Community Partners
The Mainland Nova Scotia Building Trades Council believes in giving back to our community. Below are some of our community partners:
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 less than 12 kids involved, and has grown exponentially.
What began with a small plot of land has grown into:
- 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 our 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. 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.
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 2024, we will host our 25th 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 citizens.
