By BARBARA ANDREA FRANCO BORGES | Director
The Vision of the Heliopolis Senior Citizens Council has been created to encourage our senior citizens to lead an active and healthy life in dignity and full enjoyment of their rights and independence and promote our senior citizens' well-being and social integration. Our board is currently formed of two volunteers, 4 Senior Citizens, and 2 Social workers.
The object of the Council is to determine the areas in which the welfare of senior citizens needs to be improved. Our Seniors are always in touch with one another, so they are our most significant source of strength within the Council.
In addition, our Seniors brainstorm with members of the board to promote general activities and projects for the welfare of senior citizens, especially since 2020 and the cancellation of all our in-person classes. They have designed a practical project for all in-person classes to return after Covid-19 with safety first and following World Health Organization (OMS) guidelines.
Our Seniors on the board are excellent at maintaining effective communication with the rest of the senior citizens; at the Heliopolis Elderly Center. We also take an opportunity to diffuse knowledge and information on gerontology; to establish contacts with organizations (in their neighborhood) that provide free healthcare and food baskets.
We believe that the most significant part of our Senior Citizen Council is also a format for advising the other Seniors of the Heliopolis Elderly Center. We take matters relating to the welfare of senior citizens incredibly seriously.
Our Senior Citizen Council has helped set up and manage all new classes and communication vehicles to alert all members of the Heliopolis Elderly Center about the recreation centers' new weekly schedules and where all classes and lessons are held as well waiting lists any hybrid studies.
The Senior Citizen Council has helped implement such policies and programs in favor of all our Heliopolis Senior Citizens. They indeed are a shining example of how beautiful it is to see everyone working together for senior citizens to lead an active and healthy life in dignity and full enjoyment of their rights and independence and promote the well-being and social integration of our senior citizens.
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