{"id":36510,"date":"2025-07-03T13:18:39","date_gmt":"2025-07-03T17:18:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/?p=36510"},"modified":"2025-07-03T13:18:41","modified_gmt":"2025-07-03T17:18:41","slug":"seniors-centre-receives-boost-to-keep-seniors-fit-active-connected","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/seniors-centre-receives-boost-to-keep-seniors-fit-active-connected\/","title":{"rendered":"Seniors\u2019 Centre receives boost to keep seniors \u201cfit, active, connected\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Aurora Seniors\u2019 Centre will take virtual programs to the next level after receiving a grant from Ontario\u2019s Ministry for Seniors and Accessibility last week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

MPP Dawn Gallagher Murphy was joined by Mayor Tom Mrakas at the Aurora Seniors\u2019 Centre on June 23 as she presented the Town and the Aurora Seniors\u2019 Association with a grant of $50,000, the result of the Centre\u2019s successful application for Seniors Active Living Centre funding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The program is one of 100 new recipients of Seniors Active Living Centre funding across Ontario this year designed to \u201chelp improve seniors\u2019 quality of life and build community engagement.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe are delighted to expand activities and services to more seniors in Aurora,\u201d said, Raymond Cho, Minister for Seniors and Accessibility in a statement. \u201cThis program will help older adults of all abilities to thrive in their homes and communities.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The enhanced Virtual Seniors\u2019 Centre will be a \u201cgreat addition\u201d for local services, said the MPP.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt will offer seniors from the entire community the opportunity to stay fit, active, health, and socially connected through various activities,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Added Mayor Mrakas: \u201cThis funding supports something that\u2019s incredibly important: making sure all seniors have the opportunity to stay active, connected, and engaged. Digital programming helps break down barriers like limited mobility or lack of transportation and makes it easier for more people to participate. The Virtual Aurora Seniors Centre is a great example of how we can use technology to build a more inclusive, supportive community, and we\u2019re grateful to the Ontario Government for continuing to invest in that vision.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Seniors\u2019 Centre Without Walls program was first rolled out by the Aurora Seniors\u2019 Centre in 2019 as a way to help seniors stay in touch through over-the-phone programs, with an emphasis on \u201cbrain-building activities.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It served Centre members well when they were forced to close their John West Way doors due to the global pandemic, and has gone from strength to strength ever since.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By Brock Weir<\/strong><\/p>\n\r\n\"Facebook\"<\/a>\"twitter\"<\/a>\"mail\"<\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Aurora Seniors\u2019 Centre will take virtual programs to the next level after receiving a grant from Ontario\u2019s Ministry for Seniors and Accessibility last week. MPP Dawn Gallagher Murphy was joined by Mayor Tom Mrakas at the Aurora Seniors\u2019 Centre on June 23 as she presented the Town and the Aurora Seniors\u2019 Association with a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":36511,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[4,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-36510","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general_news","category-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/2025-07-03-05.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3D2k4-9uS","publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-17 08:42:36","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36510","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36510"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36510\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36512,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36510\/revisions\/36512"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/36511"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36510"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36510"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36510"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}