Our services
Elmsdale Community Garden (ECG)
ECG grows fresh, healthy food for the community in a garden behind our office. The food is available to anyone in the community. We also operate a community freezer on site, hold free food giveaways, prepare community meals and offer programs to help people access food in our community.
The East Hants Community Learning Association (EHCLA)
EHCLA offers programs to help people in our community develop and improve their skills. This includes academic skills such as reading, writing and math, as well as skills with technology. for life and the workplace. We offer a mix of weekly programs and individual workshops on a variety of topics, all free of charge.
East Hants Community Rider (EHCR)
The Community Rider is a transportation service available to anyone in our community. We provide our passengers with safe, cost-effective, inclusive and sustainable transportation to help make life accessible. We have a range of vehicles suitable for all passengers, including wheelchair accessible vans and SUVs.

Who are we?
We're a non-profit organization that was created to offer educational services to adult residents of East Hants. We've been providing CAEC prep classes, literacy skills training and community programming for over 20 years. Over the course of that time we realized that one of the biggest barriers to education is transportation - and thus, our Community Rider was born. Through the Community Rider, we are able to offer affordable, inclusive and sustainable transportation for everybody, young and old. Now with a fleet of eight vehicles, including three wheelchair accessible vans, three hybrid SUVs and two fully electric SUVs , we make sure residents in our communities get to where they need to go - whether that's visiting your friends, going to the grocery store or attending a medical appointment!
We believe life, learning and food need to be accessible to everyone.
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What our community says
Having a resource like the East Hants Community Learning Association provides our community with a place where learning is not only possible but enjoyable. They provide a place where everyone is welcome to learn new skills, advance their education, or engage with the community. I’m extremely proud of what they do and lucky to be a part of it.

The East Hants Community Rider was extremely helpful, accommodating and friendly. I was able to attend numerous doctor’s appointments and specialist appointments. The volunteers went out of their way to ensure I was able to attend all appointments. Without this service, I would have been left with no transportation to seek proper medical attention required over a period of months. I am extremely grateful for our community having such a great service in place.

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