2019-20 Annual Report(1)

Community Support Services Report
Committee Members:
Cheri Herdman - Program Manager
Audrey Bishop - Administrative Assistant
Margaret Iutzi - Move Well Program Co-ordinator
Molly Roberts - Eat Well Program Co-ordinator
Sophia Podrozny - Eat Well Program Co-ordinator
Paula Frappier - Outreach Co-ordinator
The CSS committee has seen many changes during this past year. We said goodbye to both
Maryanne Wilford and Pat Gage as they announced their retirements after many years of
investment in our programs and services. Through that change, we welcomed Cheri Herdman
and Audrey Bishop to the CSS team.
As a committee, we have worked together to meet the needs of our members through our Eat
Well, Move Well, SOS and Outreach programs that have seen steady growth this year. Through
these programs, we have been able to serve over 680 older adults in our community. We have
been fortunate to offer these programs with the generous support of United Way, Guelph
Wellington Dufferin, Guelph Community Foundation and The Guelph Family Health Team, and
Guelph Rotary Trillium.
Some items we have worked on this year have included the expansion of Move Well sites, SOS
and Outreach programming, as well as COVID-19 emergency response initiatives. Our response
to COVID-19 has included the weekly delivery of frozen meals and produce boxes to over 160
older adults in our community. In addition, we have expanded our SOS and one-on-one support
programming to meet the ever growing need in our changing times. As a committee, we will
continue to expand current services to meet the emerging needs in this coming year.
We have also been very fortunate to have the ongoing volunteer support in our CSS programs.
This includes drivers, SOS members, and support in our Eat Well and Outreach programs, as
well as Move Well program Facilitators. It is with the generous volunteers that we are able to
continue to meet the needs we have in our community through these great programs. As we
move into another program year, we also would like to extend a special thank you to the
following supporters: The United Way Guelph Wellington Dufferin, The City of Guelph, Guelph
Family Health Team, The Arthritis Society, All Saints Lutheran Anglican Church, The Elliot
Community, Schlegel Villages Residences, The Chartwell Residences, The Salvation Army
Guelph Citadel, The County of Wellington Housing Services, Trinity United Church, Harcourt
United Church, and Dublin Street United Church. As a committee, we look forward to this
upcoming year and look forward to working alongside our community together.
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