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3 The Guelph/Wellington Seniors Association A non-profit organization based at the Evergreen Seniors Community Centre http://www.gwsa-guelph.ca Directors & Officers Dorothe Fair — President Ken Chupa — Vice-President Jennifer Blackie — Secretary Nick Harris — Treasurer Ross Knechtel—Webmaster & Director Ross Coulter Kerry Detlor Jean McClelland Athar Khan Margaret Waldron Wendi Hake The Sentinel Team Carol Croft — Adminstrator, Printer Linda Green — Editor, Printer George Hughes, Ken Pagniez — Printers George Smith — Delivery Supervisor Bill Shephard — Part-time Assistant Don Hillman — Mentor GWSA Community Support Services Staff Maryanne Wilford — Manager Pat Gage — Administrative Assistant Margaret Iutzi — Move Well Co-ordinator Molly Roberts — Eat Well Co-ordinator Sophia Podrozny — Eat Well Co-ordinator Paula Frappier — Outreach Co-ordinator City Staff Adam Rutherford — Program Manager Tracy Benson — Customer Service Clerk Jocelyn Pedersen — Recreation Co-ordinator — Senior Services TBA — Recreation Co-ordinator — Volunteers Jocelynn Desroches — Chef Janice Walls, Brian Treleaven — Assistant Cooks Kim Barton — Facility Maintainer Lorne Wollis — Cleaner Harvinder Marjara, Farial Hashimi, Nathan Luck, Mary Loudoun — Customer Service Clerk II Lynne Briggs — Manager of Recreation Services All others working at the Evergreen Seniors Community Centre are Volunteers. E S C C A City of Guelph Recreation Facility run in partnership with the Community Services Department of the City of Guelph and the Guelph/ Wellington Seniors Association 683 Woolwich St., Guelph, ON, N1H 3Y8 Tel.: 519-823-1291 / Fax: 519-823-8972 Hours: 8:30 am to 4:00 pm M-F (closed Statutory Holidays) Read The Sentinel on our website, www.gwsa-guelph.ca ISSN: 0383 817X President’s Message from Dorothe Fair It’s MARCH... is it SPRING yet?? If you feel you haven’t seen the sun in a very long time, you’re not wrong. Many of us think we experienced S.A.D. (Seasonal Affective Disorder) this past January and February, meaning that without the sun there’s no fun!! If you were craving the sunlight and when it occurred you felt like singing, dancing and smiling, you understand what I’m talking about. You know where I’m going with these facts – it’s just another reason to Be Active Get Involved Make Friends at the GWSA. Come in for a ray of sunshine. The smiles from our front counter volunteers who greet you as you walk through the door will warm your heart and soul. Now let me share all the news and updates of what’s been happening at the GWSA. January 23 Further in the Sentinel is another great article written by Ross Coulter on the visit from the Federal Minister of Seniors Affairs, the Honourable Filomena Tassi, who along with Guelph’s MP Lloyd Longfield, visited the GWSA on January 23. Lloyd recommended to the Minister that the GWSA is a vibrant association of more than 2,700 members and suggested she would enjoy stopping in to meet some of the seniors. We arranged a very eventful visit for her. She was entertained by the Silvertones Choir and joined them in singing I’d Like to Teach the World to Sing In Perfect Harmony. Then we took her to the Computer Lab where V.P. Ken Chupa outlined the GWSA Computer Mentoring program, and then to the Book Nook to hear Ken Fulger talk about the travels of the GWSA Canoe Group. Both the Computer Lab and the Canoe Group were fortunate to receive funding from the Federal New Horizon grants to purchase desktop computers and new canoes and she was very pleased to see the grants were put to great use in providing opportunities for seniors to be active and get involved. You can view the pictures taken by Bill Adam from the Into Focus Activity Group, on the GWSA website and with Ross Coulter’s article. Also check out Bill’s website: https://intofocus.smugmug.com/, for beautiful pictures taken by the members of the Into Focus Photography Group. Thanks Bill for being our resident photographer. Great action shots! Recognition Speaking of the Minister’s visit, I’d like to recognize Wendi Hake, the GWSA Financial Administrator, for compiling the material and completing numerous forms that are required for any government grant application. Grant writing requires time commitment because there’s also the ongoing record keeping and the final financial report that has to be sent to the government agency. Wendi has done it all and she’s done a terrific job in securing many thousands of dollars for the GWSA seniors through grant applications. If grant writing interests you, please let me connect you to Wendi. She can mentor you so we can keep these funds coming in. January 31 Fire Drills and Evacuation I’m following up on the numerous calls I received from GWSA members after the evacuation of the Evergreen Centre on Thursday, January 31. Let’s start with the fact that it was one of the coldest days of the winter and, according to many, there was a certain amount of confusion in terms of which doors to exit the building, whether the seniors could get their coats before going outside, and where they were to congregate outside while they waited for the fire truck to arrive. A repeated concern was why didn’t the seniors have to evacuate the building the second time the fire alarm went off. Some were adamant that a fire alarm should be treated seriously every time or people can become nonchalant. (Continued on page 4) NOTE: Disclaimer—The Sentinel and the GWSA do not necessarily agree with or support statements in the Sentinel made by advertisers, or submissions by writers. Do you like what you see here in The Sentinel? Stop by the Evergreen Seniors Community Centre at 683 Woolwich St. to get more! Single issues (or an extra copy) are available at the Front Desk at the cost of $3.00 each + HST. T S - M 2019
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