Knits by Nikkei Seniors

Knits by Nikkei Seniors

At Nikkei Place, seniors at Robert Nimi Nikkei Home have been encouraged by letters and poems from the community, pictures from children, and donations of yarn during the pandemic lockdown.

A group of seniors have been knitting for months, nurturing these seeds of community support.

The knitted items full of community spirit will be available at Nikkei National Museum’s gift shop, with all proceeds to support the Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre’s Resilience Fundraiser to help raise funds to support a place where the community can continue to gather into the future.

Thank you to the community for supporting our seniors, and thank you to the seniors for giving back to the community.

We are proud to be share this cycle of taking care of each other.

Seniors celebrate an early spring tradition: Hina Matsuri (Girls' Day)

Seniors at the Iki Iki Light program celebrate Hina Matsuri (Girls’ Day)

Iki Iki Light is an activity and social program offered by Nikkei Seniors Society for those living with dementia. During the program on February 26, seniors spent some time decorating paper hina dolls in honor of Hina Matsuri — a Japanese early-spring tradition of families wishing for the health and happiness of young girls in Japan. On the 2nd floor at Nimi Nikkei Home, the hina dolls are out on display in honour of this festival. Hina Matsuri is celebrated on March 3 of each year.

For the participants of Iki Iki Light, it is a wonderful way to connect to a traditional festival. The figures that are being decorated are the emperor and empress dolls which are placed at the top tiers, with other court members placed on the lower tiers. For all the volunteers who helped, we thank you very much for making this day a special one at Iki Iki Light. 

Iki Iki Light is a recurring Wednesday program running from 10 am to 2 pm at Nimi Nikkei Home’s Kenko Wellness Lounge. It offers a variety of activities and lunch for seniors in a gentle and encouraging environment. Registration is required for this program - please contact Nikkei Seniors Society for more information.

We thank all the volunteers and donors who have made this program possible.

Open Door Programs at the Kenko Wellness Lounge Starts This Month

Kenko Wellness – Open Door Programs

Starting from September 2019, several Nimi Nikkei Home assisted living programs will be available to the community.  Openings are limited (up to 5 seniors) and therefore registration is required.  If you’re coming to visit Nikkei Place, why not spend a few hours in these fun programs?

There are program offerings on Monday, Tuesday and Saturday.  We hope to add additional programs on Thursday by 2020.

Program Description & Costs

Please click on this calendar link and those labelled in green are the ‘Open Door’ programs.

• Monday: $10 for “Social Lunch” and “Breathing” ($6 for Lunch Only, $5 for Breathing Only $5)

• Tuesday: $10 for “Chair Workout” and “Tea & Chat”

• Tuesday: $10 for “Social Lunch” and “Chat & Fun” ($6 for Lunch Only, $4 for Chat & Fun Only (price set to increase to $5 in Jan 2020)

• Tuesday: $5 for “Bingo” if the only program for day, but free if you have signed for the entire day

• Saturday: $10-$20 price range for Women’s Boxing. Free for Nikkei Home volunteers of 1 year or more.

If you are interested in taking part, please contact srhousing@nikkeiplace.org  or call 604-777-5000.

Over $75,000 in net proceeds raised for dementia-friendly programs, awareness + more!

Helping Seniors Live Well

The Nikkei Place Charity Golf Tournament + Fundraising is run by Nikkei Seniors Health Care and Housing Society, in partnership with Nikkei Place Foundation. Since 2015, we have been helping raise vital funding specifically for dementia-friendly programs, awareness, and more, at Robert Nimi Nikkei Home and outreach into the surrounding Burnaby area and Vancouver. Find out more here about the huge impact sponsors and donors have made in the lives of seniors.

This Year was the Best Yet: A Letter from the Nikkei Golf Committee

To all our friends, sponsors, donors and volunteers,

Thank you for helping #BeatTheOdds at our Charity Golf Tournament on Friday, May 31, 2019!

It was great to see you on Friday, May 31, 2019 for our annual Charity Golf Tournament at Burnaby's Riverway Golf Course! YOU have helped make this our best year yet!

The 2019 Nikkei Golf Committee can't thank you enough for coming out and supporting this year’s event! What a spectacular day it was, and we hope you and your team enjoyed raising money for dementia friendly programs, awareness, and more, for the Nikkei Seniors Health Care and Housing Society.

We raised over $75,000 in net proceeds for dementia-friendly programs, awareness, and more!

We extend a special thank you to the City of Burnaby, and Riverway Golf Course! We are so grateful for their partnership and support in helping make this the best year yet!

As mentioned during the banquet, in addition to our "Iki-Iki" dementia programs, we also offer “Outfight Parkinson”, and are currently waiting for approval to start another boxing based exercise program for seniors. Program updates will be made available on the Nikkei Seniors Society's website.

Don't forget to check out the photo gallery for some of the great moments from the tournament here.

This year, we were also happy to welcome the support of media partner Global BC, and print media sponsor What's On! Burnaby.

It was an another amazing year with Global meteorologist Yvonne Schalle as our emcee, and former Canadian tour pro, RBC's Darren Wallace, for hitting it close on #15. On course, golfers were treated to goodies from All Nippon Airways, and refreshments from The Keg Steakhouse + Bar tent.

We would not be nearly as successful without the generosity from our sponsors. Thank you to our Executive Sponsors (Bosa Properties, Fujiya, and Leon Judah Blackmore Foundation) and our Premium Sponsors (The Keg Steakhouse + Bar, and ONNI Group), and Patrons (Ken Yada & Family, and Jane Nimi & Patty Ruegamer) for their support! Click here to see a full list.

Thank you again for your tremendous support and making this our 4th consecutive sell out!

Sincerely,

The 2019 Nikkei Golf Committee
Glenn Tanaka, Joey Oikawa, Ruth Coles, Cathy Makihara, Bobby Ruegamer, Jay Hiraga, Karen Tanaka, and Cheryl Wong