This year the money
raised from the MLR Ride for Seniors on August 29, 2009 will help fund the
Friendly Visiting Program provided by the Seniors Resource Centre to the
seniors or our province. The Friendly Visiting Program costs the Seniors
Resource Centre approximately $50,000.00 annually to fund but this cost pales when
compared to the importance this program is to the many seniors who receive so
much joy from one weekly visit from a volunteer. The Friendly Visiting Program
is designed to provide a social contact and companionship to seniors on a
weekly basis. Seniors and volunteers are matched based on common interest and the
weekly visit can often be the highlight of that seniors life and in many cases,
as it is for me, the highlight of a volunteers life as well. Imagine a life
with limited social contact or conversation, a life of silence and loneliness! This
is too often the case for many of our seniors. Help us keep this valuable
program thriving by joining us on the MLR Annual Ride for Seniors on August
29, 2009.






