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Jack Knox: The TC book sale is this weekend. Here's what you need to know

Jack Knox: The TC book sale is this weekend. Here's what you need to know

Get ready, book lovers — it’s book sale weekend! Here are 27 things to know about the 27th Times Colonist book sale, on this weekend at the Victoria Curling Club.
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Jack Knox: The Kinder Surprises of the TC book sale

Jack Knox: The Kinder Surprises of the TC book sale

Sometimes opening the cardboard boxes dropped off at the drive-through book collection is like busting into a Kinder Surprise.
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Jack Knox: 'I'm here because of Ruth,' says book sale volunteer

Jack Knox: 'I'm here because of Ruth,' says book sale volunteer

Why do the volunteers do it, devoting their free time to standing on the cold, concrete floor of a cavernous curling rink, subsisting on nothing but coffee, dust mites and the occasional Timbit?
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Jack Knox: Off the tourist track in Italy, little is lost in translation

Jack Knox: Off the tourist track in Italy, little is lost in translation

In a small northern city, some residents don’t speak English, but the language barrier can be an unexpected bonus.
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Jack Knox: You can't solve the world's problems, but you can help a neighbour

Jack Knox: You can't solve the world's problems, but you can help a neighbour

Why do we do what we do? Because it’s not about solving an intractable problem, it’s about helping people, real ones.
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Jack Knox: Asking for your help, even when it's uncomfortable

Jack Knox: Asking for your help, even when it's uncomfortable

The Times Colonist Christmas Fund is a good cause, but Jack Knox still feels like that long-vanished friend who only reappears when he wants to borrow your truck.
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Jack Knox: Island woman knows 'you get back what you give'

Jack Knox: Island woman knows 'you get back what you give'

All the money raised by the TC Christmas Fund flows to Vancouver Island charities that provide help for people who could, as was the case with Shirley Howard in the 1960s, benefit from the goodness of strangers.
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Soap for Hope washes away some of the money worries for seniors

Soap for Hope washes away some of the money worries for seniors

Volunteer elves stuff Ziploc bags with toothpaste, toothbrushes, soap, deodorants, lotions and other items that many recipients can no longer afford to buy — and finish it off with a personal touch.
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Jack Knox: Food costs taking a bigger bite out of non-profits' budgets

Jack Knox: Food costs taking a bigger bite out of non-profits' budgets

We haven’t always lived in an age when so many Victorians have had to choose between paying the rent and filling their stomachs.
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Jack Knox: The face of need not always what you expect

Jack Knox: The face of need not always what you expect

“For me, one of the benefits of being involved with the fund is that, every year, it dispels my own image of what need looks like.”
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