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On January the 7th. 2019 we signed the lease with the Red Door Housing society. We now have a great space in a great location in a great community with a great collaborator (although Cooper doesn’t seem impressed).  Some high priority details were attended to. Continuing in the long tradition of Coquitlam Men’s Shed, one […]

Several years ago a First Nations friend used this quote by Albert Camus and it has resonated with me ever since. After about 4 years we are finally at the end of the beginning, Coquitlam Men’s Shed Society has a humble home. It had not occurred to me that organizing something so much needed, costing […]

It is looking seriously like we have found someone who is willing to host our Shed (one wonders if they realize what they are getting into). There is a room that we can use for meetings, lunch and not so messy projects. Including a nice kitchen- Then there is the potential workshop- When we started […]

Today Mike, Jim, Charles and I prepared the 3 raised garden beds at Gordon House in Coquitlam, BC. We removed tomato vines, weeded the gardens and tilled the soil. This will make the soil ready for any winter and spring planting. Thanks to Mike for remembering to take a photo and to all those who […]

Inactivity report for November 2018. In an attempt to see if any of our members have any talent whatsoever it was decided to try drawing. The results follow. If there is a psychiatrist out there who can analyze the results Coquitlam RCMP may be interested in your observations. Can was a little high. Pierre was […]

We had been meeting with members of Coquitlam City Council enlisting anyone we could as allies in our mission to develop the best Men’s Shed in the country, right here in Coquitlam. One of the councillors suggested that we might want to meet with the Raincity Housing Society, they run the local transitional housing development. […]

Mike & Doug installing an air filtration unit in Doug’s Garage, where we also worked on Men’s Shed projects.

On Tuesday the 14th. August 2018 we had the pleasure of a visit from Doug Mackie the founder of the first Men’s Shed in North America, the Woodhaven Men’s Shed in Winnipeg. Over breakfast Doug (with the white moustache) filled us in on what is happening with Men’s Sheds in Canada and around the World. […]

Today we were given the use of a Booth at the Coquitlam Farmers Market thanks to The Coquitlam Farmers Market Society. This was the first time we have done this so we really didn’t know what to expect. We put 60 brochures together and printed a couple of Coquitlam Men’s Shed Society signs (all very […]