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CONTACT wraps up seniors’ program with log cabin birdhouse crafts

March 26, 2026   ·   0 Comments

By Brian Lockhart

Keeping busy is important for seniors so they can stay engaged, socialize, and just have some fun.

CONTACT Community Services has been hosting events through its Seniors Community Grant program, with the final session at the Alliston Legion on Wednesday, March 18, where attendees enjoyed a log cabin birdhouse decorating session.

The birdhouses arrived in easy-to-assemble pieces, but the real fun was painting and decorating each one. Every participant could decorate the little houses any way they wanted, so each one was different.

Around 30 seniors signed up and attended the event.

“This is the last session in Alliston for our Seniors Community Grant program,” explained Brenda Pufek, Manager of Community Engagement & Development at CONTACT. “Today we’re working with Tabitha Marshall, owner of Tab Creates, and she’s an artist from Beeton. She put together this program of painting log cabin bird houses. This has been such a popular program. We’re running the program at six Legions in the area. We’re working with the Legions for all of our Seniors Community Grant programs. We are in Everett, Alliston, Bradford, Innisfil, Tottenham, and Beeton, running these programs.”

CONTACT has been running the programs since September.

“This is the program for March,” Ms. Pufek explained. “Every month we’ve had a different program. We’ve done pickleball, exercise programs, chair yoga, Zumba, and aquafit. We’ve had over 100 seniors in this program. Today we’re painting the birdhouses and adding decorations to them. It’s a creative class where you’re not following a formula. It’s a great way for seniors to get together and have a conversation. Not everyone at each event knows each other, so it’s a great way to meet new people.”

The birdhouses were painted in many different colours, and everyone had a decorative craft they could bring home and hang on the porch. 

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