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Community Care Durham, Whitby Location Looking for Volunteers…

 

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Volunteer’s are needed at: Community Care Durham’s Whitby Location: 

What Does Community Care Durham Whitby do?:

A registered charity organization that provides homes support, respite (caregiver relief) and mental health services for adults and their caregivers with needs related t0 aging, as well as physical and /or mental health issues. 

The program provides a safe and comfortable setting for clients to enjoy a variety of social, educational and recreational activities and at the same time offers a well-deserved break for caregivers. 

Activities include cooking, baking, crafts, music, gardening, exercising and pet therapy. 

How do volunteers help? 

A day program volunteer can help us in many ways, from sitting and conversing with a member to helping us serve lunch and refreshments, assisting with a craft program or sharing a special skill or talent. Laurel Pochadt, activity team leader at Community Care Durham, Whitby location. 

Ms Pochadt encourages members of the community to come on board and suggests high school students looking to fill in those community hours come and check out this volunteer program.

What hours is the adult day program active? Monday to Friday from 8 am to 4 pm. 

How can you find out more or become a volunteer?

Drop by the location at:

20 Sunray St. Unit 5 in Whitby,

call 905-668-4863

or visit http://www.communitycaredurham.on.ca

source: Whitby This Week: January 16 2014 Edition. Parvaneh Pessian email: ppessian@durhamregion.com

 

 

SGC Admin Astrology Info, Moon Phase: Current Sun Sign:

Sun Moves into Aquarius January 19 2014

The sun moves into Aquarius on January 19 2014

Aquarius: Fixed: Masculine: Air: Ruling Planet Uranus (Change/Chaos)

The Water Bearer 

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Oh where would the world be without the wonderful Aquarian? With their inventive minds and capacity for personal freedom and change, they assist with the evolution of the human species. 

You guys and gals catch on very quickly to the things you need to know, and while you can be a bit unconventional, unpredictable and some may say unreliable, it’s a different story when you get passionate about something or decide to sink your teeth into a project, watch out peeps, cos you won’t be able to change his/her mind and she/he will plow on ahead with focus and determination until the task is done or something else tickles the fancy…. ☺

Have a wonderful birthday and an awesome year ahead:

Glenn, Gary, Garry, John Jr., Samantha and Zsu’s…. ♥

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Imbolc tips from Selene @ the Magical Blend… and ritual candles/we’moon calendars on sale

SGC Admin: From our inbox to you… Check out the latest from the Magical Blend… Thanks Selene for sharing your knowledge with us… :) 

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This is Selene! I know it’s not quite time for Imbolc yet, but I figured I’d pass on some good advice I got recently regarding the holiday. That is, in short, start cleaning now.

For those who don’t know, Imbolc is known to be a time for cleaning, purification, and in general, getting rid of junk. This junk can be metaphysical, metaphorical, or very physical in nature– but you can’t get rid of your emotional baggage until you’ve taken care of the physical stuff, I find. And while I always mean to clean my house on Imbolc, I often find that work and the world in general get in the way of my being able to take a day off and de-junk. As such, my Imbolc rituals always seem just a little guilty; after all, if I really wanted to clean up my altar, wouldn’t I have cleaned up my house first?

Well not this year, folks! I’ve already spent one full weekend getting rid of useless stuff and cleaning out the dust-bunnies, and let me tell you, I’m already feeling way more positive about meeting my Imbolc goals. In fact, I’m planning to keep going at it until my house looks the way I keep saying I want it to look. This year, I will sit down and rededicate my altar without having to apologize to any spiritual presences about the mess.

So here’s my earnest advice for your Imbolc this year: join me, compatriots, in the deadly war against the dust-bunnies. Start your Imbolc cleaning now, and hit it so hard that your house won’t know what happened. Then, on Imbolc, instead of worrying about getting the mess cleaned, instead sit back and enjoy the fact that you’ve already won the battle. :)

On Sale…. 

If you’re looking to outfit your altar with some serious candlelight this Imbolc, now is the time to grab your supplies! From now until Sunday, January 19th, all candles on The Magical Blend website are 10% off. That includes both our lovely recycled wax candles and our stock of Coventry Creations.

We are down to our very last four wall calendars for 2014, all of them We’Moon Wall Calendars. As such, we’re now discounting them to 10$ each until January 31st– at which point Selene will go play Pagan Santa and give them away to friends so they don’t go to waste. If you still haven’t grabbed your calendar, this is a great time to check it off your to-do list!

SGC Admin Moon Phase: Current Sun Sign:

Full Moon January 15 2014

Our lady becomes Full on January 15 2014 in the sign of Cancer. 

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The full moon in Cancer brings us closer to family, we feel the need to nurture and take care of our loved ones. We can also become over dependant or needy, and our emotional self’s may be more sensitive than usual, take care not to make mountains out of mole hills, an innocent remark is just that, don’t see cruel intentions where there are none. 

The Full Moon is the perfect time to finish up your projects… and for the Cancer Full Moon, projects may be house/home/family related ones. 

The moon will go Void off Course at approximately 8:52 pm, her last aspect is an opposition to the Sun in Capricorn. Most times a void off course moon doesn’t bear well for decision-making, but this one may be on our side. We are in a time of opportunity from 4:03 am until the moon enters into the sign of Leo on Thursday at 5:00 am. 

We may feel the effects of the full moon, but those with the following chart positions are likely to feel the effects stronger

Sun in Cancer: Moon in Cancer: 

Thanks to: LLewellyn’s Daily Planetary Guide and Opportunity Periods by Jim Shawvan
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Fund Raiser for local resident…

SGC Admin: Many of you know Sandy and Jamie who make up “The Wave”, the fabulous musical duo that always entertains…. And some of you may also be aware of the challenges this family is facing…. The fight continues against Cancer, as their beloved family member once again faces off against this monster…. 

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To help the family face the known and unknown challenges ahead, one business in the community is reaching out with a fund raiser …. :) If you fancy a honey garlic Swiss chalet chicken special… the following location is a great place to get it… Check out the following from Swiss Chalet Courtice… :) 

Click Here for the Swiss Chalet Fundraiser page… 

 

We at Swiss Chalet Courtice are holding a fundraiser for Brad!
Brad has been fighting tongue cancer for a while now and Swiss Chalet wants to help the family with cost of medicines and cost for driving back and forth to Toronto etc…

We will be donating 25 cents from every Honey garlic 1/4 chicken special we sell from the dining room, takeout and delivery for the months of January and February !

Please come out and show your support !