The Government of B.C., in an original musical pairing, has teamed up with the Vancouver Folk Music Festival Society by providing $9,400 in Job Creation Partnership funding and a unique work experience.

The Cowichan Green Community Society is looking a little greener thanks to nearly $55,000 in provincial Job Creation Partnership funding that gave three people work experience in organic horticulture.

While more than 1,000 paddlers take to the waters for Qatuwas 2014, the People Gathering Together Festival, 15 people are getting work experience preparing for the cultural event, thanks to B.C. Job Creation Partnership funding.

Four people are revving up the chainsaws and getting experience in the forestry industry through a Job Creation Partnership with the Lower North Thompson Community Forest Society, thanks to $143,000 in government funding.

As the Employment Program of BC (EPBC) celebrates its second anniversary of putting British Columbians to work, two projects are currently helping 16 people get on-the-job experience, while building diverse community infrastructure in the Kootenays.

B.C.'s first Aboriginal Social Enterprise Day was celebrated with the unveiling of a symbolic logo designed by Kwakwaka'wakw artist Andy Everson.

Volunteers building new homes for hard working, lower-income families or a café reinvesting its profits in neighbourhood programs and services.