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February 2017 1
Meet the SEESA Card Makers We have a specialized group of volunteers the we call Community Contributors of which the
SEESA Card Makers are a part. Each week the card makers gather together to create
beautiful cards which SEESA sells in the display near the Front Desk. Pictured above
(l-r back row): Silvia Malfanti, Glenda Hawkins, Shirley Manchak, Elizabeth Cargannis,
Anne Lawrence (front row) Martha Mak & Marcelle Jamieson. Absent: Linda Beard
Mission Statement: To provide programs and
services that will help seniors
maintain and enhance their quality of life.
Proud Member of
9350 82 Street NW
Edmonton Alberta T6C 2X8
E-mail: [email protected]
Phone 780.468.1985
Website: www.seesa.ca
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FRONT OFFICE HOURS
Monday 8:30 am to 7:00 pm Tuesday - Thursday 8:30 am to 8:30 pm
Friday 8:30 am to 4:30 pm Saturday 9:00 am to 12:00 pm* closed on
Holiday weekends
CAFETERIA OPEN MONDAY to FRIDAY BREAKFAST 8:45 to 10:00 am
LUNCH 11:30 am to 1 pm
EVENING DINNER 1st WEDNESDAY of the month
STAFF
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Kim Buehler
Personnel & Centre Business [email protected]
FUND DEVELOPMENT Mary Anne Jaedicke
Fundraising & Centre Rentals [email protected]
BOOKKEEPER Sharon Svendsen [email protected]
PROGRAMs Peggy Hansen
Member Activities, Invoicing [email protected]
COMMUNICATIONS, COMMUNITY AND MEMBER RELATIONS
Elaun Cable Lind Newsletter, Social Media & Website
[email protected] [email protected]
COORDINATOR OF VOLUNTEERS Sherr Wadson
OUTREACH Counselling, Home Visits & Support Services
Leslie Amundson [email protected]
HOME SUPPORTS SERVICE Jenny Faryna
KITCHEN Bev Clarke
SECOND COOK Joan Yandeau
KITCHEN ASSISTANT Jeffery Yamazuki
BUILDING Steve Montague [email protected]
WEEKEND BUILDING Dick Proctor
NEWSLETTER CREW
Editorial Layout:
Elaun Cable Lind
Photographers:
Elaun Cable Lind
Mary Anne Jaedicke
Kim Buehler
Proofreaders:
Kim Buehler
©SEESA 2017
Board Members 2016/2017
President - Eric Solash
1st Vice President - Lois Gangl
Treasurer - Barry Headrick
Secretary - Norma Marion
Past President - Sheila Clifford-MacKay
Directors
Joan Brady Karen Sheridan
Daryl Gray Marlen Shustov
Harvey Norstrom Linda Smeland
Please note: due to some unfortunate events and illness
the newsletter was not available for our regular crew of
proofreaders to work on in time for publication. Please
excuse typos, grammatical errors, and other mistakes as
we simply ran out of time this issue.
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From the President’s Desk…
As your President I am proud to have been involved in helping to guide SEESA forward over the past years. The 2017 AGM will soon be upon us and I have one request to all of you, our loyal membership. Please help your Board and me a plan our future. If you are truly interested in the future of SEESA consider joining us to help guide SEESA through the next few years. Put your name forward to become involved with your Board of Directors. We are looking for people who want to keep SEESA as one of the premier centers in the city of Edmonton. Please show your interest to me or to Sheila Clifford-MacKay. We will be happy to start you on the way to new activities that will be both satisfying and beneficial to you and our community.
Eric SOLASH, President SEESA service since 2014 Rotary service since 2001 Field service since 1962
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Although no one can go back and make a brand new start, anyone can start from now
and make a brand new ending Carl Bard
Kim’s Korner Happy 2017! The new year has started and winter programs are in full swing. Our medical students are back and eager to participate and learn.
We now have 3 sets of lockers in the building. Lockers are two sizes larger for items such as badminton racquets and smaller ones for purses and shoes. These are for day use while you are in the building. You must supply your own lock and be responsible to empty the locker prior to leaving SEESA.
