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 hold free food giveaways, community meals and programs to help people access food in our community.
The East Hants Community Learning Association (EHCLA)
EHCLA offers programs to improve literacy and math skills, upgrade employment-ready skills, and prepare for your GED. We also offer community programs such as Family Literacy, Senior Safety and the Skills to Work Program.
East Hants Community Rider (EHCR)
The Community Rider offers our passengers safe, cost-effective, inclusive and sustainable transportation to help make life accessible for everyone. Anyone can book a ride!

Who we are?
We're a non-profit organization that was created to offer educational services to adult residents of East Hants. We've been providing GED prep classes, literacy skills training and community programming for over 10 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 five vehicles including three wheelchair accessible vans, 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 and learning 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.

Latest news
5th Annual Harvest Dinner Registration is live!
Our 5th Annual Harvest Dinner is a celebration of all the things that make this time of year great: food, gathering with […]
Join us for our 1st Garden Party of the Season!
We will be holding our first garden party and pop up market of 2023 on Tuesday, July 11th from 11:30 a.m. to […]
Join us for our Annual General Meeting on June 16th
Interested in learning about our organization, having a nice lunch and seeing the future of the East Hants Community Rider fleet? Join […]