National Volunteer Week and Six Benefits of Volunteering
National Volunteer Week is coming up April 14-20. Many organizations say volunteers are the backbone of their operations and we couldn’t agree more! In honour
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How to Use Facebook: Using Mentions, Tags and Hashtags Effectively
What’s the difference between tagging or mentioning someone on Facebook? And why am I seeing someone else’s post on my timeline? In this fourth edition
Aging Immigrants in Canada: Higher Rates of Loneliness, Housing Disparity and More
Perhaps it was COVID-19, or maybe the 2020 UN declaration of The Decade of Healthy Aging, but the world is awakening to the challenges faced
How to Use Facebook: Let’s Engage – Reaching and Growing Your Audience
Facebook engagement: connect, invite, like, comment, share, post – whether you’re trying to promote a personal profile, private group or business page – the point
CRNs in the Community: Spreading Love and Building Capacity
February is a month to show kindness and care – and our wonderful CRNs showed lots of both last month. In February, we held some
BC CRN Spotlight: Eva Navrot, Regional Mentor Cariboo, Chilcotin
To say Eva Navrot is active in her community of Williams Lake is a bit of an understatement. When she isn’t working at the Seniors
Strategies to Beat AI Voice Cloning Used for Grandparent Scams and More
Grandparent scams are more successful than ever thanks to new technology that uses AI to copy the voices of your loved ones. A sample from
Warmth and Care Usher in Year of the Dragon
The Warmth and Care Initiative will reach out to over 100 isolated Chinese seniors to help welcome the Year of the Dragon. Coordinated by the
CRNs in the Community: New Year – New Learning Events & Projects
A new year means continuing on with regularly scheduled events and kicking off new projects and our CRNs are hard at work, so long as
In Remembrance of Jill Hightower
In remembrance of Jill Hightower, MA, a remarkable individual and champion of seniors’ and women’s rights Jill was elected to the BC CRN Board in
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