The Provincially recognized Seniors Week is fast approaching. The first week in June every year is designated as Seniors Week, a time we celebrate the many seniors in our communities. Seniors Outreach is proud to celebrate the many incredible seniors living in Kneehill County. We have schedule a variety of activities that will hopefully meet different interests. Here is a summary of the Seniors Week events planned for this year so don't miss out on any that pique your interest.
• On Friday, May 3

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After further investigation, it appears that Maple Care Pharmacy is licensed with the Alberta College of Pharmacists. It just began operation in January, 2014 and is a new type of service that offers only diabetic testing supplies. While it is not in partnership with the Ministry of Health or Alberta Health Services, I have to correct the information printed earlier that it was a scam. The Alberta College of Pharmacists assured me that it was legitimate. My apologies to Maple Care Pharmacy. I do

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I want to remind everyone - for your own protection, do not release personal information to anyone over the phone.  There are just too many scams out there and we can all be taken in more easily than we expect.
Please remember to never give out any personal information to anyone, no matter how legitimate they claim to be or sound.
There are many older scams still making the rounds. A well-informed senior had a call from "her son" (often it is a grandchild) whose voice was muffled because he had be

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Happy New Year from the Seniors Outreach Board and staff! We look forward to serving you this coming year and to having you volunteer with us to make our community and County a better place to live.
New Year's is always a time for making New Year's resolutions and setting goals. Like most people, do you make them and then almost immediately break them? A good example is: this year I'm going to exercise more! But then it's too cold outside or my book is calling me so maybe later. We all seem to st

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