MPP Kevin Holland Announces over $27, 000 for Seniors in Atikokan
Seniors Active Living Centre and Seniors Community Grant investments brings activities and services closer to home in Atikokan.
July 11th, 2024
MPP Kevin Holland announced today that the Pioneer Centre will receive over $27, 000 in provincial investments to support our seniors in Atikokan. $16, 625 of the funding is for Senior Active Living Centre Programing. The additional $11, 050 is from the Seniors Community Grant funding that will go towards initiating new programs.
“These investments for the Pioneer Centre bring our seniors and the whole community together with services, activities and programs that make sure our seniors stay connected all year long,”
– Kevin Holland, MPP Thunder Bay – Atikokan.
The Pioneer Centre’s Seniors Active Living Centre investments goes towards in-person, online and by phone services and activities; these include cards, bingo, Tai Chi, Zumba, dance lessons and other ways for seniors to stay socially connected year-round.
“Helping our seniors is a blessing and MPP Kevin Holland is building a better Atikokan that will keep our seniors fit, active, healthy and socially connected here in the community,”
– Raymond Cho, Minister for Seniors and Accessibility.
“The Seniors Community Grant that the Pioneer Club is also receiving will greatly benefit the seniors in Atikokan addressing loneliness and social isolation. The investments will increase access to programs on weekends, enable the formation of more community events, and help cover the costs of promoting these programs in the community,” added MPP Holland.
“The increased funding for our Seniors Active Living Centre will allow us to continue to provide relevant quality programming to our senior population and the funding provided through the Seniors Community Grant Program will enable us to initiate some new programs and provide resources to promote Pioneer Club activities and the benefits of Active Living to hard-to-reach seniors.”
– Kim Cross, Pioneer Club Treasurer
Due to the overwhelming success of Ontario’s more than 300 Seniors Active Living Centres being delivered by municipalities, new changes to the Seniors Active Living Centres Act, 2017 came into effect as of June 1, 2024 that enable more types of organizations to deliver Seniors Active Living Centre programs.
A call for proposals for organizations to deliver SALC programming will open later this summer. In addition to municipalities, other local and community-based organizations such as Legions, Lion’s Clubs, and other social and recreational clubs are now welcome to apply.
Organizations that deliver SALC programming contribute 20 per cent of the cost of delivering the program, with the province providing the remaining 80 per cent.
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