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JULY <strong>2024</strong><br />

In this Issue<br />

The INs and OUTs of the <strong>SSAC</strong><br />

3rd Annual Serge Planidin<br />

Memorial Dinking Tournament<br />

Policies & Procedures<br />

What A Party!<br />

The Truth About Our Bus Trips<br />

Celebrating Our Volunteers<br />

Lunch Menu & Pickleball Schedule<br />

Activity Schedule<br />

SECHELT SENIORS ACTIVITY CENTRE NEWS<br />

The INs and OUTs<br />

of the <strong>SSAC</strong><br />

BY RICHARD WARD<br />

Another month has whizzed by, full of fun and<br />

activities. In last month’s ECHO I announced that the<br />

Board had decided that we have a dire need for a paid<br />

Office Manager to be a constant at the front desk during<br />

our open hours. It is with great pleasure that I can announce that as<br />

of <strong>July</strong> 17 th Pam Demers was hired to fill that position. She will be a<br />

familiar face to those who use the Centre as she worked regularly at<br />

the front desk. As a volunteer she attended all the tutorials and web<br />

instruction to learn how to use the new MySeniorCenter (MSC)<br />

system and then took it upon herself to teach other volunteers.<br />

She was elected to the <strong>SSAC</strong> Board at the recent AGM but to take<br />

up the paid position, she had to resign. We were surprised and<br />

delighted when she expressed interest in this position as Office<br />

Manager. There could be no better candidate. She knows the MSC<br />

system thoroughly, is highly organised and has a very pleasant<br />

manner with both members and volunteers alike. Pam will be at the<br />

front desk 9am to 3pm as a consistent voice to the membership and<br />

minimising the stressful burden the MSC system had imposed on<br />

our wonderful office volunteers.<br />

CONTINUED ON PAGE 2<br />

5604 Trail Avenue, Sechelt, BC<br />

PO Box 564, V0N 3A0<br />

Reception: 604.885.3513<br />

Office: 604.885.8910<br />

Office Hours:<br />

Mon–Fri, 9 am–3 pm<br />

info@myssac.com<br />

www.myssac.com<br />

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<strong>July</strong> <strong>2024</strong>


SEASHELL<br />

ECHO<br />

<strong>July</strong> <strong>2024</strong><br />

Seashell <strong>Echo</strong><br />

is the official newsletter<br />

of the Sechelt Seniors<br />

Activity Centre<br />

The INs and OUTs . . .<br />

CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1<br />

CENTRE INFORMATION<br />

2023-<strong>2024</strong> Board Members<br />

President: Richard Ward<br />

Vice President: Bert Carswell<br />

Treasurer: Alison Kowalewski<br />

Secretary: Valerie Galat<br />

2023-<strong>2024</strong> Directors at Large<br />

Jay Alexov<br />

Lisa Brown<br />

Susan Grenville<br />

Gail Riddell<br />

Christine Twaits<br />

Manager of Operations & Engagement: Gillian Smith<br />

Office Manager: Pam Demers<br />

Chefs: Emily McPherson, Liz Mathews<br />

Custodian: Jim Coffin<br />

USEFUL PHONE NUMBERS<br />

Emergency 911<br />

Sechelt Hospital 604.885.2224<br />

SC Community Services 604.885.5881<br />

Senior’s Advocate 877.952.3181<br />

(www.seniorsadvocatebc.ca)<br />

Seniors Crisis Line 604.872.1234<br />

Seniors Abuse and Information Line 1.866.437.1940<br />

Community Information and Help Line 211<br />

Healthlink BC 811<br />

Community Resource Centre 604.885.4088<br />

Sunshine Coast Transit 604.885.6899<br />

HandyDART 604.885.6897<br />

VCH - Adult Mental Health 604.924.8370<br />

Many thanks to the following sponsors<br />

for contributing to our weekly ad in the<br />

Coast Reporter. When out exercising your<br />

consumer vote, it is always good to be aware of<br />

those businesses that help our community to<br />

remain strong and vibrant.<br />

SOUTH COAST<br />

1979<br />

In the light of Pam’s move to the Office Manager position,<br />

we now have two Board positions available, one being for<br />

Maintenance Director and the other is the Director at large.<br />

If you are interested in joining the Board let me know at<br />

president@myssac.com, and I can give you some insight into<br />

the requirements of the position.<br />

Gill Smith has a redefined position as Manager of Operations<br />

& Engagement. She will be continuing her great work with<br />

activity and rentals coordination, and community outreach,<br />

but will not be responsible for MSC or front office operations.<br />

She works in the back office and will be posting drop-in and<br />

appointment availability times five days per week between 11<br />

am and 3 pm. Elsewhere in this edition you will find details of<br />

our new office organisation and availability of services.<br />

Sadly, I must report that we are losing an incredible volunteer<br />

to the <strong>SSAC</strong>, as Chris O’Brennan leaves us and returns to live<br />