Why oh why do we need to fill out those membership forms year after year!?? We hear this often at the front desk. What we are asking you to
check is that all the information we have is current. And that your emergency contacts information is also correct and current. I have an example of something that happens once in a while here at SEESA: we received a call from a local mall that has one of our
members keys and wallet at their lost and found—the key chain has a SEESA fob on it so they phone us. The member’s number is no longer in service and the emergency contact is out of date as well. SIGH—we could have helped this member but the information was out of date. Please remember to let us know when your information changes. And thanks for updating your form every (sigh) year!
We are getting close to AGM time again—Yippee! Please “save the date” the meeting is short and very informative. If you are thinking about running for a position on our Awesome Board—please leave your information at the front desk for Sheila Clifford-MacKay. See you on March 8 at 2 pm! (oh and there is wine and cheese after!)
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February 1st
Commissioner of oaths service is free for cur-rent SEESA members. For non-members a con-tribution to SEESA is appreciated. This is not a drop-in service—an appointment is required. I am not able to assist will all docu-ments e.g. for certified true copies you need to see a Notary.
AGM
March 8, 2017
2pm
OUTREACH NEWS I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas and happy New Year! Outreach activities are continuing as scheduled: Social Circle meets every Thursday from 11:00 am to noon (all are welcome to attend), then moves to the cafeteria to have lunch together. Care Circle meets on the 1st and 3rd Mondays of the month from 1:00 to 3:00 pm — Jan. 16, Feb. 6, March 6, March 20 — open to anyone experiencing a loss. Ins, Outs and Allies on the 2nd and 4th Mondays of the month from 1:00 to 3:00 pm — Jan. 23, Feb. 13, Feb. 27, Mar. 13, Mar. 27. Other Services include providing assistance with completing forms, home and hospital visits, coordinating the Friendly Visitor program, etc. Credit Checks Many financial advisors recommend regularly checking your credit reports. Credit reports provide information about any loans or credit cards you have. This may help prevent identity theft, or recognize it early. There are two primary credit check agencies in Canada: Transunion Canada, www.transunion.ca, and Equifax Canada, www.equifax.ca. Both of them provide free credit checks when the form is completed and mailed in. Both also provide services at a cost, such as monthly monitoring. The services at a cost have not shown any more benefit than the free service. Leslie Amundson Outreach Manager
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INS, OUTS & ALLIES
GAMES NIGHT at SEESA!
All ages welcome!
Wednesday, February 15 from 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm
Games include Crokinole, Yahtzee, Scrabble,
UNO, Checkers, and more.
Refreshments and snacks will be provided.
Sign up at the Front Desk. $2 drop in fee.
Melody Singers Notes
Here we are in January, a time to look back on what has been, and a time to look forward at what is hoped and planned for. We finished our fall schedule in November. Alida Van Braeden was emcee at St Joseph’s. Entertainment during choir breaks was provided by Dale Wilkie and Colleen Ryan singing “Bye Bye Blackbird” and “I’m Looking Over a Four Leaf Clover”. Dorothy Munro and Dee Litke sang “ You’ll Never Know” and “I’m Going to Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter” (e-mail of course!). Churchill Manor hosted our last sing-out for the season. Caren Lang-Rosenau chaired the program. The breaks were ably filled by Vivian Lundgren singing “It Might Be You” Dee Turner sang “Walking After Midnight” Then they joined and sang together “ Sweet Violet” and “Forever Young”. We then focused on our Christmas performances which we presented at the suppers at SEESA in December. There are people that work behind the scenes that help the choir at our performances. A special word of thanks goes to Merrill Sandahl who does some heavy lifting for us by bringing the keyboard and sound system to our sing-outs. He also sets up the sound system with microphones and a maze of wires, the better for our audience to hear us. We are also grateful that not instituted “carrying charges”! As always, Anne Marshall has put together exciting repertoire for our spring schedule featuring songs of Canada in celebration of our country’s 150th birthday. We are hard at work in preparation for these sing-outs, our joy and we trust, for the enjoyment by our audiences. - Elsie Combs
SEESA Board Members
Recruitment
If you are interested in becoming a SEESA Board Member, please pick up an application at the reception desk. There are eleven meetings a year and the opportunity to serve on committees. Sheila Clifford-MacKay SEESA Past President
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CENTS-ABLE
At the AGM 2016 we challenged every SEESA Member to set aside .25¢ a day
Feb 1 we have been collecting for 306 days. That’s $76.50 out of the total $91.25. At the time, we were needing a roof.
