ArtWorks: The Art of Success in the Workplace
Bernice Campbell, winner of a large stained glass panel, valued at $800.00. Prince Edward Learning Centre’s participants in the program “ArtWorks: The Art of Success in the Workplace” selected The Prince Edward County Community Care for Seniors Association as the charity to receive the proceeds from the raffle and the sale of hand crafted jewelery. […]
Seniors Luncheon Social in Consecon
Carrolle and Ken Wright won the prize for coming up with the new name for Prince Edward Community Care’s noontime meals for seniors. The Prince Edward County Community Care for Seniors Association is celebrating 30 years of these meals for seniors with big changes launched in the fall of 2009. The new name of the […]
Hearing help is available
The Canadian Hearing Society, in partnership with Prince Edward Community Care, is presenting Hearing Help Classes, Level 1. This course is designed for the hard of hearing person who is experiencing difficulty communicating in day-to-day situations. The course will do the following: teach speech reading skills and discourse strategies; give information on the hearing system, […]
Community Care Student Award
Press ReleaseIt was a proud day for the volunteers at Community Care’s Thrift Shop. At the recent graduation of Prince Edward Collegiate Institute students, Marilyn Garbutt, one of the Thrift Shop volunteers was there to present a $500.00 bursary to a graduating student entering a program that will support seniors. Marilyn Garbutt spends every Tuesday […]
Volunteer taggers exceed the goal
“Selling” tags to support seniors programs in Prince Edward County takes the commitment of many volunteers, 57 to be exact. $3,804.91 was realized for Prince Edward Community Care from this one day effort. Setting a goal of raising $3,333.33, organizer Joan Thissen was thrilled that the target was exceeded and then some. With donation boxes […]
Living Well With Chronic Disease
Chronic Disease Self-Management Workshops What you will learn:– Techniques to deal with frustration, fatigue, pain and isolation.– Exercise– Communication– Nutrition– Medication– Problem solving– Decision making– Developing a personal action plan. Dates:Every Friday from May 15th to June 19th Time:1:30pm – 3:30pm Location:Community Care for Seniors office at 206 Main St., Picton Cost:$35 (includes 400 […]
New “Information for Seniors” directory available
The partnership between two not-for-profit agencies in Prince Edward continues to flourish with the announcement that the next edition of the Information for Seniors Directory is now available for seniors in The County. With funding provided by Hospice Prince Edward (HPE), the Prince Edward Community Care was able to print more copies of this popular directory. A […]
We can help
“We can help with that” was the response from Dr. Layne Butler to a casual comment about finding an affordable method to sterilize foot care instruments. The executive director of Prince Edward Community Care for Seniors, Debbie MacDonald Moynes, was chatting about the challenges to meeting the new Ministry of Health guidelines for sterilizing equipment. […]
MPP opens satellite office in Picton
“Welcome to Prince Edward County and to Community Care’s office” said Maureen Finnegan, chair of Community Care’s board of directors on the occasion of the opening of a satellite office by The Honourable Leona Dombrowsky MPP for Prince Edward-Hastings. Finnegan said “it’s very important for the seniors we serve and for other people in The […]
Seniors taking to the bowling lanes
Bowling is back in Picton. The Prince Edward County Community Care for Seniors Association is launching a new initiative that is sure to strike a chord with seniors. Bowling on the Wii, a video game system that is motion-sensitive, is so realistic that seniors will feel like they are in a real bowling alley. Since […]