Growing Older

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Access River East offers the following (call 204-938-5000): individual counselling through A&O, 204-956-6440. Support groups: 204-940-2114, diabetes, first Tuesday 10-11 a.m.; caregivers, last Thursday, noon, 1590 Henderson Hwy., register; visually impaired, second Friday, 1:30-2:30 p.m., 1590 Henderson Hwy.; Parkinson’s, last Tuesday, 6:30 p.m., 200 McIvor Ave.; Alzheimer’s, third Wednesday, 3:30 p.m., Donwood Manor, 204-943-6622. Family strengthening mental wellness, first Wednesday of the month, at Access River East, 204-253-9641; Menière’s support group, 204-975-3037 or www.chha-mb.ca; Continuity Care, support for parents caring for an adult child with a disability, first Thursday, 204-779-1679. Health education and workshops: 204-940-2114. Get Better Together, 204-632-3927 or www.getbettertogether.ca; diabetes education, four-week sessions, register 204-938-5000; It’s All About Us: Seniors Helping Seniors, Wednesdays 10 a.m.-noon, Lion’s Place, 610 Portage Ave., Lynn 204-247-5918.

 

Access Transcona offers the following (204-938-5555): individual counselling through A&O. Call 204-956-6440. support-group meetings, 204-940-2114; diabetes education, four-week session, 204-938-5555; Diabetes support group, 2-3 p.m.; Widow(er) to Widow(er) six-week support group, 204-956-6440; dementia support group, first Wednesday 10-11:30 a.m., 209 Yale Ave. W., 204-222-9879; visually impaired support group, 204-222-9879; family strengthening mental wellness meets the first Wednesday of the month, 1:30-3:30 p.m., Access River East, information 204-334-4404 or 204-253-9641; hard-of-hearing support group, Abundant Life Church, 1 p.m., 204-222-9879; It’s All About Us: Seniors Helping Seniors, Wednesday, 10 a.m.-noon, Lion’s Place, 610 Portage Ave., Lynn 204-237-5918. Health education & workshops: 204-940-2114; Transcona Book Club meets second Thursday of the month, 2-4 p.m., Transcona Library, register Liz 204-222-1610; falls-prevention assessment and education, 204-940-2114; 55-plus dining experience, congregate meal program, Transcona Memorial United Church, 209 Yale St. Monday & Wednesday, 4:30 p.m., reservations 204-222-5947; Discover Transcona Wednesday walking group, 1:30-2:30 p.m., 204-940-2114; Hi Neighbour early-morning walking program, 204-938-5555.

 

Archwood 55Plus Program and Activities Archwood Community Centre, to March: Yoga Fit, Nordic pole walking, Zumba Fit, Low Impact Cardio, Total Body Workout, Line Dancing, Painting/Drawing, Bowling & Pickle Ball. Information: 204-416-1067 or archwood55plusinc.weebly.comarchwood55@gmail.com or archwood55plusinc.weebly.com.

 

Bee Wellness for Older Adults & Others, 105-4910 Roblin Blvd., geared to older adults and others with chronic health issues (MS, Parkinson’s, stroke recovery, etc.). We offer health and wellness programs and one-on-one functional rehab. Information: 204-832-2077.

 

Bleak House Centre Inc. 1637 Main St. (across from IGA) information: 204-338-4723 activities: Monday, whist 1-3 p.m.; Tuesday, coffee and conversation 10 a.m., lunch 11:45 a.m.; bingo 1-3 p.m.; ceramics 1-3 p.m.; Thursday, cribbage 1-3 p.m.; Friday, quilting 9:30 a.m.

 

CARP (Canadian Association for the 45 Plus) Elmwood Legion Branch No. 9, Winnipeg East Chapter #53 meets 2nd Wednesday of the month, 1:30 p.m. Information: John Plischke 204-586-5501. Free parking at the back.

 

CARP (Canadian Association of Retired Persons) meet the 1st Wednesday of the month, 9:30 a.m., ANAVETS #283 – 3584 Portage Ave. Guest speaker and/or discussion topics at each meeting. Information: Ann-Marie 204-831-1320 or abhowe@shaw.ca. Cribbage tournament $5 the 1st Tuesday of the month, 1 p.m., 3584 Portage Ave. Information: Gerry 204-837-4026.

 

CARP – Chapter 47 – spring lunch and dance with the Southglen Fiddlers, April 22, noon to 4 p.m., ANAVets 283 Hall, 3584 Portage Ave. $25. Lunch – stay for the music, silent auction, and 50/50. Information: Mabel 204-888-8558.

