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605 Education Rd. Cornwall, ON, K6H 6C7

Seaway Senior Club Curbside Lunch Program, a

Mouth-watering Invitation

By Christine Ouellet Woodland Villa for 29 years before
she retired. She wanted to use her
experience of running an institutional
he curbside pickup meal program kitchen and volunteer as a cook at the
Tis a very popular activity at Seaway Senior Club Center. She’s
the Seaway Seniors. Prior to the assisted by a dozen volunteers who
pandemic, the club hosted in-house take turns assisting her. She said,
lunches, but due to closures they had “They will do anything that is needed
to stop. in the kitchen; peeling potatoes,
Darlene Guindon, Director of baking, dressing up the place, serving
Entertainment, suggested that instead members, cleaning up, etc. I very
of closing completely, they could much appreciate their help and I
set up a curb pick-up lunch venue, treat my helpers and the entertainers
and the board approved this new very well. We always receive many
initiative. She said: “The menu is positive compliments from the
published monthly, and members call members, which bring smiles to the
ahead on Tuesday morning to reserve volunteers. I love doing that.”
their meal which they pick up on Feeding a large group of people is Left to right; Darlene Guindon, Mel Creary, Tony Durin and Russell
Thursday, from 11:00 to 1:00, for a a serious business. Darlene said that True. Photo Submitted
modest $10.00. After almost 3 years, the kitchen is very well equipped, and
we now serve up to 30 meals every all the food is prepared there. We are
week, depending on the menu, which inspected every year by the Eastern
varies from meatloaf to chicken pot Ontario Health Unit and the cook
pies to stews and of course, delicious must pass a food handling course.
desserts such as pies, cakes, and Top-notch kitchen management,
puddings.” high-quality ingredients, and strict
And when life returned to normal, adherence to sanitation standards
so did the special evenings inside, allow her team to prepare all sorts
such as the Western Night that took of cookies, pies, cakes, and meat
place last October. The menu for that pies that the club sells to earn extra
event included fried chicken, beans, revenue. The meat pies are sold
mashed potatoes, squash, butter frozen and uncooked, and they come
tarts, and date squares, to name a with instructions on how to cook
few. The music was performed by them. Some people live alone and
the musicians from the Jamming enjoy buying treats or pies and eating
sessions group where members them at home. She says other people
participated in Line Dancing, all in like to take a box of sweets home or
a real western atmosphere. The Oak give them as gifts during the holidays.
Room, where these dinners are held, These delicacies are very much in
can accommodate up to 60 people. demand and available to members of
Darlene Guindon was the cook at the club. Photo Submitted