No more! The City of Edmonton is now footing that bill
We are still collecting and all the money is now going into our
Under the New Roof fund– Money being set aside for the replacement of existing equipment as
needed. If you donated to the roof and do not want your
money delegated in this way; you have until February 17, 2017 to request a refund. You will need to submit your original receipt to Kimberly
Buehler with a written request by then.
Honourary Lifetime Membership
Nominations
SEESA has many dedicated volunteers. In fact,
if it were not for the work our volunteers do
SEESA would not exist. Have you noticed the
work of any particular volunteer? Has he or
she gone the extra mile? Why not nominate
that individual for Honorary Lifetime
Membership?
Deadline January 31, 2017 See Front Desk for more details
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Call Angela 780-951-2929
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SEESA My Charity of Choice
Olive Legacy Sherr’s mom, Olive Wadson, loved coming to her charity of
choice, SEESA. As a memorial tribute, Sherr will donate
$1000 if someone will match it with another $1000. Could
this be you???? Please see Mary Anne.
Speaking of Sherr… every time a SEESA member passes
away she donates on their behalf. Last year that amounted
to $520. Much appreciated.
Other SEESA members made memorial donations on behalf of 35 people:
Charity of Choice SEESA received $9183 in gifts
Hula Instructor Sandra donated all of her wage in 2016 to SEESA
Get Lit brought in $9260. We sold 80 lights.
Please see Fund Raising bulletin board for a list of Get Lit donors.
Thank you Community Contributors
Lee Schulte Hope Pennock Howard Johnson
LaVerne Norstrom Helen Sanders George Aldridge
Doug Gillett Maxine Stone Erika Hartwig
May Warnock June Bennett Emily Bartman
Tofu Jack Maguss Ed Lopeter
Lynn Pettitt Elma Lazar Bob Cable
Nancy Falconer Muriel Love Bill Vriens
Judy Konojacki Mark Cameron Alf Neilson
Audra Topper-Young Marion Redge Catherine Haiste
Andy Antoniuk Joyce Cole Charles Galant
Gordon Fester Johny Wadson Betty Campbell
Marian Duchnij Jim Latimer
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Line Dance Party & Social
Sunday, February 5 2-4pm
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Bring a Small Potluck Snack
Caller: Tracy VanDyk—SEESA Instructor
Please pre-register at Front Desk No Experience Necessary
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February 28th.
Remember to give Canadian Tire SEESA’s phone
number at the till and the Canadian Tire
money credit will go to our account—780-468-1985
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The following SEESA Member #’s
have won a prize:
7-917 7-641 7-298
7-482 7-201
Please come to the Front Desk with your
membership card to claim your prize and
thank you for reading the newsletter on-line.
Thanks to our Community Contributors for the Silent Auction Items:
Barb and Ernies Restaurant Bonnie Doon Shopping Centre Bernice Armstrong
Bernice Pedden Capilano Registries Clark Builders
Crowe Brothers Darryl Locke / Royal LePage Noralta Don Evans
Edmonton Motors Eric Kadatz Grower Direct
Jo-Ann Moloney Jubilee Singing Christmas Tree Judy Pape
Juniper Café and Bistro Lois Pawl Lorraine Sequin
Marie Dompe Honourable Marlin Schmidt MLA Mariline Vincent
Marina Chrapko / Avon Mary's Popcorn Tops Medicine Shoppe
Moxies Grill and Bar Noel & Rose Marie Constantin Noel & Patty Norstrom
Richard Betchel Safeway Capilano SERVUS
Shelley Smith / Venture Law Sherr Wadson Steve Montague
Dr. Ng / Westview Dental Tom Shearer / Royal LePage Noralta Waterloo Ford Lincoln
It was a very successful event!
