Hello my Follower,

so here the report von my weeks in January. After the first week in January, i worked in a Seniors Centre in South Granville. It was a nice time. This Centre is not a Home for old people. No! It is a meeting and activity centre for seniors 55+. Only vlounteers are working in this Centre for no money. They have activities like “Music and Opera Appreciation”, “Mah Jong”, “Amaryllis Singing Group”, “Seniors Create Theatre Project”, “Bingo” and other activities. For the Health, you can join the “Walking Group” or “Osteo athritis Fit” or “Stretch&Strength” or “Message Therapie”. Also there are classes for French, English (beginner and intermediate) and also a Spanish class. For all the spanish people in Vancouver, they have a spanish day on Wednesday with volunteer cook chefs from Mexiko. This day in the week, i was helping in the kitchen to clean the dishes, because on this day, we have more than 32 seniors only to eat and this means a lot of dishes to wash. Yesterday, i was alone in the kitchen to wash the dishes, it was so many work. ^^

But the best thing is, i dont have to pay for the lunch on Wednesday, because i help with in the kitchen. And the lunch is ever here so delicious. On Tuesday, (Wednesday (only for spanish people)), Thursday and Friday is Lunch day here. The volunteers pay only the half of the price: CAD $3,50 and can also eat with the seniors. The lunch is cooked fresh evertime and everytime they have new kinds of lunch. In the price for the lunch is a Salat or soup, a hot meal and a desert like a cake or an ice cream. I enjoy it everytime when i have the chance. But tomorrow is my last day here in the centre. I am very sad to leave this centre with the fantastic food, Nice people, lovely volunteers and also my colleagues.

My Work was not so fantastic. The most of the time, i set up rooms or drink tea or clean dishes. But also with the time, i found out to use my “free” time with doing other stuff or making paper flowers for Valentinesday or sell things in the internet. Or talk with my colleagues.

My one colleagues is saying this about her work in the Centre: “mhhh.. This centre offers really important services and support to older adults. People come here to connect with people. I am a practicant student from social work. I am doing for the centre: The other colleagues and i will be help delevop resources and informations for one of the centres programs.

I loved it there and i miss the team work and the hours there to work and to eat the deliciouses food for lunchtime.

On my last friday in there, It was the friday for Valentinsday, we had also a concert by the Vancouver´s songbirds, i baked my favorite cake: “Russischer Zupfkuchen” or the english name: “(russian) chocolate cheesecake”. I couldnt taste it, then as i came back from the concert, the cake was not anymore there. No piece of the cake was for me there. Bad! But I got a card of “Thank you” from the Centre and the member. It makes me sad to read it again. But i am so thankful for the time there.

For you: a lot of HANDMADES FLOWERS by MYSELF

 

 

 

The Vancouver Songbirds Concert was amazing and thanks for all my friends they are visited the concert. (Photos come later)

One thing to the Centre, they take a lot of work for the celebrations for Valentines Day or Halloween or Chinese New Year. To Chinese New Year, we had a Festival with traditional dance and musics and on Monday after Chinese New Year, we had a lunch. It was so amazing and perfect. But we had to wait a little bit too long, because the cook didnt look at the time and hadnt cooked for so many persons.