THE CONNECTION
Bruce Peninsula Seniors Connect Inc. Newsletter
Issue 8 - April 2006
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Cottage Dreams is a registered charity that offers recent cancer survivor time away at a donated, private cottage to recover, reconnect and rebuild their lives together in a natural setting.
Cottage Dreams is the brainstorm of Seana O’Neill and Tavis Valentine. Seana’s mother fought and won the battle with breast cancer in 1988.
The concept is simple; cottage owners can donate their cottages if it is within a 45 minute drive of a hospital and is easily accessible from the road. They must have indoor plumbing and a telephone.
Visiting families are chosen in consultation with medical experts and they must agree to respect and look after the donated property like it was their own. An interview is held to determine dates, where they would like to go and any special needs. Visiting families sign a waiver releasing cottage owners from any liability.
The program operates year round and offers visiting families and week, free of charge to relax, recuperate and reconnect with their family. Cottage Dreams is located in the Haliburton region and is looking for cottages in our area for cancer survivors. There is nothing better for you to recuperate than a nice relaxing stay at a cottage on the Bruce. If you wish to donate your cottage, volunteer by being a community friend or site visitor, or would like to donate to this worthwhile cause, please contact Cottage Dreams at 705-457-9100 or by email.
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Bruce Peninsula Seniors Connect
April’s Upcoming Activities and Events
Mondays
Happy Hands: 10:00 - 1:00
Rug Hooking, Knitting, Crochet.
All Welcome.
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Wednesdays
Coffee Connection: 10:00 - 11:30
Come and join us for a morning of communicative conversation.
All Seniors Welcome.
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Many new activities and outings are planned –
- 19 April 2006: Lunch at Cape Chin B&B
- 17 May 2006: Guest Speaker – Dionne Johnston from Healthy Waves discussing wellness scanning and biofeedback therapy featuring SCIO technology.
Numerous information seminars are planned as to resources for information regarding health issues, recruitment of volunteers, Scrap Booking, Paper Toll, Magazine Exchange day, Movie Day
and Music Day.
Watch for Flyers and give us a call and join in.
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 Stress is the root cause of many illnesses. Healthy Waves uses a computerized biofeedback device called the SCIO to assess and release stress and pain at physical, emotional, and spiritual levels. The SCIO is where ancient therapies meet modern technology, offering a non-invasive alternative therapy that energetically stimulates the body to correct itself.
Dionne Johnston will be the Guest Speaker at the Coffee Connection on Wednesday, 17 May 2006 at 10:00 a.m.
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Board of Directors
Monthly Information
Bruce Peninsula Seniors Connect would like to welcome to board –
Joyce Meneray – Treasurer
Shirley Johnston – Administrative Co-ordinator.
Barbara Fisher – Strategic Consultant.
Board of Directors meetings are at 2:00 p.m. the third Wednesday of each month.
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 Eastnor Horticultural Society Dissolves
The 29th of March was a sad day in Northern Bruce Peninsula. After 80 years of beautifying the community, Eastnor Horticultural Society has decided to dissolve due to being unable to find a new executive. The monies in the Society will be spent on benches for the community with any remaining funds being donated to the Day Care Centre to help start their Children’s Garden Project.
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Val is on holidays in Arizona and we hope to get a post card from her soon.
BPSC has a very busy calendar coming and if any one else would like to add to our events or activities please call the office and we will submit in our next newsletter.
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April is recognized for a number of agencies and organizations, all of whom play a part of the ongoing support of the public. Please give our office a call and we can give you the list of upcoming weekly activities in the area.
One of the most recognized and really significant being National Volunteer Week - April 23-29, 2006.
Volunteer’s are a special, unique sector of people who give to our society in many agencies and organizations unconditionally. These special and unique people should be recognized as very important backbones of our society.
Bruce Peninsula Seniors Connect would like to say:
Thanks! ~ ~ ~ ~ to all & any volunteers ~ ~ ~ ~ Thanks!
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Dates of Importance
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April is Cancer Month
Contact Canadian Cancer Society at
163 8th Street East
Owen Sound, Ontario
N4K 1K9
Phone: 519-376-6011
Toll-free: 1-800-430-6228
E-mail: bluewater@ontario.cancer.ca
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April is Parkinson Awareness Month
Southwestern Ontario Regional office in London co-ordinates
the activities of support groups throughout the area,
from Owen Sound to Windsor to Cambridge.
Contact the Parkinson Society Canada
4500 Blakie Road, Unit 117
London, Ontario N6L 1G5
Tel: 519-652-9437
Toll Free: 1-888-851-7376
Email: parkinso@execulink.com
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World Health Day
7 April 2006
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Hearing Awareness Month
The Canadian Hearing Society
Waterloo Regional Office
120 Ottawa Street North, Suite 200
Kitchener, Ontario, N2H 3K5
519-744-6811 Voice
519-744-6901 TTY
519-744-2390 Fax
1-800-668-5815 Voice/TTY
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Canadian Association of
Speech-Language Pathologists
and Audiologists
401 - 200 Elgin St., Ottawa, Ontario K2P 1L5
613-567-9968 / 1-800-259-8519
fax: 613-567-2859
e-mail: caslpa@caslpa.ca
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1-7 May 2006
Hospice Palliative Care Week
If you have any questions about palliative care in general, or the Canadian Hospice Palliative Care Association specifically, please contact us at:
Grey Bruce Palliative Care Hospice Association Inc.
1800 8th Street East Room 5102
Owen Sound, Ontario N4K 6M9
Telephone: 519-376-0419
Toll free: 1-800-304-0080
FAX: (519) 376-5518
E-mail: gbpcha@bellnet.ca
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1-7 May 2006
National Mental Health Week
Canadian Mental Health Association
8 King Street East, Suite 810
Toronto ON M5C 1B5
By Phone: 416-484-7750
By Fax: 416-484-4617
By Email: General Inquiries
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8 May 2006
World Red Cross Day
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12 May 2006
Canada Health Day
Canadian Public Health Association
Health Resources Centre
400-1565 Carling ave.
Ottawa, ON, K1Z 8R1
Tel. 613-725-3769
Fax. 613-725-9826
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12 May 2006
International Nurses Day
International Nurses Day is celebrated around the world every May 12, the anniversary of
Florence Nightingale's birth.
You can find information about
Florence Nightingale on the
Florence Nightingale International Foundation (FNIF)
web site and the Girl Child project.
Postal: International Council of Nurses
3, Place Jean Marteau
1201 - Geneva
Switzerland
E-mail: General Inquiries
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To all Mothers,
Grandmothers,
Great-Grandmothers and
Great-Great-Grandmothers
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14 May 2006
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14-20 May 2006
National VON Week
1280 20th Street East
P.O. Box 969
Owen Sound, Ontario N4K 6H6
Phone: 519-376-5895 or 1-800-265-3138
Fax: 519-376-5772
E-mail: vongb@von.ca
The Owen Sound office will be having its
First Annual Walk-Run-Roll
for a Healthier Community
on 13 April in Harrison Park.
Contact the office at above address
or by email to Janice Holmes.
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