Community Partners
At the Mainland Nova Scotia Building Trades Council, we believe in giving back to our community. Some of our community partners are:
Hope Blooms
Hope Blooms is a North End community garden and salad dressing business run by inner city youth with help from mentors. It began in 2008 as a garden project with fewer than 12 kids involved, and has grown exponentially.
What began with a small plot of land has since become:
- A youth-driven movement with over 150 youth from diverse ethnicities.
- 10,000 square feet of organic food gardens where youth grow food for their community and mentor over 60 community members in their garden plots.
- An award-winning, off-the-grid greenhouse designed by one of the youth.
- A small commercial kitchen and food hub where culinary training, community suppers, celebrations, and salad dressing production takes place.
Hope Blooms is dedicated to educating, supporting, and empowering youth to positively transform themselves and their community.
Build Right Nova Scotia
Build Right Nova Scotia–a partnership between unionized contractors and the Building Trades–constructed a top-of-the-line greenhouse for Hope Blooms in 2014. Build Right Nova Scotia contributed all of the supplies and labour for the facility and worked with the youth of Hope Blooms to incorporate their ideas into the project. This greenhouse is still growing strong today.
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Halifax
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The Mainland Nova Scotia Building Trades has been a long-time supporter of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Halifax. In September 2025, we are hosting our 26th Annual Golf Classic in support of this extraordinary organization.
As Canada’s leading child and youth mentoring charity, Big Brothers Big Sisters facilitates life-changing relationships that inspire and empower children and youth to reach their potential, both as individuals and as citizens.
