Seniors´ Online: Keep in Touch

Socialize with Other Halton Seniors

Seniors Keep-in-touch. Send and Receive E-mail

AJokeADay.com
Will send you an e-mail joke every day. And you can pass jokes to your pals. It's a good way to let friends know you are thinking about them.
Fifty Plus: Joke of the Day
Laugh a day keeps the doctor away.
Email Book Club
Sign up at any of my email book clubs and every day and receive a 5-minute sample from a book. By the end of the week, you'll have read two or three chapters. If it's a book you've just must finish, visit your local library or your favorite bookstore and pick up a copy. Have fun.

Join Seniors' Groups in Halton and local regions

The Golden Age of Variety
Live show featuring over 80 senior performers between the ages of 55 and 83, and who are involved in various levels of the production from set and costume design, to ticket sales, and the final performance.
Burlington Footnotes Senior Performing Troupe
A seniors' dancing troupe dedicated to having fun, on and off stage, while being committed to providing a comfortable, professional and inspirational atmosphere for older adults to reach their creative potential.

Instructions: Click on menu and thumbnail images will appear across the bottom of the video player window. Move your cursor arrow to the video dance performance you wish to see and click on it. The dancers range in age from 50 to 85.

Seniors' Forums and Chat Rooms

50plus Discussion Forums
Wide range of topics from Learning to Travel. Registration is required if you post new topics or reply to existing topics.. Registration is free, real name not required but your email address is.
bookcrossing.com
Everyone's a part of at least one community. At bookcrossing.com, you'll find a global community of people who both love books and love sharing.
What is bookcrossing? It's the practice of leaving a book in a public place to be picked up and read by others, who then do likewise. Except, with luck, you'll find out if someone picked it up and also bookcroosed it. The Forum.
Silver and Gold
Is a bi-monthly magazine for Seniors and Adults 50+.

Logo
(Diamond sponsor of the
Burlington Footnotes Senior Performing Troupe.)

Senior Centres

Watch this video to see and hear your peers at local Seniors' Centres.
Video introduction to Older Adult Centres' Association of Ontario.

Burlington Seniors' Centre
Offers programs, events and services for Seniors 55 and over.
Milton Seniors' Activity centre
Is a gathering place designed to enhance the enjoyment of leisure activities. From trips and tours, to special events and activities, socializing abounds for seniors.
Oakville Senior Citizens' Recreation Centre/ Sir John Colborne Recreation Centre for Seniors
Offers a variety of programs, classes and volunteer opportunities for adults 50+ at two dedicated seniors’ facilities.
Acton/Georgetown District Seniors Centre
Available to anyone 55 years of age or older.

Volunteering

Volunteer opportunities throughout Halton
A website which a comprehensive discussion about volunteering and opportunities in Halton.
Meals-On-Wheels
Program volunteers do more than drive from door to door. Volunteers are needed to help prepare and package dinners to be delivered, organize schedules, make phone calls, load delivery vehicles, and deliver meals.
SENACA
Various volunteer positions available at our facility for students and anyone else just wanting to help out.

Reading Aids for Seniors

Burlington Public Library: Special Services
Offers Talking Books, Large Print Books, Special Reading Aids, Multilingual Books and Videos..
Burlington Public Library: Home Readers' Service
When you are unable to visit the library, a staff member will visit you. Enjoy a free, personalized service providing a selection of fiction and non-fiction books in easy-to-read large print.
CNIB's Digital Library
Lends recreational books and magazines in Braille and audio cassette format in French and English, and provides talking book cassette players, and transcribes from print to audio cassette or Braille format, vocational, educational and professional materials on request.
Halton Hills Public Library Services
Large print and talking books are available and some videos are closed captioned. Multilingual recreational reading can be obtained through the National Library's Multilingual Biblioservice. The Georgetown branch is wheelchair accessible.
Oakville Public Library On-line Catalogue
Offers Computer Access to all books in the library. Once logged in, "My Account" allows you to access your library record and renew borrowed items.

Poetry and Novel Writing

University of Toronto Library
A writing resource which includes courses available in Toronto, (not all links may work)
Banff Centre for the Arts
An interesting site to explore. It will bring out the creative side of you.
Humber College Fiction writing online
Instructor posts lectures once a week. You can read them online, print them, or download them at your convenience.

Pastimes for Halton Seniors

Adult Games
Free web-based games. Great list.
Hobbies: Gardening..Collecting.. Great list!

Challenging Fun

Elder Treks
travel designed exclusively for people 50 and over... active, off-the-beaten-path, small-group adventures by both land and sea in over 60 countries....The focus is on adventure, culture and nature...includes a wildlife safari in Tanzania, explore Mongolia by camel, hike to Patagonia's Torres del Paine, navigate the awesome ruins of Angkor Wat or step foot on the Antarctic Peninsula.
The Pilgrims Way
Follow the route taken by pilgrims of the middle ages through France and Spain to the shrine of St James.

Favourite Music from the Past

Tropical Glen

Learning for Seniors

On line education courses. (This EDITOR'S FAVOURITE)
Many courses to choose from. Click on 'PARTICIPATING SCHOOLS" to locate a school that is offering the course that you want....different schools charge different fees. I usually choose Waterloo University.

Digital Cameras

A guide
Complete guide to digital cameras, digital photography,and digital video.
What's a megapixel
Information that will help you understand megapixels as they relate to a digital camera.
Short Courses
Use of your digital camera.

Computers

SeniorsCan Internet Program / Guide to Computing
All of the ‘need to know‘ stuff for newbies: includes buying, using, vocabulary, components.
introduction to computer use
One on One entry level computer instruction. Learn in a comfortable environment and at your own pace

Canadian Tax

Information for Seniors
Related site for government Information
View your personal income tax information over a secure web site...tax refund and balance owing, current-year tax return assessment, income tax and benefit returns etc, all available 24 hours a day.

Senior Travel

Elderhostel Preeminent provider of high quality, affordable, educational opportunities for older adults.
Great Outdoor Recreation Pages (GORP) Mix of information about adventure and recreation travel and trips to more than 100 countries.
LuxuryLink Database of luxury properties and includes exclusive packages, special offers and auctions.
Information for Canadians travelling abroad.
Offers information on safety and security, local laws and customs, entry requirements, health conditions and other important travel issues.
Home Exchange.
Enjoy freedom from accommodation costs while you vacation. Live like a resident rather than a tourist and more....