2010 Exhibitors

Ambassatours
www.ambassatours.com
Booth 222
Contact: Anita MacDonell
Phone:1-800-565-7173
Email:amacdonnell@ambassatours.com

We specialize in creating Worry Free Vacation Packages for both individuals and groups. Come explore our exciting line up for 2010 to such faraway places like Australia or perhaps you would prefer to stay in North America and visit Amish Country in Pennsylvania; see our own country on Canada By Rail or enjoy an American Thanksgiving in New York City. If you like being closer to home: we offer the Maritime Provinces, Newfoundland & Labrador, Magdalen Islands or a weekend shopping tour to New England might be for you. Should you have friends or family visiting Nova Scotia, remember we operate daily sightseeing tours from Halifax. If you have a group of people with similar interests let us customize an itinerary to suit your needs. Come visit us at our booth, we'd love to meet you!

Antigonish Guysborough Seniors Council
Booth 203
Contact: Karen MacKinnon-Smith
Phone: 902-863-4307

The council represents 11 seniors clubs in Antigonish and Guysborough counties and meet four times per year.

Audiology Associates
www.islandhearing.com
Booth 217
Contact: Dr. David Lyon
Phone: 902-469-8409
Email: dlyon@ihs.ca

for more than 35 years, Audiology Associates has provided quality Hearing Health Care services to patients who are experiencing hearing loss. Services include: diagnostic assessments, education, counseling and dispensing hear aids and assisted hearing devices. Our exhibit will feature information on hearing health care, how to safeguard your hearing, and hearing devices. For further information, please drop by our booth!

Canadian Cancer Society
www.cancer.ca
Booth 116
Contact: Sherry Jarvis
Phone: 423-6183
Email: sherry.jarvis@ns.cancer.ca

The Canadian Cancer Society is a national, community-based organization of volunteers whose mission it the eradication of cancer and the enhancement of the quality of life for people living with cancer.

Chebucto Links
Booth 200
www.chebuctolinks.ca
Contact: Valerie Connors
Phone: 422-3525
Email: chebuctolinks@ns.sympatico.ca

Chebucto Links is an outreach organization offering programs and services to seniors. We also offer the Vial of Life Program.

The Chronicle Herald
thechronicleherald.ca
Booth 218
Contact: Jill Kenny
Phone: 426-2811 x 2110
Email: jkenny@herald.ca

A special thank you from the 50 plus expo to this wonderful sponsor!

Chicken Farmers of Nova Scotia
www.nschicken.com
Booth 205
Contact: Nancy Ueffing
Phone: (902) 681-7400
Email: chicken@nschicken.com

Nova Scotia has over 80 chicken farmers who are proud to produce a high quality, nutritious and versatile product for consumers. We take great pride in how we care for our birds, and through our stringent on-farm food safety program, we ensure a safe, healthy bird is sent to market. Our chicken is federally-inspected to guarantee the highest quality product is placed on family dinner tables. We support Canada's supply management system. It ensures a consistent supply of chicken for the marketplace and also that we get a fair price for our product. Chicken farming keeps our rural communities strong. It supports local jobs on the farm but also supports other industries like feed mills, processing plants, transportation companies, hatcheries and veterinarians. Producing high quality safe chicken is a cooperative effort where everyone benefits

Dairy Farmers of Canada
www.dairygoodness.ca
Booth 220
Contact: Nathalie Roy
Phone: 506-855-8800
Looking for tasty recipes? Need tips to make healthy eating hassle-free? Check out Dairy Goodness for delicious recipes and practical nutrition information.

Doctors Nova Scotia
www.doctorsNS.com
Booth 117
Contact: Kelly Raniere
Phone: 902 468-1866
Email: kelly.raniere@doctorsns.com

Doctors Nova Scotia is the professional association representing all physicians, residents and medical students in the province of Nova Scotia. The organization also strives to enhance the quality of health care and life for Nova Scotians by educating the public on health lifestyle choices and keeping them informed on important health-care issues. The association's initiatives include: providing education on the negative effects of smoking and second-hand smoke; promoting women's health issues such as the importance of annual Pap tests; encouraging physical activity, at all levels and all ages, in an effort to improve health; and, educating the public on the importance of flu and pneumococcal pneumonia immunization.

Federal Superannuates National Association
www.fnsa.com
Booth 133
Contact: Shirley Tolhurst
Phone: (902) 463-1431
Email: oandstolhurst@hotmail.com

FSNA, as the leading national organization of the Federal Public Sector Retirees, is an advocacy group that protects their benefits and promote interests.

Gate of Heaven Cemetery
www.ccchalifax.com
Booth 304
Contact: Darlene Hickey
Phone: 902-865-6663
Email: dhickey@accesscable.net

Since 1843, we have been serving the needs of the community, helping families and individuals plan their burial needs. We currently operate 3 cemeteries open to all faiths.
Gate of Heaven Cemetery located on 31 rolling acres in Lower Sackville, offers traditional burials and cremation niches at competitive prices, with no hidden fees. Cremation Gardens are available at Mount Olivet and Holy Cross Cemeteries in Halifax. .
To make your personalized arrangements, call us at 865-6663 so that we may set up a convenient time to explain the various options available and take you for a personal tour. Affordable pre-need financing is available. Visit our website at www.ccchalifax.com to learn about the many services we provide. Genealogists will also find the interment search a useful tool when researching ancestors.

Halifax County Seniors Council
Booth 239
Contact: Jim MacLeod
Phone: 902-864-1878
email: emacleod20@eastlink.ca

Halifax County Seniors Council Zone 15.

