St. Matthew s Bracondale House

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3 St. Matthew's Bracondale House 707 St. Clair Avenue West Phone: Toronto ON M6C 4A1 Website: Monday to Friday Hours: 9:00 a.m. 5:00 p.m. Todd Hazelton Program Director Jenny Yu Summer Program Assistant Getting Started Our community accommodates seniors and families, providing a safe, caring environment and assisting older residents to live with dignity and independence. Traveling by car? From St. Clair Ave. West, go south on Christie St. Turn right on Ellsworth Ave. Turn right on the concrete driveway Turn left into our parking lot (Ring buzzer by gate) St. Matthew s Bracondale House provides programs and services to persons 65 years of age and better. Traveling by T.T.C.? Stop at the St. Clair West subway station Take the westbound streetcar 4 stops to Christie St. Located across from McDonald s Restaurant Ring #133 on the office entry phone BraconTales Page 3

4 Director s Review The first official day of summer has come and gone, but the days of summer and hours of sunshine have just begun. In celebration of the dog days of summer, diēs caniculārēs as the Romans called it, we ve prepared an exciting schedule of activities in the great outdoors and the cool comfort of home. The great outdoors... Our picnics include High Park, Thompson Memorial Park, Rosetta McClain Gardens and Humber Bay. In the courtyard we ll host our Annual Garden Party. Jenny, our summer student will lead our neighbourhood walks now twice a week Mondays and Wednesdays at 9:30 a.m. Meet us in the North Lounge on the ground floor. In cool comfort Movies off the Wall includes some gems from the 80 s Terms of Endearment, Places in the Heart and A Room with a View. Our new documentary series Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey explores how we discovered the laws of nature and found our coordinates in space & time. Play our interactive video game, Away Wii Go on Thursdays on the Lower Level. Our Ice Cream Social and Afternoon Tea & Storytelling will continue throughout the summer. All That Jazz returns with an afternoon of jazz music and light refreshments. You can also exercise your brain with an introductory session on Mindfulness Meditation. Have a safe and happy summer! Trips & Special Events with pencil require signing up in advance. Page 4 July-August 2014

5 Daily Programs NEIGHBOURHOOD WALK Mon & Wed 9:30 a.m. CHOIR Mon 2:00 p.m. EXERCISE CLASS Tues, Thurs, Fri 10:00 a.m. DOCTOR Tues 1:30 p.m. SHOPPING SERVICE Wed 1:30 p.m. HAIRDRESSING Thurs & Fri 8 12 noon AWAY WII GO Thurs 2:30 p.m. FOOT DOCTOR Fri 22 Aug 1:30 p.m. Special Bracondale Events Away Wii Go Interactive Video Game Date: Thursdays, June 19 Aug 21, 2014 Time: 2:30 p.m. Cost: Free The Nintendo Wii is a hands on video system that involves motioning as though you were taking part in an activity and then watching the results on a large screen. You can play: Tennis Bowling Golf Baseball It encourages physical activity in a fun, interactive way. At the end of August we ll be hosting our own bowling and golf tournament! We invite you to try it for yourself. It s easy to use and fun for everyone. BraconTales Page 5

6 Church Service with Reverend Lauren Hodgson Date: Wednesday, July 2, 2014 Time: 3:00 p.m. Place: Main Floor Dining Room Everyone is welcome to join Reverend Lauren Hodgson from St. Matthew s United Church for a church service. Movies Off the Wall Date: Friday, July 4, 2014 Time: 1:30 p.m. Movie: Terms of Endearment (1983) Duration: 132 minutes Starring: Shirley MacLaine, Debra Winger Aurora and Emma are mother and daughter who march to different drummers. Beginning with Emma's marriage, Aurora shows how difficult and loving she can be. Over several years of their lives, each finds their own reasons to go on living and find joy. Each of them show that different people show their love in very different ways. Page 6 July-August 2014

7 Afternoon Tea & Storytelling Date: Tuesday, July 8, 2014 Time: 3:00 p.m. Cost: $1.00 Place: Main Floor Dining Room Coffee, tea and cookies will be provided. Attendees are invited to tell stories (fact or fiction) or recite poems (published or personal). Everyone is welcome! Movies Off the Wall Documentary New Date: Friday, July 11, 2014 Time: 1:30 p.m. Movie: Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey (2014) Duration: 60 minutes Narrator: Neil degrasse Tyson This documentary series explores how we discovered the laws of nature and found our coordinates in space and time. This series is a follow up to the 1980 series hosted by Carl Sagan where viewers were led on an engaging guided tour of the various elements and cosmological theories of the Universe. BraconTales Page 7

