December 2023 issue online

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The Guelph/Wellington Seniors Association
A non-profit organization based at the
Evergreen Seniors Community Centre
http://www.gwsa-guelph.ca
A MESSAGE FROM
THE GWSA BOARD
Directors & Officers
Linda Jeffrey — Executive Director
Pat Gage — President
Donna Keating — Vice-President
Art Roelofsen— Treasurer
Directors
Charlie Bishop
Sam Montoya
Karen Kelly
Cathryn Corissoz
Elizabeth Steggles
Yvonne Thomas
Jeff Millard
The Sentinel Team
Carol Croft — Adminstrator, Printer
Linda Green — Editor, Printer
George Hughes — Printer
Bill Shephard, Ray Miller — Part-time
Assistants
All of the above GWSA members
are Volunteers.
City Staff
Matthew Maguire — Supervisor,
Senior Services
Jill Hunt — Customer Service Clerk
Jenn Bucci — Recreation Program
Co-ordinator — Senior Services
Becky MacDonald — Recreation
Co-ordinator — Volunteers
Mark Leeming — Chef
Joan Moynihan — Sous Chef
Kitchen & Dining Room Staff — Volunteers
Evergreen Seniors Community Centre
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.: 519-837-5699 / 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
December is upon us!!
A couple of weeks ago, I sat down on my couch with my
computer on my lap and started writing my December 2023
Message From the Board. I mentioned how we are likely busy
planning or attending activities, searching for the right gift, or
visiting family, and so on. I kept on writing until, near the end of
the third paragraph, I got this eerie feeling that I had said all this
before. So, I went to the Sentinel site and brought up my
December 2022 Message From The Board and discovered my
first 3 paragraphs were almost word for word (picture a
SHOCKED emoji!).
I wasn’t sure if I should congratulate myself on my memory
retention but that wouldn’t be fair, as I did not initially remember
that I was writing sentences the same as last year. Then I thought
maybe I should be sad because there wasn’t something new and
exciting to report, like I went into space or invented something
really exciting. My daughter, who did not inherit my full sense
of humour, said, “Mom, do you really think anyone is going to
sit down and read your Message From the Board and say, Gee,
this message sounds just like last year’s, let’s make sure she
knows”.
So, I’m restarting my December 2023 Message From the Board
as follows:
Welcome to December! I can feel the holiday spirit in the air as
the celebrations and activities start to emerge including the
decoration of Christmas trees, singing of Holiday Carols,
creating Winter Solstice Art, or the smell of cookies baking in
the oven. We hope you are able to enjoy “relaxation in the peace
of the season.”
One of the most important and sincere things I can’t stress
enough about is that you take the opportunity to read through the
Sentinel so you don’t miss anything. The GWSA Monthly
Update email and our GWSA website https://gwsa-guelph.ca are
(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 (no political or religious topics please).
The Sentinel - December 2023