Learn how Bay Seniors is serving the Bay and how you can help
For the past ten years, Bay Seniors volunteers have contributed in many ways to the lives of seniors and all residents of the broader St. Margaret’s Bay area. The Bay is a wonderful place to live, retire and make friends – especially when we do good deeds and carry out valuable projects with each other! […]
Beautiful temples – but watch out for landmines
MEMBER STORY – Joan Redmond I think I was born with the ‘Travel Bug’, and I know that I acquired it from my mother. She and I travelled to places like parts of Canada and the US, Cuba, Venezuela , Costa Rico and Hawaii. As much as I enjoyed these trips I think the most […]
Recycling expert provides the answers on ‘what goes where’
Loren Horwich, Local Waste Educator at Divert NS, joined us at our October monthly meeting to talk about recycling in HRM. We learned that in HRM, we have 5 waste streams: blue bag recycling paper recycling corrugated cardboard recycling green bin (organics) garbage Out of all the streams, blue bag recycling gets the most questions […]
Fall Prevention Month
Did you know… Falls are the leading cause of injury among older Canadians 20-30% of seniors experience one or more falls each year Falls are the cause of 85% of seniors’ injury-related hospitalizations Falls are the cause of 95% of all hip-fractures 50% of all falls causing hospitalization happen at home You can reduce the […]
November Newsletter
Our November newsletter is now available! Click the cover image below to view or download. IN THIS ISSUE: A bright new look for your Association website Joan Redmond recalls her most memorable trip Children host Seniors for stories and dress-up Simple strategies that could prevent a fall Upcoming events, local info and much more!