Innovative partnerships help seniors and build friendships

South Surrey/White Rock Better at Home’s lead organization Seniors Come Share Society has collaborated with two community partners to help deliver their Better at Home services: Semiahmoo House Society for yard work and Sources Concierge for housekeeping assistance.

Semiahmoo House Society supports people with disabilities in the South Surrey/White Rock community. Through Better at Home, people with an acquired brain injury or cognitive disability do work to help local seniors maintain a neat lawn and yard. In return they gain valuable job skills and experience.

Sources Concierge is a social enterprise that provides housekeeping services for Better at Home. The service is delivered by women who are involved with Sources Women’s Place, a program that provides resources, programs and support for improving the lives of women and their families. All proceeds from the Better at Home service are funneled back into the program.

These innovative partnerships strengthen our communities? social fabric and sometimes even build lasting connections.

Take for example Stacey and Rosalie. Last year, Stacey volunteered through Semiahmoo House Society to do yard work with Better at Home. Through that work she met Rosalie and a friendship blossomed. This year, Stacey once again contacted Seniors Come Share Society to see if she could return to help out. Stacey asked if she could work with Rosalie again, and since Rosalie trusted Stacey, Stacey tended Rosalie?s yard again this year. Their valued friendship continues. Help around the home can be that much more enjoyable when it?s delivered by a treasured friend.