PO Box 231, Main Post Office T5J 2J1

         Web: www.sraedmonton.org

                    (780) 485-3052

 

PRESIDENT’S REPORT  

 

WELCOME to the Stroke Recovery Association (SRA) of Edmonton.  The SRA Board & I hope you had a memorable, fun & safe Summer!  We are a unique Support Group comprised of Stroke/Brian Injury Survivors & their Caregivers!  We hope you are ready for an exciting 2009 – 2010 SRA year ahead!?

 

If you are new to our Support Group, we are very happy you have come to visit us; in fact, we hope you will consider joining us each month!  We meet at 6:30 pm (refreshments) and 7 pm – 8:30 pm for the monthly meeting, on the lower level at the Glenrose Rehabilitation Hospital.  Our meetings are held on the last Monday of each month from September to June.  We have a special guest speaker at each meeting except for December (Christmas Potluck Dinner) & June (SRA Annual Picnic).  We are closed over the Summer but we are “only a phone call away”… just call our SRA answering machine on which you can leave your message & someone will return your call.  The number is (780) 485-3052.

 

Our Membership fee is very reasonable:  $10.00 for single & $15.00 for family.  For those wishing to join or renew their membership, PLEASE see Fred or Alice Chow (the Treasurers) at our meetings and they will gladly take your membership money, get you paid-up in “good standing” & provide you with a tax receipt.  Any & all donations are appreciated & you will be given a tax receipt for each donation!     

 

For those who were able to attend our 2009 - Annual SRA Picnic on Monday, June 8^th, wasn’t it GREAT!  It was wonderful to see families & friends come & join SRA members for this special outing!  A big THANK YOU to our SRA membership & guests for all the great salads, desserts & extra refreshments!  THANK YOU to all the Volunteers who helped with the picnic set-up & take down!  Another THANK YOU to the two M & M Meat Shops (Namao Centre & Northgate) who provided all the wieners, shrimp rings with sauce & cream puffs; Sobeys (Beaumaris) for the hot dog buns & Save-On-Foods (Oxford) for donating the pop!  Our usual spot was being renovated, so we moved indoors to the actual ACT Aquatic Centre at Rundle Park & had a very cozy room to enjoy an “indoor” Annual Picnic!  Once again, SRA-Edmonton donated all the leftover foods (wieners, buns, condiments, salads, desserts & pop) to the Youth Emergency Shelter assisting their non-profit organization & giving them a picnic too!

 

We would like to acknowledge one of our active members Joan and her husband Morris (Buck) McCreight who celebrated their “50^th” Wedding Anniversary on August 15^th, 2009… we wish you good health, much happiness & many more Anniversaries!  Congratulations Joan & Buck!

 

As many of you know, next month’s meeting is on Monday, October 26^th & it will be our AGM (Annual General Meeting).  Please see the Notice to Attend in this month’s newsletter.  We have Gail Elton-Smith (Stroke Service Coordinator) from the Stroke Program, Edmonton Area, Alberta Health Services… and she will provide us with an Alberta Health Services update for stroke survivors living in the community!  We will also have our elections for the Executive.  If there is someone you would like to nominate (even if it’s yourself), please talk to one of the Executive Members (Bev, Alice, Fred or me) or call the SRA phone message machine at (780) 485-3052 & leave a message &/or nomination.

 

Would you like to volunteer to be on the Board, be a part of the phoning committee, or a meeting greeter?  Please let me know.

A reminder – the SRA’s Executive & Board of Directors are all Volunteers!

 

Upcoming Meeting - Monday, September 28^th, 2009 we will have guest speakers & presentations from E.B.I.R.S., NABIS & NETWORKS (Resource Groups) providing information on their services!  Please try & join us!  We do look forward to seeing you that evening!

 

til later…Ms Gladys Marie Magega, President of the Stroke Recovery Association of Edmonton   

 

 

 

General Meetings: Conference Room A (lower level) Glenrose Rehab Hospital at 7 p.m.

Refreshments are available from 6:30 pm     For Information, please call (780) 485-3052

 

 

 

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