in Squamish. Twice a Board member, Chris has been a tireless<br />

worker for the Centre. She was a regular office worker, and in<br />

addition, she was the major work horse facilitating our two<br />

successful Flea Markets last year. We had planned to hold<br />

a Flea Market in August, but now with the loss of Chris we<br />

sadly are not able to take on that challenge. You may also be<br />

aware of the embroidered and cut out greeting cards on sale<br />

from the display in the main corridor. Chris makes all of these<br />

and all the proceeds from sales she donates to the <strong>SSAC</strong>. To<br />

date that donation is approaching $1,500. We will miss her but<br />

are so pleased to see how happy she is to be surrounded by<br />

friends, whilst living in a modern top floor condo with a view<br />

of Garibaldi. We cannot thank her enough for her service. Our<br />

loss is Squamish’s gain.<br />

Recent heavy rains have shown one thing, we had some leaky<br />

gutters needing repair. There needed to be some corner gutter<br />

repairs plus all gutters were recaulked. In addition, on the<br />

upper roof, extra flashing needed to be installed to ensure<br />

that all water was directed to the gutters and not allowed to<br />

continue getting behind the fascia. It was essential to get this<br />

taken care of once identified, and at a cost of around $1,700,<br />

is another example of the sizable ongoing maintenance costs<br />

that we incur. There is need however, for some vigilance<br />

concerning the state of the roof. We have a tin roof that<br />

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equires a protective coating to prevent it from rusting<br />

away. There are large parts of our roof where the<br />

protective coating has weathered away, with some<br />

minor rust at the edges. We will be getting quotes<br />

for the cleaning and recoating of the roof. This may<br />

well cost in the order of $10,000 but is necessary to<br />

avoid complete replacement of the roof in the not-toodistant<br />

future.<br />

With the changes in the office management and<br />

vigilant monitoring of maintenance issues and stable<br />

finances, we feel we are positioned well to continue to<br />

offer the best quality and economical services of the<br />

Centre to our members. As always, we want the <strong>SSAC</strong><br />

to be a welcoming place for you to come to. “Your<br />

home away from home”.<br />

<strong>SSAC</strong> OFFICE ADMINISTRATION<br />

INFORMATION As of June 17, <strong>2024</strong><br />

Pam Demers<br />

Office Manager<br />

604-885-3513, office@myssac.com<br />

<strong>SSAC</strong> Office hours: Monday to Friday - 9 am to 3 pm<br />

Contact Pam or Office Volunteers in the main office if you need<br />

questions answered about your membership or it’s renewal. Pam<br />

and her volunteers will also help you with MSC WALLET deposits or<br />

issues, new memberships, kitchen menu information, <strong>SSAC</strong> event<br />

ticket sales, frozen entrée sales and bus trips information and sales.<br />

Gillian Smith<br />

Manager- Operations & Engagement<br />

604-885-8910, manager@myssac.com<br />

Monday to Friday - 11 am to 3 pm, by appointment<br />

Contact Gill if you have any inquiries about renting our rooms,<br />

activities that we offer and any of our liaisons with the wider<br />

s<br />

community Gill also coordinates communications via our ECHO<br />

newsletter, the <strong>SSAC</strong> website, Facebook, and any other media.<br />

