– by Linda Hunter –
WELLNESS
Reaching New Heights and Opening New Doors
Reach Health is open for business in Sidney and opening its Second Street doors on February 25th from 4 to 6 p.m. for an Open House. Come in and meet the team including Sheri Griffiths-Piacente, RMT, who moved the business from Victoria to share her expertise with the residents in her community. Open seven days a week, Reach offers Registered Massage Therapy, Chinese Medicine and Acupuncture. Joining Sheri is Daniel Hoffman, R.Acu. DTCM Dip, and Melissa Pavlicic, RMT, all committed to guiding their clients toward reaching their health potential. Find out about workshops and book your online appointment at www.reachhealth.ca or by phone at 778-351-1191.
Linda Walker, PT and Suzie Cutt, RMT and their health team are proud to be serving the Peninsula with two clinics: Peninsula Physiotherapy and Brentwood Physiotherapy & Massage. With their second location in Sidney along with some new staff, their practices fully support a multidisciplinary approach, including complementary fields such as Pelvic Floor Rehab, Rehab Kinesiology, Gunn-IMS, Acupuncture, Chronic Pain, Registered Massage Therapy, Dizziness/Vestibular Rehab, and Sports Injuries/Performance. The team also provides Manual & Manipulative Physiotherapy, injury and fall prevention, pre- and post-surgery rehab, and return-to-work programs. Located on Fourth Street in Sidney and on Wallace Drive in Brentwood Bay, you can find out more about their services at www.brentwoodphysio.com and www.peninsulaphysio.ca.
SERVICES
Bits and Bites
Island Culinary Service (ICS) has cooked up a new website look. For over 30 years, ICS has been serving the Peninsula and greater Victoria area with a full range of catering services from casual barbecues to fine dining events. Red Seal certified Executive Chef/Owner Graham Little and Operations Manager Steven Haley-Browning pride themselves on their outstanding staff, support of local products, and their imaginative custom-designed menus that match the “flavour” of an event. You are invited to sample their new ready-to-serve site at www.islandculinaryservice.ca and email for more information at info@islandculinaryservice.ca.
When long-time Sidney resident Trevor Hulme has not gone fishin’, he is busy helping others get back out on the water. His new enterprise, Angle Again – Rod & Reel Repair offers rod, reel and downrigger repairs to avid anglers and Trevor is available seven days a week during business hours. For an additional fee, he will also pick up and deliver customers’ goods anywhere from Duncan south on the Island. Trevor is proud to be sharing over 35 years’ sport-fishing and fly-fishing experience with others who love the sport and invites customers to contact him at www.angleagain.com or by phone at 250-800-0747.
COMMUNITY
Growing the Giving
The Secret Santa’s Toys for Tots program was thrilled in December to provide 256 Saanich Peninsula families in need with over 600 gifts, along with $3,000 in cash donations through their fundraising efforts and the Coins for Kids project at the Peninsula News Review. A surprise addition to that program was the 23 refurbished bikes donated by Russ Hays Bike Shop which made for even more smiles on Christmas morning. A desire to provide even more bikes to children in need has those involved in the initial donations now launching a new program: “Bikes for Birthdays,” which will see these local children receive a bike on their birthday. Watch for the birthday bike program’s official launch along with a Bike Safety Program for families, coming this spring to a Peninsula community location near you! For information visit www.secretsantas.ca.
