In the months of September and October, members of the SSA Hoju Group (Treasure Longevity Group) and the Soka Volunteer Group participated in “Wish Upon A Silver Star” community fund-raising project organised by the North East Community Development Council (CDC) and NTUC FairPrice Foundation.
In the months of September and October, members of the SSA Hoju Group (Treasure Longevity Group) and the Soka Volunteer Group participated in “Wish Upon A Silver Star” community fund-raising project organised by the North East Community Development Council (CDC) and NTUC FairPrice Foundation.
According to the World Heath Organisation’s estimates, depression will become the top three killers of the 21st Century. This is no alarmist statement, but a topic of increasing concern in society.
40 SSA Senior Citizens participated in the “Nurture Your Mind for Older Persons” (NYMOP) programme organised by Fei Yue Community Services. Through the three interactive workshops held at the SSA Headquarters in June and July, the NYMOP aimed to inculcate an active and optimistic approach towards ageing. In the workshops, the participants were introduced to the importance of mental well-being, engaged themselves in mental stimulation activities and learnt practical ways to foster interpersonal skills through role-playing and skits.
Responding to the request for exercise classes for senior citizens, six members of the Soka Volunteers Group took lessons at the Health Promotion Board to qualify as exercise trainers. With the new skills, these volunteers started an exercise class with 28 senior participants.
27 May 2011 was a memorable day for some 20 senior citizens and 10 members of the Soka Volunteers Group (SVG) coming together for the last time, after more than three months of weekly handicraft sessions. (See earlier report published in SSA Times issue 414, page 5) This last gathering saw the volunteers happily engaged themselves in the singing of sentimental Oldies in English, Mandarin and Cantonese to entertain their elderly friends. Everyone happily participated by clapping and humming along with the tunes.
The Day Education Activity 2009 (DEA) jointly organised by SSA and Health Promotion Board saw about 50 senior citizens and volunteers graduate after 10 sessions of educational activities held from 3 April to 31 July.
Over 600 SSA senior citizens came together to celebrate their 14th anniversary at the SSA Headquarters on November 12.
Every fortnight for the last four months, 73-year-old Madam Choy Wah Yin travelled from her Choa Chu Kang home to the Telok Blangah Soka Centre with much anticipation to attend the SSA Day Education Activity (DEA).
SSA organised a Chinese New Year reunion dinner for some 120 senior citizens staying in the North-Eastern part of Singapore on January 23. This event was part of the Community Service Project, “Voices of Spring — A Chinese New Year Song Singing Festival.”
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