August 8 we will be hosting our annual Picnic in the Park at Emily Murphy Park, Site #1. We start at 10 AM and close it at 2 PM.
We’ll have the fire burning!
Hope to see many of you there
Announcements
Picnic in the Park
Friday, August 8, 2025 WPSS will be hosting the annual Picnic at Emily Murphy Park from 10:00 to 2:00 PM. Check the events page for details.
Métis Cultural Experience
On Friday, July 11, 2025 WPSS will be having a luncheon event at the Legion in St. Albert featuring a Métis knowledge keeper giving us a cultural experience. This will include a hands-on activity creating fish scale art!
GROOVY GANG – A MUSICAL PRESENTATION
Please join the Wildrose Polio Support Society for a light lunch of
soup, sandwiches, dessert, tea & coffee, where the ‘Groovy Gang’
will give a presentation of a fantastic way to stay young at heart
through singing.
All seniors (60+ years of age) and their attendants are welcome.
Cost: $5.00 per ticket for members, $15.00 per ticket for
non-members.
Tickets may be ordered by calling the office at 780-428-8842
or emailing us at wpss@polioalberta.ca by Feb. 14, 2025
Date: Friday, February 21, 2025
Location: Royal Canadian Legion Branch 271
6 Tache St. St. Albert, AB T8N 2S4
Registration: 11:30 – 12:00
Lunch: 12:00 – 1:30
Presentation: 1:30 – 2:30
Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, Happy New Year!!
Here’s wishing everyone all the best for the holiday celebrations, be it Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa or other cultural festivities! May we learn to understand each other and to live in peace and harmony.
An outline of the WPSS activity calendar for 2025 is posted in the EVENTS page. Full details will be posted as they become available.
Caregivers Conference
Caregivers Alberta is sponsoring a “Caregivers Conference” in person and on line Nov 1-2. Details in link below.
https://www.caregiversalberta.ca/get-involved/caregivers-conference/
70th Anniversary of the Salk Vaccine
Social Event Friday October 25
“70th Anniversary of the Salk Vaccine” with Dr. Mark Joffe History of Polio event
NEW EVENT – JUBILATIONS DINNER THEATER
Another event has been added to our 2024 social calendar. September 4 is set as the date for a Dinner Theater date at Jubilations Dinner Theater, WEM! The show is entitled “FREINDS, A PARODY WITH ACE VENTURA”
DETAILS:
COST: $30.00 per person
LOCATION: Jubilations Dinner Theater, West Edmonton Mall
DATE: Wednesday, September 4, 2024
ANNUAL PICNIC IN THE PARK – EVENT JULY 12, 2024
The date has been set for our annual PICNIC IN THE PARK event!
July 12, 2024 is the day, Emily Murphy Park is the place.
Stay tuned for full details!
SENIOR’S CELEBRATING SENIORS – EVENT MAY 31, 2024
Our next event will be ‘Seniors Celebrating Seniors’ on May 31. It will be at the Legion in St. Albert with a lunch of soup, sandwiches, dessert and tea or coffee, followed by a performance by an intergenerational theatre troupe called the GeriActors & Friends.
The cost is $5.00 per per member and $20.00 for non-members. All are welcome!
Stay tuned for more details.
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 2022-2023 – REVIEW
The AGM for the year 2022-2023 was held on Friday, April 19, 2024 at the St. Albert Legion #271.
Registration was at 11:30 and lunch was served, buffet style, at 12:00. Thanks to the staff at Diner 271 for once again putting on a very delicious lunch and dessert!
On the business side of things, of note was that the Board of Directors, consisting of 10 chairs, lost one member. Jonathan Smethurst has decided to step down. All eight of the remaining directors have agreed to remain for another term. No new nominations were received so the bord will operate with 8 filled chairs and 2 vacancies. If anyone from our membership is interested in serving and becoming more involved in the operation of our society, please contact Pat in the office (780-428-8842) or any of the current directors. We thank Jonathan for his service!
After serving as WPSS Events Coordinator for many years, Rick Meunier has decided to step down. Thank you, Rick, for the great work you have done over the years! Rick is remaining on the board as a director. Sandra Mooney will be assuming the position of Events Coordinator. We look forward to her bringing new ideas and fresh energy to the position!
All committee reports, including the Financial Statements, were presented in the AGM Booklet you were given at registration. In case you did not keep this and wish to review the reports, you can link to the AGM Booklet here.
Once again please note that we have 3 vacancies on the Board of Directors and help with the Newsletter/Website would be very much appreciated!
Please consider stepping up and contributing your creative talents to the operation of your society.
“Many hands make light work”
UPCOMING EVENTS
WPSS has a number of events upcoming.
Friday, April 19th – AGM – see the details on our Home Page
Friday, May 31 – GeriActors
Their vision is as follows: To be an intergenerational theatre company that engages and challenges audiences by sharing stories that are meaningful and authentic, and that advances public understanding of creative aging.”
Check them out at https://geriactors.ca
We will be hosting them at the St. Albert Legion. Registration is at 11:30, Lunch (Soup and Sandwich, dessert) at 12:00, entertainment at 1:30
Confirmation of time, full details, cost will be posted as soon as available
EVERYONE WELCOME!!
Annual summer “Picnic in The Park” will happen sometime in July or August. Details as soon as they become available.
Saturday, September 28 25th Anniversary Celebration
WPSS will be celebrating its 25th year! Please plan to join us for this great event featuring recognition of “Caregivers” – those dedicated souls who support and encourage us polio survivors and others afflicted with a variety of disabilities.
Full details when available