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First CITL Program for Seniors
Chess in the Library is always a program open to all ages, however, it is most often necessary to set a target age range so that the library can promote it in a specific department. As a result, our program has always been targeting children and teens, with a side note saying "everyone is welcome to join".
It was our 18th location that broke this record - the DEER PARK branch! :D
The librarians approached us and specifically requested to startup a chess program for seniors only. Since we've never done this before, my team and I faced a few challenges in deciding how the program should run. Certainly, we can't treat seniors the same way as teens, now can we? So after a meeting with your Vice-President Michael Kleinman and the librarian in charge of the program, we agreed upon a few modifications such as shortening the program time to 1.5h, focusing more on the teaching sessions, etc.
Last Saturday was our very first session and thanks to our Executive Director Kevin Wu and former volunteer Xiaohan Du, the program went really well. For a detailed report on that, check out Kevin's latest blog post here.
So to all seniors and adults out there who would like to enjoy some chess on a fresh Saturday morning, come down to the Deer Park Library for some chess! We would really appreciate it if you could spread the word about this program at Deer Park to your friends and family. If they have no clue on how to play chess, no worries! We'll teach them all the basic rules and principles to get them going. Thank you for always supporting us. :)
Deer Park Library
40 St. Clair Ave E
Toronto, ON
M4V 1M9
416-393-7658
Open from 10:30am - 12pm on Saturdays. *The program will be closed next Saturday due to the long weekend but will resume weekly after that.
Also, we are currently finalizing some details with the Malvern branch in Scarborough as they also plan to follow Deer Park's footsteps and startup a senior chess club. So if you live in the East, keep in mind that distance will no longer be a problem for you! We'll post the details as soon as we can.
For more Chess in the Library locations, scroll down on our list of locations at www.chessinthelibrary.com. For more Chess in the Library updates, remember to check out my blog at yuanlingyuan.blogspot.com.
It was our 18th location that broke this record - the DEER PARK branch! :D
The librarians approached us and specifically requested to startup a chess program for seniors only. Since we've never done this before, my team and I faced a few challenges in deciding how the program should run. Certainly, we can't treat seniors the same way as teens, now can we? So after a meeting with your Vice-President Michael Kleinman and the librarian in charge of the program, we agreed upon a few modifications such as shortening the program time to 1.5h, focusing more on the teaching sessions, etc.
Last Saturday was our very first session and thanks to our Executive Director Kevin Wu and former volunteer Xiaohan Du, the program went really well. For a detailed report on that, check out Kevin's latest blog post here.
So to all seniors and adults out there who would like to enjoy some chess on a fresh Saturday morning, come down to the Deer Park Library for some chess! We would really appreciate it if you could spread the word about this program at Deer Park to your friends and family. If they have no clue on how to play chess, no worries! We'll teach them all the basic rules and principles to get them going. Thank you for always supporting us. :)
Deer Park Library
40 St. Clair Ave E
Toronto, ON
M4V 1M9
416-393-7658
Open from 10:30am - 12pm on Saturdays. *The program will be closed next Saturday due to the long weekend but will resume weekly after that.
Also, we are currently finalizing some details with the Malvern branch in Scarborough as they also plan to follow Deer Park's footsteps and startup a senior chess club. So if you live in the East, keep in mind that distance will no longer be a problem for you! We'll post the details as soon as we can.
For more Chess in the Library locations, scroll down on our list of locations at www.chessinthelibrary.com. For more Chess in the Library updates, remember to check out my blog at yuanlingyuan.blogspot.com.
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