Today more than ever your support is extremely valuable. Your support helps progress our services while playing a vital role in keeping seniors independent. Our generous supporters help to supplement the cost to some of our low income seniors in the community, as well as fund programs that are free to any senior like our Friendly Caller program. Every dollar of support stays right here in Saskatoon. We have many lower income seniors that need our services and the generosity of your support allows us to be able to assist them. Please visit our website at www.saskatoonservicesforseniors.ca and show your support for seniors today!
Community News
Quieting the Mind for Growth
Coaching is not advice, therapy, or counselling. Working with a coach is about supporting your self-awareness and building capacity to trust your inner wisdom to make the changes you desire. The Enneagram Personality Type System is one tool that can be used to deepen this self-awareness. The Enneagram works with your three centres of intelligence: your body, heart, and head. Our hearts are often protecting us from reliving past pains and our heads are often worrying about the future in a way that stops us from being in this moment. When we use our bodies to sense into this moment – we become grounded, allowing our hearts to open, and our minds to quiet – knowing what is needed.
We’re Hiring!
We have several positions available in our organization from housekeeping and snow shoveling. If you enjoy working with Seniors and making a difference in their lives please contact us today.
What is Physical Literacy?
Physical literacy is the mastery of a range of fundamental movement skills that enable and encourage lifelong participation in physical and sporting activities. It’s the philosophy that underpins physical education in schools, and more and more, it’s being seen as the most effective antidote to childhood obesity and the many problems associated with our increasingly sedentary lifestyles. Sportball champions physical literacy by focusing on and promoting building skills for life, including sport skills, pro social skills, and motor skills. Sportball’s curriculum teaches physical literacy through its methodology, in which all games, activities, and instructions have a purpose and expected outcome.
CVITP Volunteer Tax Program
We will once again be running our volunteer tax filing service via the Community Volunteer Income Tax Program (CVITP). If you are a low income senior and looking to get your taxes done, contact us today. Our volunteers can prepare and e-file your tax return remotely. We prepare our clients taxes on a first come first serve basis so please contact our office to be part of this program. The best part about this service is there is no charge, we will prepare and e-file your taxes for free.
Volunteers Needed!
Here at Saskatoon Services for Seniors we strive to make a difference every day. We do this though helping Seniors remain safely in their own homes by helping provide services that they need. One of these key services especially in winter is our Grocery Delivery and snow shoveling programs, we are currently looking for one or two volunteers to help with these programs. If you are interested in helping seniors in our community please contact our office today. Our grocery shoppers/delivery volunteers are needed for one to two days per week.
Great Local Events in March
HomeStyles Home & Renovation Show: March 10th – 12th at Prairieland Park. HomeStyles is the ideal place for homeowners and home dreamers to search for trusted professionals who can enhance how you live in your home. Senior Admission (65+) is $12.50.
Saskatchewan Blue Cross Gardenscape will take place March 24th – 26th at Prairieland Park, with Art, tradeshow displays, guest speakers, and much more!
Housekeeping Services
Saskatoon Services for Seniors offers housekeeping services for all seniors in Saskatoon. Our staff is screened and fully insured. We are here to assist with many household cleaning services such as kitchens, bathrooms, laundry, dusting and wall washing. We only provide the services that you require and as such only have a one hour minimum for each appointment. We can provide regular weekly service, bi-weekly services or just when you need us. The fee involved is based on the seniors’ income and if cost is a barrier, though our donors we can usually overcome this barrier to be able to get seniors the help they need.
Words to Live By
“Good health is not something we can buy. However, it can be an extremely valuable savings account.” – Anne Wilson Schaef
WellnessNews Welcome
I hope you enjoyed the first monthly edition of the WellnessNews Choices for Healthy Living® here in Moose Jaw! Healthy Living means making positive daily choices and taking personal ownership to enrich our life in areas such as our physical, emotion, social, occupational, financial, and spiritual wellbeing. Moose Jaw has so much to offer, and this monthly resource will help to connect you to so many local supports, deals and offers. Please share with your family & friends, like our FB page, and subscribe to local health tips via email – online at www.skwellnesshub.ca!
Next-Level Relationships
Ready to take your relationship to the next level with the support of not one, but two expert Relationship Coaches? Michael Snow and Nicole Mohr of MindurMindset Coaching bring their combined expertise in Neuro-linguistic Programming, Timeline Therapy, and Hypnotherapy to help couples build stronger and more fulfilling relationships. Working with two coaches means: a more diverse perspective and range of expertise, a more supportive and collaborative environment, improved communication within the coaching relationship, and opportunities for self-work as individuals. For the month of March, any couple that registers for a FREE exploratory session will also receive a FREE gift!