Wednesday FEBRUARY . 1 .
2017
Meet at the SEESA East Door at 9:30 am to join us as we walk around Holyrood
Park and back.
Sign up at the SEESA Front Desk. All participants will receive a hot chocolate and a chance to win
lunch.
Massachusetts Calling? Chances are it’s a message from SEESA
We have wonderful tool at our disposal: an
automated message system we have nicknamed
Sam which sends detailed messages to our
members by telephone. The downfall is that the
number displayed comes up as a 1-617——
number which is out of Boston, Massachusetts , so
do not be alarmed when you see it.
The message is an automated voice and
each message will begin with “This is SAM—the
SEESA Automated Message system” . . . The
message will always repeat and we will say our
phone number at the conclusion of the message.
The system is tied into the MySeniorCenter
system. Your part is to remember to swipe your
fob each and every time you attend a club, class,
monthly dinner or event. It is so easy to contact
the members who ’fobbed” in for classes, but we
have to personally call many, many
members who have not been using the
system.
-Kim
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2016 TAX CLINICS
Tax clinics will be held here at SEESA on March 7, 16, 22, & 30
Appointments are 25 minutes each for one return. Couples wishing to do their taxes together need to book two consecutive
appointments.
Tax clinics are a community service designed to assist low-income seniors
complete their annual personal tax returns. Volunteers from the Chartered Accountants
of Alberta take time out of the busiest season of their year to offer this service.
This service is only open to those individuals whose total incomes fall into the following
earnings categories and can be substantiated through official tax information
slips:
With no dependent $30,000 or less With dependents $50,000 or less
All interest income, investment income (US or Canadian) etc., is considered as income
and is subject to the income guidelines.
Those individuals who have self-employment income, rental income or real estate holdings (land and/or buildings, including a house or condo that provides rental income) are not
eligible for free income tax return preparation, regardless of the amount of income. Also, we are unable to complete
returns for clients who have passed away, as these returns are too time consuming to be
completed in the time allotted.
Appointments are on a first come first served basis and range from 6 pm to 8:35 pm.
Contact the SEESA front desk to reserve your appointment.
LET’S GO OUT
Distillery Tour and Lunch Thursday March 16th
Time: Bus departs SEESA: 10:30am Return time to SEESA: approx. 2pm
Cost: $47 members/$57 Non-members Includes: lunch, gratuities, bus (coach or mini coach) and distillery tour
Maximum number of participants: 25
Deadline to register: Weds, March 1st 4 pm. Please pay at SEESA front desk.
Description: We will head to Nisku to Big Rig Craft Distillery. Your tour will cover how liquor is produced, including processes using raw local grain, fermentation, distillation and final packaging. Afterward you
will get a chance to sample the numerous products produced. Products will also be available for purchase. Lunch will be catered by a local BBQ company. Lunch includes your choice of either pulled pork or smoked chicken salad on a bun plus your choice of home-made mac n cheese or baked beans. Dessert, coffee, bottled water and gratuities are included. Please indicate your food choices when you sign up.
Amount of Walking: none.
I've invited the folks from Central Lions to join us. The maximum for both clubs is 25people. First come, first served.
Jo-Ann Moloney Co-ordinator of Let’s Go OUT 780-475-1465 ( Mon-Thurs only please)
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February 2017 Volunteer Voice Did you know that… as the Entertainment Coordinator for Monthly Dinners you get a discounted ticket? Not a bad perk... and, since some dinners enjoy traditions such as bingo or music by our Melody Singers, it’s only half a dozen or so performances to handle each year. We are looking for someone to start booking for April’s monthly dinner and afterward.
Speaking of Books... Our members are so generous in donating books to the John Sandercock Library that we need more help on the Library
Committee! Will you help us solve this “problem”? Front Desk Receptionist Welcome new FDR, Glenys MacKenzie, who is now working two Monday evenings a month as well as helping out as needed on other shifts. We are always looking for help in the busy and social FDR position, so don’t hesitate to talk to me about giving it a try.
