{"id":21196,"date":"2018-07-20T12:38:36","date_gmt":"2018-07-20T16:38:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/?p=21196"},"modified":"2018-07-20T12:38:36","modified_gmt":"2018-07-20T16:38:36","slug":"eating-healthy-begins-at-home-for-local-seniors-in-new-partnership","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/eating-healthy-begins-at-home-for-local-seniors-in-new-partnership\/","title":{"rendered":"Eating healthy begins at home for local seniors in new partnership"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

Chartwell Hollandview has, since its inception, prided itself on helping seniors lead healthy and active lives within its own community, whether it is exercise classes or growing their own vegetables in raised flower beds on site, but now they\u2019re branching out into the wider community.
\nRecently, Janet White and Patty Butler, Chartwell Hollandview\u2019s Retirement Living Consultants, made two deliveries to local seniors, laden down with fresh fruits and veggies thanks to a new partnership with Kettleby\u2019s Round the Bend Farm.
\nRound the Bend Farm, a Community Shared Agriculture Program (CSA), offers to deliver fresh fruits and vegetables grown on their farm to people in the community taking part in the CSA program, whether it is a full-share, a mid-share, or a personal share.
\nWhen Chartwell Hollandview first got wind of the opportunity, the team immediately thought it would be a good fit for local seniors with whom they have been in touch, but are not yet ready to move into the retirement community and take advantage of the services they offer.
\n\u201cWe are in contact with seniors who are living in their homes throughout Aurora and the surrounding areas and there is always a concern for seniors living on their own to eat well,\u201d says Ms. White. \u201cWe thought it would be a really nice tie-in to deliver a bin of fresh fruits and vegetables to their homes once a week. We thought we would start with one bin a week which can actually be divided into two. We\u2019re now delivering to two seniors per week and this program runs through November.
\n\u201cIt will vary weekly based on what was coming in seasonally on the farm, but in the first bin we received there were incredible radishes, beets, asparagus, fresh apples, zucchini, and there will be different types of lettuces and there may be potatoes at some point.\u201d
\nUnfortunately, the first senior they delivered to wasn\u2019t home to receive the basket in person and, therefore, give the women a chance to gauge how their basket was received, but they are confident that when it was found on their doorstep it was a nice surprise.
\n\u201cWe have always reached out to the local agriculture community through supporters,\u201d notes Ms. White. \u201cWhen we first opened, it was the Aurora Farmers\u2019 Market and we hosted them once in our parking lot and we still take a bus of our seniors to the Market. We also have our garden area here at Hollandview, our Victory Garden, where residents do look after their own gardens and some of them do plant fruits and vegetables. We want to promote that in our community as well.
\n\u201cThis program is a win-win because we\u2019re able to really support Round the Bend Farm. They have such a wonderful program and it is going to help so many out in the community. Right now, we will just leave this at one bin every week for us. What we would like to do is share this idea with our sister Chartwell properties in the area as well. We\u2019re going to be the test run and see how it goes and show how it is going to help seniors who are living at home. If we\u2019re successful, then we might be able to branch out to other properties.\u201d
\nAdds Ms. Butler: \u201cWe can help others who maybe can\u2019t get out of their own homes have the opportunity to either buy or find fresh produce or fruit. This is a nice way of bringing it to them and making sure that they are staying healthy throughout the summer and enjoying fresh food.\u201d
\n\u201cEat well to stay well,\u201d says Ms. White.
\nRound the Bend Farm bills their CSA Food Share program as \u201ca great way to eat fresh, seasonal food. It allows you to know where your food comes from, how it is grown and as such supports your local farmers. Being health conscious you can enjoys cooking meals using healthy farm fresh vegetables and fruits.\u201d
\nThey offer family shares, half shares and personal shares.<\/p>\n\"Facebook\"<\/a>\"twitter\"<\/a>\"mail\"<\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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