GERTIE: Gabriola's Community Bus Service

Eight years have flown by since Gertie began bus service on June 8, 2013! Since we can’t yet have a party with a big cake, Gertie will give you a gift instead: free bus service on Saturday, June 12 all day long. Please hum Happy Birthday to yourself when you get on the bus. Masks are required but party hats are optional!

Have you ridden our new bus Pegasus–Peg for short– yet? Thanks to Claudia Scacchi for suggesting the name. She has received a monthly bus pass. And here’s a nice tie to Gertie’s anniversary. Claudia won the prize for being the 10,000th passenger in April 2014.

Last chance to pick your favourite name from the top four contenders.

Click here for the survey!

Survey closes Sunday, April 11, 2021

Check out the new schedule that is going into effect on March 15th on the schedule page. The new schedule will be in effect until September 4, 2021.

The main change is the return on the weekday PM schedule ONLY to the two bus routes schedule. One step in the right direction which we hope you will find helpful.

Please remember that masks are still required on Gertie buses.

Have you submitted your name yet for the new bus (link below)?

You know the routine! Use the Survey Monkey link to submit as many names as you like.

Deadline for the first round: Monday, March 15, 2021. We’ll pick the 5 most popular names and ask you to vote for your favourite one.

Tips: keep the name short and please, no memorial names.

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/76W8FLT

For everyone’s safety, please enjoy the snow at home today!

It’s easy to access many trails, parks and the beach from Gertie bus routes so get out and go for a walk!

Please help to put a bus in Gertie’s Christmas stocking!

Oh no! That fir tree wiped out our poor big white bus. It is a write-off so we must find a replacement.

You can help GERTIE in many ways:

Donate using e-transfer or Canada Helps. Go to “support” at www.gertie.ca

Become a monthly donor. Even a little bit a month is really helpful. Use Canada Helps at “support” at www.gertie.ca

Send GCBF a cheque: P.O. Box 165, Gabriola, BC, V0R 1X0

Use your Community Card at Nesters. Remember to specify GERTIE.

Use GERTIE’s Mid-Island Co-op number instead of your own: 1174762

Thank you.

We have just 2 months left to raise $4,000 to put snow tires on the big buses, Bertie and Jay D.

Nesters Market is still honouring the Community Card program for 2020 and the Gabriola Community Bus Foundation (GERTIE) is one of the recipients. To date, we have raised $1,390 of the $4,000 needed for the snow tires. Gertie’s counting on your help to reach the goal.

Don’t have a Community Card? Sign up for one in-store, load it with some money and then when it is empty again watch as some of your grocery dollars help Gertie reach her goal. For every $100 spent, $5 is donated to the GCBF (GERTIE).

You are invited to the

Annual General Meeting

of the Gabriola Community Bus Foundation

Thursday, October 29, 2020 at 7:00 PM via Zoom

Send a message to gabriolacommunitybus@gmail.com to receive the link.