In this newsletter: Our Calendar for April / free workshops: Your Happy Back / Gina – Person of the Month / and some more ...

You are invited to join the Cortes Island Seniors Society (CISS) if you are 50+. The Society manages the current Seniors Village, pays for renting Manson's Hall for certain seniors' activities and meetings, sends out a monthly newsletter with news relating to Cortes seniors, and organizes some island-wide events.

To find more information about our programs and activities, check this Tideline post or our Facebook page.

Membership in the Society is very important as it shows your support for the organization and its programming. To renew your CISS membership, which is only $10, mail your cheque to PO BOX 27 Mansons Landing BC V0P 1K0, or email your dues by e-transfer to cortesseniors1gmail.com. The membership signup/renewal form is attached to this post.


CISS CALENDAR FOR APRIL 2024

Carpet Bowling
• Sundays/Wednesdays. Call De0305 for more information.

T’AI CHI CH’UAN
T’ai Chi Ch’uan is offered to Cortes seniors by Judyth Weaver, who received permission to teach TCC from the school of Grand Master Cheng Man-Ch’ing in 1971. Judyth has been teaching it regularly around the world since then. T’ai Chi Ch’uan is a low-impact exercise ideal for seniors. The class is free, and donations to CISS are welcome. All are invited to join.
• Wednesdays, 11 till noon, Om Studio, Manson’s Hall.

DeathCaring Collective
Our end-of-life planning workshops for this spring are complete.
If you’d like help getting your ducks in a row, contact Carina Verhoeve at carinacanadagmail.com or 250-935-6793, Monday through Friday, 10–5. Carina can guide you and help you stay on track.
If you have any death-related questions or needs, please don’t hesitate to contact us, even on short notice: Margaret at 250-204-3709 or Emma at 250-208-4468.

Walking Group
The walking group meets every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday at 9 a.m. in Manson's Hall parking lot for a 30-minute to one-hour walk, followed by coffee – location TBA. The walks are never cancelled: no kind of weather stops the walking group folks! Come and join us.

Bird Song & Breakfast Pie! Sunday, April 21
• Please join Corry Dow to learn how to identify birds from their songs. We will go for an early morning stroll around the Linnaea Farm grounds, quietly listening. We will end up at Linnaea's Education Centre for breakfast, cooked and served by the Linnaea Kitchen. Wild Cortes will also be there to help with bird IDs. REGISTRATION NECESSARY, with or w/0 breakfast.
Linnaea Education Centre, 6-8:30 a.m.
By registration only, call FOCI at 250-935-0087

Cortes Island Museum and Wild Cortes

• Not to Miss Event: Cortes Island Museum’s AGM will be presenting a special resolution about the Director Emeritus. A short business meeting will be followed by a presentation by Ashe Biela about her family's incredible journey aboard the Distant Star sailboat. Sunday, April 21, doors 12:30 pm, Manson’s Hall
• Museum/Main Gallery, 957 Beasley Road, Friday & Saturday, noon to 4
• Wild Cortes, 1255 Seaford Road, Friday & Saturday, noon to 4

CHS/FolkU: Housing Forum – Protecting Water Quality and Quantity
Saturday, April 20, 10 a.m.
10-11: guest panelists
11-12: discussions
on Zoom!

Cortes Book Club
Contact Rebeka for more information: bekinbcgmail.com

Your Happy Back
*FREE* Presentation & Self-Treatment Workshop w/Sean Lymworth, RMT
• *free* Your Happy Back Presentation Tuesday, April 9
• *free* Self-Treatment Workshop Tuesday, April 16

Your Happy Back: Tuesday, April 9, Om Studio, 11–12
The health information presentation will cover core concepts of back strength, flexibility, kinesiology, biomechanics/ergonomics, as well as recent developments in pain neuroscience and how you can apply its principles to your body.

Self-Treatment Workshop Tuesday, April 16, Om Studio, 11–12

You will learn how to use simple tools to feel good by reminding your tight muscles and tissues to relax and soften. Please wear comfortable clothes for stretching, as we will be lying on the floor. For comfort, please bring your own yoga mat (or blanket). If you have your own foam roller, please bring it, too. Modifications will be available to ensure everyone is comfortable.

* Limited Spaces available - Preregistration required.
The presentation is not a prerequisite for the workshop. To sign up for one or both, please contact Ester at betterathomecortesgmail.com or call 250-204-2116.

Sponsored by the New Horizons for Seniors Program & the Support Our Seniors Society ~ Better at Home.

BUSINESS SUIT!

This is a story written by Gina Trzesicka, part of our Person of the Month series. See our email newsletter or the PDF version attached below. If you would like to share your story, send it to seniorscortesgmail.com.


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More can be found in the pdf attached below and the email version of the newsletter delivered to CISS members' email boxes on the first day of every month.

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If you are a CISS member, you should receive an email with the newsletter every first day of the month. If you cannot find it in your inbox, check your spam or junk folder and mark "NOT SPAM." Additionally, add seniorscortesgmail.com to your email contacts. If in doubt, call Gina at 250-935-0080.

To read the newsletter sent by email, click here: CISS Newsletter, email version

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