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Live More Walk 2018 – Save the Date Get your walking shoes ready! The Northwood Foundation’s Live More Walk will be taking place on Saturday, September 29th, 2018. The Live More Walk raises funds to support Northwood’s Dignified Living Fund. The Dignified Living Fund was created to support Northwood residents and clients who may not be able to afford items like, face cloths, hearing aid
batteries or having their dentures fixed. Everyone deserves to live with dignity, no matter their age or stage in life. Follow us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/northwoodcare to get the latest information on how you can sign up and be a part of this annual fundraiser. You can also check the Northwood Foundation’s website for information: www.northwoodParticipants, staff and volunteers at last year's Live More Walk. foundation.ca.
Halifax Campus
National Dance Week at Northwood This spring, Northwood played host to several community events during National Dance Week. Recreation Therapy programmers and Community Recreation & Wellness programmers joined forces to teach residents and tenants several types of dances ahead of the festivities. On April 19th, participants
got together and learned Pina Bausch's “Nelkin Line” as part of an international dance video project. The project saw groups of dancers from all around the world learning and dancing the same dance on the same day. Dance teachers from Dance Nova Scotia visited the Halifax Campus and taught the moves to the “Nelkin Line.”
It didn’t take long for everyone to catch on. You can see Northwood’s video submission at www.pinabausch.org The National Dance Sock Hop in the Shirley Burnstein Hall also drew a crowd of dancers. A live band played familiar tunes and medleys from decades past. Tunes by Elvis, The Beach Boys, and so many others got resi-
dents, tenants and community members up out of their seats to dance. A big thank you to the Northwood staff who planned this week of toe-tapping good times.