Settled in the Last Mountain Hills is the friendly town of Strasbourg. The earliest settlers came to this area in 1884 and the area became known for its rich agricultural soil and ample land for pastures. The town has a rich cultural and historical background, originating with the German pioneers who settled the area. The town’s name was originally spelled Strassburg – ‘Strass’ meaning ‘street’ or ‘road’, and ‘Burg’ meaning ‘town’. The spelling was changed to the French “Strasbourg” in 1919. Strasbourg and area has a hardworking, dedicated group of people who take an active role volunteering their time in the many community organizations that support our recreation, culture, and tourism industry. The population is 788, and the town serves a rural population of approximately 1,500. The rural municipality served is RM #220, the RM of McKillop.
Strasbourg is a thriving rural, agricultural community that has a strong cultural identity. We are extremely lucky to have a town with activities and programs that support our youngest and oldest residents. We have a school, library, two grocery stores, and many restaurants.
In 2018, in an event at the Legislative Building in Regina, Strasbourg was recognized by the Saskatchewan Government as an Age-Friendly Community.
The community had completed four Age-Friendly milestones: establishing an Age-Friendly Committee, achieving local government support, assessing the community, and implementing an action plan to achieve this honour.
The photo below was taken at that time.
Age-Friendly Strasbourg Contacts:
Carol Schultz
Vicki Cornwell
Contact Email:
ssm@skseniorsmechanism.ca
On the Web:
Town of Strasbourg newsletter and community calendar
Facebook: Strasbourg Recreation Board
Carol Schultz
Vicki Cornwell
Diane Kondraituk
Ruth Heintz
Sherry Burgess
Tony Gillich
Ashley Scholefield
Joe Lech
Peggy Gwillim
Dr. Nichole Heintz
Jennelle Hubick
The committee was formed on February 8, 2015, with 17 committee members. In 2018, the committee re-organized, and currently has 12 committee members.
Date of new survey: January, 2024
Date first survey completed: May 6, 2016. The surveys were placed in 410 mailboxes and distributed to 28 housing units, with 62 responses
Items in initial action plan for revived committee:
Items in initial action plan from 2015:
Updated April, 2024:
Outdoor Spaces and Buildings:
Transportation:
Housing:
Social Participation:
Respect and Social Inclusion:
Civic Participation & Employment:
Communication & Information:
Community Support & Health Services:
Earlier Accomplishments:
Previous Actions Listed by Domains
Outdoor Spaces & Buildings — more benches in community
Transportation — volunteer taxi service
Housing — low rental property, Senior Manor
Social Participation — offer courses, communication issues
Respect & Social Inclusion — youth-senior programs
Civic Participation & Employment — Recreation Board
Communication & Information — community calendar
Community Support & Health Services — health and wellness fairs
Updates, October 2024:
Housing:
Yard Cleanup: We partnered with William Derby School and the students helped seniors with their Spring and Fall Yard Work this year.
Window Washing: We provided this service twice this year once in the Spring and again in the Fall.
Handyman/Maintenance Service: We work with a local handyman, book appointments through our Senior Communications Officer and provide $20 off each call for seniors.
Respect & Social Inclusion:
Volunteer Readers: A group of volunteer readers goes to William Derby School and reads books to youth. A great mixing of different generations.
Ageism Calendar: We partnered with Bulyea Elementary School and had teachers had students draw pictures of what they thought of when they pictured grandparents/seniors. We will take these pictures and make a calendar to be given to our seniors as well as one to be displayed at the school.
Social Participation/Communication & Information:
Monthly Education Nights: We host these monthly events at the Strasbourg Branch Library and some topics have been, caregiving and caregiver burnout, Cree Beadwork, cultural presentations, Remembering D-Day, even a knitting class. (A few posters/pictures below).
Community Supports & Health Services:
Community Vegetable Box: This box sits in front of the local pharmacy/bulletin board on Mountain Street and you can drop off produce you don’t need and take what you do need.
Wellness Clinic: These continue to be one of our most popular events. We choose a different presenter each month, with footcare provided. Our Nurse Practitioner will be hosting again in the New Year.
Golf Clinic: We hosted our second Youth Golf Clinic this summer for ages 7+ in the morning and a 16+ group for older youth and adults.
Gymnastics Day Camp: This summer we hosted a gymnastics day camp for ages 2-12. Flipside from Lumsden came out for the day and set up in the school gymnasium. 71 children attended.
Updates, April 2024:
Outdoor Spaces & Buildings:
Transportation:
Housing:
Social Participation:
Respect & Social Inclusion:
Civic Participation & Employment:
Communication & Information:
Community Support & Health Services:
Age-Friendly Strasbourg updates on Current Work, February 2023
Age-Friendly Strasbourg has been busy! Here is an update, divided into the appropriate domains.
Transportation Domain: Age-Friendly Strasbourg provides free rides to local seniors to their monthly Toonie Lunches. For more about the Toonie Lunches, see below in Social Participation.
Social Participation Domain: This is a very active domain in Strasbourg.
Civic Participation & Employment Domain:
Community Supports & Health Services Domain:
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Previous (Pre-2022) Goals and Plans:
Current work listed by Domains:
Outdoor Spaces & Buildings — Park Revitalization Project
Transportation — Free rides during month of December, more volunteer drivers
Housing — all low rentals are full, and Senior Manor completely occupied
Social Participation — videos produced for all community events, and people given links to watch on home computers
Respect & Social Inclusion — Specific parking set up at events, for people needing closer to program area. People helping at events with elevator assists.
Civic Participation & Employment — all programs have posters printed and put up in all senior facilities
Communication & Information — Board members attending Senior events at their facilities and telling groups about upcoming events. Hand-outs.
Community Support & Health Services — Age-Friendly community events in partnership with LMVBA, free ice cream in the summer, free coffee, free baking.
Posters for events in 2024
Please click the title of the poster to view the PDF.
Container Planting, April 11, 2024
Wellness Clinic, April 15, 2024
Toonie Lunch, April 16, 2024
Click here to access the PDF of the Strasbourg Community Directory.
Media Coverage:
Updated October 22, 2024
MLA Travis Keisig posted about attending “No One Eats Alone” dinner on his Facebook page. Click here to view.
Local RCMP posted about Toonie Lunch on their Facebook page. Click here to view.
Last Mountain Times Article about Age-Friendly Rec Board’s Senior Communications Officer: Click here.
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