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      Seaway Senior Citizen Club
      By Christine Ouellet                  around the members’ interests. It is  to anyone from the community who  along which was very popular and
                                            governed by a Board of Directors  would like to join.                       a  lot of  fun.  There is  also Bingo,
                                            which is elected by its members,         Darnell    Proulx,     Managing    which is open to the public, at the
                                            and the activities are supported                                            Cornwall Bingo Center on Sunday
                                                                                  Director explains, “The activities
                                            by volunteers.  The President is                                            afternoon and Monday evenings.
                                                                                  are divided into three categories:
                                            appointed for 2 years and the         mind, body, and soul.  For the mind,
                                            Directors, for 2-3 years. The Club                                            Non-members are permitted 3
                                                                                  there are card games, board games,    visits to try out the Seaway Senior
                                            holds  Annual General Board           darts, puzzles, and a library which
          he  Pitt Street Seaway  Senior    Meetings, the most recent held in     promotes reading. For the body,       Citizen member-only club. It now
      TCitizen Club started in 1982         April 2022.                           there  is  fitness,  line  dancing,  and   operates in its own bright space
      and its mission is to nurture the        The club is registered as a  Yoga.  And for the soul, there is           located at 506 Pitt Street in Cornwall
      mind, body, and soul of its members.   charitable  organization and is  guitar, jamming sessions, knitting,       which provides its members ample
      Membership in the Seaway Club         a member of the Older  Adult  Swedish weaving, choir, and fiddle.           space to hold various activities and
      allows  Cornwall  citizens  to  make   Centers  Association of Ontario. It  Some  activities  such  as  fitness,   offers free parking.  The Center is
      friends and to participate in a variety   receives  partial  funding  from  the  choir, and guitar are offered online.”   open from 8.30h to 16.00h, Monday
      of activities and programs all year   City of Cornwall, the Community                                             to Friday.
      long. This year, the Club celebrates   Foundation of Canada, the Trillium      The club also invites the              The Club produces a quarterly
      its 40th anniversary.                 Foundation, United Way, and New       occasional speaker and holds          newsletter that highlights its
                                                                                  workshops.
                                                                                                 Upcoming
                                                                                                               special
        Although it has the word “senior”   Horizon for Senior Programs.           activities on the calendar include an   activities, and you can find out more
      in its name, the club is open to      This funding allows them to offer     Easter celebration and a Mother’s     information  on  how  to  become  a
      people aged 50 and up and its         the community a very affordable       Day Tea. Last March, there was a      member on the website: https://
      activities are exclusively centered   $30.00 membership and it is open      St. Patrick’s Day dinner with a sing-  seawayseniors.ca .
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