The Citizen, 1996-04-10, Page 7North Huron offers
seniors' services
Town and Country Homemakers -provides homemaking and person-
al care, home help, respite care, handyman, home maintenance, friendly
visits, telephone reassurance, volunteer transportation/ escort, frozen
Meals-on-Wheels and suppgqkye housing.
Home Care - offers of needs and case management, con-
tracts with service agencies to provide required nursing and home care,
therapy and referrals to other programs.
Huron County Health Unit - Healthy Elderly Program, promotes
senior's health and well being, disease prevention such as flu shots and
immunization.
Wheels Away - accessible transportation for those who are wheelchair
dependent, physically, mentally or emotionally/socially challenged, tem-
porary disability which impairs mobility as well as for companions of eli-
gible clients.
Blyth Library - large print books and other services to assist seniors.
Information and Placement Co-ordination Services - provides up-to-
date information on services for seniors and physically disabled adults,
aids those who find sorting through available services difficult, publishes
free reference guide, Seniors Scene.
Blyth Swinging Seniors - meet monthly for pot-luck meal, social time,
cards and entertainment as well as annual bus trip.
Caregivers Support Group - monthly meeting for family and friends
of those who have Alzhiemer or other related dementia.
Wingham and Area Seniors Day Centre - offers social and recre-
ational programs for older adults and those with special needs in North
Huron and South Bruce Counties as well as twice-weekly programs for
people with Alzhiemer and related conditions.
Huron Adult Day Centre - similar to Wingham centre though for
those in south and central Huron.
Alzhiemer Society - dedicated to the improvement of the quality of life
for those with Alzhiemer Disease or related dimentias and their families,
offers support, information, education and promotion of research. _J
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Mother, son greet
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The Huron County Board of Education
Volunteer Tutors Needed
Would you like to help someone improve basic
reading, writing or math skills?
Someone in your community needs you.
For more information call Darlene Williams at
482-5428 ext. 353 OR
1-800-265-1778
Part of our lifelong learning initiative.
R. Brown
Chair
P. Carroll
Director
THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 10, 1996 PAGE 7.
Town & Country poll identifies local needs
After analyzing the results, Town
and Country Homemakers have
obtained some valuable informa-
tion from their survey of Blyth and
arca residents.
A meeting held March 26, in
Blyth, allowed attendees to discuss
the results, identify further needs of
the community and look at ways to
address those needs.
Ninety-four people responded to
the survey, sent out early in the
year, with 64 per cent of those peo-
ple over the age of 60.
It was found that the largest
Andrew vanVliet and his mother,
Dianne, greeted worshippers at
Duff s United Church on April 7,
Easter Sunday. Phyllis Mitchell
playing violin and Glenda Carter at
the piano added their special touch
to the service by playing Easter
favourites before the service began.
Jennifer McClure lit the Christ
Candle and the choir did the introit,
I Am There.
After the call to Worship Rev.
Randy Banks welcomed everyone.
It was great to see so many families
home for the special weekend.
He then announced that the
Easter lilies, placed in the sanctuary
by the UCW for the sick and shut-
ins, were compliments of the
Knechtel Food Store in Seaforth.
There is a Cancer support group
starting up which will meet at,
Huronlea April 11 at 7:30, he said.
Anyone seeking more information
can contact Barb McMillan.
The choir sang their Easter
hymn, Christ has Risen, which was
followed by Rev. Banks calling the
children forward. He had hidden
some Easter eggs and the
UCW holds
Easter
meeting
The UCW meeting was held
April 3. Worship and leadership
was provided by Karen Hoegy,
Kathleen Williamson, Helen
Williamson and Margaret Craig.
Kathleen opened the evening
with a poem entitled, 'What is
Easter'. The Easter hymn, Jesus
Christ Has Risen Today was sung
by the 19 members present.
Helen Williamson read scripture,
followed by Margaret Craig who
lead the group in prayer. She also
did a short meditation called "The
Other Woman at the Tomb".
Karen Hoegy had the topic which
she called "The Last Supper".
From the business section of the
meeting the various fundraisers
were discussed — serving lunch for
the farm sale at Mervin Smith's,
May 23; lunch served for
McGavin's Open House, July 19;
Church Country Supper, May 22;
the Anniversary Service, June 9
and music night, June 2.
interest was in meal services, either
hot or frozen meals from Meals-on-
Wheels or social meal programs
which would provide social contact
and decrease isolation, says Joan
Van der Meer of Town and Coun-
try Homemakers.
Transportation concerns were
also high on the list.
After various support groups out-
lined their services for the gather-
ing, small groups formed to discuss
ways of meeting the needs.
The resulting suggestions dealt
with forming an advisory commit-
tee to accomplish goals set by the
youngsters had to figure out where
he had hidden them. Once they
found them, they found out they
weren't just ordinary eggs, but
plastic ones with candy and a
special Easter message inside.
Some of the children were asked to
read their messages aloud.
Rev. Banks's sermon was called,
"God came back in just three days".
He began his address by asking
where one could find a brightly
decorated Easter tree with presents
stacked up under them? Did anyone
see Easter lights and lawn displays
of figurine guards, disciples,
angels, and an empty tomb? He
hadn't heard of any lineups at the
malls for children to sit on the
Easter bunny's knee. The stores had
not' been playing any Easter music
for the past six weeks and there
have not been any countdowns for
shopping days left until Easter.
He figured that the Christian
community might be happy that
Easter, the most important of all
Christian holy days is not quite as
commercialized as Christmas.
There are however, similarities
between the two holidays. There
are angels used as messengers; in
both stories there are people going
somewhere to find Jesus — a stable
(cave) and a tomb (cave). People in
both stories were witnesses to a
miracle and in the secular world,
Santa Claus and poinsettias and
Easter bunnies and lilies.
community, recruit volunteers, find
an accessible location for a meal
program and encourage residents to
use the transportation services
which arc now available.
Town and Country Homemakers
will be looking at options for devel-
oping a wider range of community
support services as well as for peo-
ple who are interested in an adviso-
ry committee.
Anyone wishing to offer input or
support can contact Tara Ferguson
at 1-800-265-3039 or 1-519-357-
3222.
Special
week
honours
volunteers
Imagine what would happen if
the volunteers in our communities
went on strike! Take a minute to
think of the roles volunteers fill.
Without volunteer support, many
programs and services we take for
granted would come to an abrupt
halt. Minor sports, 4H and other
youth groups, services for seniors,
local fairs and other community
events are just a few.
In times of reduced government
assistance, volunteers are playing
increasingly important roles and
additional demands are being made
on their time. Volunteers need your
support and recognition. Volunteer
Week (April 21 to 27) has been
established to advocate the
importance of volunteerism and
provide an opportunity for special
recognition of volunteers in our
community.
While their efforts should be
recognized year-round, why not
make a special effort during
Volunteer Week to thank the
volunteers in your community. Or
better yet, why not become
involved as a volunteer yourself!
FOR MORE INFORMATION,
PLEASE CALL:
1-800-809-HOPE