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

Groovy Gang Poster

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

 

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

 

 

 

2022 AGM

Well, the 2022 AGM is now in the history books. We had a very successful meeting, beginning with registration at the St. Albert Legion around 11:30 AM. We had had some nice socialization and visiting time, followed by a great hot lunch buffet. The meeting started just after 1:30 PM and we adjourned around 2:10 PM. The highlights of the meeting included the election by acclamation of  Sandra Mooney to the Board of Directors, brief commentary on the reports found in the AGM booklet and some excellent feedback from the floor on future social events. A copy of the booklet with all reports is available through the link below.

There will be a B of D meeting on Monday, April 24 where items arising from the AGM will be discussed.

AGM BOOKLET

JUNE SOCIAL

June 2nd, just prior to the start of SENIORS’ WEEK, will be the date of our next WPSS social event.  This lunch meeting will be centered around a talk by a representative of the Alzheimer’s Society! Seeing we are all getting a wee bit up in years this should be very interesting for us all.

Nothing has been confirmed as of April 14 but I thought I’d give you a heads up as to where we are going with our social events. The next Board meeting will be April 24th and more details will be forthcoming after that. There will be another notice on this page and full details under Future Events!

Please, feel free to comment on this tentative event