8 Cloverdale Mall Date: Tuesday, July 15, 2014 Time: 11:00 a.m. Cost: $3.00 Place: Etobicoke Cloverdale Mall features a variety of stores including Home Hardware, Target, Winners, Kitchen Stuff Plus, Metro grocery store and many, many more. We arrive early in case you re interested in lunch before your shopping expedition! Please sign up in advance. Afternoon Tea & Storytelling Date: Tuesday, July 15, 2014 Time: 3:00 p.m. Cost: $1.00 Place: Main Floor Dining Room Coffee, tea and cookies will be provided. Attendees are invited to tell stories (fact or fiction) or recite poems (published or personal). Page 8 July-August 2014

9 Marie Gogo Sings Summer of Love Sixties Show Date: Wednesday, July 16, 2014 Time: 2:00 p.m. The 1960's stands out as a decade of social change, hippies, peace, love and some pretty groovy music too! Folk, rock and roll and the British invasion swept across North America. Join Marie for a magical mystery tour of this musical decade in her Summer of Love Sixties Show. Picnic in High Park Date: Thursday, July 17, 2014 Time: 11:00 a.m. Bracondale Van Cost: $14.00 Full picnic lunch Place: Bloor St. & Keele St. Bracondale s summertime picnic tradition begins at High Park. There are so many different plants, trees and flowers. It s easy to discover a new species or pick a new favourite tree each time you visit the park. One third of the park remains in a natural state, with a rare oak savannah ecology. Please sign up in advance at the office. BraconTales Page 9

10 Movies Off the Wall Date: Friday, July 18, 2014 Time: 1:30 p.m. Movie: Places In the Heart (1984) Duration: 113 minutes Starring: Sally Field, Ed Harris, Danny Glover Winner of several Academy Awards, this drama follows a Depression era Texas widow who tries to save the family farm with the help of her new boarders. Despite almost insurmountable odds, she manages to bring in the cotton crop and hold her farm and family together. Summer Garden Tea Party Date: Tuesday, July 22, 2014 Time: 3:00 p.m. Cost: $5.00 Choice of tea, sandwiches & petits four Place: Courtyard (weather permitting) Bring your favourite cup and saucer we ll fill each cup with your choice of tea accompanied by a selection of sandwiches and petits four. We invite you to wear a summer hat too stylish, sophisticated and practical under sunrays! Page 10 July-August 2014

11 Volunteer Coffee Hour Date: Friday, July 25, 2014 Time: 10:30 a.m. Place: Main Floor South Lounge Giving of any kind... taking an action... begins the process of change, and moves us to remember that we are part of a much greater universe. Mbali Creazzo Movies Off the Wall Date: Friday, July 25, 2014 Time: 1:30 p.m. Movie: Romancing the Stone (1984) Duration: 110 minutes Starring: Michael Douglas, Kathleen Turner Joan Wilder is an adventure story writer looking for adventure. Everything changes when she receives a frantic phone call from her sister, who's being held prisoner by an evil art dealer in Colombia. Her sis mailed her a map leading to a valuable treasure and a heap of trouble. BraconTales Page 11

12 IKEA Date: Tuesday, July 29, 2014 Time: 11:00 a.m. Cost: $3.00 Place: Etobicoke IKEA is a Swedish company that designs and sells ready to assemble furniture (such as beds, chairs, and desks), appliances, and home accessories. As of January 2008, the company is the world's largest furniture retailer. We'll arrive at Ikea early to allow time for lunch at their on site restaurant. Mindfulness Meditation New Date: Wednesday, July 30, 2014 Time: 3:00 p.m. Place: Main Floor Dining Room Mindfulness is like exercise for your brain. Mindfulness meditation focuses on a moment by moment awareness of our thoughts, feelings, bodily sensations, and surrounding environment. We pay attention to our thoughts and feelings without judging there s no right or wrong way to think or feel in a given moment. Our thoughts tune into what we re sensing in the present moment rather than rehashing the past or imagining the future. Join Jenny, our Summer Student for this very simple meditation session. Page 12 July-August 2014

13 Thompson Memorial Park Picnic Date: Thursday, July 31, 2014 Time: 11:00 a.m. Bracondale Van Cost: $14.00 Full picnic lunch Place: Brimley Rd. & Lawrence Ave. Thompson Memorial Park is the birthplace of the City of Scarborough. The park commemorates the site staked out by the first settlers of Scarborough, the Thomson family, who arrived in After lunch we re off to Rosetta McClain Gardens. This park is filled with rose gardens and a rock fountain surrounded by a pergola. It has spectacular views of Lake Ontario from the top of the Scarborough Bluffs. Movies Off the Wall Date: Friday, August 1, 2014 Time: 1:30 p.m. Movie: The Trip to Bountiful (1985) Duration: 108 minutes Starring: Geraldine Page, John Heard Forced by circumstances to live with her loathsome son and daughter in law, elderly Geraldine Page wants nothing more out of life than to return to her home town of Bountiful. BraconTales Page 13

