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This Holiday Season, We Need Your Support

November 24, 2022 by Creating Together

Dear Creating Together Friends and Family,

We are eager to announce that we will be participating in Giving Tuesday on November 29! Giving Tuesday is a global generosity movement which unleashes the power of people and organizations to transform their communities and the world. We hope you will join us in supporting our meaningful work on this exciting occasion.

As you know, in September 2022 Creating Together had to relocate from our longtime home at Queen and Sorauren, and we are thrilled to have found a new space at Queen and Brock. With this move comes new challenges: increased rent and a greater demand for our services, and therefore a need for renovations to our space and additional staff support.

Our sunny program space at 1342 Queen Street West.

This holiday season, your support will go towards: 
– Renovations to our community kitchen, allowing a fully functioning nutrition program including healthy snacks and hands-on baking and cooking programs for families
– Accessibility upgrades, including to the office, washroom and front door
– Hiring additional program staff, ensuring the ideal level of support and service to match the increased demand that our centre is experiencing.

There are several ways to give, and we are happy to provide charitable tax receipts: 

~ Single gifts or Monthly donations through Canada Helps.

~ Host a fundraiser as part of your birthday celebrations, school bake sale, or workplace gathering  

~ Designate your United Way contributions to Creating Together using our charitable number

~ Corporate partnerships. For more information, contact our Resource Development Manager today at patty-creatingfamiliestogether@rogers.com

We have been serving the families of Parkdale since 1976, and with your help, we can continue to offer accessible support and services to our community into the future.

From everyone at Creating Together, THANK YOU in advance for your support.

Sorting shapes together.

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: children, community, donations, fundraising, Parkdale, support, Toronto

Intergenerational Respect

February 27, 2019 by Creating Together

One of the beautiful things about Creating Together is the varying ages of caregivers. When you come in and scan the room, you’d see grandparents, parents and nannies mingling and supporting each other, while the children play and learn.

This intergenerational connection brings out a better quality of life for all ages. For the young, it improves self-esteem, empathy, respect, and a healthier approach to aging. For the wise, it contributes to joy, meaning, improved memory and active living. On a community level, connecting our wisest and our youngest promotes the transmission of cultural traditions and values from older to younger generations, helping to build a sense of personal and societal identity while encouraging tolerance.

Join Creating Together each Month at White Eagle Residence

Apart from offering a space within our community for different ages to come together, Creating Together also spends Circle Time with the senior citizens at  White Eagle Residence once per month. In February, this happens this Thursday, February 28th from 10:45-11:15pm. We sing songs together, read stories and chat with the residents. Next month, we’ll be going over on Thursday March 21st (same time) – so do consider joining us! You can either walk there with us from Creating Together, or meet us directly at Chartwell White Eagle Long-Term Residence (138 Dowling) at 10:45am. If you can’t make it to these ones, keep an eye on our calendar for our next visit.

About White Eagle Residence

Chartwell White Eagle
Long Term Care Residence

Located in a mature, residential area in Toronto’s west end (right around the corner from Creating Together), Chartwell White Eagle Long Term Care Residence is committed to delivering quality care to its residents. A strong community partner, White Eagle’s highly trained staff has earned a positive reputation for being compassionate and professional in equal parts. Competent in the care and management of residents with mental health concerns, White Eagle is able to accommodate a wide spectrum of care needs, including short-stay residents. With 24-hour nursing care, assistance with daily living activities and high levels of personal care available, family members can feel confident that their loved one is well cared for. Home-like and comfortable, this residence has a warm atmosphere that is welcoming to both residents and their visitors.

