Tag: Featured


  • Exploring Activities That Bring Men Together

    Many of our activities are hands on. Working shoulder to shoulder. Learning by doing! Past activities have been blacksmithing, fly tying, home repairs, bicycle maintenance, and building structures.  We welcome new ideas and activities! “Tell me and I forget, teach me and I remember, involve me and I learn.” – Benjamin Franklin At the Mackenzie Men’s…

  • The Importance of Social Connection for Well-being

    Not every member participates in our activities. That is perfectly fine! If you just want to get together for coffee or a conversation that is what we are here for. No man should feel alone or isolated. Give us a call, send us an email.  “Loneliness is not a lack of people, it’s a lack…

  • How Skill-Sharing Enhances Personal Growth

    If you give a man a fish you feed him for a day. If you teach a man to fish you feed him for life!  Skill sharing works both ways as well. You can learn a lot yourself, when you teach someone else! “Learning is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a…

  • Top Benefits of Community Spaces for Men

    Men have traditionally gathered in common locations, workplace, sports, clubs etc. We have a need to find a place where we can find peace and safety and have a feeling of belonging. Men’s Shed do this.  “Sometimes the best therapy is not talking to a professional, but talking to a friend while working on something…