Info For Seniors: Our volunteers can help with spring tasks
Seniors who need help with light and housekeeping, heavy housecleaning, laundry, meal preparation, et cetera can arrange for carefully screened workers to come to the…
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Info For Seniors: There’s plenty for seniors to do this spring
You won’t want to miss Community Care’s Thrift Shop half price clothing, shoes and boots sale. The sale continues through the month of April. “Like”…
Info For Seniors: Celebrate National Volunteer Week
Volunteer Canada has designated April 1-13, 2019 as National Volunteer Weeks. The theme for 2019 is “The Volunteer Factor – Lifting Communities.” Volunteer Canada says…
Info For Seniors: Protect yourself from money-transfer scams
Members of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Anti-Rackets Branch, the Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre (CAFC) and Ontario’s Serious Fraud Office (SFO) say money transfer scams extort…
Info For Seniors: There’s room for more at County Seniors Centre
In late 2017 Community Care approached County council for support to apply for funding to establish social and recreational programming in the county. The funding…
Info For Seniors: Overcoming barriers to volunteering
Statistics Canada did a survey of Giving, Volunteering & Participating and from it we have learned some interesting things about people in Ontario and their…
Info For Seniors: What’s ahead at the County Seniors Centre?
Community Care established the County Seniors Centre in 2018 to provide programming for seniors in town halls close to where they live. You can help…
Info For Seniors: Volunteering can improve health, well-being
The Public Health Agency of Canada states that there are health benefits that can be gained by volunteering. Volunteer work improves the well-being of individual…
Info For Seniors: There are options for getting around
Back in January I wrote a column on Community Care’s escorted transportation program. If a senior 60-plus calls Community Care and registers for the program…
Info For Seniors: Sign up for direct deposit of CRA payments
The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) states that direct deposit is a fast, easy and secure way to get your payments on time in the event of…