"Fun - Valentine Day" for Seniors at PoP
By Dindo Orbeso
Scarborough-Canada
March 5, 2019
The Prince of Peace Parish in Scarborough honored over a hundred Seniors in the community by celebrating a Valentine Party in the church hall. The half dozen regular nonagenarians attended and enjoyed the bingo, light exercise, singing, parlor games and the delicious food served by the church volunteers (the seniors brought their home-made food and desserts too).
Left photo: Parlor games winners Mila & Jozeph ( who won the couples gift wrapping contest, using one arm each.) George R. Poblete, who hit the bull-eye on the Valentine Heart (while blind-folded), volunteer Shirley Yepson, Fred Cruz (whose 90th Birthday is coming., managed to win the insertion of straws on several narrow mouth vases contest) and Committee Chairperson Charity Ahmad, who organized the parlor games and donated the statuette prizes and other gift to the winners; Right photo:The crowd in the hall; seniors SK Nol Tejada, Josephine, Mila & Jozeph Wijaya, Norma, and Dolly Poblete.
Lynette and Jean welcomed the seniors as they arrived. In this "Valentine" gathering, Over a hundred seniors came from the community. They enjoyed the attention and service they got from seniors committee . Chairman of this Seniors event is Charity Ahmad; regular volunteers Angela Akam, Cynthia Acayan, Ramona Coutinho, and are ably assisted by Shirley, Bonnie, Elizabeth, Susan, Lynette, Dawn, Fe and Arthur.
George with the PoP Seniors Committee members .