{"id":20899,"date":"2018-06-13T23:46:13","date_gmt":"2018-06-14T03:46:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/?p=20899"},"modified":"2018-06-13T23:46:13","modified_gmt":"2018-06-14T03:46:13","slug":"learn-more-about-active-living-at-saturday-fair","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/learn-more-about-active-living-at-saturday-fair\/","title":{"rendered":"Learn more about Active Living at Saturday fair"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Brock Weir<\/strong><\/p>\n

Staying active, keeping your brain sharp, eating healthily, and getting a good night sleep are all essentials for good living, but if you\u2019re ever at a loss on how to start getting back on track, head over to the Aurora Seniors\u2019 Centre this Saturday for the annual Seniors\u2019 Information & Active Living Fair.
\nThis free event, hosted by the Town of Aurora, is designed for adults aged 55+, and provides an opportunity for people to gather information about health services and supports within the community.
\nOver 40 exhibitors will be on hand to answer just about every conceivable question about healthy, active living and ongoing on-stage demonstrations and a complimentary on-site barbeque hosted by Enbridge and Chartwell means there is something for everybody at the fair.
\n\u201cThis is my favourite event of the year \u2013 it is one of the few events where you can get everyone in the room who is just interested in making older adult lives better,\u201d says Karie Papillon of the Aurora Seniors\u2019 Centre. \u201cEvery single person who is here wants to do something to help a senior in their community.\u201d
\nNormally held at the Aurora Family Leisure Complex, this will be the first year the Seniors\u2019 Information & Active Living Fair will be held at the Seniors\u2019 Centre itself. It is a way to not only get senior volunteers on hand to help make the event happen \u2013 and they answered the call in droves, says Ms. Papillon \u2013 but it also affords them the opportunity to show off the Seniors\u2019 Centre facilities and everything that it has to offer.
\n\u201cWe try to change the exhibitors each year and we keep expanding exhibitors,\u201d she says. \u201cIn our first year we had 18 tables. Last year we had 35 and this year we have 45. We changed the demonstrations and healthy living seminars each year and always guarantee a very fun time at the fair as well. The vendor I am probably most excited to have new this year is the Central LHIN will be here. Between them and having Service Canada, the Ministry of Finance and CHATS, I really feel like any senior who has questions about health care, the government in general, their pension \u2013 because of that combination they are really going to be able to get any of their questions answered this year, and I find that very exciting.\u201d
\nIt can also be very rewarding. Last year, Ms. Papillon said a senior woman came into the fair and stopped at a table offering a blood pressure clinic. When she had her blood pressure taken, it was found to be high and they suggested she see her doctor. She went in the next week, undertook a series of tests, and was put on medication to get things under control.
\n\u201cThe part of that that is most interesting is she hadn\u2019t been feeling well in a while, so when she finally went to her doctor and got the feedback she needed, she is now a regular here at our fitness classes, is out of the house more, and actually feels like she\u2019s younger \u2013 it\u2019s lovely.\u201d
\nThe Fair will offer a wide variety of programs throughout the Seniors\u2019 Centre. In addition to getting a chance to see various Centre programs in action \u2013 from tai chi, to Bocce, to their Keep Singing program \u2013 there will be a number of seminars, including one from Dr. Lisa Sanchez of Return to Health Aurora on the importance of a good night\u2019s sleep.
\nRepresentatives from the Alzheimer Society of York Region will touch upon brain health, while Sobeys will be on hand to discuss and demonstrate how to get and prepare healthy food.
\n\u201cWe do this event to benefit the community, so we want to see the community embrace it and we\u2019re really excited about it,\u201d says Ms. Papillon. \u201cI think sometimes we should change our name at the Seniors\u2019 Centre. When you walk into this building, it doesn\u2019t feel like a bunch of seniors sitting around and doing nothing. It is also rare that I talk to anyone here and think, \u2018Oh, senior.\u2019 These are just active, vital adults who want to stay that way and we can\u2019t wait to show the community that\u2019s what we are. If that\u2019s you, come down and join us because we\u2019d love to have you here and just create social connections and making the centre a better place to be.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Seniors\u2019 Information & Active Living Fair will take place at the Aurora Seniors\u2019 Centre (Municipal Drive off John West Way) this Saturday, June 16, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. There will over 40 exhibitors. For more information, visit www.aurora.ca\/activeseniors, or call 905-727-3123 x3610.
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