ll<br />

IMPORTANT DATES<br />

!<br />

Canada Day Monday, <strong>July</strong> 1<br />

British Columbia Day Monday, August 5<br />

Labour Day Monday, September 2<br />

National Day for Truth and Reconciliation Monday, September 30<br />

Thanksgiving Day Monday, October 14<br />

Remembrance Day Monday, November 11<br />

Christmas Lunch Monday, December 16<br />

Christmas Closure Tue, Dec. 17 to Thur, Jan. 2<br />

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Pickleball<br />

3 rd Annual Serge Planidin<br />

Memorial Dinking Tournament<br />

On Saturday June 15 th we held the 3 rd Annual<br />

Serge Planidin Dinking Tournament. Not<br />

to be confused with a drinking tournament.<br />

The Dink is a shot in Pickleball which<br />

essentially is a soft drop shot usually played from close<br />

to the net. A dinking game can be played by using only<br />

the 7-foot region either side of the net, referred to as<br />

the “Kitchen”. Our tournament involved a partial round<br />

robin of 32 players on two courts.<br />

Serge Planidin was a mainstay of Pickleball at the <strong>SSAC</strong>.<br />

As an organiser and coach, he devoted many incredible<br />

years to the Centre, always having time to teach anyone<br />

who showed interest in the game. He was particularly<br />

insistent that the game should be a soft game with<br />

many dinks. Therefore, it is particularly appropriate<br />

that we named the dinking tournament in honour of<br />

his memory.<br />

The 32 players were divided in to two groups playing<br />

partial round-robin games on each of the two courts.<br />

Each played 8 games with randomly selected and<br />

different partners each game. At the end of 8 games the<br />

two players with the highest scores from each court<br />

played in a 4 player 2 game final to determine a champion.<br />

Our champion was Glynn Lord, with co-finalists being<br />

Steve Clifford, Aldo Tacchi and Bruce Fraser. Each will<br />

receive a small, engraved glass trophy. The tournament<br />

Tournament winner Glynn Lord (extreme left) with the finalists.<br />

went off without a hitch and was organized and run by<br />

Richard Ward, with the assistance of Gill Poulton and<br />

Chris King serving as court marshals. Chris Hadaway<br />

was again invaluable setting up the nets, tables and<br />

chairs. The tournament was a lot of fun for players and<br />

spectators alike, and four lucky players received a door<br />

prize of pickleball passes. We will be holding a similar<br />

tournament in early December. This will be called<br />

the <strong>SSAC</strong> Picklemas Dinkathon, with pot luck food<br />

contributions by the attendees to properly celebrate<br />

the Picklemas festive season.<br />

Book Signing<br />

On Sunday June 23 rd , Eileen Connors and Dale Macdonald, introduced<br />

their new books – Miracles Do Happen and Meant to Be.<br />

These long-time Centre members and volunteers were joined by many<br />

who enjoyed discussing the books and eating delicious cake. Eileen and<br />

Dale have generously donated the proceeds from the sale of their books<br />

to the Centre. Thank you so much! Watch for the announcement on<br />

when the books will be available for sale.<br />

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Policies & Procedures<br />

Communication<br />

BY BERT CARSWELL<br />

POLICY 8 - COMMUNICATION<br />

The Centre requires an effective strategy of<br />

communication procedures for the membership,<br />

visitors, and the local community.<br />

PROCEDURES<br />

The Communications Committee will be responsible<br />

for the following media:<br />

1. The Communications Committee will update and<br />

manage procedures surrounding Bulletin Board<br />

usage within the Centre.<br />

2. Community Board in the Entryway - all notices<br />

will be read by the Manager to ensure the content<br />

is not immoral or offensive and will be signed<br />

and dated (with current date). Unsigned notices<br />

will be removed and discarded. This Community<br />

Board will have the following notice posted at the<br />

top: “The <strong>SSAC</strong> does not endorse any product or<br />

service promoted through this medium.”<br />

3. Outside Sign, Lobby Monitor, Internal Bulletin<br />

Boards other than Entryway are only used to<br />

promote <strong>SSAC</strong> events and activities. These<br />

may not be used by non-members, or by anyone<br />

promoting ‘for-profit ‘ advertising or promotion.<br />

4. The Bulletin Board and Pamphlet Rack near<br />

and in the entryway are re-designated as the<br />

“Community Resource Information B.B.”. The<br />

Communications Committee is responsible for<br />

monitoring the suitability of material.<br />

5. All remaining Bulletin Boards will be consistently<br />

labeled and identified as Centre Activities Only<br />

and divided and labeled as to type of information.<br />

6. The <strong>Echo</strong> Newsletter is published monthly, at the<br />

beginning of the month. The <strong>Echo</strong> is coordinated<br />

by the Manager, who will consult with the<br />

Communication Director or a member of the<br />

Executive if there are any questions. Proofreading<br />

is the responsibility of the Communications<br />

Committee. Notices in the <strong>Echo</strong> may be posted<br />

by the Centre and by members. ‘For-profit ads’ by<br />

members, and material from outside individuals/<br />

groups are charged according to established rates.<br />

7. Full use will be made of all available community<br />

resources for advertising and promotion. The<br />

weekly sponsored CR (Coast Reporter) ad is the<br />

responsibility of the Manager.<br />

8. Email notices to be used only for notices of General<br />

Membership, Annual General Membership and<br />

Special Membership meetings, and for emergency<br />

notices. This list will be maintained by the Board<br />

Secretary or delegate.<br />

9. Any additions, updates or deletions to the <strong>SSAC</strong><br />

Website content will be primarily maintained by<br />

the Manager or delegate. In the event the Manger<br />

is not available, the Technical Committee members<br />

will be asked to maintain the Website. See Policy<br />

16, Technical Committee, page 34<br />

10. Outside Agency Surveys requesting a survey must:<br />

a. provide credentials.<br />

b. submit their survey to the Board for review and<br />

approval prior to commencement.<br />

11. Any use of the <strong>SSAC</strong> name and logo, must be<br />

approved by the Board. Groups can add other<br />

designs as long as the <strong>SSAC</strong> logo is there in the<br />

correct format.<br />

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<strong>SSAC</strong> Dance<br />

