January 3 - Happy New Year

Happy New Year for 2014! I have hung my calendars on the wall but still I often find the beginning of a new year a time to make some small adjustments. I must try to remember to write the proper year on my cheques. I always struggle with this in the first part of the year. I still use the regular sized cheque blanks under my CCTV Reader although I know that I can order large sized cheque books through different banking institutions. I have bank accounts at two banks and I like to go to the tellers who know me. They are very helpful in pointing to the places where I need to sign and in reading any account information that I might happen to need before I come home to my audible and magnifying equipment.

The New Year started well for our local support group. Our members were invited to attend a New Year’s turkey dinner put on by Tom and Michelle at the Old Iron Horse Restaurant. This is the second year that Tom and Michelle have provided this community service. At this year’s lunch, those who attended were invited to give a goodwill offering as a fundraiser for playground equipment at the nearby Ermineskin Elementary School. The turkey dinner itself was free of charge. The restaurant was full, the dinner was excellent and Tom and Michelle deserve a huge thank you for fostering community spirit in this way.

I wish each of you the best of health and happiness as we journey together into 2014, sharing our thoughts and experiences through the medium of this blog of White Cane Connections.

There are two pictures below. The first is of Tom and Michelle, hosts of the New Year’s dinner and the second shows some of their guests from the White Cane support group. 

Tom and Michelle

 

White Cane support group