 

Charleswood Senior Centre offers a vast array of educational, recreational, fitness, health and social opportunities for those 55 plus. Information: 204-897-5263 or info@charleswoodseniorcentre.org or www.charleswoodseniorcentre.org.

 

Corydon Community Centre offers the following: bingo, Mondays, 7 p.m., Crescentwood site, 1170 Corydon Ave. and Thursdays, 7 p.m., Sir John Franklin site, 1 Sir John Franklin Rd.; bridge, Mondays, 1 p.m., Crescentwood site; lap skating, Mondays, 10:45 a.m. and Wednesdays, 1:30 p.m., River Heights site, 1370 Grosvenor Ave.; walking club, Mondays and Thursdays, 9:30 a.m., various locations; art classes, Tuesdays, 10 a.m., Crescentwood site or Wednesdays, 10 a.m., River Heights site or Thursdays, 1 p.m., Crescentwood site; cribbage, Tuesdays, 1 p.m., Crescentwood site; quilting, Wednesdays, 5:30 p.m., Crescentwood site; Wednesdays For Seniors, 1st Wednesday of month, 1:30 p.m., Temple Shalom, 1077 Grant Ave., or 2nd Wednesday of month, 12:30 p.m. (lunch), River Heights site, or 3rd and 4th Wednesday of month, 1:30 p.m., River Heights site; badminton, Thursdays, 1 p.m., Crescentwood site. Information: 204-488-7000 or www.corydoncc.com.

 

Dakota 55-plus Lazers, Jonathan Toews Community Centre, offers: Monday cribbage; Tuesday line dancing, floor curling; Wednesday public skating, whist and various health and education programs; Thursday floor shuffle, Kraft Korner. Information: Karen 204-254-1010 ext. 206.

 

Dufferin Senior Centre Inc. 377 Dufferin Ave.: Mondays shuffleboard, 9:45 a.m.; bingo1 p.m. bingo; Wednesday noon, soup & perogy lunch. Perogies available for sale. Every second Saturday noon-4 p.m., dance with a four-piece band and light lunch. Information: 204-986-2608.

 

Earl Grey Seniors Earl Grey Community Centre, every Wednesday, drop-in social bridge, coffee and refreshments every Wednesday, 1-4 p.m.

 

Earl Grey Community Club, 360 Cockburn St. N. offers Monday, 7:30 to 9:30 p.m., 20 hands of whist.

 

East St. Paul/Transcona Seniors Curling welcomes senior men and women Wednesdays and/or Fridays, 10 a.m. Oct. to March. Information: esptranculring@gmail.com, www.esptrancurling.ca, Jim 204-334-6591 or Brian 204-669-4795.

 

Elmwood-East Kildonan Active Living Centre weekly activities: floor curling, cribbage, darts, shuffleboard, table tennis, carpet bowling and other drop-in activities.

 

55 Plus North Centennial Seniors offer: Monday, Wednesday, Friday, dry land chair exercises, dry land mat exercises. Aqua fitness movements & chair Zumba and Zumba gold. Mondays, carpet bowling starts 12:30 p.m., Shirley 204-897-7944.

 

Fort Garry Legion, Texas hold ’em Mondays 7 p.m.; cribbage Thursday, 7:30 p.m.; branch bingo Fridays, 7:30 p.m.; meat draw and supper Saturday, 6 p.m. 204-284-8027.

 

General Sir Sam Steele Legion Br. No. 117 offers the following: luncheon & dance, Wednesdays 11:30 a.m.-2:45 p.m., $8; Texas Hold-em poker Wednesdays, 7 p.m. and Saturdays 1 p.m., $40; bingo Fridays, 7 p.m.; Find The Joker, Fridays around 9:30 p.m.; karaoke Saturdays 7 p.m.

 

Gentle Yoga Tuesdays, 10-11 a.m., 2645 Portage Ave. Register: Lorraine Marek sjmarek@mts.net or 204-832-1141.

 

Glenwood Community Centre offers: social bridge every Friday, 12:30 p.m. Information: Sylvia 204-256-9779 or Audrie 204-414-0205. SMART (Seniors Maintaining Active Roles Together) program Wednesday, 9:30-10:30 a.m. Seniors badminton Tuesdays and Thursdays, 204-253-2542.

 

Good Neighbours Active Living Centre 720 Henderson Hwy. offers the following programs and services to 55+: expressive arts, fitness classes, educational classes, workshops, presentations and more. Bookstore, Monday 1-4 p.m. & Tuesday-Friday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Hobnobs Café offers soups, sandwiches & more Monday-Friday, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Information: 204-669-1710 or www.gnalc.ca. Home Maintenance Program for older adults who are looking for various types of help within their home. Information: 204-806-1303.

