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| Ready, Set, Action! |
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| Liu handling the camera carefully as we learn how to do profile shots. |
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| One of lovely seniors being interviewed. Thank you for sharing such a beautiful story. |
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| Bobbie asking the interviewing questions. |
Showing posts with label seniors. Show all posts
Showing posts with label seniors. Show all posts
Wednesday, August 23, 2017
Youth in Arts and Seniors continue Digital Workshop
Monday, October 31, 2016
Harvest Party 2016
Global Roots 2016 came to a celebratory end on Oct 31, with a Harvest Party and Halloween Party!
Some participants came dressed in wigs and funky glasses to celebrate the halloween.
Others brought a wide range of delicious cultural food to share with everyone else, potluck style!
This wonderful program run in partnership between The Stop Community Food Centre and CultureLink provides the senior and youth newcomer participants with the resources and opportunity to plant and grow their own food, and also to engage in cultural exchange through the sharing of gardening knowledge, food and cooking.
The youth and senior participants also benefit from one another through socializing, exchange of ideas, and helping one another in the gardens.
One of the most significant benefit of the program is that participants get the opportunity to have access to fresh, organic produce. The difference between organic produce and conventional produce can be noticed in taste and quality of the food that is shared during the program.
The physical activity that everyone get from the actual gardening also provides mental and physical health benefits. Some of the senior participants even reported that they sleep especially well every Monday, after the program activity!
The Harvest Party brings the 2016 growing season to an end. Stay tuned for the next season starting again in April 2017! Contact CultureLink at 416 588 6288 for more information.
Some participants came dressed in wigs and funky glasses to celebrate the halloween.
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| Roy looking bright in purple! |
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| Jiawen rocking the blue locks! |
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| Angelita, our Filipino senior gardener joining in the dress-up! |
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| Carving pumpkins in celebration of Halloween |
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| Maria, our Italian senior gardener, Urszula, our Polish senior gardener and Kulwant, our South Asian senior gardener crossing cultural and linguistic barriers and enjoying one another's company, and the delicious food. |
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| This inter-generational program encourages interaction between folks regardless of age. |
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| Wendy and Joyce enjoying some fresh soup cooked with ingredients from the garden. |
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| Jangchup and Sonam cooking up some Tibetan momos made with organic produce from their garden. |
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| Final clean up of the garden for the end of the growing season |
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| Chinese senior gardeners recognized for their participation |
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| Thanks volunteer, Tala, The Stop staff, Angel, CultureLink staff, Lynda and so many others for helping make this program a success! |
The Harvest Party brings the 2016 growing season to an end. Stay tuned for the next season starting again in April 2017! Contact CultureLink at 416 588 6288 for more information.
Monday, September 19, 2016
Cook and Share with Global Roots
It's pizzas galore, on this beautiful mid-September Monday afternoon! The seniors from the Italian Garden of CultureLink's Global Roots program made pizzas and for everyone.
We got busy in the kitchen. Everyone was chopping peppers, rolling out the dough, oiling the pans, putting on the topping, frying the Italian pancakes and so on. It was a very exciting experience!
And then the food started to smell delicious! The kitchen was warm, but we enjoyed staying for the mouthwatering aroma of the delightful pizzas coming out of the oven and the delectable Italian-style cheese pancakes coming out of the sizzling pans.
All we could do was hope for a piece of pancake or a side of the pizzas to break off, and claim the morsel, while loudly exclaiming that it's for the common good.
We had many lovely little chats while we were preparing the food. We got to know each other better, through food, and exchanging pieces of information about our daily lives, and our lives from back home.
Everyone had a good time! We were very thankful to the seniors for cooking and sharing with us. This will be a treasured memory for a long time to come.
Global Roots is an intergenerational program offered by CultureLink in partnership with The Stop. It gives youth and senior newcomers the opportunity to garden and share good food through the exchange of knowledge and culture. This program runs until the end of October. Click here to find out more.
We got busy in the kitchen. Everyone was chopping peppers, rolling out the dough, oiling the pans, putting on the topping, frying the Italian pancakes and so on. It was a very exciting experience!
Beautiful pizzas just came out of the oven! #globalroots at @TheStopCFC by @CultureLinkTO's Italian senior gardeners pic.twitter.com/tWEkOZQWos— CultureLink Youth (@CLinkYouth) September 19, 2016
And then the food started to smell delicious! The kitchen was warm, but we enjoyed staying for the mouthwatering aroma of the delightful pizzas coming out of the oven and the delectable Italian-style cheese pancakes coming out of the sizzling pans.
All we could do was hope for a piece of pancake or a side of the pizzas to break off, and claim the morsel, while loudly exclaiming that it's for the common good.
Friendships in the kitchen are the best! #globalroots @Culturelinkto @TheStopCFC pic.twitter.com/XnbV8mL1AT— CultureLink Youth (@CLinkYouth) September 19, 2016
We had many lovely little chats while we were preparing the food. We got to know each other better, through food, and exchanging pieces of information about our daily lives, and our lives from back home.
— CultureLink Youth (@CLinkYouth) September 19, 2016
Everyone had a good time! We were very thankful to the seniors for cooking and sharing with us. This will be a treasured memory for a long time to come.
Global Roots is an intergenerational program offered by CultureLink in partnership with The Stop. It gives youth and senior newcomers the opportunity to garden and share good food through the exchange of knowledge and culture. This program runs until the end of October. Click here to find out more.
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