Honouring our Elders

The Toronto Seniors Strategy identifies Respect and Inclusion as one of the 7 priority areas, and intergenerational initiatives as one of the core recommendations for combatting ageism and ignorance through improving connections all Torontonians, and ensuring a place for all in our communities. As a result, resources are being circulated to help promote respect for older adults among the youngsters. Here are some tips for honouring our elders:

  1. Spend time with them
  2. Ask for advice
  3. Be kind to them
  4. Eat Together
  5. Discuss family heritage, history and traditions
  6. Call them
  7. Tell them how much you appreciate and respect them
  8. Visit senior living communities
  9. Get involved in Intergenerational Day Canada on June 1st this year

Tips for Grandparents and other Older Adults 

Sometimes the gap in age can make it challenging for our wisdom keepers to connect and relate with children. After all, so much has changed since they were young. The Healthy Aging Partnership offers these suggestions for grandparents and others who want to play a bigger role in young lives:

  • Be yourself. Youngsters will benefit from and enjoy having someone who listens and gives them their undivided attention. All too often parents don’t have enough time to spend with their children and that’s where you can help. Be a mentor and a friend.
  • Arts and crafts, such as making a scrapbook, create great memories and allow you and a child to learn something new together.
  • Youngsters love to help in the kitchen. The hands-on cooking exercise can be as simple as baking a box cake, with a little measuring and mixing.
  • Gardening is another kid favorite. Spring is fast approaching – so consider digging in the dirt, planting, watering, and sowing together. Sow fast-sprouting bean, pumpkin or sunflower seeds that grow with every visit.
  • Go to the library. Computers and video games may be the new thing, but you can never go wrong with a great story. Teach them about something you love. If you’re excited about it, they will be too.
  • If you don’t have grandchildren of your own, volunteer to share an interest or skill with a local youth organization. The American Red Cross, Intergenerational Innovations and Big Brothers, Big Sisters, just to name a few, can help connect older adults with young people in their community.

References and Resources

The Toronto Seniors Project

https://www.toronto.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/97e3-seniors-strategy-fullreport.pdf

The Legacy Project

http://www.legacyproject.org/guides/intergenbenefits.html

Healthy Aging Partnership

For more information on intergenerational activities or other issues related to life as an older adult, visit www.4elders.org. The free and confidential resource line offers a wealth of information and assistance to seniors and their caregivers.

Intergenerational Day Canada

http://tigp.org/ig-day/background-info

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: community, Diversity, parenting tips

Food, Family, and Community

March 2, 2017 by Creating Together

Communities around the world are brought together by food, and Creating Together is no exception. Last month, food really brought us all together, with our healthy choice muffin creations during our family baking time, our heart cookie morsels for Valentines, and Family Day potluck feast!

Involving our children in food creation is actually an excellent way to develop language, math, and healthy life skills.

Did you know that picky eaters are more likely to eat something that they’ve helped to make?

 

Give it a try at home! Print off the recipe card below, and enjoy these tips for cooking with kids, to help make cooking a great experience for everybody. If you missed our last family baking event, no worries – we’ll see you on March 7th at 9:30 for our next healthful muffin making extravaganza!

Print off this Healthy Carrot Muffin Recipe and enjoy!


Moving into March, we have some great workshops to help your family thrive. Note your calendars – we are now open on Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays from 9:30-5pm!

In addition to our regular programming, take a look at these March highlights and mark your calendars by clicking on the date links provided:

  • March 7th 9:30am – Family baking! Join us as we bake muffins for snack!
  • March 13th 10-11:30 – Dental health and dental screening with Toronto Public Health
  • March 15th 10-11am – Hands on workshop in healthy Toddler Food Preparation with Marcela from Food Share!
  • March 27h 12:30-1:30pm – Public Health Nurse Aseema will be answering questions and providing resources for family health and well-being.
  • March 30th 11:30-2pm – Anniversary Potluck Celebration! Bring a NUT FREE dish and celebrate Creating Together’s 41st Anniversary!

Filed Under: Announcements, Recipes, Special Activities Tagged With: children, community, Creating Together, dental health, family, family baking, February, food share, health, public health, toddler food

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Creating Together Parkdale Family Resource Centre

Our mission is to support the healthy social, cognitive, emotional and physical development of children 0 to 6 years and their families. We welcome children aged 0 to 6 years and their families/ caregivers to relax and connect with each other and with the greater communities through our many programs.
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MON 9:00am - 2:30pm
TUE 9:00am - 2:30pm
WED 9:00am - 2:30pm
THU 9:00am - 2:30pm
FRI 9:00am - 1:30pm
SAT 10am - 2:00pm (twice monthly)
SUN Closed

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