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Kerby Centre 2012 Annual ReportKerby NewsIn 2012 Kerby News continued to inform,educate and entertain seniors with issues onroad safety, the Jubilee year, Calgary’s Yearof Culture and computer savvy seniors. Thepaper also included an increase in internal adspublicizing Kerby Centre events and activities.Advertising sales revenue was down fromprevious years.Kerby News volunteers(left to right) Pam Oliver and Kathleen BurkeA print run of 30,000 newspapers wasdistributed throughout Southern Albertaand mailed to Kerby Centre’s membership.Distribution continued to community outlets,doctors’ offices and store racks to reach anestimated readership of 50,000.Rotary ShelterIn 2012, the Kerby Rotary Shelterexperienced many types of change toboth its program and its personnel. Atthe beginning of the year, the Shelterintroduced shared rooms for the first timein its history and as a result, increased itsoccupancy from 92% in 2011 to 98% in2012, providing safe accommodation for 56older adults in need.The Kerby Rotary Shelter, also applied forand was granted funding from the CalgaryHerald Christmas fund which will go along way to ensuring the integrity of theprogram. Finally, it was with some sadnessthat the Kerby Rotary Shelter bid farewellto its Senior Manager, (and first ShelterManager) Brenda Hill in 2012. Replacingher is Deb Runnalls who brings 30-yearsexperience serving those facing abuse,poverty and homelessness.“Thank God there is the Kerby Rotary Shelterto give a home, food, friendship and caring toall their clients” - Kerby Rotary Shelter Client“It saved my life.” - Kerby Rotary Shelter ClientA Year of Growth9
Kerby Centre 2012 Annual ReportVolunteersKerby Centre volunteers continued to moveforward with the recommendations for qualityimprovement that were developed by theexternal review and the Sustaining Volunteersin the Seniors Sector project that wereconducted in 2011. Highlights from the pastyear include:• The development of a VolunteerDepartment procedures manual• 367 active volunteers• 50,822 total volunteer hours• 109 new volunteers recorded hours• 12 external volunteer groups helpedout at special events like the StampedeBreakfast and the Kerby Centre 55+ Expo,performed for clients or assisted withprojects• New ways of recruiting volunteersincluding posting positions on VolunteerCalgary’s website and attending volunteerfairs at Mount Royal University and BowValley College• A monthly feature in the Kerby News called“Volunteer Spotlight” began in September• We celebrated our volunteers with aHawaiian Luau at the annual volunteerappreciation event in AprilJohanna Westhaver and Bill AndersonVolunteer SpotlightBill and Johanna have beenvolunteering with Kerby Centre’sSeniors Grocery Delivery Programsince 2009. Together they havevolunteered almost 8,000 hoursshopping for groceries, deliveringto seniors in the community andvisiting with the clients. Theyconsistently go above and beyondas many clients depend on Bill andJohanna to get their groceries, visitand break the cycle of isolation.A Year of GrowthWellnessAfter much anticipation and a few delays theWellness team moved into the Diana JamesWellness Clinic February 21, 2012. While theclients were still getting their foot care done,the remainder of the Wellness staff with thehelp of other Kerby staff started the muchawaited move. The staff did not miss a beatand continued the foot care appointments thenext morning. There were a total of 2,556 offoot care clients seen, with 91 new foot careclients. There were 564 drop-in clients fornutrition screening, blood pressure checks andblood sugar checks.10
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