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Every year in June the Ontario Seniors Secretariat celebrates and recognizes the important role seniors play in our communities.\u00a0 This year\u2019s theme is, \u201cLiving Your Best Life\u201d, and in Wawa that is pretty easy to do! \u00a0\u00a0In celebration, the community has several activities planned; from entertainment to information sessions for seniors.<\/p>\n
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To start the month off on Wednesday June 14th<\/sup> a Seniors Expo will be held at the Community Center from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.\u00a0 This is an opportunity for everyone who is a senior or knows a senior to learn about services available in North Algoma. The Seniors at Risk Committee will be presenting information about their work in the community and several agencies from Sault Ste. Marie will be available to answer questions you may have.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n On Thursday, June 22 the Lady Dunn Health Center, the Seniors Solution Council and the Canadian Red Cross will host their 12th Annual Garden Party on the grounds of the Lady Dunn Health Centre. This year’s theme will be red and white in celebration of Canada\u2019s 150 years, with a Prize for the best, most entertaining hat!<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The Red Hat Ladies who make an appearance every year will be joining us with their antics and good cheer.\u00a0 Even the seniors in Long Term Care get in on the fun, welcoming guests to their \u201chome\u201d.\u00a0 We are hoping for sun and gentle breezes, but we know what summer in Wawa can be like and will be prepared for anything.\u00a0\u00a0 So, rain or shine the show will go on!\u00a0 Refreshments, musical entertainment, and fun will start at 1:30 p.m. and run till 3:00 p.m.\u00a0 The township transit bus will be available for free transportation to and from all events, so get out and enjoy your community!<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Every year the Seniors Solution Council comes up with ideas to celebrate senior\u2019s month, as well as addressing senior\u2019s issues in our community for the rest of the year.\u00a0\u00a0 It is a committee that was set up by the Township to address issues and concerns that affect seniors in our community.\u00a0 It has representation from people and organizations that either are seniors or work with seniors.\u00a0 Lady Dunn Health Center, the Canadian Red Cross, the Royal Canadian Legion, and the Wawa Goose Club all have a representative on the committee.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n If you have any concerns regarding seniors issues you wish to bring to our attention, or if you wish to be part of the committee, please feel free to call any of these organizations for contact information.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Jun 7, 2017 @ 08:05 Every year in June the Ontario Seniors Secretariat celebrates and recognizes the important role seniors play in our communities.\u00a0 This year\u2019s theme is, \u201cLiving Your Best Life\u201d, and in Wawa that is pretty easy to do! \u00a0\u00a0In celebration, the community has several activities planned; from entertainment to information sessions for …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41,40],"tags":[534],"class_list":["post-3905","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-community","category-local","tag-seniors-month"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-29 23:24:18","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3905","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3905"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3905\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3906,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3905\/revisions\/3906"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3905"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3905"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3905"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}