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Ben Werner,
Student Newspaper Editor
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Seniors Serving Seniors The Seniors Association evolved in 1997 through the amalgamation of two seniors organizations, each with over 20 years of service to seniors in the community.
A Seniors' Outreach Project to enhance access to community resources was launched to reach isolated residents in the Killarney and Renfrew area of Vancouver east side.
Seniors reported decreased concern for money and increased concern for community service and political activism.
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John Fielding,
CEO
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More Seniors Online Newly established online services and communities are partly responsible for the rise in internet usage by senior citizens.
Seniors As Community Volunteers: Each year, more than 75 senior volunteers are matched, according to interest and expertise, with community needs.
Seniors are, and will become even more, a market, social and political force to be reckoned with and hence a very attractive community to a range of advertisers and marketing sponsors.
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Brian Mengel,
Civil Servant
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Develop and implement community education activities that provide information about issues of concern to seniors and adults with disabilities in understandable formats.
Service to Seniors There are currently 13 community resource councils in Central Region providing Service to Seniors programming.
Seniors have designed projects that connect their art major with a community need and have written grant proposals to fund these projects.
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Adam Findley,
Professional Motivator
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Seniors give back to their communities as active volunteers - a significant and positive factor in improving the quality of life within a community.
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Bob Greenberg,
Congressional Candidate
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Retirement communities encourage seniors to maintain their full independence with the option to participate in services to enrich their lives as they choose.
FGP is a federally funded program designed to help seniors who are assisting their community by nurturing special needs children.
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