The Our Town - Clarenville Blog by Paul Tilley

On June 17,  Minister of Health and Community Services, Paul Davis; MHA Ross Wiseman, Mayor of Clarenville Frazer Russell and CREST chair Larry Reid announced the launch of the local senior's bus service in front of a crowd of over 70 people - many of whom were seniors. The Clarenville Region Extended Seniors' Transportation (CREST) is a Clarenville based pilot project under the Age-Friendly Newfoundland and Labrador Transportation initiative. The CREST bus service will operate within Clarenville and travel as far as North West Brook, Harcourt and Elliott's Cove on a shared-ride door-to-door basis. The service is intended for people age 60 or over and for people confined to a wheelchair.  The volunteer enabled service will commence July 7, and will operate on a scheduled route that covers the majority of a 20-kilometre radius of the town of Clarenville.  The 16-passenger/wheelchair accessible bus will operate Monday-Friday, 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Passengers should 

While at the Clarenville Co-op Gas Bar on Shoal Habour Drive this evening, I noticed this sign. It's easy for businesses to say they cater to seniors. This is a great example of a local business really trying to provide excellent service to a particular age group. It will be interesting to watch this unfold to see if seniors will take advantage of it.

Last week I received a very interesting email from Leo Bonnell.  Leo is a strong voice for older people in Clarenville and a great advocate for making our community and other communities more age friendly.  He sent me a copy the April edition of the International Federation of Ageing newsletter.  Why?  Both Clarenville and Clarenville Campus were profiled in it...see for yourself in this excerpt - Great job Leo at raising the Town's and our campus' profile!   April 2012   IFA taking part in the WHO Global Twitter Chat on Healthy Ageing - 2 April 2012   On Monday 2 nd  of April, the IFA participated in a Global Twitter Chat organized by the World Health Organization (WHO).  It aimed at bringing together various organizations and individuals worldwide to discuss and share views on "Healthy Ageing".  In celebration of the World Health Day, the IFA was proud to be part of this global discussion and raise important issues co