It has finally arrived…
The new official website for the Scarborough Historical Society!
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The Scarborough Historical Society was honoured to receive a grant this past year through the “New Horizons for Seniors Program”. Entitled ‘Scarborough’s Living Memories’ the project has resulted in many positive outcomes. Over the past year goals and activities focused around the Society’s Archives have included:
Seniors contributing skills knowledge and wisdom as part of a volunteer network
Seniors mentoring and learning from youth volunteers
Developing inter-generational relationships to increase social interaction
Development of interactive digital media to share histories, photos and artifacts
Opportunities for housebound seniors to participate in an online capacity
The development of the web 2.0 portion of the project sparked amazing participation on the interactive social media page and a welcome, user friendly interface for online users of all experience levels. There is new participation and social networking amongst seniors who are now sharing their stories and images on line with us and each other.
We would like to sincerely thank the New Horizons for Seniors Program for their generous support with our efforts to engage our local community through new levels of communication.
The New Horizons for Seniors Program (NHSP) is a federal Grants and Contributions program that supports projects led or inspired by seniors who make a difference in the lives of others and in their communities.
A few of the improvements to the S.H.S. website:
- “Web 2.0” compliant, all items have descriptions.
- Text Searchable: Just enter a word or two into the side panel search engine.
- Larger “active” area than former website.
- Clean, concise top menu bar that remains consistent throughout all pages.
- Current events displayed on opening page with a “blog style” news page, site visitors may also post their own comments on these news items.
- Site visitors may also subscribe to the news page through our RSS news feed, and share or send news items through their Facebook accounts.
- ‘Scarborough Looking Back’ our Facebook page now has over 8000 users sharing history and images.
- Community Histories are now more in depth, 20th century communities added.
- Photo gallery previews from the Scarborough Archives collection.
- Society Program Calendar now listed in their own menu, automatically updating.
- “Today in Scarborough History” feature, updated daily.
- “Members Area” page that has special document downloads for Society members.
Thank you for your ongoing support.
We hope you enjoy your new experiences here!
