A cool way to spend hot summer afternoons
By Anna Miller FOR THE GAZETTE If you want something fun to do in our fantastic community this summer that won’t get you too hot, look no further than…
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Info for seniors: seniors encouraged to engage Accessibility Committee
County Council has established an Accessibility Advisory Committee. The committee is asking for help from citizens in the community to identify and assess barriers faced by people with disabilities in…
Info For Seniors: Information a key to aging well
If you want information on what’s available through Community Care to help seniors live at home or what’s on at the County Seniors Centre , please drop in at 74A…
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 home for a reasonable fee….
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” the Thrift Shop Facebook page…
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 “As we recognize the collective…
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 money and personal information from…
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 call by the Government of…
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 volunteering activities. It was reported…
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 us make this successful by…