 

Granite Senators Curling seniors mixed curling group curls every Tuesday & Thursday, 1:30 p.m., Granite Curling Club, 1 Granite Way. Information: Denis 204-489-8734.

 

Greendell 55+ Badminton, Greendell Park Community Centre senior men and women Mondays and Thursdays, 12:45-2:45 pm., Wednesdays, 9-10:45 a.m. Information: 204-256-6939 or patrickg46@yahoo.com.

 

Gwen Secter offers the following: shuttle bus every Wednesday morning; looking for bridge players, Tuesday, 1-3 p.m., call Elaine, 204-339-1701; looking for volunteer computer instructors for Tuesday mornings; Wednesday Simcha program, April 29, 11:30 a.m. with a presentation on Osteoporosis; Wednesday Birthday program, May 7, 11:30 a.m. with entertainment by Bellows & Fellows.

 

Henderson Hwy. Legion 215, 3600 De Vries offers the following: all Jet games; Tuesday crib night; Wednesday chase the ace wing night; Thursday darts; Friday & Saturday meat draw & live bands. Information: 204-338-4867.

 

High Steppers Seniors is a club for older or frail seniors who want a weekly outing from their southeast Winnipeg home. Information: 204-619-8477 to arrange your first free visit on a Wednesday or Thursday. Information: www:highstepperswpg.com.

 

Kirkfield Streamliners, Hedges Middle School, offers a lose-weight and light-resistance strength exercise customized for seniors of all ability and mobility levels, from certified seniors specialist, Thursdays, 7:15 p.m. Rose 204-888-2447.

 

Macintosh User Group for Seniors (MUGS) meetings held on the second Tuesday of the month, to June, 9 a.m. to noon, Bronx Park Community Centre, 720 Henderson Hwy.

 

McBeth House Centre Inc., 31 McBeth St., off Main St. offers the following to 55-plus: Monday, quilting, 9 a.m.-2 p.m.; Wednesday, cribbage 7-10 p.m.; Thursday, porcelain painters, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.; Friday, whist, 7-10 p.m. Accepting new members. Information: 204-334-0432.

 

The Norberry-Glenlee Community Centre offers the following programs: square dance, Mondays, 6:30-10 p.m.; seniors bingo, Tuesday, 11 a.m.-2:45 p.m.; bridge, Wednesday, noon-3 p.m.; Red River Seniors cards, Thursday, 11:30 a.m.-3 p.m.; Light & Lively fitness: intermediate, Monday, Wednesday and Friday morning and beginner, Monday & Friday morning. Pickleball every Monday, Wednesday and Friday, noon-3 p.m., www.norberry-glenlee.ca. 204-256-6654.

 

North Y Seniors is a group of 55+ seniors who use the pool and/or gym at North Centennial Leisure and Recreation Centre up to four times a week. You don’t need to swim to join. If you want to stay fit at your own pace, and meet some new friends: Information: nymembership@gmail.com or come to the pool on Tuesday or Friday 1:30 – 3 p.m. and ask for Sandy.

 

Pembina Active Living 55+ (PAL) spring programs, Grace Christian Church, 50 Barnes St., St. Norbert C.C. and Fort Garry C.C. include: seniors yoga, seniors fitness and resistance training, urban poling line dancing, Zumba Gold toning, Still Bloomin’ gardening club, ballroom dancing, Pin Pals (5 pin bowling), PAL Pedallers (cycling group), Lunch PALS, PAL Putters (golf group), movie PALS, painting, meditation, computers, drop-in bridge, Wii games. Register by mail or in person at Grace Church. Information: www.pal55plus.ca or 204-946-0839.

 

60-Plus Club of Rossmere District, (Elmwood Curling Club) is looking for retired individuals to fill roster spots in their senior men’s (Tuesday & Thursday) and senior mixed (Friday) curling programs. 10 a.m. start time each day. Ralph 204-667-4364.

 

Post Polio Network, Manitoba meeting, April 29, 1 to 2:30 p.m., Katherine Friesen Centre, 940 Notre Dame Ave. Topic: Victoria Lifeline.

 

Prendergast Seniors Club 55+ group 906 Cottonwood Rd. room 20, offers: cribbage Monday & Wednesday, 12:30-3:30 p.m.; Whist, Thursday, 12:30-3:30 pm., exercises, Tuesday & Friday, 9:30-10:30 a.m.; luncheon every 4th Wedneday, 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Information: Joe or Mary 204-254-8390.

 

River East Meal Program every Monday, Wednesday, Friday, noon, 1100 Henderson Hwy. $6.50. Information: 204-338-6284.

