We had a bushel of fun at Apple Day this year

Gabriola Elementary students celebrated the 6th Annual Apple Day on October 10th, 2025, with hands-on activities focused on local apples and harvest time.

Organized by Morgan Klassen and Rachel Dubois of People for a Healthy Community (PHC), students rotated through stations to juice apples with Betty Kehler for their hot lunch next week, make apple cinnamon oatmeal cookies with Island Health’s Laura Correia Dias and Sakura Rashidi, and prepare apples for dehydration and applesauce with volunteers. The food made from Apple Day will be enjoyed by students throughout the school year through PHC’s garden education program.

Apples were generously donated by local Gabriola farms and families. We are grateful to our community for their generous donation of approximately 950 pounds of beautiful, local Gabriolan grown apples and pears.

This event fostered community engagement, nutrition education, and environmental awareness, highlighting the importance of local food systems and healthy living. 

Thank you to our team of community volunteers in addition to our VIHA Dietician and her student for planning the baking portion of our Apple Day festivities.

Would you like to get involved with PHC?

Consider becoming a volunteer and donating your time. Without you, we are not able to make as big an impact in our community. Visit www.phcgabriola.org/volunteer or email volunteer@phcgabriola.org to get started.