3 things to know this week

WOMEN’S WELLNESS WITHIN NAME CHANGE

The Women’s Wellness Within organization has changed its name. It will now be known as “Wellness Within: An Organization for Health and Justice”.

The organization has updated its logo and will continue to update its materials and communication tools. It has a new website, www.wellnesswithinns.org, and has updated its Twitter handle to WellnessWithin - @WWHealthJustice.

The organization began as a grassroots initiative aimed at providing doula and parental support to women in the provincial jail in Dartmouth. It has since expanded its scope to reflect a more expansive vision of reproductive justice, prison abolition and health equity.

PIANO GOLD MEDAL FOR KENTVILLE BOY

An eight-year-old Kentville boy has scored the highest mark for Grade 1 piano in Atlantic Canada, winning a gold medal from the Royal Conservatory of Music (RCM).

Benjamin Woo performed his exam in June, scoring 94/ 100. Woo will be participating in the virtual Atlantic Celebration of Excellence on Dec. 12, playing Menuet en Rondeau by Jean Philippe Rameau in a pre-recorded video.

“I was amazed when I found out I had won,” Woo said. “I did not think that I would actually win against all the kids from Atlantic Canada.”

Woo has been playing piano for three years, following in the footsteps of his older brother, Nathan. Nathan completed his Level 2 piano and was awarded first class honours with distinction for a score of 90.

SPECIAL FIRE PREVENTION TALK

Girls in a kindergarten class at St. Brendan School in Los Angeles, California, now want to be firefighters thanks to a presentation by two members of the Greenwich Fire Department.

The department was approached by a family member of a teacher at the school about making a virtual fire prevention presentation. Their local fire service was unable to make the presentation due to the wildfire situation.

Firefighters Haley Craig and Jennifer Parrish gave the class a virtual tour of the Greenwich fire station and a demonstration of firefighter personal protective equipment. Students and staff were so impressed that they sent an email thanking the members.

In part, the email read, “The kids were riveted . . . Now all the girls in our class want to be firefighters.”