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EVENT{FULL}Monthly updates from your {FULL} Life community

TOUCHMARK AT WEDGEWOOD Issue 10, 2013 | page 1

Touchmark garden wins award!

Residents gathered at city hall to receive their award for best Community Garden, sponsored by Sustainable Food Edmonton. Residents enjoyed the fruits of their labor and also made a donation to the Edmonton Food Bank.

Communities in Bloom national judges toured Touchmark’s community garden (top left) and were dwarfed by the vegetation.

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EVENT HIGHLIGHTS

Contact a Full Life team member for additional details, including registration, transportation information, and participation requirement.

Wednesday, Oct. 2, 11 am Weekly nondenominational Church Service with Pastor Jim Smart. Marquis Room.

Friday, Oct. 4, 2:30 - 4 pm Oktoberfest with music by Party Pals Accordion Band. Grande Foyer.

Monday, Oct. 7, 2 pm The Brenda Edmonds Show—special feature: thankful. Fill Our Bus Winter Clothing and

Sock Drive. Residents Donna Parchewsky, Jean Alton, Don Smailes, and Ed Bakker volunteer many hours every week to help support the homeless in Edmonton area. Marquis Room.

Friday, Oct. 11, 9 am - noonAnnual Influenza Clinic, sponsored by Alberta Health Services. Marquis Room.

Wednesday, Oct. 16Voting Station. Marquis Room.

Monday, Oct. 28, 2 pmBirthday and Anniversary Party with entertainment by

music duo Britz. Marquis Room.

Wednesday, Oct. 30, 1 pmRemembrance Committee Meeting. Arts Studio.

Thursday, Oct. 31, 10 amHalloween Parade. Enjoy looking at all the costumes and handing out candy to over 60 students from Good Shepherd School.

See the full calendar of events online:TouchmarkEdmonton.com/pdf/community-event-

calendar.pdf

Summer highlights

The Brenda Edmonds Show hosted the 2013 Civic Election Series. All mayoral and councilor candidates were invited to visit Touchmark and present their campaign vision. Above left: Mayoral candidate Kerry Diotte visits with a resident after the show. Above right: Terry Diane Demers, a candidate running in Ward 5, arranged for a performance by Canada’s First Rock & Roll Star Bobby Curtola (wearing black shirt).

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Look for Active Aging Week photos on Facebook and in next month’s newsletter.

BRAIN BUILDERS

Inside of the name CHEERIOS are several other words made up of 2 or more letters. Two have been found for you already. Find as many others as you can.

Answers: Cheer, Chi, Choir, Chore, Chose, Core, Echo, He, Heir, Here, Hero, Hers, Hi, Hire, Hoer, Horse, Hose, Ice, Ire, Is, Ocher, Oh, Or, Ore, Rice, Rich, Rise, Roe, Rose, Score, Scree, Sec, Seer, She, Sheer, Shier, Shoe, Shore, Sic, Sire, So, Sore.

CHEERIOS1. Ere

2. Core

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Resident Harvey Hiller (wearing striped shirt) is a master carpenter, and he enjoys doing projects out of the shop in his garage, including make a kite for the community’s first kite day. Touchmark Maintenance Director Glen Anderson and Harvey prepare the kite for flight.

TOUCHMARK AT WEDGEWOOD 18333 Lessard Road NW • Edmonton, AB T6M 2Y5

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MargeCoalman, EdDVice Presidentof Wellness &Programs

The “right” to happiness “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.”

– Thomas Jefferson

Is it a right or a privilege—the right to happiness, that is? Whatever your interpretation of the wording of the Declaration of Independence, it has become a multimillion-dollar business to help us all

find our “right to happiness.”

We may have come equipped to pursue our own version of happiness, but North Americans seem to be endowed with the pursuit-of-happiness impulse. Many have the urge to find that greener pasture or nirvana … just over the hillside (or online, for that matter).

What does that mean? It means that the outdated definition of doing more, owning more, conquering the next challenge has become an ambition to “best” our neighbors, whether by straight-out purchase or credit. The snatch-and-grab phenomenon has become a job description for many and an “oh well” for our neighbors.

Interestingly, this is not true of those who live long and well. Studies repeatedly tell us that

philanthropy and a spirit of giving are essential to well-being. While it may not be the barn-raising or neighborhood party in this day and age, the impulse to help others is deeply imbedded. All of the current studies on “happiness” bear out the fact that compassion, concern, and action (in the way of helping hands or physical donations) make a difference in the quality of life we all seek.

So, pass up the infomercials and appeals you get in your mailbox to “feel good about yourself” with this tape or class. Release even an ongoing commitment to “feel good.” Instead, contact the Full Life wellness team at Touchmark at Wedgewood to get involved in programs and services that do make a difference.

Fall in love with the full life

Learn about the Full Life at Touchmark: home and yard maintenance provided, great neighbors, and attentive and caring staff. Call to arrange your personal tour—and find out for yourself why people fall in love with Touchmark!