How Does Tillie’s Run? If you’ve had a beverage or a bite to eat in Tillie’s café, you appreciate the cashiers and helpers filling plates and bowls at the servery. Come and try a shift and fob in one
of the 120 Food Services shifts fobbed in each week! We have several regular shift vacancies and are always looking for those who can work on a “casual” basis to sub. Ask current volunteers and you’ll hear what a fun place it is to work! Sherr Wadson Coordinator of Volunteers
The effect of one good-hearted soul is incalculable. Oscar Arias
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Did you know? Even more value for your
Membership Dollar!
SEESA has signed on to the City of Edmonton “Corporate Wellness Program” Your SEESA membership entitles you to either: 15% off a Multiple admission pass or 20% off an Annual or Continuous Monthly
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Will You Crack The Code?
6 8 2 One number is correct and well placed
6 1 4 One number is correct but in wrong place
2 0 6 Two numbers are correct but in wrong places
7 3 8 Nothing is correct
CODE
8 7 0 One number is correct but in wrong place
Place your answer on a piece of paper with your name and phone number on it and submit it to the Front Desk by February 16th. A draw will be made from all correct entries. You may win yourself a breakfast at SEESA for your efforts.
Jasper Park Lodge - Senior Spring Fling
April 4-7, 2017
Includes all meals & bus from Edmonton from: $690.00 pp, double occ
Call Jo-Ann Moloney 780-475-1465
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to all our new members!
Anne Plaxton Gino Pellegrino
Antonio Spanu Glen Walker
Elizabeth Good Gloria Haroldson
Bob Pierce Gwen Bond
Brian Tucker Heather Patton
Catherine Hewson Henry Zilm
Cathy Csernyanski Jean Northill
Celeste Duvenhage Jeannette Elsenheimer
Cindy Brouwer Jim Nesdole
Claire De Legh Arnold Joan Charest
Claudette Belyea Joan Tucker
Coby Roeleveld Joanna Miazga
Colin Kinnell John Boutillier
David Capostinsky Karen Setter
David Oberholtzer Karin Penner
Debera Nicholson Lani Labrador
Deborah Slugoski Larry Elsenheimer
Dianne Osback Len Huculak Melanie Hansen Stan Miller
Dolores Snaychuk Leonard Burt Monika Setter Sue Kim
Donna Gannon Linda Tomenchuk Muriel Kuchison Thomas Murrle
Donna Spanu Lisa Eriksson Myrna Zilm Wayne McKinnon
Elaine Cust Lorna Nesdole Nora Bredo Bill Forrest
Elda Kerns Manuel Galan Pati Russell As much care as we have put into building this list we hope we have caught all members. If you are new and your name did not appear on the list please know you are welcomed and we are sorry if we missed your name.
Elizabeth Caragannis Margaret Wooff Ratna Basappa
Elsie Thompson Marilyn Benson Robert Rolf
Etholeen Ganong Mary Underschultz Roger Russell
Florence Lavigne Mary Anne King Sheila Weisser
Gail Guss Maureen McKinnon Slavek Benluzanski
Everyone loves a pot luck dinner. Each person prepares one dish to share and everyone samples a wide variety of things. The best part are the surprises because you never know what you are going to get at a potluck!
This February we are having three. On Thursday, February 2nd celebrate Chinese New Year - this annual potluck has now become a tradition and a tasty one at that. Sunday, February 5th, as part of the Line Dance Social participants are invited to bring a snack to share. Then on February 24 be-fore our Canada 150 Playlist Scavenger Hunt let’s get together to eat before we play.
To ensure we have enough supplies (plates, napkins and the like) we ask that you please sign up to attend at the Front Desk.
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A HELPING HAND SERVICES
Home and Personal Care *Companionship *Setting up a Daily Routine
*Menu Planning *Grocery Shopping *Cooking Healthy Meals of Your Choice
*Cleaning *Yard and Garden Maintenance *Transportation and Accompaniment to
Appointments *Trustworthy Bookkeeping, Banking and Bill
Paying *Organizing small or large spaces
*Downsizing & Purging *Organize Moving to a Smaller Living Space
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In Our Thoughts and Prayers To all our members and friends who have lost a loved one our thoughts and prayers are with you.
