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Denman students and volunteers support seniors through Better at Home

The program reports serving 23 clients and providing more than 225 services during the year.

The Denman Firestarter · reporting 2019-12-19 · compiled 2026-10-01

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Denman’s Better at Home program served 23 clients and provided more than 225 rides, friendly visits, dog walks, recycling and garbage pick-ups, wood-briquette deliveries and farmers’ market basket deliveries, coordinator Dominique Husereau wrote. ^[1]

Grade 2-4 students at Denman School were baking treats and making Christmas ornaments for elders, Husereau wrote. ^[1]

The program secured additional funding for off-island rides to medical appointments, and planned to train more drivers in late January. Husereau said it was seeking additional volunteer drivers. ^[1]

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