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Operation Friendship Seniors Society |
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9526 – 106 Avenue
Edmonton, AB, T5H 0N2
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Website: www.ofss.org | |
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Contact: Gail Sopkow - Executive Director
Rosalie Gelderman - Client Services Director
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Phone: (780) 429-2626 Fax: (780) 429-2629
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Email: info@ofss.org
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Hours of Operation: 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
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Membership Requirements:
Free to anyone over the age of 55 living within the area from the River Valley to 118 Avenue, from 82 St to 101 St.
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| Services Provided:
McCauley Senior’s Drop-In Centre · Safe gathering place where seniors can socialize, develop friendships, volunteer, and become part of the community. · Recreational and wellness activities · Free nourishing meals · Foot care · Flu clinics · Visiting public health nurse · Showers · A change of clothing · Haircuts Housing Registry Program · Helps seniors find housing
· Provide a continuum of housing options
The Helping Hands Program · Accompany seniors on shopping trips · Transport seniors for medical and dental appointments · Provide friendly visits for isolated or shut-in seniors · Help connect seniors to the larger community The Outreach Program · Reaches out and brings services to inner city residents · Linking people to needed resources and services · Help complete forms
· Advocacy · Financial information · Income tax assistance Donations · Goods are given to seniors and anything left over is passed on to other agencies · Accepts clothing for adults, small household items like flatware · Accepts deliveries Housing: · Volunteer Opportunities
· Manage 158 unites (apartments, rooming house and lodge units for hard to house seniors
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Operation Friendship Seniors Society
is a non-profit society, incorporated since 1974, that provides
community-based preventive social services and housing to seniors in
Edmonton’s inner city. The mission of the society is to offer services
to improve the quality of life of inner city seniors.
Operation Friendship Seniors Society currently operates the McCauley Senior’s Drop-In Centre,
seven days a week, as a safe gathering place where seniors can
socialize, develop friendships, volunteer, and become part of the
community. Both recreational and wellness activities are available, as
well as free nourishing meals. Foot care, flu clinics, a visiting
public health nurse, showers, a change of clothing, and haircuts are
also provided. All these services are offered at no cost.
Operation Friendship Senior Society’s Housing Registry Program helps seniors find appropriate housing and provides appropriate follow-up. The Helping Hands Program
helps seniors stay in their homes as long as possible. Workers
accompany seniors on shopping trips, transport seniors for medical and
dental appointments, provide friendly visits for isolated or shut-in
seniors, and help connect seniors to the larger community. The Outreach Program reaches
out and brings services to inner city residents. Outreach workers
respond to referrals from agencies and the community at large by
linking people to needed resources and services. The Volunteer Program provides
individuals, groups, and organizations with opportunities to become
involved with their community, especially with people in need.
In 1985, Operation Friendship Seniors Society began building and managing housing. The society now offers a continuum of housing: a forty unit Rooming House built for hard-to-house seniors; Hutton Place, two twenty bachelor unit apartment buildings, for independent seniors; and two lodges, Sparling Lodge and McCauley Lodge. In total, the society manages 158 housing units.
Operation
Friendship Seniors Society serves close to 1,200 older individuals.
There are about fifty paid society staff and over 800 hundred
volunteers. Services may be accessed in person or by telephone. | |