Summerside Tribune October 2025 (1)

UPDATE FROM SUMMERSIDE

Dear family members and friends of Andrews of Summerside,

We had a lovely month at our home.

Congratulations to Verna on celebrating a very special milestone. Verna, as many of you may know, turned 105 in September We held a big party for her with family, friends as well as local politicians It was an amazing event

I also want to applaud the residents who took part in our first-ever Andrews art show The event was held at Andrews of Stratford but included pieces from residents at all our homes Our very own Adele Gardiner’s quilts were featured and, I’m told, were quite popular! Awesome job, everyone

This month, we will be celebrating Thanksgiving, hosting a touch-a-truck event, and getting ready for our big Halloween party on Friday, Oct 24! It’s going to be a lot of fun.

I hope you had a great September and wish you a happy Thanksgiving and a great October!

Sincerely,

‘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