Yee Haw!<br />

What a Party!<br />

Telling Our Stories<br />

An ongoing remembering & writing workshop using<br />

short prompts to elicit vignettes at the heart of memory,<br />

emotion, and the rich lives we have so far lived.<br />

Every Tuesday for 8 weeks starting <strong>July</strong> 9 th (10:30 to<br />

noon in the Farish Room). Maximum of ten writers;<br />

$6/person per session; advance registration required.<br />

Moderated by Caitlin Hicks.<br />

FUNdamentals!<br />

A new group called the FUNdamentals are planning<br />

to stage a Cabaret-like show as a fundraiser for the<br />

<strong>SSAC</strong>. If you are interested in participating in this<br />

fun activity, please contact Joe Dsouza at Jems36@<br />

hotmail.com<br />

June 22 nd was this month’s dance with Blue<br />

Western putting everyone in a dancing mood.<br />

Many thanks to the band for a country-rockin’<br />

good time! Also thank you to Colleen and<br />

Krystyna who were on hand to lead the line dances.<br />

(Don’t forget line dancing is offered 3+ days a week –<br />

not only great exercise and fun but good for cognition<br />

too!) There was also some two stepping, free style and<br />

other dancing – all fun to watch even if dancing isn’t<br />

your thing.<br />

The line dance workshop was held on June 7 th – led by<br />

Jay Alexov. There were some regular attendees but also<br />

a few new people, including one young couple getting<br />

ready for their upcoming wedding – congratulations to<br />

them both!<br />

<strong>July</strong>’s dance will be on the 20 th with the Creek Big<br />

Band. Some of you will remember them from the New<br />

Year’s dance. Get ready for some swing, Latin, light rock<br />

and jazz music (be there or be square). Doors open at<br />

6:30 pm with the beer wine and cider bar open.<br />

Thanks to all the volunteers who help with the dances,<br />

they couldn’t happen without you!<br />

Ann Matthewson on behalf of Jay Alexov and the dance<br />

committee.<br />

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Bus Trips<br />

The Truth<br />

About Our Bus Trips<br />

We are very fortunate to have a 21-seat<br />

bus to use for trips. We now have a<br />

bus committee with the mandate to<br />

generate as many viable bus trips as<br />

possible. The more trips we have the more likely we<br />

are to meet the expenses required to keep the bus<br />

running.<br />

Unfortunately, there are considerable costs associated<br />

with maintaining and insuring it. With any trip<br />

comes the commensurate cost of fuel and the driver<br />

honorarium. These costs are even higher when the<br />

trip involves a ferry trip over to the mainland where<br />

the cost of ferry fee, fuel and driver honorarium is over<br />

$400. Therefore, at $40 per passenger we need at<br />

least 10 people to simply break even on the trip costs.<br />

However, this does not provide any income to<br />

contribute to the yearly expense of maintaining the<br />

bus. To make that happen we need at least 15 paid<br />

passengers on bus ferry trips. That is why we have<br />

had to cancel Casino trips when the ridership is too<br />

low. You will note that for all our future trips we have<br />

had to impose a minimum ridership of 15 to avoid any<br />

cancellation.<br />

On a safety and liability note, moving forward (excuse<br />

the pun) you are required to sign a waiver the first<br />

time you travel in the bus. Also, you must wear your<br />

seatbelts at all times, and there must be no walking<br />

around on the bus while it is in motion.<br />

The bus committee has done a great job in putting<br />

together the trips listed here. Tickets for the Tea &<br />

Trumpets series of 6 performances on Thursday<br />

afternoons at the Orpheum theatre Vancouver (October<br />

<strong>2024</strong> to June 2025) sold well. We have 15 members<br />

who have paid for their series tickets and will pay the<br />

