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These FREE sessions include information on “Who will speak for you if you can’t speak for yourself?” Do they know your wishes, your values? And the importance of communicating your wishes to your loved ones. Benefits of having a plan include minimizing family feuds and relationship breakdowns; peace of mind. Advance Care Planning is a “gift” you can give to your loved ones.

Upcoming Dates: 

• Friday, August 7 – Kingston East Community Centre (779 Highway 15), 2:00–3:30 p.m.
  Register: https://calendar.kfpl.ca/event/16867353
• Seniors Centre (56 Francis St.) – the third Monday of every other month, 4:30–6:00 p.m. Contact the Seniors Centre at 613 548-7810 to register.
  • September 21, 2026
  • November 16, 2026
  • January 18, 2027
  • March 15, 2027
  • May 17, 2027

To arrange for a virtual Zoom workshop for yourself or a group contact info@compassionatekingston.ca

You are invited to become a Community Connector. The role is to “signpost” people to community services available to improve health and wellbeing. Often people aren’t aware of all the support services in our community. You are trained to know about the directories that exist.

We have trained 250 citizens so far. If we could train 1,000 people and each one made six connections a year, that would mean that 6,000 people a year would know about how to find available help when needed.

It feels good to help others and to feel as sense of community belonging. Join our trained citizens who can say “I know what’s out there” rather than “I wish I knew”. The next session is:

Upcoming Dates: TBD

Are you an older adult who would like to make some new social connections?  We have a partnership with the Kingston Frontenac Public Library to hold these free events. We provide a welcoming space for meaningful conversations and community connections.  These casual conversations are lightly facilitated and topics of interest are chosen by participants.  Join us for one event or for all of them!

Upcoming Dates:

Friday, July 10, 3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. Location: Kingston East Community Centre (779 Hwy 15)

Friday, August 7, 3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. Location: Kingston East Community Centre (779 Hwy 15)

Friday, September 4, 3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. Location: Kingston East Community Centre (779 Hwy 15)

Talking Cafés are places to meet new people, make friends, have fun, chat to someone about community support services available and sometimes find innovative solutions to problems. They are casual and “lightly facilitated” by a facilitator. People can speak or just listen and come and go as they wish. Participants decide the agenda through the subjects they raise in conversation.

Talking Cafés are places to meet new people, make friends, have fun, chat to someone about community support services available and sometimes find innovative solutions to problems. They are casual and “lightly facilitated” by a facilitator. People can speak or just listen and come and go as they wish. Participants decide the agenda through the subjects they raise in conversation.

Join KFPL for a new bi-weekly speakers’ series that explores topics of interest for older adults!

Talking Cafés are held following the Kingston Frontenac Public Library Aging Well speakers.

Aging Well – Speaker Series Topic: “Community Paramedicine, Frontenac Paramedics” Friday July 10, 2:00 – 3:00 p.m. Talking Café: 3:00 – 4:00 p.m. Location: Kingston East Community Centre, 799 Highway 15, Kingston

Register: https://calendar.kfpl.ca/event/16754592

Aging Well – Speaker Series Topic: “Advance Care Planning” Friday August 7, 2:00 – 3:00 p.m. Talking Café: 3:00 – 4:00 p.m. Location: Kingston East Community Centre, 799 Highway 15, Kingston

Register: https://calendar.kfpl.ca/event/16867353

Aging Well – Speaker Series Topic: “TBC” Friday September 4, 2:00 – 3:00 p.m. Talking Café: 3:00 – 4:00 p.m. Location: Kingston East Community Centre, 799 Highway 15, Kingston

 
Registration required at www.kfpl.ca