The most recent RTO/ERO “Health Matters” booklet lists four wellness websites that may interest you. As you know, we need to focus on maintaining our health and wellness while we enjoy these retirement years.
There are two websites about the benefits of increasing your activity level:
“Canada’s Physical Activity Guide to Healthy Active Living for Older Adults”
at www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/hp-ps/hl-mvs/pag-gap/pdf/guide-handbook-older-eng.pdf
and “Active Living Coalition for Older Adults” (ALCOA) at www.alcoa.ca.
There are also two websites about changing your lifestyle and eating well:
“Eating Well with Canada’s Food Guide” at www.hc-sc.gc.ca/index-eng.php
and “EatRight Ontario ” at www.ontario.ca/eatright.
Let’s focus on lasting a little longer in a healthy way.
Sunday September 19, 2010
Westfield Heritage Village
www.tellingtales.org
The organizers of the Telling Tales event are looking for volunteers to help both before the event and on the day of the festival.
Before the event:
–collecting lightly used children’s books for the book swap and shop
–setting up and taking down
–sorting books and helping at the book swap and shop table
On the day:
–assistance at the performance stages (looking after presenter, crowd control, announcements, general support)
–assistance at the activity center
–help at the book swap, Bryan Prince Tent or Author Signing Tent
If you are able to volunteer for this event or for further information please be in contact with Susan Jasper at 905 973-6478.
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Dundas Community Services, in partnership, with Community Living Hamilton, provides a ‘Friendly Calling’ Program that supports isolated, lonely or housebound seniors who live in the Greater Hamilton area.
The program, funded through Ontario’s Aging at Home Strategy, helps seniors to live independently and well in the community.
Caring and compassionate volunteers make a friendly call to seniors once a week; share information about events and activities happening in the community; and, where appropriate, link seniors to community supports and resources. Telephone calls average between 15 to 30 minutes. This program is telephone calling only, not visiting.
For more information or to register as a volunteer, please contact Dundas Community Services at 905-627-5461 or email hortmann@hamilton.ca.
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The Retired Teachers of Ontario annually awards up to 25 individual Teacher Education scholarships of $1000.00 each. These scholarships provide financial assistance to applicants who are pursuing a full or part-time program in an accredited teacher-training facility.
To be eligible, a student must be:
–enrolled in a full or part-time program which will lead directly to a career in teaching in Canada
–a resident Canadian citizen or a landed immigrant
–a child, grandchild, niece, nephew, grandniece, grandnephew, son-in-law, daughter-in-law of an RTO/ERO member.
The 2010 applications are available on-line from the Provincial website at www.rto-ero.org and are completed by the applicants and submitted electronically to the Provincial office for processing.
Completed application forms must be received by the Provincial office by the close of business (4:30 p.m.) on Monday August 9, 2010 to be considered by the Service to Others Committee at its September meeting.
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