The following members or family of members have passed away:
Alf Nielsen, Judy Konojacki,
Jo Berglund, Gilbert Lemire,
Brenda Remin’s mother, Glen Trimble’s daughter,
Eric Kadtaz’s wife
We will no longer publish illnesses in the newsletter due to the large number of
concerns about mis-information. The
information can still be recorded in the outreach book at the Front Desk.
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NOVEMBER DINNER
ROZ SCHILBERG (50/50)
BARBARA AUSMAN (DOOR PRIZE)
MARIE SANDFORD, MARY MASSICK,
EDITH HOWARD (BINGO)
DECEMBER THURSDAY DINNER
DAN MCISAAC (50/50)
LORNE MAH (DOOR PRIZE)
KEN TOVELL (BEST CHRISTMAS SWEATER)
DECEMBER FRIDAY DINNER
SHIRLEY KELLER (50/50)
KELLY DUGGAN (DOOR PRIZE)
DECEMBER CRIB TOURNAMENT
1ST SHEILA & SYLVIA NELLS
2ND TIED DON & JOAN DELAFOSSE
LORA FRIED & DOROTHEY LEACHMAN
BOOBIE PRIZE: CAROLINE ANKER & ROSEMARIE
WASYLEN
DOOR PRIZES: ROSEMARIE WASYLEN, SHEILA NELLS
& GLEN SUSTRIK
+19: SYLVIA DICKSON
50/50: JOAN DELAFOSSE
THREADS, TREADS AND TRENDS
DOOR PRIZE WINNERS
CAROL DROZAK, VI HOLTS, EVELYN MCCRACKEN
PATRICIA PARKER
50/50
ROSE LEES, JOHN CUTTING,
ROSE MARIE CONSTANTIN
VOLUNTEER DRAW NOVEMBER
CATHERINE NICOL & BOB KONOJACKI
DEC/JAN RIDDLE
ILSE CLAUSING
CHRISTMAS BASKET
BRENDA DAVIS
QUILT WINNER
M. MURCH
VOLUNTEER DRAW NOVEMBER
MYRNA REEVES & LINDA AXLEY
JANURARY CRIB TOURNAMENT
1ST STEVE & LORETTA HOLUB
2ND HENRY PETERS AND AL MARTINEAU
3RD RON & GLORIA HAGEN
BOOBIE PRIZE: ELSIE STANNARD & PAULETTE LO-
RENZEN
DOOR PRIZES: ROZ SCHILBERG, DALLIS NOWOSELSKI
& DONNA PAUL
+19: BERNICE LIBICH
50/50: CATHY COURTEAU
DECEMBER BIRTHDAY PARTY
SHIRLEY ZYGUN (DOOR PRIZE)
VIVIAN MANSON (DOOR PRIZE)
TERRY BROVER (GIFT CERTIFICATE)
AL BARCLAY (GIFT CERTIFICATE)
JANUARY BIRTHDAY PARTY
IRIS ALLEN (DOOR PRIZE)
CHARLIE HALL (DOOR PRIZE)
TED THOMLINSON (GIFT CERTIFICATE)
IRIS HRUSHCHAK (GIFT CERTIFICATE)
Upcoming Events:
February
1 Winter Walk 9:30 am
2 Chinese New Year Potluck 5 pm
3 Jam Session 7 pm
4 Crib Tournament 1 pm
11 Valentine Dinner & Dance
14 Valentine Brunch 9 am & 11 am
17 Jam Session 7 pm
20 Family Day - centre closed
23 Monthly Dinner 5:30 pm
WECAN Food Basket Dates
Order payment February 3 Pick up on February 16
Orders and payments are made at the Front Desk.
For more information speak with Leslie or Jenny
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News From Community Contributors
The Quilters and Crafters had another successful and productive year. Knitters Claire K., Claire L., Catherine, Margaret, Iris, and Marjorie took on the project of knitting 52 hats for Meals on Wheels for their drivers.
