The Prince Edward County Community Care for Seniors Association is excited about all the Active Living Program offerings we have lined up this fall.So excited in fact that we needed to bundle them all into our first ever seasonal Programming Guide. The guide is your one stop shop for everything happening at the Seniors’ Centre from September to December. Become an ALP member today and take advantage of everything we have planned in the coming months. From our fitness classes to arts and music programming to our informative webinars to popular social card games, every ALP program is outlined in this guide.  Please reach out with any questions you may have by calling 613-476-7493.

Why I volunteer by Carole Thimidis There’s very few organizations that need to raise money, that could function without volunteers. I volunteer with organizations whose role it is to help others. Most of these organizations couldn’t manage without all the good people who give their time so freely. We work hard, are reliable and are essential to raising funds needed to continue to be able to serve our community. Which brings us joy in that we have a purpose. The other side of volunteering is what we, the volunteers get from giving our time freely. We meet others, sometimes like ourselves and sometimes very different. Volunteering brings together people whose backgrounds, experiences and lives are very disparate but because our aim

Congratulations to Abigail Young of Picton. Abigail, a PECI graduate, is the recipient of the Prince Edward Community Care for Seniors Foundation Maureen Finnegan Award for outstanding volunteer service to the community. Throughout high school Abigail volunteered with the ROC Youth Centre, Cadets, and assisted with afterschool activities and fundraisers. Abigail plans to continue their education at Ottawa University.