bus fare as each performance approaches. There are 6<br />

seats left available for each trip. If you obtain your own<br />

tickets directly from the Orpheum, you are welcome to<br />

pay for one of those bus seats and come along for the<br />

ride, either for single performances or the series.<br />

Please support the bus trips so that we can afford to<br />

keep it on the road. If you have ideas for trips, feel free<br />

to write them down and drop them off at the front<br />

desk. The bus is also available for rental to non-profit<br />

organisations. In <strong>July</strong> 2025 we will review and report on<br />

the bus finances after a full year of trips organised by<br />

the committee.<br />

<strong>SSAC</strong>/GSS BUS TRIPS <strong>SSAC</strong> - Sechelt Seniors Acivity Centre GSS - Gibsons Seniors Society<br />

DATE<br />

DAY<br />

TIME<br />

DESTINATION<br />

PICK-UP LOCATION<br />

BUS FARE ONLY<br />

<strong>July</strong> 23<br />

Tue<br />

7:15 am<br />

Grand Villa Casino, Burnaby<br />

<strong>SSAC</strong> & GSS<br />

$40/$55<br />

<strong>July</strong> 24<br />

Wed<br />

7:15 am<br />

Vancouver Garden Tour & Museum of<br />

Anthropology, Vancouver<br />

<strong>SSAC</strong> & GSS<br />

$40/$55<br />

<strong>July</strong> 31<br />

Wed<br />

10:30 am<br />

Madeira Park – Bargain Barn Thrift<br />

Store & Lunch<br />

<strong>SSAC</strong><br />

$15<br />

Aug 14<br />

Wed<br />

9:30 am<br />

West Coast Wilderness Lodge, Egmont<br />

<strong>SSAC</strong><br />

$15<br />

Aug 25<br />

Sun<br />

9:15 am<br />

Vancouver Canadians Baseball<br />

<strong>SSAC</strong> & GSS<br />

$74<br />

(includes<br />

game ticket)<br />

Aug 28<br />

Wed<br />

11:00 am<br />

Persephone Brewery<br />

<strong>SSAC</strong> & GSS<br />

$15<br />

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Appreciation Lunch<br />

Celebrating our Volunteers<br />

It is only because of the efforts of over 150<br />

volunteers that the <strong>SSAC</strong> can run so well, or<br />

even at all. That is why Friday, the 28 th June was<br />

one of our most important days of the year. It<br />

was the day of the Volunteer Appreciation Lunch.<br />

They say there is no free lunch. Well, although the<br />

attending volunteers had complimentary tickets for the<br />

lunch, they indeed had already paid their way with all<br />

their invaluable hours of volunteer work at the <strong>SSAC</strong>.<br />

The lunch is one way that the <strong>SSAC</strong> board members<br />

can show how much they appreciate the work of the<br />

volunteers. President Richard Ward was the Master<br />

of Ceremonies and made a toast to the volunteers<br />

and then there was a special presentation to “Super<br />

Volunteer” Chris O’Brennan as she leaves us to move to<br />

Squamish.<br />

Nearly 60 volunteers attended the lunch, where Chef<br />

Emily and her crew outdid themselves and produced<br />

an outstanding buffet. There were plenty of delicious<br />

dishes to choose from. Two challenging word and<br />

numerical games occupied the revellers whilst they<br />

waited for their turn at the buffet. One challenge was<br />

to make as many 4 or more letter English words out of<br />

the word SUNSHINE. Each letter could only be used<br />

once in any word.<br />

Charlotte Wrinch entertained the crowd with her<br />

beautiful music. For those volunteers who could not<br />

make it to the lunch, thank you for everything you do<br />

for us, and hopefully we will see you at this special<br />

lunch next year.<br />

Friendship Tea<br />

<strong>July</strong> 18 - 2 pm<br />

Thanks to Sharon Blanchette<br />

and her team, the Friendship<br />

Tea is held every month on<br />

the third Thursday from<br />

2 to 4 pm. Lots of fun and the<br />

price is amazing. It’s free!<br />

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Date in <strong>July</strong><br />

