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Mayfair Care Center Reflection Essay

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Agencies Final Written Reflection: Mayfair Care Center Cole and I volunteered at the Mayfair Care Center located near Heritage Park in Calgary. Being one of the older care centers in Calgary at 43 years old, the building was renovated recently and appeared to be quite new, creating an enjoyable environment during my volunteering. Each day had a schedule that Cole and I proceeded with. We would complete two activities, we always would play card bingo and then the second activity rotated week by week through the following games: balloon badminton, carpet bowling, bocci ball, shrimp throw, archery). When we arrived at the center, around 1:45-12:00 we would begin moving the residents to the first activity: card bingo. Out of the four wings of the center, two were available and Cole and I proceeded with moving the people from those wings to the therapy wing where card bingo took place. The other two wings had lunch until around 1:15 so once we finished with the previous two wings, we went to the …show more content…

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