The Mayor’s Advisory Council for Kitchener Seniors (MACKS) is a volunteer committee made up of 12 residents aged 55 and older. MACKS shares an older adult perspective on city issues, ideas and projects with the mayor, city staff and service providers.
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Mission
MACKS ensures effective community input to the City of Kitchener related to the impact of programs, services, strategies and policies for older adults in this community, enabling them to live well and age well.
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Qualifications
To join MACKS, you must be:
- a Kitchener resident
- 55 years old or over
- able to attend meetings the first Thursday morning of each month from 9 to 11 a.m. (from September to June) either virtually via Zoom or in-person at Kitchener City Hall and contribute a total of 6-8 hours per month to support committee work.
Selection process
Volunteer interviews take place each August to fill vacancies for the next term, running from September to June.
Volunteers are asked to serve a three-year term.
Volunteer responsibilities
Volunteers participate in monthly meetings and may sit on subcommittees (examples: Housing, Senior of the Year, Active Living).
As a member of MACKS, you would work with other committee members and staff to:
- advise staff and council on municipal issues impacting Kitchener older adults
- support staff by sharing ideas and information and providing feedback on work when requested
- share information about what’s happening in the community and help identify community priorities for work impacting older adults in Kitchener
- help make connections with the larger community when engagement and feedback is being sought around age-friendly initiatives in Kitchener
- help evaluate the work of MACKS and share ideas for improvement
Meetings
Monthly meetings are on the first Thursday morning of each month from 9 to 11:30 a.m. virtually via Zoom or in-person at Kitchener City Hall. Meetings run from September to June.
Extra subcommittee work of six to eight hours per month takes place outside of monthly meetings and is scheduled based on volunteer availability.
MACKS and the community
MACKS members sit on committees like the Senior of the Year Award Committee and the Waterloo Region Age-friendly Network.
By attending community events and hosting information presentations and displays, MACKS promotes an age-friendly community the steps being taken to help residents live well and age well in Kitchener.
Every year, MACKS hosts the Kitchener Senior of the Year Award which honours one outstanding Kitchener resident aged 65+ who has enriched the social, cultural or civic life of their community.