Media Literacy and Seniors, 2009

I made this video in the Summer of 2009 when I worked as an intern in Beaver Bank. This group of Seniors is absolutely amazing, and they were a huge part of making my every day-to-day work an awesome time. Many of them belong to the Beaver Bank Kinsac Keeners Association, an active community group.

The theme that Summer for the province was 'Media Literacy' so I decided to get an older generation's perspective on what exactly that means.

I hope you enjoy the video, and remember that projects like this are a great way to spend your time if you're ever looking for something to do! I just used the camera on my Mac, and programs to edit. Quite simple, and fun! Just write me a little proposal and I can help you with any supplies, questions, creative ideas, etc. that you need!

(The video isn't entirely finished - it's a bit choppy and a few more edits could have been made, but the message still comes across, I think!)

** If enough of you are interested, let me know and we can have a little video competition, I can think up some techie themes ***

Beaver Bank Community Centre Fire

Here are a few pictures of the sadly departed Beaver Bank Community Centre, September 2009, courtesy of Dan's Facebook.

The CAP site was behind this wall.

The Main door of the Centre - To the right front is the Volunteer Policing Office I used to also work at. Behind that, on right, was the CAP site
There was a second computer site on the top floor where I taught a lot of one-on-one lessons.
Day after, still smoldering


The night of the fire.

A Walk.

This Tuesday morning, I had the pleasure of rejoining some of my Beaver Bank Senior friends for a walk to Second Lake in Sackville. The morning was extremely muggy and hot, but under the tree-cover it was like a whole other world- shady and cool.
I joined Rae, John, Ann, and Marion for a trek through the woods that lasted about an hour and was full, as always, of enlightened conversation. I was brought back to my past two Summers spent in Beaver Bank with the 'Keeners' as they call themselves, (rather than Seniors) and all of the wonderful times we had.
So, when Rae, who is the Treasurer, and unofficial 'head' of the group, asked me if I'd like to continue joining them throughout the Summer for weekly walks, run a few GPS events, and also correspond with them on their Organic Gardening Project (for which we successfully applied for a grant together last year), my answer was not surprisingly, YES!

I'll definitely keep sharing my Keeners stories throughout the Summer. They're an amazing group of people, and I'm extremely lucky to call them my friends. And maybe next week I'll dig up a few pictures of the horrible fire that took our community centre away. But for now, I'd like to just keep it light and scenic with these lovely pictures from our morning in the forest!

Looking Forward to Senior Moments

This week, in the midst of chasing down some paperwork around the HRM, lots of e-mailing, getting updates on Interns (some places still haven't hired yet!), something really great happened!

On top of my coordinator duties, this Summer I will be spending a day or two a week working with Seniors in both Halifax (Spencer House CAP) and my hometown of Beaver Bank (the BBKSA Keeners).

I will be doing computer training, geocaching, and website maintenance with both groups. I am really excited, because my best times in my past two Summers with CAP were spent with seniors!