Program Information
The Better At Home Program provides:
- Light housekeeping
- Grocery shopping – in store and or phone in
- Light yard work
- Good morning calls
- Friendly visits
Who Is Eligible?
Seniors 65+
Please Note: Some programs are fee-for-service, based on a sliding scale.
How To Refer?
- Kamloops call: 250-828-0600
- Ashcroft & Cache Creek call: 250-457-1019
- Nicola Valley call: 250-280-3015
If you are interested in volunteering for the for Better at Home program please download and fill out the Better at Home Confidentiality Agreement as well as the Volunteer Application Form
Better at Home Ashcroft - Friendly visitors aren’t horsing around about spreading smiles
Three adorable miniature horses have been huge hits as they make visits in Ashcroft.
What could be more heart-warming than an adorable miniature horse kitted out with holiday-appropriate accessories? Why, three adorable miniature horses, of course.
Hunnee, Grumpy (real name Tonka), and Lilly are the Better at Home friendly visitors, and since Christmas 2020 they have been inspiring smiles wherever they travel. Owner Nancy Kendall, the Ashcroft/Cache Creek Better at Home coordinator, says that the road to the horses becoming friendly visitors at Thompson View Manor and Lodge and Jackson House started last year.
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