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General News · 1st March 2025
GinaT CISS
In this newsletter: Our Calendar for March / Special CISS Membership Meeting in April – advance notice / Laurel Bohart – Person of the Month / and more ...
You can 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 some seniors' activities and meetings, sends out a monthly newsletter with news relating to Cortes seniors, and organizes some island-wide events.
Membership in the Society is important as it shows your support for the organization and its programming. To sign up or renew your CISS membership, which is only $10, mail your cheque to CISS, PO BOX 27 Mansons Landing BC V0P 1K0, or email your dues by e-transfer to cortesseniors1gmail.com.
For more information about our programs and activities, visit our Facebook page or our CISS Newsletter Archives.
SPECIAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING
Mark your calendars: A special CISS membership meeting to learn about the possible amalgamation of societies to manage the Seniors Village will be held on Tuesday, April 8, in the Pioneer Room at 2 p.m.
-- Sue Ellingsen, Acting Chair
CISS CALENDAR FOR MARCH 2025
Always check the Tideline Calendar for the latest updates.
Spring Forward – Time Change!
• Sunday, March 9 – Spring Forward Time Change
• Thursday, March 13 – Full Moon, Blood (or Worm) Moon, Total Lunar Eclipse, start at 8:57 pm, maximum at 11:58 p.m.
• Thursday, March 20 – Spring starts
Community Lunches
• Mansons Hall, Thursdays, March 6 & 20
• Gorge Hall, Wednesday, March 12
• Klahoose, Saturday, March 29
T’ai Chi Ch’uan
T’ai Chi Ch’uan is a low-impact exercise ideal for seniors. Judyth Weaver generously offers these classes for free; donations, passed on to some charitable Cortes organizations, are welcome. All are invited to join.
• Wednesdays, from 10 to 11, Om Studio, Manson’s Hall
• No class March 5
Carpet Bowling
• Sundays and Wednesdays. Call De0305 for more information.
Gentle Yoga/Mobility w/Kelly (free classes for seniors)
Gentle Yoga and Mobility classes with Kelly are offered free for seniors thanks to Better at Home grants. Registration is required for your first class. Call Kelly to register: kbrocks55yahoo.ca or 604-209-3081.
• Mondays, from 8:30 to 9:30 a.m., Gorge Hall (new time)
• Tuesdays, from 11 to noon, Manson's Hall, Om Studio
• Thursdays, from 9 to 10 a.m., Gorge Hall (new time). Note – no class on Thursday, March 6.
Cortes DeathCare Collective
• Our next meeting will be on Thursday, March 27, 2025, at 5:30 p.m. at Manson’s Hall. Read more below.
Walking Group
• The walking group meets every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday at 9 a.m. in the Manson's Hall parking lot for a 30-minute to one-hour walk, followed by coffee. Never cancelled! Come and join the walking group.
Cortes Island Museum and Wild Cortes
• Museum, 957 Beesley Road, Friday and Saturday, noon to 4 p.m.
• Wild Cortes, 1255 Seaford Road, Saturday, noon to 4 p.m. (Fridays – temporarily closed)
• Cortes Island Museum AGM, Sunday, March 30, at 1 p.m. (door open 12:30 p.m.). After a short business meeting, Iris Steigemann will give a slide presentation and talk "Beyond the Arctic Circle Trail: Hiking and Travels in West Greenland."
PERSON OF THE MONTH – Laurel Bohart
To read Laurel Bohart’s interesting story, “Longing for the Wild,” please check our email version or the PDF version with a link to Google Docs included below.
CORTES DEATHCARING COLLECTIVE
Please mark your calendars for a special meeting and AGM at Manson's Hall on Thursday, March 27th, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.
The DeathCaring Collective is hosting a community event featuring a special guest speaker, Emily Bootle from www.DeathCareBC.ca. Emily is a dynamic funeral director and insightful death educator deeply committed to helping organizations like ours to integrate death into community life.
We’ll provide nourishing soup and bread, and Emily will share her stories, expertise, and broad perspective on death care in BC. Your presence would mean a lot to us. We will also hold a brief AGM that evening – your attendance truly makes a difference.
If you have any death-related questions or needs, please don’t hesitate to contact us, even on short notice: Margaret 250-204-3709 or Emma 250-208-4468.
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More is included in the newsletter sent to CISS members' email boxes on the first day of each month.
To read the newsletter sent by email to CISS members, click CISS Newsletter, PDF version or CISS Newsletter, email version.