14 Ice Cream Social Date: Tuesday, August 5, 2014 Time: 3:00 p.m. Cost: $4.00 vanilla ice cream, a variety of toppings, coffee and tea Place: Main Floor Dining Room The ice cream cone's invention is linked to the 1904 World's Fair in St. Louis. An ice cream vendor reportedly didn't have enough dishes to keep up with the demand, so he teamed up with a waffle vendor who rolled his waffles into cones! Movies Off the Wall Documentary Date: Friday, August 8, 2014 Time: 1:30 p.m. Movie: Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey Episode 2 Duration: 60 minutes Narrator: Neil degrasse Tyson This monthly documentary series explores how we discovered the laws of nature and found our coordinates in space and time. This series is a follow up to the 1980 series hosted by Carl Sagan where viewers were led on an engaging guided tour of the various elements and cosmological theories of the Universe. Page 14 July-August 2014

15 Afternoon Tea & Storytelling Date: Tuesday, August 12, 2014 Time: 3:00 p.m. Cost: $1.00 Place: Main Floor Dining Room Coffee, tea and cookies will be provided. They say we all have a story to tell. What s yours? Join us for a simple afternoon tea and some interesting stories, poems and tales. Everyone is welcome! Humber Bay Park Picnic Date: Thursday, August 14, 2014 Time: 11:00 a.m. Depart by Bracondale Van Cost: $14.00 Picnic lunch Place: Etobicoke Humber Bay Park includes Carolinian trees, shrubs, wildflower meadows and the creation of a warm water fish habitat and wetland. Lakeside breezes. Good food. Great company. Sign up today! BraconTales Page 15

16 Movies Off the Wall Date: Friday, August 15, 2014 Time: 1:30 p.m. Movie: A Room with a View (1985) Duration: 117 minutes Starring: Helena Bonham Carter, Maggie Smith, Daniel Day Lewis Set in England and Italy, this movie is about a young woman in the restrictive and repressed culture of Edwardian era England and her developing love for a free spirited young man. All That Jazz Date: Tuesday, August 19, 2014 Time: 3:00 p.m. Cost: $4.00 includes food & beverage Place: Main Floor Dining Room Join us for an afternoon of your favourite recorded jazz music and pub style refreshments. Please sign up in advance at the office. Page 16 July-August 2014

17 Neighbourhood Walk & Boom Restaurant Date: Wednesday, August 20, 2014 Time: 9:30 a.m. Cost: Your own meal cost Place: 1036 St. Clair Ave. West This is our last official walk for the summer. Please note that attendance is limited to regular participants of the walks as space in the restaurant is limited. Away Wii Go Bowling & Golf Tournament Date: Thursday, August 21, 2014 Time: 2:00 p.m. Cost: Free Some of you have been practicing every week, all summer. Others may be hoping for beginners luck. Either way, you are all welcome to join us for our end of summer Wii tournament. Prizes will be awarded for our top video game bowlers and golfers. See you there! BraconTales Page 17

18 Movies Off the Wall Date: Friday, August 22, 2014 Time: 1:30 p.m. Movie: The Jewel of the Nile (1985) Duration: 106 minutes Starring: Michael Douglas, Kathleen Turner, Danny DeVito This sequel to Romancing the Stone, following its characters on a new adventure in a fictional African desert, in an effort to find the precious "Jewel of the Nile." Cloverdale Mall Date: Tuesday, August 26, 2014 Time: 11:00 a.m. Cost: $3.00 Place: Etobicoke Cloverdale Mall features a variety of stores including Home Hardware, Target, Winners, Kitchen Stuff Plus, Metro grocery store and many, many more. We arrive early in case you re interested in lunch before your shopping expedition! Please sign up in advance. Page 18 July-August 2014

19 Volunteer Coffee Hour Date: Friday, August 29, 2014 Time: 10:30 a.m. Place: Main Floor South The only people with whom you should try to get even are those who have helped you. John E. Southard Movies Off the Wall Date: Friday, August 29, 2014 Time: 1:30 p.m. Movie: The Princess Bride (1985) Duration: 98 minutes Starring: Cary Elwes, Robin Wright This fairytale adventure is about a beautiful princess, the gallant hero who rescues her from an evil villain and yes, some kissing (as read by a kindly grandfather). BraconTales Page 19

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