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  • Caregiving: A Shared Journey. This Ministry of Health website provides a range of resources that offer practical assistance as well as personal supports for caregivers and care recipients.

  • Caregiver Support Group (Interior Health). Run by health care professionals, offers education, individual and group support. All caregivers of adults with age-related conditions are welcome. Room 102 at the People Place, the second Wednesday of each month, from 1 pm to 2:30 pm. Contact Joyce on Wednesdays or Thursdays at 250 549-5737.

  • Silver Hills Spa - a non-profit healing sanctuary for rest, relaxation and rejuvenation. Located on 93 acres just north of Lumby in the Monashee foothills. Contact Phi Brewer toll free at 1-888-547-9456 or (250) 547-9456. Email Phil@silverhills.ca Website www.silverhills.ca

  • Breathing Exercises - Mondays @ 1 pm and Fridays @ 11 am at the People Place. Excellent for those who cannot do physical exercise but want the benefits of cleansing, energizing and healing the body and mind. By donation only. Contact Melissa, blueeagleyoga@yahoo.ca

  • Good Food Box - a volunteer, nonprofit, produce-buying fruit and vegetable cooperative for hundreds of families in the North Okanagan, offering high quality produce monthly for about half the retail cost. Supported in 2008 by the Food Action Society of the North Okanagan.

  • Community Dental Access Centre - Opening Fall 2010. Non-profit centre. Fees charged will depend on client’s income. Emergency treatment will be provided free of charge for those with dental infection and no means to pay for care. Community Dental Access website

  • North Okanagan Seniors Action Network is a committee of seniors, service providers and others who work to identify seniors’ needs and implement solutions in our community. Action is the key work here and seniors will form the majority of this committee. If you are a senior, interested, and passionate about working towards improving the lives of all seniors, this is the group for you.
    Call Dayle Drury at the Seniors Information and Resource Bureau at
    (250) 545-8572 if you are interested in joining.


    Seniors Action Network meets at 10 am on the second Tuesday of each month at the Schubert Centre - but please phone to confirm.
  • Report a problem or safety issue regarding streets and sidewalks to James Rice in the City of Vernon Operations Department at 250 549-6757. Typically safety issues are addressed immediately, and general issues are addressed on a priority basis.
    You can also
    report a problem to Pat Black, Coordinator of our Falls Prevention program.

  • View the Sidewalk Safety Survey Final Report December 2009 (PDF 7MB)

  • The Partners in Action Committee is pleased to announce that Greater Vernon Services has agreed to expand their 75% discount for recreational services to SENIORS ON GUARANTEED INCOME SUPPLEMENT. Click on poster explaining eligibility, the programs included, and the process for applying for the discount. Greater Vernon Services has been extremely supportive and we thank them for their support! (68Kb PDF)