Pot Luck Thursday

The last Thursday of the month is Potluck Thursday.  Today we celebrated Anne's birthday.  She is the coordinator for the 55+ lounge.  Great food was brought & we all had extra cake & were on a sugar high afterward. ;o)

This is when you know it is time to retire

Walking Club 23 Oct

October 23,2010 we went on the #20 bus to Hastings/ Richards and walked over to Jack Poole Plaza to see the cauldron which was ignited from Friday for the weekend.  It was beautiful to see and it was not raining and quite pleasant. We had our lunch in the food fair at the Waterfront and walked down through Gastown , It was fun and we all enjoyed it.

VANCOUVER — Jack Poole plaza was dedicated Friday 22Oct. by Premier Gordon Campbell and Poole's wife Darlene Poole.
The plaza is the site where the Olympic cauldron sits on the Vancouver waterfront.
The flame will burn until midnight, Saturday, Oct. 23.
Jack Poole was chairman of the Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Games. He died of pancreatic cancer on Oct. 23, 2009, just a few months before the Games.

There were 7 people ( Mimi, Linda, Odette, Susan, Juliana, Ken , Marilyn)


Walked lead by Marilyn

Walking Club

On Oct l6 we went to apple festival in the afternoon at the UBC botanical gardens.  We took the C20 to gardens from the UBC bus loop after taking the 99.

We saw the gardens and display of the different varieties of apples

and some of us bought bag of apples for $6 a bag.

Every year, between 11,500 and 13,500 kilograms (25,000 and 30,000 lbs) of apples are sold to a hungry public. Over 60 varieties of heritage, new and "tried and true" varieties are available, grown both conventionally and organically. These include the heritage apple 'Grimes Golden' and 'Ambrosia', recently discovered in Cawston, British Columbia.

Also available for sale are many varieties of apple trees (2010 List of Apple Tree Cultivars for Sale) grafted onto dwarfing root stock, perfect for the home garden or patio.
One of the most popular activities at the Apple Festival is apple tasting. For $3.00, curious eventgoers can taste up to 60 varieties of new and heritage apples grown in British Columbia. Learn the history of those varieties from the Friends of the Garden's "published in-house" Apple Booklet.
The Vancouver Island-based BC Fruit Testers Association mounts a display of the nearly 200 apple varieties still grown in British Columbia. Members of the association are on-hand to give demonstrations of grafting and cider-pressing. Try to stump them with apple varieties from your garden, as they are also available to identify apples (hint: bring along six apples from your unidentified tree). Nearby, Master Gardeners discuss apple-related diseases and pest management. Or, at any time of the year, you can visit UBC Botanical Garden's online Fruit Trees discussion forum!

There was 8 on the walk ( Jean, Odette, Mimi, Linda, Susan, Juliana, Marilyn , Ken)

walked lead by Marilyn

Flu Shots

Flu Clinic is Tuesday November 2nd
- Vietnamese Seniors 10-11am
- Open Clinic 11-12pm for the rest of the seniors 

Walking Group 09 Oct/Thanksgiving weekend

On Oct 9 2010, Jean, Linda, Odette, Ken, Marilyn walked up the drive to Grant/Salisbury/Gravely to Victoria drive.  We walked up to Central Valley Greenway at Victoria and Broadway. We walked along the Greenway to Renfrew Station where we then caught the skytrain to Gilmore Station and then walked along Henning towards Boundary. We went to ABC Restaurant, http://www.abccountry.ca/menu/lunch#senior_menu where we had Turkey Dinner and Pumpkin pie, then we caught the #9 Boundary Bus back to Commercial Station. It did not rain until we were walking to the bus loop at Boundary/Lougheed.


WALK LEAD BY MARILYN

Lose something??? Happy Thanksgiving

One of our 55+ Ladies in the "Run for a Cure"

Walking Club

On October 2, 2010 we walked down Commercial Drive to Powell Street and caught the No.4  Bus to Jericho Beach. We walked along the beach to Locarno Beach.  There we saw a tree stump
which looked like a wolf so Linda took a picture with Ken next to it.  We came back to Tim's on the Drive and had a social time.
There were 7, Linda, Jean, Odette, Susan, Julianna (Susan's friend), Ken, Marilyn.

WALK LEAD BY MARILYN

What's in a name?

Volunteers required!!!

Hello Britannia Volunteers!

Here are some open positions for volunteers.

If you're interested, please let me know!

LUNCH PROGRAM - Cook and Cook's Assistants
The Al Mattison Lounge Seniors' Lunch Program takles place on Thursday afternoons. It's a very popular program which provides social and interactive opportunities while emphasizing healthy meals in and affordable way. It takes place at 12pm and volunteer cooks and assistants need to be available from 10am-2pm. If you like doing grocery shopping, doing food prep, cooking, or serving food… these are the positions for you! Come on down and meet some fine people over yummy food and fun.

Don't forget that this position qualifies for the Courtesy Pass which entitles volunteers to unlimited use of the Fitness Centre, Pool and Rink for up to 6 months!

55+ Centre Drop-In Hosts
You know how spaces seem so lonely and uninviting when no one's there to greet you? Well, guess what? If you like saying HELLO! WELCOME… and making new friends, this position is for you~

Our AML 55+ Centre is open 7 days a week for drop-in sessions and we're looking for that smiley, friendly greeter who will make that warm difference to users.

On Saturdays from 11am-3pm, it's coffee-time… so duties would include preparing coffee, greeting new people, and tidying up the centre where necessary.

This position also qualifies for the Courtesy Pass and unlimited access to the Fitness Centre, Pool and Rink.

BAKE/SALE
Yahoo! It's time to bake, sniff, and consume freshly baked goodies again!~ My favourite time of the month! October will mark our 3rd bake and sale at Beyond the Blue Box.

We're looking for bakers, sniffers (yes, you'll get to get a whiff of the stuff you bake!), sellers and biters… well of course you get to eat some of what you bake! :)

Bakers: Oct 15, Friday 3-5:30pm at the AML kitchen
Sellers: Oct 16, Saturday 9am-12pm at the Britannia Secondary School Parking Lot, beside the Recycling folks
Up on the menu… macadamia chocolate chunk cookies (yum…), banana bread… and your own recipe!
Please let me know if and how you'd like to be involved. Sale crew leaders wanted too!



More fun and exciting opportunities coming up in the next little while…
Charlene Wee, CAVR
Coordinator, Volunteer Program
Britannia Community Services Centre
1661 Napier St. Vancouver BC V5L 4X4
Tel: 604-718-5860
Fax: 604-718-5858
Email: charlene.wee@vancouver.ca
Web: www.britanniacentre.org (see our website for information and to download an application form)
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