 

Seine River Seniors, Southdale Community Centre register 204-253-4599 offers: bridge, Mondays 9:30-11:30 a.m. Indoor walking, Winakwa C.C., Mondays 10-11 a.m.; creative writing alternating, Thursdays, 10 a.m. to noon. Osteoporosis workshop, May 23, 10 a.m. to noon.

 

St. James-Assiniboia 55+ Centre offers: fitness classes offered in January: Lite and Lively (Monday and Wednesday), Zumba (Monday and Thursday), Harmony (Wednesday), Yoga (Monday and Friday), Fitness Centre workshops in Hand Weights, Resistance Bands, Hoist V6, Stretch, Treadmill. Information: 204-987-8850.

 

St. James-Assiniboia 55+ Centre presentations Keeping Connected. In the Kitchen with Arthritis, May 7, 10 a.m.; Downsizing, May 14, 1:30 p.m.; Creating a Respectful Community, May 8, 1:30 p.m. $2 per presentation. Reach for the Stars Fashion Show, May 1, 1:30 p.m., Westwood Community Church. Tickets: 204-987-8850, $10 members, $15 non-members. Clothes by Jones New York and delicious desserts. Let’s have a Fiesta, May 15,11:30 a.m. $20 members, $25 non-members. Annual AGM, May 29, 10:30 a.m. Sign up required. Fitness classes and workshops: zumba, drums alive, lite & lively, meditation, nordic pole walking, hand weights and resistance band, sole steppers walking group, PACE (People with Arthritis can Exercise), yoga – beginner and Yin and Yang. Information: 204-987-8850 or www.stjamescentre.com.

 

Senior’s Dance May 1, noon – 3 p.m., St. Anne’s Church, 35 Marcie St. off Gilmore. Music by Pride & Joy. Information: 204-669-7557. $8.

 

7th annual Seniors Housing & Lifestyles Expo Victoria Inn, May 27, 10 a.m. – 3 p.m. This event highlights the various types of housing available to older adults as well as the support services and resources that exist to help older adults remain independent. Free admission. Free parking. Information: 204-956-6440 or www.ageopportunity.mb.ca.

 

Seniors Mixed Curling League Rossmere Golf & Country Club opening for regular & spare curlers, Fridays 9:30 a.m. Information: Lyle Atkins 204-694-0491.

 

S.M.A.R.T (Seniors Maintaining Active Roles Together) exercise for senior men and women every Wednesday, 1 p.m., 514 Maryland St., New Life Ministries Church. Information: Eleanor 204-943-8557. $3.

 

South Winnipeg Senior’s Slow-Pitch 2014 registration and spring general meeting, April 21, 12:30 p.m., Victoria Community Centre, 80 Derek St. $40 provides softball Manitoba registration and accident insurance coverage. Information: www.swssp.coffeecup.com, swssp@mymts.net or Bob 204-261-3033, Metro 204-256-4074 or Janice 204-831-5641.

 

Ukrainian-Canadian Veterans Br. # 141 dancing to a live band every Saturday, 1-5 p.m. Hot meal available each week. Bingo every Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday evenings. Information: 204-589-6315.

 

Vital Seniors St. Mary Magdalene Church, 3 St. Vital Road, first Sunday of the month to July 1 offers: bridge, Thursdays, 1-4 p.m., Margaret 204-256-3832; carpet bowling, Tuesdays, 1-3 p.m., Richard 204-452-2230; line dancing, Mondays, beginners 11:45 a.m.-12:45 p.m., Prairie Stars 1:15-2:45 p.m., Fridays, beginners plus, 10-11:30 a.m., Barbara 204-334-3559, scrabble, Mondays, noon-4:30 p.m., Don 204-487-8357; luncheons, last Tuesday of the month, June 204-256-0414.

 

West Kildonan Seniors Curling Club invites male and female curlers of any curling level to curl Tuesday and Thursday mornings. Information: Ken 204-338-5847 or Dennis 204-334-3766.

 

Winnipeg South Osborne Legion # 252 at 426 Osborne St. Harry Tucker, Branch Service Officer, 204-475-9275. In liaisons with Veterans Affairs Canada and will assist armed forces personal and veterans with explaining and/or applying for any benefits provided by the D.V.A & V.I.P programs, for example disability benefits. He can also assist with any required forms and documents. He can also assist with any required forms and documents.

 

The Winnipeg & District Branch of the National Association of Federal Retirees (FSNA) annual general meeting, April 24, noon – 2:30 p.m. St. James Legion, 1755 Portage Aveg. Register: Lil 204-832-6056 or info@FSNAWinnipeg.com.