Visit us at Facebook.
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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.
You can 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 some seniors' activities and meetings, sends out a monthly newsletter with news relating to Cortes seniors, and organizes some island-wide events.
Membership in the Society is important as it shows your support for the organization and its programming. To sign up or renew your CISS membership, which is only $10, mail your cheque to CISS, PO BOX 27 Mansons Landing BC V0P 1K0, or email your dues by e-transfer to cortesseniors1gmail.com.
For more information about our programs and activities, visit our Facebook page or our CISS Newsletter Archives.
SPECIAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING
Mark your calendars: A special CISS membership meeting to learn about the possible amalgamation of societies to manage the Seniors Village will be held on Tuesday, April 8, in the Pioneer Room at 2 p.m.
-- Sue Ellingsen, Acting Chair
CISS CALENDAR FOR MARCH 2025
Always check the Tideline Calendar for the latest updates.
Spring Forward – Time Change!
• Sunday, March 9 – Spring Forward Time Change
• Thursday, March 13 – Full Moon, Blood (or Worm) Moon, Total Lunar Eclipse, start at 8:57 pm, maximum at 11:58 p.m.
• Thursday, March 20 – Spring starts
Community Lunches
• Mansons Hall, Thursdays, March 6 & 20
• Gorge Hall, Wednesday, March 12
• Klahoose, Saturday, March 29
T’ai Chi Ch’uan
T’ai Chi Ch’uan is a low-impact exercise ideal for seniors. Judyth Weaver generously offers these classes for free; donations, passed on to some charitable Cortes organizations, are welcome. All are invited to join.
• Wednesdays, from 10 to 11, Om Studio, Manson’s Hall
• No class March 5
Carpet Bowling
• Sundays and Wednesdays. Call De0305 for more information.
Gentle Yoga/Mobility w/Kelly (free classes for seniors)
Gentle Yoga and Mobility classes with Kelly are offered free for seniors thanks to Better at Home grants. Registration is required for your first class. Call Kelly to register: kbrocks55yahoo.ca or 604-209-3081.
• Mondays, from 8:30 to 9:30 a.m., Gorge Hall (new time)
• Tuesdays, from 11 to noon, Manson's Hall, Om Studio
• Thursdays, from 9 to 10 a.m., Gorge Hall (new time). Note – no class on Thursday, March 6.
Cortes DeathCare Collective
• Our next meeting will be on Thursday, March 27, 2025, at 5:30 p.m. at Manson’s Hall. Read more below.
Walking Group
• The walking group meets every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday at 9 a.m. in the Manson's Hall parking lot for a 30-minute to one-hour walk, followed by coffee. Never cancelled! Come and join the walking group.
Cortes Island Museum and Wild Cortes
• Museum, 957 Beesley Road, Friday and Saturday, noon to 4 p.m.
• Wild Cortes, 1255 Seaford Road, Saturday, noon to 4 p.m. (Fridays – temporarily closed)
• Cortes Island Museum AGM, Sunday, March 30, at 1 p.m. (door open 12:30 p.m.). After a short business meeting, Iris Steigemann will give a slide presentation and talk "Beyond the Arctic Circle Trail: Hiking and Travels in West Greenland."
PERSON OF THE MONTH – Laurel Bohart
To read Laurel Bohart’s interesting story, “Longing for the Wild,” please check our email version or the PDF version with a link to Google Docs included below.
CORTES DEATHCARING COLLECTIVE
Please mark your calendars for a special meeting and AGM at Manson's Hall on Thursday, March 27th, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.
The DeathCaring Collective is hosting a community event featuring a special guest speaker, Emily Bootle from www.DeathCareBC.ca. Emily is a dynamic funeral director and insightful death educator deeply committed to helping organizations like ours to integrate death into community life.
We’ll provide nourishing soup and bread, and Emily will share her stories, expertise, and broad perspective on death care in BC. Your presence would mean a lot to us. We will also hold a brief AGM that evening – your attendance truly makes a difference.
If you have any death-related questions or needs, please don’t hesitate to contact us, even on short notice: Margaret 250-204-3709 or Emma 250-208-4468.
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More is included in the newsletter sent to CISS members' email boxes on the first day of each month.
To read the newsletter sent by email to CISS members, click CISS Newsletter, PDF version or CISS Newsletter, email version.
Visit us at Facebook.
***********************************
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.