Menno Place Alerts – Subscribe now
Menno Place now has a real-time alert system that can be used to communicate with families and friends in the event of an emergency or flu outbreak.
Three ways to receive alerts:
- Email notifications – daily at 8am as the information is posted. No updates if there is no new information.
- Webpage – real-time updates on www.MennoPlace.ca/Alerts
- Twitter account – @MennoPlaceAlert – real-time updates via Twitter
Thank you to a family member who used our Compliments and Concerns online form to request real-time information about the Flu Outbreaks on the campus. She said,
You are all exemplary. We appreciate all the multi levels of care that are given to our loved ones. So this is not a complaint, just an observation. I just think it would be beneficial to all families if the caregivers could be notified immediately in the event of any outbreaks (a simple form email would do). Then the caregivers in turn could choose to whom they would pass on the information.
Upon receiving this suggestion, we began to create a system that would update family members in a timely fashion, while providing education on what to do with and for a loved one.
A new Twitter account @MennoPlaceAlert and webpage was launched to convey information about flu outbreaks. This same communication system will also be used to send emails when a new update is available.
Along with information about flu outbreaks, this new communication stream will be used to provide real-time updates in the case of emergency. In the case of a fire, earthquake, safety concern or power outage, you will be able to find pertinent information through the Menno Place Alert system.
How can you sign up?
In February, all subscribers to the Menno Place Family & Friends email newsletter will receive an invitation to also sign up for the @MennoPlaceAlerts
Prayer for Caregivers
February 11th is World Day of the Sick, an observation started by Pope John Paul II in 1992 to encourage people to pray for those who suffer from illness and for their caregivers. The Pope was diagnosed the year prior with Parkinson’s. This was likely an impetus for his designation of this day.
Pray for the sick.
SHARE this caregiver prayer with all who are extending themselves in love and mercy to care for others
Ernie Poignant, 97-year old cartoonist from Primrose Gardens shows no signs of putting down sketch pad
Ernie Poignant is celebrating his 97th birthday by doing what he loves – drawing.
Born in a Matsqui farmhouse a few months after the First World War started, Ernie still has a steady hand and an eye for wildlife.
Back in the sixties, he used to draw for kids on the Pete’s Place TV show that aired on Global BC – then called CHAN channel 8 on that old rotary dial.
“He’d have me come up, and one of the things I’d draw [was] a snowball coming down the hill.”
His cartoons are living history – he has documented epic Fraser Valley events like the great flood of 1948.
Ernie has been married to Rose Poignant for over 60 years – but she didn’t fall just for the art.
“I thought he was good-looking, and I was looking for a good-looking man,” said Rose, “and a nice man too. And he was both.”
Ernie’s trademark is taking someone’s initials and making them special – even the initials T.F. turn into Ted and a bear.