Hearing Institute Atlantic
Booth 119
www.hearinginstitute.ca
Contact: Christina Lunn
Phone: 482-2222
Email: christina@hearinginstitute.ca

Hearing Institute Atlantic has emerged as a leading hearing health carefacility in the Atlantic provinces. Our goal is 100% customer satisfaction - a goal we take very seriously. Complete hearing evaluations are provided on-site in our offices which are conveniently located in Halifax, Clayton Park, Bedford and Dartmouth. We use only the latest audiological testing equipment, and when app ropriate, prescribe the optimum hearing solution selected from the world's most advanced systems. We offer our 50 Plus clients a 10% discount off the regular price of all hearing aids.

New Horizons for Seniors Program
Booth 223
Contact: Jackie Aiken
Phone: 426-9410
Email: jackie.aiken@servicecanada.gc.ca

By providing funding to non-profit and other organizations, the New Horizons for Seniors Programs helps to ensure that seniors can benefit from, and continue the quality of life in their communities through active living and participation in social activities.

Nova Scotia 55+ Games Society
Booth 100
www.novascotia55plusgames.com
Contact: Joy MacKay
Phone: 422-3525
email: chebuctolinks@ns.sympatico.ca

Our mission is to bring together individuals from across the province to events featuring games of both physical and mental challenges, while at the same time emphasize social interaction for those aged 55+.

Nova Scotia Department of Seniors
www.gov.ns.ca/scs
Booth 231, 233,
Contact:Valerie White
Phone: 424-6322
Email: whitevj@gov.ns.ca

Provincial Hearing Services
www.provincialhearingaid.com
Booth: 121-123
Contact: Annette Cross
Phone: 902-543-5872

Provincial Hearing Services has been providing hearing services in Nova Scotia for over 40 yrs Provincial Hearing Services are dedicated to help our patients through the entire hearing experience, with our exceptional customer service, knowledge, and patience.. We are so confident in our product and services that we offer Total satisfaction or money refunded.
Come in and visit one of our four locations, Bridgewater, Kentville, Truro, Halifax and Hear what you`ve been missing!

QEII Centre for the Health Care of the Elderly
Booth 127 and 129
Contact: Heather MacLeod
Phone: 473-1530
Email: heather.macloed@cdha.nshealth.ca

The Centre for Health Care of the Elderly (CHCE) is a multi-service, interdisciplinary program based primarily in the Camp Hill Veterans' Memorial Building (CHVMB) of the Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Centre (now part of Capital Health). The cornerstone of our care is interdisciplinary comprehensive geriatric assessment, treatment and education of frail older persons and their families. There is a prominent role of research, centred in the Geriatric Medicine Research Unit. Our researchers are recognized nationally and internationally as leaders in research on frailty and cognitive impairment. The CHCE services include Geriatric Day Hospital (includes a Falls Clinic), Geriatric Assessment Unit, Geriatric Restorative Care,p rogressive Care Unit, Geriatric Ambulatory Care/Memory Disability Clinic and satellite clinics throughout the province. CHVMB is also home to 175 veterans.


Seniors College Association of Nova Scotia
Booth 226
Contact: Marie Kerrigan
Phone: 902-443-5023
Email: mkerrigan@hfx.eastlink.ca

The Seniors College Association of Nova Scotia is registered non-profit organization dedicated to providing non-credit academic courses to people aged 50 +. Membership in the College entitles you to take any or all of the courses offered in 2009 (subject to class size limitations), attend general meetings, and participate in the election of officers, serve on committees and propose courses and instructors. Each course meets once per week for about two hours over a period of six to ten weeks. These courses are designed for your learning enjoyment and there will be no test or exams. Courses are offered in the winter, spring and fall. The membership fee for the year is $120.00. Drop by and chat!

Service Canada
Booth 221
www.servicecanada.gc.ca
Contact: Solange Mombourquette
Phone: 426-9824
Email: solange.mombourquette@servicecanada.gc.ca

Service Canada helps Canadians access a wide range of government services and benefits they need quickly and easily. Some of the programs for seniors are Old Age Security, Canada Pension, and the New Horizons for Seniors Program.

Service Canada New Horizons for Seniors Program
www.hrsdc.gc.ca/seniors
Booth 221
Contact: Jackie Aiken
Phone: 902-426-9410
Email: jackie.aiken@servicecanada.gc.ca

By providing funding to non-profit and other organizations, the New Horizons for Seniors Program helps to ensure that seniors can benefit from, and contribute to, the quality of life in their communities, through active living and participation in social activities The Program funds projects that help improve the quality of life for seniors and their communities - from enabling seniors to share their knowledge, wisdom and experiences with others, to improving facilities for seniors' programs and activities, to raising awareness of elder abuse.

There are three kinds of funding: Community Participation and Leadership, Capital Assistance, and Elder Abuse Awareness.

Serving Seniors Alliance
www.servingseniors.info
Booth 215
Contact: Alex Handyside
Phone: 902-422-4199
Email: weserve@servingseniors.info

Trusted by Seniors and their families as a resource for services and education.

St. John Ambulance Dog Therapy Program
Booth 147
www.sja.ca/NS
Contact: Jaime Wolfe
Phone: 463-4656 xtn. 2302

The St. John Ambulance Therapy Dog Program brings comfort, joy and a sense of companionship to community members who are sick, lonely, or reside in long term care facilities and will benefit from the love and accepting nature of our dogs.