This summer Board members of the Creative Aging Calgary Society engaged in some creative expression. They worked with Karen Riley, local artisan and art facilitator, to make some beautiful 4×4” coasters with acrylic paints and salt. Karen carefully gathered our artful creations and after the drying process, varnished and felted our pieces. Today we delightedly […]
Have you ever dreamt about visiting your hometown overseas, walking down and visiting the house you lived in as a child? Seeing what your old place of work looks like now? Travelling to a foreign country and experiencing the street life? Well Barry Pendergast of the University of Calgary is giving residents of Wentworth Manor the chance […]
Submitted by Advisor to the Creative Aging Calgary Society Board, Ralph Hubele I had the great fortune to introduce the speakers for the session “Just Add Vitamin G: Nurturing Individual, Intergenerational, and Community Wellbeing in the Garden” at our 2018 Creative Aging Symposium. The session was well attended by approximately fifty individuals keen to learn […]
Spending time in the community as volunteers often results in exciting and invigorating ideas. When my fellow Board Member Zabin Jadavji and I presented at the Senior Housing Forum, many seniors living independently came up to us asking if we would host art sessions at their residence. I have hosted art sessions before but just […]
Whether it is a beautiful English garden you have worked on diligently on, or your grandmother’s herb and vegetable garden that fed the family all winter, gardens hold an important place in most people’s hearts. Gardening is an excellent exercise for the mind, the hands, and the senses, which is no surprise that Vision TV […]