Four North Vancouver Island families each received a box of 12 books in December 2025.

New skills helped adult learners gain confidence – and one person avoid a potential scam – after attending a free financial literacy workshop in Port Hardy in November 2025.

We shared the joy of reading by giving away 20 books and spreading literacy awareness with 20 pairs of our fundraising literacy socks at Port Hardy Autumn Festival.

Mount Waddington Family Literacy Society supported the BC Farmers' Markets Nutrition Coupon Program to help provide fresh, local food to families.

Mount Waddington Family Literacy Society holds free food literacy workshops with its new mobile kitchen.

Celebrate Literacy Month 2025 with a free book at the Fall Fair, the Give a Book campaign, and the ripple effect of literacy.

Results from Mount Waddington Family Literacy Society’s North Vancouver Island Community Learning Needs Survey in June show that, along with reading support for children and family literacy programs, people are looking for mental health/social-emotional literacy programs.

Mount Waddington Family Literacy Society's executive director Charity Gillett shares summer updates and highlights of the 2024-25 program year in North Vancouver Island communities.

About 30 people attended a literacy themed Escape Room and Community Forum in Port Hardy May 27 and Port McNeill May 29. Author Lucy Hemphill read her poetry at the Port Hardy event. See photos and read the highlights!

24 children had a magical day at Wizard School with author and illustrator Lee Edward Födi on May 9 at Port Hardy Civic Centre. See photos and read the highlights!

Join Mount Waddington Family Literacy Society (MWFLS) for two free, fun-filled community forums with literacy-themed escape room activities, a poetry reading from Gwa’sala-’Nakwaxda’xw Nation writer Lucy Hemphill, light snacks, and the opportunity to give your input on current learning programs and future projects. May 27 in Port Hardy May 29 in Port McNeill

EA/CSW student Sam Sorrell, has been learning the ins and outs of outreach work and supporting elementary students' literacy.

Welcome Jeanne James-Hory as our new Food Literacy Program Coordinator with Mount Waddington Family Literacy Society.

18 North Vancouver Island teens received free pizza making kits and a virtual cooking class during Spring break.

101 people attended the Mount Waddington Family Literacy Society’s 2025 Literacy Fair  and 60 children took home a new book.

Adult literacy programs change lives. Christina improved her English skills in a free reading program and is now preparing for college.

Kwakiutl Health Centre is the new steward of the Mount Waddington United Way Food Hub Project.

More trained education assistants and community support workers will be available to support North Vancouver Island communities next year.

Learn about board and staff changes at Mount Waddington Family Literacy Society.

Children in the Mount Waddington Family Literacy Society’s United Way School’s Out program contributed to food literacy and food security in their communities this year.