Searching for Food Access For Seniors/people With Disabilities

• Medical transportation services
• Medical escorts
• Referrals to community services and Friendship Centre programs
• Preparing forms and applications
• Congregate dining services (includes meal and activity)
• Home visits/friendly visits
• Security checks (in person or over the phone)
• Caregiver Support services (respite and training)
• Advocacy with community agencies
• Access to cultural activities, traditional foods, ceremonies, Elders and Healers
• Assistance with housing issues
• Transitioning from the Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP) to Old Age Pension
• Locating a family doctor
• Assist in obtaining medical equipment and supplies

• social contact
• safety check
• frozen meals
• congregate lunching
• congregate dining offered in the common rooms of several seniors' apartment buildings

• Social contact
• Safety check
• Hot & frozen meals
• Therapeutic diets
• Monthly lunch-out program

• helps people remain independent in their own homes for as long as possible
  • referral to other community services
• group meals and social activities provided at a central location Hot meals delivered five days per week in Hagersville
  • special diet types available
• non-emergency transportation to local medical appointments, shopping, and social activities
• referrals to local services such as snow removal, yard work, window washing, house cleaning, grocery shopping, and minor repairs
• regular volunteer visits to seniors and people with disabilities who live alone, to provide companionship and reassurance
• regular phone calls to check on the health and safety of people who live alone
  • checks are done by trained and screened personnel
• medical alert system
  • allows older adults and people with disabilities to call for assistance using a help button
  • 24-hour emergency response
• companionship, and emotional support to people and their family/caregivers dealing with a life-threatening illness
  • bereavement support for anyone who has experienced the death of someone close
  • services can be provided at home, or in hospitals and long-term care homes
• peer support and discussion for caregivers, including family and friends

Provides deliveries of food to applicants homes once per month. The program is a community-supported project that completely dependent on donations of cash and non-perishable foods. Home delivery only.

• Sir John Colborne Centre, 1565 Old Lakeshore Rd * Wed 11am-2:30pm
• Trafalgar Park Community Centre, 133 Rebecca St * Tue 11am-2:30pm
• Iroquois Ridge Older Adult Centre at Iroquois Ridge Community Centre, 1051 Glenashton Dr * Thu 11am-2:30pm

A recreation centre for older adults, offering both registered and drop-in programs

For more information about programs or drop-ins, check out:

• Seniors Services Newsletter
• Drop-in Program Schedules

Also at this location:

• Cafe Colborne offering coffee, tea and cookies
• Interlink Choir
• Seniors Working Action Group (SWAG)
• Friendship Luncheon, Wed 11 am-2:30 pm

A recreation centre for older adults, offering both registered and drop-in programs

For more information about programs or drop-ins, check out:

• Seniors Services Newsletter
• Drop-in Program Schedules

Also at this location:

• Friendship Luncheon, Tue 11 am-2:30 pm
• Kerr Street Singers, Fri 10:30 am-12 noon (Sep-May)

Nonprofit program that provides hot or frozen meals for those who have difficulty preparing food

• fee for meals, billed monthly
• available short-term or long-term
• hot meals delivered daily by volunteers (no delivery on statutory holidays)
• frozen meals delivered weekly (suitable for oven or microwave reheating)

Special diets can be accommodated, including:

• diabetic
• low fat
• low residue
• low cholesterol
• low sodium
• gluten free
• allergies
• renal
• minced
• pureed

Helps local churches and organizations connect with local subsidized housing communities for the purposes of poverty relief and community investment

Food Bank

• weekly food distribution
• food supplied by Food for Life
• fresh food and canned goods are distributed

More than a Meal

• prepared dinners delivered to homeless, elderly shut ins and in special circumstances

Community barbecues and dinners

• coordinates on site summer barbecues and community dinners at subsidized housing sites
• gives the participants opportunities to get to know each other, moving them from loneliness to engagement

Camp Dakota

• an outreach program that serves children and youth who live in subsidized, low income housing communities
• a summer day camp program run in Halton Region and 5 sites in Toronto
• activities include basketball, field hockey, wide games - capture the flag & prisoners base, track and field, soccer, frisbee, hip hop dance, crafts and story time
• all programs are provided at no cost to the camper or the family
• see website for more information

Healing Wheelz

• the bike doctor (Phil Carver) makes house calls and does on site bike clinics to do bike repairs so no kid is without a bike
• if it can't be repaired on site, he'll take it to the shop
• for those who want to learn how, he will provide training to become a bike doctor

Father's House Cafe

• held every Mon evening from 5 pm-9 pm
• a coffee house format, where the atmosphere is warm and inviting, refreshments are served, personal stories and experiences are shared, encouragement is given, prayer is available and the unconditional love of God dispensed

Life Happens

• program helps neighbours living in poverty, connect to community resources through advocacy and referral

Winter outerwear distribution

Christmas toy distribution

Annual fundraiser in May