FOR THE past five years
West Vancouver seniors
have enjoyed meeting
together on Tuesday and
Thursday evenings to share
a nutritious dinner.

To mark the fifth anniversary
of the meal program, North Shore
Home Support Services Society
(NSHSSS) recently asked diners to
bring a guest, free of charge, to
share a meal, birthday cake and
entertainment specially laid out
for the occasion.

The seniors’ nical program
started in April 1987 with the in-
tent of mecting the needs of many
isolated people on the North
Shore by enabling them io cat
their dinner in the companionship
of other seniors.

For many people, cating alone
on a regular basis can be depress-
ing and often leads to poor nutri-
tional habits. This program meets
both nutritional and social needs.

The meal provided consists of a
soup or salad, a main course,
dessert and tea or coffee, at a cost
of $4.25. It is served at 5 p.m. on
two evenings a week in an attrac-
tive setting with tablecloths and
flowers on each table.

Said one diner, ‘‘The meals
make a nice break, and we enjoy
the company.’’

Since its beginning, the concept
of meal programs has grown
across the North Shore so that
there are now five sites located in
seniors’ apartment buildings.
NSHSSS hopes to launch a sixth
site in Deep Cove this year.

Along with the expansion comes

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in seniors’

apartment
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the new look. The program will
now be called the North Shore
Diner’s Club, and membership
cards will be issued to all who ai-
tend regularly.

Donations to the program have
assisted with the initial start-up
costs such as the purchase of
thermal containers used to trans-
port meals to the site. Donations
also helped provide transportation
for diners.

Volunteers are an integral part
of the program and assist at each
site with table setting, serving the
meals and providing a friendly
social atmosphere.

One volunteer in particular,
Joanne Fennings, has assisted at
the Esquimalt site for all of the
five years. And Dick Whiteside
has been a driver for five years.

Program coordinator Hilary
King says, ‘I feel this program is
tremendously valuable to many of
the isolated seniors on the North
Shore and for those wiz, due to
aging or illness, are unable to
consistently cook nutritious meals
for themselves.

For more information about the

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NEWS photo Stuart Davis

Ryan Karchut, 12, plays his violin a? the recent anniversary dinner held at the Sunnyside Manor in
West Vancouver. Ronald Birchard and Muriel Sindell have attended the dinners since they beqan.

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