Charlottetown Tribune October 2025 (1)

UPDATE FROM CHARLOTTETOWN

Dear family members and friends of Andrews of Charlottetown,

We had a great September at our home

Thank you to all the family members who came out for our end of summer BBQ We had a lot of fun decorating, feasting and listening to the talented Steve Zaat, who performed on the day of

Also, congratulations to our resident artists who participated in Andrews first-ever resident art show The event was held at Andrews of Stratford but included residents from all our homes, including Andrews of Charlottetown.

We also had Venture Stables in with their miniature horses. Our residents had so much fun visiting with the animals and taking photos

This month, we will be celebrating Thanksgiving and getting ready for Halloween It’s going to be a fun month.

Happy September and happy (early) Thanksgiving!

Sincerely, - Kendra

‘It’s just been a nice treat to get people out and wind in their hair’

Bethan Davies loves to see people biking

Bethan is one of our volunteers from Bike Friendly Communities who takes residents out for rides on our trishaw (e-bike).

“It’s really nice to get people on bikes that either didn’t bike before or did bike avidly and miss it,” she said “Some folks don’t get a chance to go outside because walking, you have your walker, especially heading into cooler season, or even the hot season when it was warmer It’s just been a nice treat to get people out and wind in their hair ”

Bethan, a cyclist and cycling advocate, first started volunteering with Bike Friendly Communities as part of their Cycling Without Age program Approximately two months ago, she started volunteering with Andrews of Stratford, helping activity director Sharon WoodsBryenton by taking residents on rides weekday evenings.

“It was a partnership with Bike Friendly Communities,” she said “It was already an established partnership They were looking for a few people to pilot outside of the regular nine-to-five hours so I took advantage of my nine-to-five and come after ”

Residents love getting out on the bike and volunteers like Bethan enable more residents to take advantage of the e-bike by allowing for added sessions throughout the week

“It’s been amazing having Bethan take our residents out,” said Sharon “Bike Friendly Communities is a wonderful organization and we are extremely grateful for the ongoing partnership with Andrews and for our wonderful volunteers ”

Currently, Bethan is one of two volunteers involved with the partnership A third volunteer is beginning training in the near future T O P H O N O U R S