{"id":5531,"date":"2014-02-12T18:28:49","date_gmt":"2014-02-12T23:28:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/?p=5531"},"modified":"2014-02-19T17:48:33","modified_gmt":"2014-02-19T22:48:33","slug":"senior-scape-make-a-wish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/senior-scape-make-a-wish\/","title":{"rendered":"SENIOR SCAPE: Make a Wish"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Jim L. Abram<\/strong><\/p>\n

We all remember the poem: Starlight, Star bright, the first star I see tonight, I wish I may, I wish I might, Have the wish, I wish tonight!
\nSeniors who made wishes as children are now wishing for different things. The Senior Wish Association is a wish granting charity that has a goal of improving the lives of seniors by operating a wish granting program, where seniors can have their wishes granted by a supporting community.
\nThis past Wednesday at the Aurora Seniors Centre, Chris Ablett of the Aurora chapter of the Rotary Club was on hand to present a cheque in the amount of $500 to Ingrid Davis, the York Region Representative of the Senior Wish Association for the benefit of seniors in York Region.
\nWant to deliver happiness?
\nMany of our seniors are lonely and may go long periods of time without a phone call or a visit from someone who cares. Their life partner may have passed away, family may be many miles away, or they don\u2019t have any family or loved ones. Some may be isolated in their homes and others may be surrounded by many people in a long term care or retirement home, but do not have anyone to call their own special friend.
\nThe Senior Wish Association has volunteers who want to visit these lonely seniors and become their friend as part of their \u201cMy New Friend\u201d program.
\n Holidays are a particularly challenging time if you don\u2019t have any loved ones to celebrate with. Do you know we have seniors who spend special holidays all alone? Do you know there are seniors in retirement and long term care homes that have never had a visitor, a special card or a thoughtful present?
\nOne recent example of the Association\u2019s good work is their Christmas Stocking and Birthday Gift program. Their volunteers ask local senior facilities for the names of the residents who would be cheered up by receiving a Christmas stocking; along with new sleepwear (don\u2019t you remember Christmas Eve in your new flannel sleepwear and the fun of looking in your stocking Christmas morning?)
\nDonations of new pyjamas, nightgowns, slippers, housecoats, cuddly stuffed animals or items such as deodorant, hand lotion, face cream, soap, small boxes of cookies or candies or anything you would find in a Christmas stocking are gratefully accepted as are cash donations towards this project.
\nSome families and participants are \u2018adopting\u2019 one or two special seniors and making up a complete package for the senior.
\nSchools have also expressed interest to assist in the goal to provide intergenerational interaction. The response has been outstanding and the Senior Wish Association is working with each school on an individual basis to develop their project.
\nThe Aurora-Newmarket Senior Wish Association is also initiating a program to record oral history from seniors in a long term care residence. We all have stories to tell, stories we have lived from the inside out. The Association gives our seniors\u2019 experiences an order and organizes these memories into stories. Oral history listens to these stories, which, if we do not collect and preserve, will be lost forever.
\nHigh school students will be interviewing seniors and recording their memories into Memory Books. These books will preserve unwritten family history for seniors and their families, as well as being a valuable resource for historians.
\n Jimmy\u2019s last word: If If you are interested in helping change a life for a senior, the Senior Wish Association wants to hear from you. Please call Ingrid Davis at 705-726-2120. They appreciate your support.<\/p>\n

For more information on the Aurora Seniors\u2019 Centre and all it has to offer, drop by 90 John West Way, visit the web site www.auroraseniors.ca, email auroraseniors@rogers.com or call 905-726-4767 between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. Monday to Friday.<\/p>\n\"Facebook\"<\/a>\"twitter\"<\/a>\"mail\"<\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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