Pictured above Caitlin and Ashley from Meals on Wheels are presented with the hats by the Knitters (absent from the picture were Catherine and Iris). Glenda, Maureen and Mary knit twenty dishcloths which were donated to Meals on Wheels for their Christmas gifts for clients. Betty, Elizabeth, Judy, Irene, Claire K., Maureen, and Marjorie were busy sewing quilts, placemats, runners, hot mats, microwave pot holders, aprons, fancy bags, etc to raise money for SEESA (the quilters also finished two quilts for SEESA members who are no longer able to sew). Medical student, Dave, was welcomed to the group and was taught to knit a dishcloth.
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December Birthday Party
Thirty-one Birthday celebrants along with their guests enjoyed an afternoon of fantastic entertainment by SEESA’s Music Makers. The Birthday Committee was thrilled to see long-time Birthday Party volunteer, Shirley Zygun return, though she came to celebrate her own birthday, but could not stop helping out a little (it’s in her nature).
Three members were awarded their Lifetime Memberships by Board Secretary Norma Marion. Congratulations to Ethel Reid, Ken Gough and Millie Knight.
Milestones & Celebrations December Landmark Birthdays
Heather Baker Harry Chan Marcie Ferguson Ken Gough
Paul Guloien Jack Harris Irene Kerr Annie Kiel
Millie Knight Margaret Legge John Markowski Yvonne McFadzen
Lynda Matthews-Mackey John Miller Bob Moynes
Marjorie Page Sonia Palichuk Judy Pape Vincent Poon
Ruth Rampling Ethel Reid Iris Renaud
Emily Rowan Roger Smeland
Mary Temofychuk Julie Toth
Ted Tutt Mary Weleschuck
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January Birthday Party The SEESA Music Makers started off the 2017 year of Birthday Party entertainment with a wide variety musical selections and toe-tapping favourites. We had a smaller than expected crowd of twenty-three celebrants
and their guests. Our Membership Chair, Joan Brady, was on hand to award the first Lifetime Membership of 2017 to Jean Dempsey.
Just a reminder that if it is your birthday month you should expect a reminder call from us. It may show up on your phone’s display as a Massachusetts number. RSVP to the Front Desk even if you think you didn’t get a call.
Milestones & Celebrations January Landmark Birthdays
Joan Petersson Crill Merrick
Irene Boutin Margaret Mansell
Herta Franke Stan Jober
John Beard Gladys Seccombe
Iris Hrushchak Marguerite Fisk
Irisann Turchanski John Burlingham
David Ferguson Grace Dusseault
Patricia Goddard Ted Thomlinson
Alex Lau Jean Dempsey
Dallis Nowoselski Ray Hopkins
David Neilson Rosemary Packer
Kitty Eichmann James Gibson
Linda Granholm Edna Tyler
Celeste Duvenhage Jean Mair
Agnes Aikins Charles Couch
Colette Zuberbuhler Colin Chan
Janice MacLauchlan Ian Elliott
Mick Safruik David Dorward
Gil & Tom McGovern celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary on January 25. Congratulations!
Save The Date!
SEESA 2017 Annual General
Meeting Wine & Cheese to Follow
Wednesday, March 8th, 2017 at 2pm
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Bonnie Doon Community League volunteers host a monthly Thursday get-together for seniors at Bonnie Doon Hall (9240 93 Street). Everyone is welcome to watch National Film Board documentaries followed by contemporary short animations. The films start at 10:30 am and are free to attend. A light lunch is served at 11:45 for $2/person. Sponsors help us maintain our affordable program.
February 9 The Lost Garden: Alice Guy-Blanché 2008 For more information contact [email protected] or visit
In conjunction with Canada’s 150th birthday, there is a new ParticipACTION challenge: the 150 Playlist which according to their website is “the ultimate list of all the physical activities that make us Canadian”. The challenge is simple: to try as many physical activities on the list as possible. Just take a look through the SEESA Program Guide and you will find we have a wide variety of activities to get you well on your way to achieving this goal: Table Tennis, Walking, Folk Dance/Cultural (Zumba Gold & Cardio Salsa), Yoga, Billiards, Drumming, Tai Chi, (Soft) Pilates, Floor Shuffleboard, Dancing, Badminton, PickleBall, (Floor) Curling and coming back in the Spring Gardening and Bocce Ball.
