尊敬的加华会友们，各位来宾大家好！
今天是加华一年一度的会友大会暨联欢会，在这里我代表加华管理委员会给大家汇报一）去年的工作总结，二）宣布新的联邦项目基金；三）2023年财务报告。很高兴今天大家能欢聚一堂，展现我们过去一年来，参加各项活动所取得的丰硕成果，并为加华的未来出谋划策。过去的一年是加华在新冠疫情后，活动全面恢复的一年。在我们努力之下，加华在社区活动场地比以前增加了周二Gym使用；周三下午乒乓球活动；周四下午舞蹈房的使用。使得我们有更多宽敞，舒服的活动场地。我们每周活动项目有：太极初级班，中级班；广场舞班，排舞初级，中级班；唱歌班，民舞提高班，瑜伽班，尊巴健身舞班，拉丁舞班，网上电子琴班，周三和周五乒乓球活动，共十三个项目。每周活动时间达29小时，参加活动人数由每周175人次增加到300人次。（二月份350人次）。我们每一个活动班都有既专业，又有奉献精神的指导老师教学，保证了教学质量，使得参加者每次来都收获满满，相信加华活动对对参加长者身体和心灵健康有极大帮助。
2023年加华得到加拿大联邦政府New Horizon For Seniors Program 基金赞助，项目是让音乐走进我们心灵，加华参加和成功举办了三场大型音乐舞蹈演出：加华会友联欢会；海华音乐节，加华音乐会，为颐康老人院老人演出一场。参加人数达700多人，促进了参加者对音乐的热爱。加华举办乐器班，歌唱班，各种舞蹈班。让我们和音乐结缘，让音乐走进了我们的心灵。
今年我们要在这里宣布：我们又申请到了联邦政府基金，18100加元。项目名称是：“Bring Vitality to Seniors/让长者充满活力”。对象是开展对有障碍的老年人的健身活动。这个消息大家可以带给我们的家人或朋友，有类似问题可以来参加。
在新的一年里加华在努力在改进已有活动的同时，新增加了卡拉OK活动和模特训练班。我们活动班达到15项。我们要根据联邦政府项目要求，开展新的活动；要参加社区多元文化活动和为老人院残疾老人演出。新的一年里，我们一起努力使加华活动更加精采，并提倡和睦和友谊。长者需要的不仅是身体的健康，还有心灵的健康，让更多的长者摆脱孤独的生活，来加华参加你喜爱的活动，交朋友一定是最好的选择。
今天在这里我们要表示感谢，首先感谢联邦政府和密市政府对老人活动在基金和场地上的支持，感谢Frank Mckechnie Community Center社区负责人对我们的大力支持，没有他们的帮助，我们不可能有今天。要感谢我们各班的指导老师，加华的成功离不开他们，我们的老师们既有专业能力，又有奉献精神和耐心。要感谢加华管理委员会的义工们，加华的日常活动管理，财务，网站，Zoom教学的技术支持，和政府及社区的联络，特别是组织大型社区演出，他们在没有报酬的情况下，付出智慧和大量时间。最后感谢在座的加华会友，你们的参加，支持和包容是加华顺利发展的主要原因，谢谢大家！
最后祝大家在新的一年里，健康和快乐每一天！
密市加华长者协会/Mississauga Jiahua Chinese Senior Association
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2023 MJCSA Annual report/2023 Annual Work Report (2024/04/25)
Dear members of the Mississauga Jiahua Chinese Senior Association, hello to all guests!
Today (2024/04/25) is the Annual Genera Meeting of the MJCSA, and on behalf of the Jiahua Management Committee, I would like to report to you on the 1) summary of last year’s work, and 2) the announcement of the new federal program fund; 3) 2023 Financial Report. I am glad to be here today to showcase the fruitful results of our participation in various activities over the past year and to provide the insight for the future of Jiahua. The past year has been a year of full resumption of activities in Canada after the pandemic. Thanks to our efforts, Jiahua has added the Gym use on Tuesday in for the Tai Chi class, the Wednesday afternoon for the table tennis; use of the dance room on Thursday afternoons. So that we have more spacious and comfortable event space. Our weekly activities include: Tai Chi Beginner Class, Intermediate Class; Square Dance Class, Line Dance Beginner and Intermediate Classes; Singing class, folk dance improvement class, yoga class, Zumba fitness dance class, Latin dance class, online electronic piano class, Wednesday and Friday table tennis activities, a total of 13 events. The number of participants has increased from 175 to 300 per week with 29 hours per week. (350 in February). Each of our activity classes has professional and dedicated instructors to ensure the quality of teaching, so that the participants can gain a lot every time they come, and I believe that the activities will be of great help to the physical and mental health of the participants.
In 2023, Jiahua was sponsored by the New Horizon For Seniors Program Fund of the Canadian federal government, the project is to bring music into our hearts, and Jiahua participated in and successfully held three large-scale music and dance performances: Jiahua Gala Celebration; Haihua Music Festival, Jiahua Concert. Also, one performance was held for the elderly at Yee Hong Senior Home that had more than 700 participants to promote the love of music. Jiahua holds musical instrument classes, singing classes, and various dance classes. Let us get in touch with music, and let music enter into our hearts.
This year, we’re here to announce that we’ve successfully applied and received $18,100 in federal funding from the New Horizon for Seniors Program. The name of the project is: “Bring Vitality to Seniors”. This project is composed of two topics:
1) Physical class is to offer the Chair Exercise for those elderly with disabilities on how to become more flexible and confident to carry out the normal motions. The class is limited to 10 participants for now.
2) Zoom class: Have talks from the Dietician and Chinese Herb Medicine Doctor and the Jiahua web site will provide the links to the Healthy Living episodes for your convenient watching.
You can bring this news to our family or friends, and you can come and participate if you have similar questions.
In the year of 2024, Jiahua is working hard to improve the existing activities, while adding the Karaoke activities and Model training classes. We have 15 activity classes. We need to carry out new activities in accordance with the requirements of the federal government project; Participate in multicultural activities in the community and perform for disabled seniors in nursing homes. In the new year, we will work together to make the activities in Jiahua more exciting and promote harmony and friendship. What the elderly need is not only physical health, but also spiritual health, so that more elderly people can get out of their lonely life and come to Jiahua to participate in your favorite activities, making friends to be their best choice.
We would like to express our gratitude today, first of all, to the federal government and the city of Mississauga for their support of the funds and venues for the activities for the elderly, and to the Frank McKechnie Community Center for their strongly support and understandings. We are a great support from our community leaders, and we wouldn’t be where we are today without their help. We would like to thank our class instructors for their professionalism, dedication and patience for their success. I would like to thank the volunteers of the Management Committee of the Jiahua Association for their daily event on the management, finance, website, technical support for Zoom teaching, liaison with the government and the community, especially for organizing large-scale community performances, for their wisdom and time without compensation. Finally, thank you to all of you for your participation, support and tolerance are the main reasons for the smooth development of Jiahua, thank you!
Finally, I wish you all health and happiness every day in the new year!
Mississauga Jiahua Chinese Senior Association
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