Thornhill Seniors Club

Please take a moment to share your current feelings on returning to the Club.

Friends of Mary can watch her funeral service live at 2:00pm on Tuesday, August 4th.  The service may also be viewed afterward.

Margaret Mary Deane (Webcast) – Funeraweb.tv

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If you would like to share a memory of TSC Volunteer, Mary Deane, please visit her Memorial Page and click ADD A MEMORY.  The family would love to hear from you and may incorporate your message into Mary’s funeral service to be live streamed on Tuesday August 4th at approx 2:30pm.  Link to view service will be available closer to the 4th.

Mary (centre) with fellow TSC Thanksgiving Lunch Volunteers

Mary (centre) with TSC St. Pat’s Lunch Volunteers

“As York Region moves into Stage 3 this Friday, more businesses will reopen, which will lead to more interactions and that means we all need to be more vigilant”.

Read the Mayor’s latest statement here.

We would like to take this opportunity to honour extraordinary TSC Volunteer, Mary Deane, who sadly passed away on Wednesday July 15th, 2020.

If you visited the Cafe on Friday mornings or attended our lunches, Cafe events or BBQs, you’ve likely had the pleasure of meeting Mary on Volunteer duty.  Known affectionately as the “Energizer Bunny” (she keeps going, and going..), Mary has been an immense help to the Club since it’s opening over 15 years ago.  Always willing to jump in and help – whether serving hot dogs in the sweltering heat of summer, staying late to clean up after a big event or walking through a snow storm for her morning Cafe shift when she couldn’t get her car out of the driveway…she did it all with a smile.  Her positivity was contagious and her hard work and dedication unmatched.  Among so many things, we will miss her distinctive laugh and wicked sense of humour 🙂  She was a ray of sunshine on a dark day and an inspiration to us all.

Mary will be sorely missed and fondly remembered by her many friends at TSC.   A gathering at the Club will be arranged once we have safely reopened.

Mary and her husband Bill on a TSC trip

Shirley, Cindy & Mary at the TCC BBQ

As per today’s announcment, York Region will remain in Stage 2 until further notice.

See Reopening Ontario for details here, including the list of Regions allowed to move on to Stage 3 this Friday.

(Reposting in case anyone missed it back in May).  

It’s great to still feel connected while we are physically apart.  That’s why Markham Public Library has launched Keeping Connected – a phone check-in service for our community.   When you sign up you’ll receive a call from MPL staff once, weekly or biweekly.  A library card is not required.

They can offer library program information, help with online services, Reader’s Advisory (reading suggestions based on your reading interests), as well as find information about community services or simply for a friendly phone call and light conversation.

Sign up using this form on the MPL website or by emailing smann@markham.library.on.ca 

If you would prefer to register by phone, please call Harman Singh Malhi at 416-294-1964.  Please share this with other Members who you think may be interested.

This new policy will go into effect across York Region as of Friday, July 17, 2020 and will stay in effect until November 30, 2020 with a possible extension.

Please note that the Thornhill Community Centre and Thornhill Seniors Centre are both considered public indoor spaces, so masks will be mandatory if reopened prior to November 30.

Read the Mayor’s Statment here.

Hello everyone.  I hope this finds you well and keeping busy during the temporary closure of the Club.

I’ve tried to occupy my time by doing chores, gardening, watering and hopefully soon, starting to pick my raspberries.  We have already harvested our rhubarb and the scapes on our garlic plants, which we have experimented using in recipes to great success.  I have completed some projects around the house that I have postponed for years – no longer any excuse that I don’t have the time!  I am continuing to play online games such as Scrabble Go and Lexulous (available on Facebook) with people from around the world.  I have many books on my Kobo reader to get through as well.

We have been receiving questions regarding the Club’s reopening.  Unfortunately we cannot do anything until the Province and the City of Markham gives us the okay.  We must be very cautious in doing so, particularly as we are Seniors.  As soon as we learn of any reopening details we will post them here.  When that time comes, please share the information with Members who do not have access to the internet.

Through our phone outreach and emails we receive, I am very happy to report that we have not heard of any Members contracting COVID-19.  For now, wearing masks (if possible) and physical distancing remain key to protecting ourselves and others from the spread of the virus.

We hope you are continuing to reach out to your fellow Club Members by making a few calls each day.  It’s important we all stay in touch.  If you have a question, concern or other, please email Cindy at cpetrowtsc@gmail.com and she will try her best to assist you or direct you to someone who can.

We will get through this together.

Take care and we hope to see you back at TSC soon.

Norm Goldstein  – President of TSC

A reminder that Seniors eligible for the one-time tax-free payment from the Government of Canada should receive their payments beginning this week.  The payment will be made to your bank account if you are enrolled for Direct Deposit.  If you are not enrolled for Direct Deposit, you will receive a cheque in the mail.