Tag: good news

    Feb 18
    Home-care companies surprise seniors with Valentine’s gifts

    The caregivers and owners of Home Instead franchises in Nanaimo and Courtenay have surprised more than 50 seniors with gifts this week. The duo launched a Valentine’s Day gift-giving program to bring joy to clients who are not only alone but isolated from friends and family. “Our senior population has been through so much this […]

    Jan 15
    Independent Living Home, Charles Manor, Teams up with Local Middle School for Pen-Pal Project

    Image: Shelby Thom/Global News Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, the impacts of social isolation have been challenging for seniors across British Columbia. In efforts to create connection and community, amid public health restrictions, independent living home, Charles Manor has teamed up with local KVR Middle School to pilot a pen-pal program. The initiative, which was originally […]

    Dec 10
    10-Year-Old Raising Money to Supply Seniors with Bird Feeders

    Riley Morris, a ten-year-old from Duncan B.C., is raising money so that he can distribute bird feeders to seniors in his community, including those who live in long-term care and hospice. The Drinkwater Elementary student is in the school’s Inquisitive Design and Technology program and hopes that the birdfeeders will make seniors a little happier, […]

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