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Grant awarded for Seniors Volunteer Training
Golden Life Management is the recipient of a $25,000 grant from the New Horizons for Seniors program by the Government of Canada to support a Seniors’ Volunteer Training Program in Cranbrook.
“When a senior has a talent or passion for an activity and there is no local outlet, often that passion cannot be acted upon,” said Golden Life Management Marketing Director, Landon Elliott. “The program aims to bridge the gap between people who have passion for activities, and people who can act on those passions and engage the community.”
The program will begin with community consultation with local stakeholders to determine the best training programs for Cranbrook senior volunteers. From there possible participants will be surveyed to determine what programs they would like to see conducted. Local seniors will act as facilitators to build training programs tailored to seniors who wish to volunteer.
The project addresses volunteerism, enabling seniors to fully utilize their talents and to be recognized for their contributions to their community. Mentorship will be a key to the training program as we want our senior volunteers to be successful. The program will recruit seniors who wish to train others. The trainers will be asked to offer mentorship to senior participants while they run their first program.
Golden Life’s role will be to advertise to the public and contact all volunteer and seniors’ organizations in Cranbrook to invite any and all seniors to participate in the program. They will host space after the program for participants to operate their own social or recreational activities and to put their training to practice.
“At the heart of this project is enabling seniors to fully utilize their talents and to be recognized for their contributions to their community,” said Golden Life Management Vice President, Celeste Mullin. “We are honoured to receive this grant and look forward to continue supporting and building working relationships with seniors in Cranbrook.”
Proposed Volunteer Training areas include music, writing and reading, performance arts, art, recreation and administration.
Golden Life Management is an accredited family owned and operated business that was founded in 1998 to provide quality Independent Housing to seniors in a homelike setting. Nearly 20 years later, Golden Life operates 12 villages and provides services to over 1,300 seniors ranging from independent and assisted living to residential care.
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