The Peanut Gallery

Welcome to season 2 of The Peanut Gallery Podcast! 

This year we are focusing on "taking hate out of the conversation" 

We've had the opportunity to sitting down and chat with some really cool people with really cool stories. We hope you enjoy them as much as we do! 

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Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/the-peanut-gallery/id1553350468

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On January 22nd, 2015, Rachel Wall’s life would change forever. Her dad, a very loved man in our community, was tragically killed in a vehicle accident. Nothing can prepare us for the death of a loved one and the grief can leave us breathless. We sat down with Rachel to talk about living with the loss, finding resilience and the impact that this had on her faith. Thanks Rachel for your vulnerability and willingness to talk!

Today we sit down with Danielle Neilson.

This week we headed out to learn more about an exciting new Farmer’s Market that is coming to Aylmer. We toured the Elgin Innovation Center (Former Imperial Tobacco building) to see the progress and learn about the vision for the market. Then we sat down to talk with Terry Dueck and Amy Burkes, who are two of the key members heading up the project about what to expect when it opens in November.

To learn more visit https://oldimperialfarmersmarket.ca/

This week we sat down with Franklin Yeo, the son of a British war bride. Frank shared with us the story of his Father, a Canadian soldier, who won the heart of a young British woman during the height of World War Two. 

We were so privileged to have Alex and Lisa come in and share their story of addiction, recovery and finding peace. Their stories of persevering through detox and battling for freedom from addiction are inspiring and give hope that addiction doesn’t need to be a life sentence – there is freedom, there is peace and there is life after addiction. Thanks for sharing your story with us!

Canadian Mental Health Association: https://cmhatv.ca
Alcoholics Anonymous: https://www.aa.org
Narcotics Anonymous: https://www.na.org/meetingsearch/
Holmes House Detox Center: http://www.ngh.on.ca/services/detox.html
Trafalgar Addiction Rehab: https://trafalgarresidence.com

Places to Support:

The Nameless - https://thenamelessoutreach.weebly.com
Grace Cafe - http://www.thegracecafe.ca
INN out of the Cold - https://www.innoutofthecoldelgin.com
Family Central Apartments - https://familycentralapartments.com

This week we sit down with our friend Leah Perez to talk about her families work in Belize. Leah and her husband Alex operate Belize Camping Experience in Belize City and work to engage kids and youth to become tomorrows leaders through positive, fun life changing experiences that develop confidence, competence and Christian character.

For our first road trip we headed to St. Thomas to talk to Jim Collins at Harvest Hands Canada about the amazing work they do in helping end hunger here in our region. What an unbelievable group of volunteers that are doing so much good! We surely left inspired. Hoping you are too as you watch this weeks episode.

We had the opportunity to sit down with Ryan VandenBussche to talk everything from his dislike of Darcy Tucker, his NHL career and the challenges of dealing with the physical and mental toll that his career had on him. After more than 300 fights, at least 20 concussions and 14 surgeries – Ryan left the NHL and has dedicated his life to advocating for healthier living solutions and natural substitutes for pain management. This drove him to launch New Leaf Cannabis and work to further learn and understand the benefits of medicinal use of cannabis. It was an insightful and very enjoyable conversation. Thanks for coming in, Ryan!

For the last of our set of interviews with local leadership we had the opportunity to sit down with the deputy Mayor of Malahide for a conversation about her role and vision for our community.