2020-07-17 Tanglewood Seniors Group Virtual Meeting

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Dear Friends,

Greetings!

Last Friday, approximately 50 members joined in on the Zoom Virtual meeting. We have some new members join in to the Seniors group. Warm welcome to all. Its lovely to see everyone at these virtual meetings when COVID-19 related social distancing remain in force.

ICCC requests that you encourage your friends and family members to register and join the fold and help enrich own and each others' lives.

The program for this Friday's Zoom Meeting:
10:00 - 10:45...."Yoga for Life Mantra" by Dr. Virendra Bharti
10:45 - 12:00.... Information Sharing, Songs, Poetry, and Jokes.
(Those who wish to perform, please come prepared with your item).

To Join the Zoom Meeting Click on the following link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86428478688?p
Meeting ID: 864 2847 8688
Password: 076690

The program for this Thursday's Zoom Meeting:

Every Thursday from 2.00 pm to 3.30 pm. This meeting is hosted by our Orleans Coordinator Jagjit Khosla. The link and details of this meeting are as follows:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88017282542?p ... VEVlQ1Zz09
Meeting ID: 880 1728 2542
Password: 941746
Above meeting details are good till Thursday, 29th October, 2020.

Please Note:

1] If you have not yet seen the webinar on 'Prevention of Dementia,' please watch it. It's very informative. The keynote speaker in the webinar episode-1 is Dr. Antoine Hakim, Neurologist at the Ottawa Hospital and also emeritus scientist of the University of Ottawa Brain and Mind Research Institute. Dr. Hakim has very nicely explained in simple terms about dementia, its progression and prevention. Here is the link to the 15 minute long webinar at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RNfZibGeYnQ
ICCC will post the link to any future webinars as soon as they areavailable.

2] Speakers Forum – 2020-06-25 Virtual Event (Nand Tandan) – Talk on Life After COVID-19
The Video and the Text of the talk is posted on the icccottawa.org. You may listen/read at your leisure.

3] Again, here is the link for more information about the Affordability Fund Trust Pilot:
https://www.unitedwayeo.ca/news-and-sto ... nd-beyond/ (English)
https://www.centraideeo.ca/nouvelles-et ... s-encore/​ (French)

4] ICCC COVID-19 RELIEF FUND CAMPAIGN
To Date over $70,000 have been raised. A Big Thank You to All the Donors. Donation cheques have been presented to The Ottawa Hospital, The Shepherds of Good Hope, and The Ottawa Food Bank.
The Campaign is ongoing. Donations are trickling in. Our goal is to raise at least $100,000.
To donate, please visit https://icccottawa.org and for the latest developments and additional information.
Donating to the COVID-19 Relief Fund is made easy. Just visit the website https://icccottawa.org and click on the link. You can donate via e-Transfer to treasurer@icccottawa.org, via 'Paypal," or, by Cheque made out to ICCC. Our mailing address is: Indo-Canadian Community Centre, 1993 Robertson Road, Ottawa, ON, K2H 5B7

Tax receipts will be issued at the end of the year by ICCC, for donations ($50 or more).

5] Face Masks
Face Masks are going to be part of our everyday life for the foreseeable future. A Big Thank You to All our Members who have been busy stitching these masks for the community. If you are in a position to volunteer or you are in need of Face Masks, please contact Mr. Anil Sukhija at chair@icccottawa.org or 613-791-7593.

6] COVID-19 updates
Ottawa is moving to Phase 3 on July 17th.
You will find find relevant up-to-date information on COVID-19 on the following websites. Check in often.
-Ottawa Public Health
-Ontario Ministry of Health
-Public Health Agency of Canada
-City of Ottawa

7] YOGA CLASSES by Community Members
Try and attend as many of these yoga classes as you can. There are many benefits to daily yoga practice. Yoga makes you feel better. Yoga increases your flexibility. Yoga improves your strength. Yoga boosts your immune system. Yoga helps you to focus. Yoga changes your energy. Yoga boosts your metabolism. Yoga reduces anxiety.

Classes on Sunday and Wednesday are led by Premji.
Classes on Tuesday and Friday are led by Veena ji.

Sunday 7:55 AM
Tuesday 5:55 PM
Wednesday 5:55 PM
Friday 5:55 PM

If you are using a smartphone, please download the app, Google Meet.
Once you have the app downloaded, you just use the following link to join the Shree Yoga Class according to the schedule given above.

https://meet.google.com/nym-rsso-vrh

Wishing you all good health. Stay safe. Stay Healthy. Stay Inspired. Stay Active and Socially engaged (virtually). When you venture out to public space keep a minimum of a 6-foot distance from others and wash hands frequently. Don't forget to wear your mask.

Looking forward to seeing you all on ZOOM.

Warm Regards.

Sudesh

Sudesh Kanda
613-869-0349
Co-ordinator ICCC Seniors (Tanglewood Group)
coordinator-seniors-tanglewood@icccottawa.org

Our mailing address is:
Indo-Canadian Community Centre, 1993 Robertson Road, Ottawa, ON, K2H 5B7