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SACKVILLE, N.B. A group of Mount Allison University students in New Brunswick has launched a new program in hopes to ease loneliness and isolation among seniors during the COVID-19 pandemic. Third-year university student Hannah Crouse says she noticed a trend last year when volunteering to deliver food to seniors in need. These seniors were quite lonely. Perhaps some were a little nervous to go out to grocery stores and those sorts of things with the pandemic, but the biggest thing we saw was the social isolation, said Crouse. The program, called Community Connects, pairs university students with seniors in the community who then get together once a week to share a meal.
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Bertha Douglas used to go to Port Elgin Regional School when she was a student. She said she enjoys having a connection to a much younger generation, and thinks the children can benefit from meeting different people in their community. (Tori Weldon/CBC)