Weekly Programs:

Helping Hands Social Club: Mondays 1-3 pm
Knit, Crochet, & socialize as you work towards creating beautiful handmade items. All supplies provided, and all items made are donated to community organizations in need. No sign-up necessary. Free to attend.

Golden Games: Tuesdays 1-3 pm
Come together to play a variety of table games together, in a fun, casual, coffee shop- type atmosphere! No sign-up necessary. Free to attend.

Café BREAK: Wednesday at 12pm
Join us for lunch every Wednesday. Cost is $10. Takeout and Delivery available within Headingley. Must sign-up the Friday before your desired meal. Lunch & Learn presentation offered monthly.

Crib & Coffee: Thursday 1-3pm
Come enjoy a few games of cribbage with friends and neighbors! No sign-up necessary. Free to attend.

Pole Walking: Fridays at 10 am
Come and walk with us! Urban poles are available for use. Walk with or without poles. Stay after for coffee and socialization. No sign-up necessary. Free to attend.

Monthly Foot Care Clinics: 1-2 times per month
Full foot health assessment, foot care, and recommendations will be made. $60 for in clinic appointments. Ran by Registered Foot Care Nurse Karen Dingman. Book appointment with HSS office.

Recreation & Fitness: A variety of weekly programs offered year round through Macdonald Headingley Recreation District.
Visit MHRD.ca for their listing of programs, or call them at (204) 885-2444 for more information!

All programs are held at the Headingley Community Centre, located at 5353 Portage Ave. All programs are subject to changes/cancellations with little to no notice. Thank you for your cooperation, understanding, and respect. 

Projects:

There’s a Baboon in Our House! And other Manitoba Stories

Headingley Senior Services, in partnership with Macdonald-Headingley Recreation District, submitted an application to the New Horizons for Seniors Program. The grant funding was to assist in an inter-generational project exploring family and community history.

Two objectives were to produce a thought provoking inter-generational resource that can be used in classrooms as part of history curriculum and initiating relationships or strengthen the connections between youth and seniors through interviews and conversations.

This was accomplished by publishing a book of stories generated through interviews by students and seniors supplemented with illustrations and photographs. It started with “Story Circles”, friends sitting around a table sharing their life experiences. There was much laughter and some sadness in these circles. After each story was written and carefully edited, the fourteen senior “authors’ met with Grade 3 and 4 students from Phoenix School to tell their stories. They listened carefully and asked questions, making notes to write responses.

After much hard work, a beautiful book was born!! On each page is the seniors’ story with the children’s response – old experiences and new thoughts. It was published in November 2011.