The Dauphin Senior Centre is gradually starting to reopen its doors.
Until recently, the Senior Centre was closed to all in-person programming due to the COVID situation — but Program Co-ordinator Kim Armstrong tells CKDM they’ve been given the green light to start safely welcoming back members.
“Our local health inspector came in gave us some ideas of how we can operate safely — which we followed to a tee — and we’re looking now to open our doors,” said Armstrong.
She says they’ll be operating at a limited capacity, offering some of the more popular in-person programs that allow for proper physical distancing.
“Hopefully people are interested in coming back and seeing us and being able to reduce some of their isolation with a little more social contact — and we will be doing it safely.”
The Dauphin Multi-Purpose Senior Centre kicked off their return with a turkey and trimmings dinner on Thursday, October 8 — sending out over 200 meals while also serving food in-house for the first time in months.
“It’s nice to start having conversations back in the building.”
For more information on the Senior Centre’s reopening and which programs will be available, call 204-638-6485.
“I just want to express that we want our seniors back. We do have limited capacity, so we encourage phone calls — but we want to see people back here and we want people to be safe while they’re here so be prepared to wear a mask. We’ll get through this together,” says Dauphin Multi-Purpose Senior Centre program co-ordinator Kim Armstrong.
