Living Legacies & Legends
We are thrilled to announce a wonderful program with “The Silver Screens Arts Festival” of the Programs for 50+ at Ryerson Universtiy in Toronto and with the “Toronto Public Library.” Share a story honouring and celebrating your Mother or Father (or both). Upload your story and 6 pictures to our website section called: Living Legacies…
What is a Retirement Home and Who needs One?
If you or someone you care about is becoming frail, is having difficulty preparing nutritious meals, looking after personal care needs and/or is beginning to experience minor cognitive difficulties or loneliness, it may be time to start discussing options. Remember, no decision for placement of any kind can be made without the consent and knowledge…
Good Life & Living Seminar
To add value to our communities we are hosting a series of seminars every Wednesday at our Scott Funeral Home -Brampton Chapel and Thursday at the Vaughan Public Library sponsored by our Woodbridge Chapel; for the month of March. The seminars seek to educate families in our communities on details surrounding pre planning funeral options,…
Share The Care Workshops
Are you currently struggling to care for someone who is seriously ill? If so, please read on!!! It is really hard to ask for help, isn’t it? You would love to ask for help, but you don’t want to burden anyone, right? Besides, everyone is so busy! You could not possibly ask them. That is…
It’s Show Time Again!
We are getting excited for another great season of shows and conferences. We are thrilled to add the “End-of-Life” and the OGA Conferences to our list of annual events. As a new registered charity our goal is to let as many groups that deal with the issues of declining health or death of a parent…
The Funeral is Over…Now What?
How do you prepare for the death of a loved one? Emotionally and psychologically you can’t. I don’t believe it’s possible because until it happens none of us really knows how it will affect us; each response is as unique as our relationship to that person. However, there are other things you can do to…
Avoiding Probate Fees
As a wealth advisor, one of the many ways I like to assist my clients is to suggest areas to save them money and to help them avoid aggravation. I have encountered many real life scenarios in my past 25 years in the investment business relating to Will and Estate issues. For example, in some…
Travelling – What would you do?
What would you do if a loved one died away from home? Unfortunately, this is a scenario that familes do not consider and unfortunately, it does happen. The family is left in chaos and confusion of where to start, and what has to be done to repatriate a body. There is a solution! A while…
Introducing a new website section “Living Legacies & Legends”
Living Legacies & Legends “Living Legacies & Legends” is a new feature of our website dedicated to the inspirational stories of living seniors as told by seniors themselves or by those closest to them, be they families, friends or neighbours. In the spirit of honouring our parents, we invite everyone to celebrate the lives of…
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Meet George Holancin
George is a talented, skilled artist. His medium is metal, his materials are re-cycled farm parts and his passion for life, family, respect for nature and the environment all combined with a sense of humour give you some insight into his life.