Achievements

Only five month have passed since the start of the project.  The list of achievements is impressive:

• supported organization of GED (adult learning programme leading to a high school diploma) at the Harcourt Fire Hall
• Aerobics at the Royal Canadian Legion in Harcourt
• French as a second language class at the Bass River Fair Hall - note by the webmaster: the way Katherine Halas-Moulton taught us in a French-only environment was quite stressful for the slow ones like me, but it was great fun (also thanks to the group) and even I learned something - or as Valerie always exclaimed "C'est fantastique!"  Merci beaucoup, Katherine, and please continue the classes in the fall.
• presentations for Upriver seniors at the Bass River Fair Hall and in Harcourt on:
  - Aging: The Stress of It All;
  - Frauds, Cons & Scams;
  - Diabetes
  - Alzheimer’s
• Blood Pressure Clinic in Bass River
• supported the St. Patrick’s Day Event at the Bass River Fair Hall
• Collective Kitchen at the Royal Canadian Legion in Harcourt
• presentation on health issues at the Bass River Fair Hall:
  - Suicide Prevention
  - HIV/Aids & Hep. C
• three issues of our monthly newsletter "Upriver-News" on time to the post office and from there to most of the households in this area.  -  If you are living in the Upriver area and did not get all of these delivered to your mail box please let Tina know!
• representatives from our area attended discussions involving
  - youth (regarding youth dialogue, safe communities and Dolly Parton's "Imagination Library" - the latter being a wonderful programme providing children with a book a month),
  - economic development ( a two day conference organised by the Atlantic Council of Community and Social Enterprise at the Waterfront Campus in Dartmouth)
  - food related issues (Food Forum and Food Mentor)
• website www.upriver-news.ca went online on May 28.05.2010