In upcoming months we are also planning to do some of the other activities on the list such as a scavenger hunt (on February 24), a game of tag, dodgeball, hopscotch, flying kites, swinging in the park, hide and seek and more. Watch our monthly newsletter for featured activities. Sign up on line at www.participACTION.com/150 to track your efforts and earn rewards.
Are you up for the challenge? Join us to move more, sit less and have some fun, too! Elaun Cable Lind Communications, Community & Member Relations
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BOOK SALE BEGINS OCT 9
Programing Notes Welcome to this New Year of Programming at SEESA! As most of you already know, my name is Peggy Hansen and I have taken on the role of Program Manager of SEESA classes and clubs. I am thrilled to be working with each of you towards our common goal of creating and maintaining quality programming for the seniors and guests who make our centre what it is. Our Winter programming is set from January to March. This session offers 70 different classes and 30 different clubs that you can be involved with. Unfortunately, some of the classes did not have enough registrants in them this time around and so they needed to be cancelled. I will try to offer them again in the Spring session so keep an eye on the Newsletter and the Spring Program Guide when it becomes available for some of those classes to be brought back.
The Spring session for classes begins in April and runs until the end of June. SAVE THE DATE - Registration Day will be on Saturday, March 11. More information will be available in the next Newsletter.
SEESA is always looking to update our programming. If there is a class you are interested in taking and don’t see it offered please have the conversation with me and I can look at perhaps getting it implemented. Also, if you have any positive feedback or constructive suggestions about your instructors, classes or clubs please let me know. As a staff member I am not available to attend all the classes or clubs so any feed-back is appreciated.
Enjoy your time in the classes and clubs you’ve chosen to attend this session!
Peggy Hansen, Program Manger
Busy Bee-ing Fabulous!
Has someone done you a good turn? Share the happy news in the Book of Fabulous at the front desk! Marie Dompe, SEESA artist, did two custom
portraits of my dogs and donated the money from the purchase to SCARS.
(Winter) Registration Saturday went very,
very well, good organization and quick. Good work everyone!
Great Christmas Dinner. Way to go!
VALENTINE
BREAKFAST Tuesday, February 14
th
1st sitting 9 - 10:30 am 2nd sitting 11 am - 1 pm
Your choice: Waffles or
Eggs Benedict
Coffee/tea included
$8 in advance or $10 walk up on the day of
Purchase tickets at the Front Desk in advance by 4:30 pm Feb 13th
Note: No regular Breakfast or
Lunch served that day.
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Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
1 Dinner Tix on Sale 8:45am
Fundraisers meeting 9am
Winter Walk 9:30 am
2 Chinese New Year Potluck 5 pm
3 Jam Session
7 pm
4 Crib
Tournament 1pm
(still only $5)
5 Line Dance
Social 2-4 pm
6 7 Deadline for Valentine Dinner Dance tickets (noon)
8 9 Special Events Meeting 10am Newsletter Deadline
10 11 Valentine Dinner Dance (Advance Tickets only)
12 13 14 Valentine Brunch 9 am - 1 pm No regular Breakfast or Lunch
15 Birthday Party
2:30 pm
Games Night 7 pm
16 PickleBall 1:30 pm
17 Jam Session
7 pm
18 Office closed
19 20 Closed
Family Day
21 Dinner Ticket deadline noon
22 23 Monthly dinner
5:30 pm
24 Potluck 5 pm Scavenger Hunt 6:30 pm
25 Badminton
10 am
26 27 Movie Matinee departs 1:45 pm
28 Board Meeting Health Check Clinic 9 am - noon
Feb 23 Monthly Dinner: Baked Chicken
Entertainment by Jackson Mackenzie
February 2017