Oct - Old Ottawa South

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A treasured reputation
...built on trust.
K E L L Y
FUNERAL HOMES AND CHAPELS
235-6712
Lorne Kelly and Family
Serving your community.
CANADIAN-INDEPENDENT
GROUP OF FUNERAL HOMES www.kellyfh.ca
The OSCAR - OUR 31 st YEAR
A mutual affair By Pat Sadavoy
Old Ottawa South and
Abbeyfield House Parkdale
have been in a partnership
of sorts for years now, ever since
Abbeyfield House opened in 1998.
A not-for-profit home for seniors,
Abbeyfield House Parkdale is one of
900 all over the world. Most of them
have nice gardens for the residents
to enjoy. Abbeyfield residents are
seniors who still lead independent
lives but have had enough of cooking
for one and looking after a home.
Good company and good food are
two of the most attractive aspects
of living in an Abbeyfield house. A
strong volunteer component allows
the residence fees to be modest.
The beginning of the partnership
was an invitation from an Old
Ottawa South Garden Club member,
Jo Ashford, to the Club to plan
and deliver a front yard garden to
Abbeyfield. Jo has been a heavily
committed volunteer at Abbeyfield
House from the days in which it was
being planned. That first summer we
didn’t do much more than consult the
residents and try
to make a realistic
plan. Every year
since then small
gangs of OOS gardeners have made
their way over to Abbeyfield to spread
soil, dig beds, plant, pull weeds, and
then pull the same darn weeds again
six weeks later. (Good job for us that
Parkdale wasn’t in the Front Yard
contest catchment area!)
In September, for a change,
Abbeyfield came to Old Ottawa
South. Came to Jo’s porch, that is, to
take part in the OOS Porch Sale. Ten
volunteers hauled boxes and bags of
all the usual porch sale goods from
Parkdale to Jo’s verandah, driveway
and back yard – “It just goes on
and on!” said more than one visitor.
They manned the site from 7:00 am
– 4:00 pm, by which time most of the
by Mary Pal
If you’re old enough to remember the Rolling
Stones’ first visit to Ottawa, you’re the perfect
age to enjoy our new Wednesday evening
speaker series, now in full swing. You’ll identify
with titles like “The Kids Are Gone - So Who is
This Stranger in My House?” (Sept. 28), “Breaking
Out of the Rut--Spicing Up Your Love Life” (Oct.
5), or “You’ll Love Them When They Are Twenty-
-Techniques for Surviving With Teenagers in the
House” (Oct. 19).
If health issues are of interest to you, check out
our evening session on Osteoporosis (Oct. 12) or if
you prefer a morning session, we’re offering “Turn
Back Your Body’s Clock” (Sept 16, 10 am) and a
Spa Therapy presentation (Oct. 5, 11 am-noon).
For the pragmatically inclined, we’re hosting
free presentations on Health Insurance Plans (Sept
19) and Tax-Saving Strategies (Sept. 26). We’re
also the satellite site for a Canada Safety Council
driver refresher course called 55
Alive (Sept 20 & 27).
If creative pursuits are what
you crave, we have classes on
Short Story Writing (Sept. 21 &
OCTOBER 2005
leftovers had been packed up to be
hauled away.
This is a partnership where the
time and energy of volunteers make
programs work. OSCA has used a
slogan for a long time now: “events
and programs made possible by
the time dedicated by volunteers”.
Abbeyfield House Parkdale certainly
appreciates the efforts of OOS
volunteers.
To learn more about Abbeyfield,
visit the website at www.magma.
ca/~Abbeyfot/Index.htm
Abbotsford House Programs for the 50+ Crowd
28, 7:30 - 8:30 pm), Creative Meal Planning (Sept.
21, 7:00-8:30 pm), a Whimsical Rag Doll (Sept.
21 & Oct. 5), Jacquie Lecuyer’s “Amanda” dollmaking
class (in either daytime or evening sessions),
an Illustrated Journal class (Wednesday afternoons,
starting Sept. 21), Japanese Bookbinding (Oct. 12
and 19), and Alice Hinther’s popular Sign Painting
workshop Oct. 7 and 14.
Just wanna have fun? Come to a luncheon
with an entertaining presentation on “How Ottawa
Came to Be” on Friday, Sept. 23. Our Men’s
Breakfast on Monday, Sept 26 will feature speaker
Flora MacDonald and our Ladies @ Lunch on
Wednesday, Oct. 5 features triathlon champ and
firefighter Ellen Pazdzior.
Details on all these classes are in our Fall
Program Guide, available at Abbotsford House
(across from Lansdowne Park), or at the Firehall,
Loeb Glebe, any of our partners’ businesses, or any
of your local coffee haunts in Ottawa South.
We hope there’s something in this line-up that
piques your interest! Registration is ongoing, and
we welcome visitors. Want more info? Email us at
abbotsford@glebecentre.ca or call 230-5730.
Chinese Community Supports Glebe Centre
On September 13, The Chinese Canadian National Council (CCNC), Ottawa
chapter, gave the Glebe Centre a cheque for $10,000 as their support
of the Sixth Floor unit, which is specifically designated for the Chinese
Community. The Chinese language is spoken on this floor and a Chinese chef cooks
authentic Chinese lunch once a week as well as providing Chinese Meals on Wheels
that day for the surrounding Chinese community.
In April of this year a banquet was held at the Yantze Restaurant on Somerset
St to celebrate the 25 th anniversary of the Chinese Canadian Council and to honour
3 special community members who have greatly contributed to the Chinese
community—June Joe, Frank Ling, and Alan Kwan. Money raised at this banquet
made up a large part of their donation to the Glebe Centre. Some of the money was
raised at a film night held at the National Archives, and the rest was from private
donation.
(l-r) Alan Kwan, co-founder of Shanghai Restaurant, Beatrice Raffoul, founding
Chair of Glebe Centre, Jonas Ma, President of CCNC Ottawa, Willy Lee, Linda
Szeto, Monica Wu, Yuen Ting Lai, Alek Choo, Robert Yip, James Tam