Sault Ste. Marie

On March 25 & 26 I travelled to Sault Ste. Marie to do two presentations for the Alzheimer’s Society of  Sault Ste. Marie and Algoma District. This would be my first time going to SSM, I have travelled to Timmins a couple of times before and actually lived in Sudbury for a year when I attended Laurentian University back in 1991-92. The flight in on Air Canada Jazz was a bit bumpy but very scenic flying over the great lakes and eventually seeing SSM from the air. Unfortunately my stay was very short and I didn’t have time to explore. Kim, Nathan and I hope to go back soon to do a real visit maybe even in the summer time. My first presentation was at Korah Collegiate School, the theatre was great to screen the film with a great sound system and projector. There was about 30 who made it out for the screening and I thank them for making their way out on such a cold night.

My accommadations in SSM was at the Water Tower Inn. One of the original inns in SSM, and I was lucky that the next presentation was part of the full day conference which was being held at the inn. The conference was a full day of different experts and personal stories. The film was screened at the end of the day and again was well received. Again I wish I could have had more time to explore the city, sometimes I feel like a travelling musician hitting all the small towns for one night but never getting to explore! Thanks to Carolyn and all the girls at the Alzheimer’s Society for inviting me to the area!

http://www.alzheimeralgoma.org/

Kingsway Retirement Residence

The Kingsway Retirement Residence is located in Etobicoke. Back in the fall of 2009 I was contacted by Sarah at the residence about possibly coming to do a screening of the film. Up to now most of my presentations have almost all been through the Alzheimer’s Society of Ontario, Quebec and B.C. But it’s nice to come to other communities including residences to do these presentations. It amazes me how nice some of these retirement homes are. Even though I believe we need a lot more help for caregivers and their families, it’s nice to know that there are more and more beautiful residences being built to help with the elderly in our communities. I presented the film to a group of about 20 people at the Kingsway on April 9. Most people in attendance that night were people who were living there, but some of the community did come out, again thanks to Sarah and the Kingsway for inviting me. For the presentation I ended up travelling by train to Toronto and back, which I always try to do at least once a year, I love travelling by train.

York Region

On Saturday April 17, the 13^th Annual Awareness Breakfast, was held through the Alzheimer’s Society of York Region. The facility was the beautiful Oakview Terrace in Richmond hill. I had first met Andrea Ubell who is the Senior Manager of Programs and Client Services at the Alzheimer’s Society of York last spring when I was in Toronto interviewing different experts for our website. Andrea was a big help and you can see some videos of her on this site by going to the Ask and Expert section.

http://www.forgetfulnotforgotten.com/caring/ask-an-expert/support-groups

I had mentioned to her at the time that I was doing different presentations and she mentioned about their annual breakfast.  The event started at 9 am and the food was great, I was told that there was more then 100 people there and everyone was very excited about seeing the film. After the film I talked a bit about the process of making the film and then asked if there were any questions. Usually it takes the Q&A to get going, but this one was very short with only two questions which I thought was weird, but afterwards there were a few people who wanted to approach me and thank me for making the film and one man mentioned that there were no questions because the film had explained everything and nothing needed to be answered, which made me feel better about no questions.

Thanks to Trevor , Andrea and everyone at the Alzheimer’s Society of York Region.

http://www.alzheimer-york.com/13th-annual-alzheimers-awareness-breakfast

More screenings to come in May and June, and I am now working with a new organization called Laurentian Caregivers Association and Resources who are holding a meet and greet this weekend on May 2^nd at the Holy Trinity Church in Ste Agathe,

from 2-4pm, please check back here for more information about them as well as other screenings and projects and thanks to all the bloggers!!!!!

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