SEMINAR with Japanese interpretational support Guest speaker: Support and Education Coordinator from Alzheimer Society of B.C. Date & Time: Tuesday, November 25, 2025 1 PM to 3 PM Free Hybrid Seminar (In-Person and Zoom) Presenter will j
Aug 28, 2025


Aug 20, 2025
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