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Learn more about the<br />

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CLEANING<br />

Friday, <strong>July</strong> 19 - 12:30 to 2pm<br />

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JULY MENU<br />

Weekdays 11:30 am to 1:00 pm. Everything is made from scratch!<br />

We also serve soup, sandwiches and salads. Desserts vary.<br />

Frozen entrées are available from 9 am to 3 pm and vary in price $6 or $8.<br />

Members are welcome to bring guests to dine for a surcharge.<br />

MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY<br />

CLOSED FOR<br />

CANADA DAY<br />

1 2 3 4 5<br />

Baked Chicken<br />

Macaroni<br />

Quiche & Salad<br />

Fish & Chips<br />

Drumsticks<br />

Salad<br />

8 9 10 11 12<br />

Quinoa Tabouleh<br />

Cabbage Rolls<br />

Cobb Salad<br />

Shepherd’s Pie<br />

w/ Sole (or vegan)<br />

Fish & Chips<br />

(vegan option)<br />

15 16 Roasted Beet 17 18 19<br />

Chicken or Vegan Chicken Rajah & Quinoa (salmon Butter Chicken<br />

Fish & Chips<br />

Caesar<br />

option)<br />

Greek Orzo<br />

Salad<br />

22 23 24 25 26<br />

Hot Reuben<br />

Seafood Linguini Peanut Chicken<br />

Sandwich<br />

Fish & Chips<br />

or Noodle Bowl<br />

29 30 31<br />

Pesto Salad<br />

Fish Tacos<br />

Buddha Bowl<br />

(chicken or vegan)<br />

JULY <strong>2024</strong><br />

<strong>SSAC</strong> PICKLEBALL SCHEDULE<br />

Beginners and new-to-us players wanting to join, please contact ssacpickleball@gmail.com<br />

MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT SUN<br />

7:30–9:30<br />

Social Play<br />

2.0—3.5+<br />

7:30–9:30<br />

3.0—3.5+<br />

1:30–3:00<br />

3.0—3.5+<br />

3:00–4:30<br />

3.0—3.5<br />

3:00–4:30<br />

2.5<br />

3:00–4:30<br />

1.0—2.0<br />

w/ Coach<br />

3:00–4:30<br />

3.0—3.25<br />

3:30–5:30<br />

2.5—3.0<br />

2:00–3:30<br />

3.0—3.5<br />

4:30–6:00<br />

2.0—3.0<br />

6:00–8:00<br />

Competitive Play<br />

3.5+<br />

4:30–6:00<br />

3.0—3.5<br />

6:00–8:00<br />

Competitive Play<br />

3.25—3.5+<br />

4:30–6:00<br />

2.5—3.5<br />

6:00–8:00<br />

3.0—3.5+<br />

4:30–6:00<br />

2.5—3.5+<br />

6:00–8:00<br />

Competitive Play<br />

3.5—3.5+<br />

5:30–7:30<br />

Social Play<br />

All Levels<br />

3:30–5:00<br />

Social Play<br />

All Levels<br />

5:00–7:00<br />

3.25—3.5+<br />

For more information, please contact ssacpickleball@gmail.com<br />

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JULY <strong>2024</strong> . <strong>SSAC</strong> ACTIVITY SCHEDULE<br />

Open to adults of all ages. Please check our website for changes. For Pickleball schedule, see page 11<br />

