LC’s Brgy 15 seniors get physical on seniors’ week

Early morning walk, apokkos join the celebration. (Top photo) 29 elderlies participated in the walk around the barangay led by members of the board. Elders will die knowing they did what they could do to help make the world’s physical fitness enjoyable. (Inset left) Lolas performing an action song. “Raise your right; Stump your left; Sway your hip.” Note: Lolas had a hard time to sway their hips. (Inset right) Appokos joining the fun executing a parlor game “Trip to Heaven”. They go around the chairs and grab a seat when the music stops. The winners receive prizes. Lolas and Lolos enjoy looking at their appokos accompanied with laughter.

Physical fitness is now first and foremost on the life of every human being wanting to reach the age of senior citizens.

This is exactly why the LC’s Barangay Senior Citizens Association of Laoag City, Inc., led by members of the board, incorporated the “Early Morning Walk”, around the barangay, a distance of more than two kilometers into their week-long program of activities, held on October 1 to 7. With the help of street lights that brightens their way, 29 elderlies participated in the walk on October 2, at 4:20 to 5:00 in the morning, finishing at the garden of Lola Angelita Toribio, host of the day’s celebration. Included in the highlights were community singing, action songs, dancing and parlor games, besides the birth of the host.

When asked about this celebration, a board member replied: Elders will die knowing we did what we could to help make the world’s physical fitness enjoyable. It is not that senior citizens lack the imagination, it is that we believe we are doing so that others may follow. Indeed, a person is worth not for what he has, not even for who he is, but, for what others have become because of him. As elders, jogging and walking is much more than a good way to lose weight, worries and even when depressed. It is our recipe for making the world a more harmonious home in company with others.

The following is the schedule of the activities: Oct. 1 – visiting the sick; Oct. 2 – Early morning walk; Oct. 3 – Senior’s Center upkeep; Oct. 4. – Elders-appokos get together; Oct. 5 – Go to your own churches; and Oct. 6-7 Tues – simultaneous cleaning and greening.

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