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General News · 1st October 2025
GinaT CISS
In this newsletter: Calendar for October/ Updates from the board / Free Thanksgiving dinner / and more ...
You can join the Cortes Island Seniors Society (CISS) if you are 50+.
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, $10 only, 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.
Please note: due to Canada Post strike action, there will be no paper newsletter mailed this month.
If you need your paper copy, please call Gina0080.
CISS CALENDAR FOR OCTOBER 2025
Always check the Tideline Calendar for the latest updates.
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
Free Community Lunches
• Thursday, October 2, Manson’s
• Wednesday, October 8, Whaletown
• Thursday, October 16, Manson’s
• Saturday, October 25, Klahoose
• Thursday, October 30, Manson’s
Noon to 1:30; all welcome
Thanksgiving – Monday, October 13
• Free Thanksgiving Dinner for BAH clients: contact The Sunflower by October 8 at 250-504-0848 or sunflowercortesgmail.com.
• Delivered: Sunday, October 12
Carpet Bowling
• Sundays and Wednesdays. Call De0305 for more information.
Walking Group
• The walking group meets every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday at 9 am in 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 pm
• Wild Cortes, 1255 Seaford Road, Friday and Saturday, noon to 4 pm
Cortes DeathCare Collective
• Wednesday, October 15, Mansons Hall, Pioneer Room, 2 to 3:30, with Brent.
We work to integrate death as part of life by initiating conversations, providing education, and encouraging people to prepare for the end of life. We also empower, guide, and support the practice and process of caring for our own dead and dying, in community. Our next monthly meeting is on October 15, 2:00 - 3:30 pm in the Pioneer Room of the Mansons Hall,with Brent, who will talk about his experience with Liz: the years of caregiving, the CSIL program, and her home death and natural burial. Everyone is welcome to join.
If you have any death-related questions or needs, please don't hesitate to contact us, even on short notice. You can reach us at Margaret 250-204-3709 or Emma 250-208-4468. Visit our website, www.islanddeathcare.ca.
Thanks,
Margaret
Sunday, November 2 – clock time change
MESSAGE FROM THE BOARD
Board Update:
A warm welcome to the new CISS board, who were elected on June 17, 2025. Elizabeth Anderson is the new President, with Bill Weaver as Vice President and Carol London as Secretary and Treasurer. The other directors are Bruce Partridge, Huong Luu, Karen Mahon and Trygve Ellingsen. The previous CISS board will serve on an advisory committee, with efforts focused on organizing Christmas dinner, carpet bowling, and other activities.
To learn more about your new board, please visit
https://cortescommunityhousing.org/our-team/ page.
Seniors Village Update:
The Seniors Village has been approved for the CleanBC rebate program and can make energy efficiency upgrades at a greatly reduced rate. Last week, the original six units had extra insulation blown into the attics to increase the R-value from 30 to 50. We hope that residents will experience an increase in comfort and a decrease in their hydro bills this winter.
-- by Bianca
PERSON OF THE MONTH
Always looking for new stories. Please contact Gina0080 or seniorscortesgmail.com.
MORE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND HERE:
To see our newsletter in PDF version, https://drive.google.com/file/d/1525kBA6HcQC7pQGX-j0iJidPRiMtlyC-/view?usp=share_link
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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 here: https://mailchi.mp/5cc409c7b286/ciss-october-2025-newsletter
Visit us at Facebook
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If you are a CISS member, you should receive an email with the newsletter on the 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+.
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, $10 only, 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.
Please note: due to Canada Post strike action, there will be no paper newsletter mailed this month.
If you need your paper copy, please call Gina0080.
CISS CALENDAR FOR OCTOBER 2025
Always check the Tideline Calendar for the latest updates.
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
Free Community Lunches
• Thursday, October 2, Manson’s
• Wednesday, October 8, Whaletown
• Thursday, October 16, Manson’s
• Saturday, October 25, Klahoose
• Thursday, October 30, Manson’s
Noon to 1:30; all welcome
Thanksgiving – Monday, October 13
• Free Thanksgiving Dinner for BAH clients: contact The Sunflower by October 8 at 250-504-0848 or sunflowercortesgmail.com.
• Delivered: Sunday, October 12
Carpet Bowling
• Sundays and Wednesdays. Call De0305 for more information.
Walking Group
• The walking group meets every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday at 9 am in 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 pm
• Wild Cortes, 1255 Seaford Road, Friday and Saturday, noon to 4 pm
Cortes DeathCare Collective
• Wednesday, October 15, Mansons Hall, Pioneer Room, 2 to 3:30, with Brent.
We work to integrate death as part of life by initiating conversations, providing education, and encouraging people to prepare for the end of life. We also empower, guide, and support the practice and process of caring for our own dead and dying, in community. Our next monthly meeting is on October 15, 2:00 - 3:30 pm in the Pioneer Room of the Mansons Hall,with Brent, who will talk about his experience with Liz: the years of caregiving, the CSIL program, and her home death and natural burial. Everyone is welcome to join.
If you have any death-related questions or needs, please don't hesitate to contact us, even on short notice. You can reach us at Margaret 250-204-3709 or Emma 250-208-4468. Visit our website, www.islanddeathcare.ca.
Thanks,
Margaret
Sunday, November 2 – clock time change
MESSAGE FROM THE BOARD
Board Update:
A warm welcome to the new CISS board, who were elected on June 17, 2025. Elizabeth Anderson is the new President, with Bill Weaver as Vice President and Carol London as Secretary and Treasurer. The other directors are Bruce Partridge, Huong Luu, Karen Mahon and Trygve Ellingsen. The previous CISS board will serve on an advisory committee, with efforts focused on organizing Christmas dinner, carpet bowling, and other activities.
To learn more about your new board, please visit
https://cortescommunityhousing.org/our-team/ page.
Seniors Village Update:
The Seniors Village has been approved for the CleanBC rebate program and can make energy efficiency upgrades at a greatly reduced rate. Last week, the original six units had extra insulation blown into the attics to increase the R-value from 30 to 50. We hope that residents will experience an increase in comfort and a decrease in their hydro bills this winter.
-- by Bianca
PERSON OF THE MONTH
Always looking for new stories. Please contact Gina0080 or seniorscortesgmail.com.
MORE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND HERE:
To see our newsletter in PDF version, https://drive.google.com/file/d/1525kBA6HcQC7pQGX-j0iJidPRiMtlyC-/view?usp=share_link
***********************************
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 here: https://mailchi.mp/5cc409c7b286/ciss-october-2025-newsletter
Visit us at Facebook
***********************************
If you are a CISS member, you should receive an email with the newsletter on the 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.