MONDAY<br />

Hatha Flow Yoga<br />

Chair Yoga for Arthritis<br />

Line Dancing–experienced<br />

Carpet Bowling<br />

Duplicate Bridge<br />

Social Bridge<br />

Country Two Step<br />

TUESDAY<br />

WEDNESDAY<br />

THURSDAY<br />

FRIDAY<br />

SATURDAY<br />

ACTIVITY TIME ROOM CHAIR COST<br />

Stories of Our Lives Series (starts <strong>July</strong> 9 th )<br />

Memory Café<br />

Chair Yoga<br />

Craft Group<br />

Emergency HAM Radio<br />

Hatha Flow Yoga<br />

Line Dancing–Beginner/Intermediate<br />

Table Tennis<br />

American Mahjong<br />

Art Journaling (3 rd Wednesday)<br />

Bluegrass Jam (resumes <strong>July</strong> 17 th )<br />

Tai Chi<br />

Line Dancing - Basic<br />

Mahjong<br />

Friendship Tea (3 rd Thursday)<br />

Country Two Step<br />

Hatha Flow Yoga (1 st , 2 nd , and 3 rd Fridays)*<br />

Yin Yoga (4 th Friday)<br />

Badminton<br />

Ukulele Jam<br />

Poker<br />

Chair Yoga<br />

10:00–11:15<br />

10:15–11:15<br />

11:30–12:30<br />

1:00–3:00<br />

12:00–4:00<br />

1:00–3:30<br />

6:00–7:00<br />

10:30–12:00<br />

10:30–12:30<br />

12:00–1:00<br />

1:00–3:00<br />

9:15–9:45<br />

10:00–11:15<br />

11:30–12:30<br />

1:00–3:00<br />

1:30–3:30<br />

2:00–3:30<br />

4:00–5:30<br />

10:00–11:30<br />

11:45–12:45<br />

1:00–3:00<br />

2:00–4:00<br />

6:00–7:00<br />

10:00–11:10<br />

10:00–11:10<br />

11:30–1:00<br />

11:15–1:00<br />

12:00–3:00<br />

1:15–2:15<br />

AM<br />

AM<br />

AM<br />

AM<br />

PM<br />

PM<br />

PM<br />

AM/PM<br />

AM/PM<br />

PM<br />

PM<br />

AM<br />

AM<br />

AM<br />

PM<br />

PM<br />

PM<br />

PM<br />

AM<br />

AM/PM<br />

PM<br />

PM<br />

PM<br />

AM<br />

AM<br />

AM/PM<br />

AM/PM<br />

PM<br />

PM<br />

Auditorium<br />

Craft Room<br />

Auditorium<br />

Auditorium<br />

Craft Room<br />

Farish Room<br />

Craft Room<br />

Farish Room<br />

Auditorium/Craft<br />

Auditorium<br />

Craft Room<br />

Farish Room<br />

Auditorium<br />

Auditorium<br />

Auditorium<br />

Lunch Room<br />

Craft Room<br />

Craft Room<br />

Auditorium<br />

Auditorium<br />

FarishRoom<br />

Lunch Room<br />

Craft Room<br />

Auditorium<br />

Auditorium<br />

Auditorium<br />

Craft Room<br />

Farish Room<br />

Auditoriuam<br />

John McDougall-Goulet<br />

Bobbie-Seale-Cobiskey<br />

Jay Alexov<br />

Katie Caple<br />

Karyn Burney/Andy Hopkinson<br />

Isobel Gibson/Fran Engst<br />

Ian McDonald<br />

Caitlin Hicks<br />

Brian Smith/Rosella Leslie<br />

Tenaya Kivlichan<br />

Carol Maynard<br />

Larry Peterson<br />

John McDougall-Goulet<br />

Jay Alexov<br />

Marilyn Heinrich<br />

Nicol Mentis<br />

Violette Clark<br />

Jay Keevil & Kim Carmichael<br />

David Carson<br />

Louise Parker<br />

Katie Caple<br />

Sharon Blanchette<br />

Ian McDonald<br />

John McDougall-Goulet<br />

Andre Casaubon<br />

Val Galat<br />

Mark Trevis<br />

Bob Hodgson<br />

Tenaya Kivlichan<br />

Quilting 9:00–4:00 AM/PM Lunch Room 2 nd Saturday of each month $4/$8<br />

$6<br />

$48<br />

$4<br />

$4<br />

$4<br />

$4<br />

$4<br />

$48<br />

$6<br />

$6<br />

$4<br />

$6<br />

$4<br />

$4<br />

$4<br />

$6<br />

$4<br />

$4<br />

$4<br />

$4<br />

$6<br />

$6<br />

$4<br />

$4<br />

$4<br />

$6<br />

* Note: these classes are not<br />

suitable for first-timers<br />

Activities are subject to change, especially weekend activities. Check with the Centre or your activity chair if you have any questions.<br />

For the Pickleball schedule, please refer to page 11.<br />

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