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It is a sample that will be held in the city from today until May 19, and which responds to the needs expressed by the stakeholders themselves.
As a novelty this year will be a March and a Manifesto for Active Aging that will start from the Plaza de España to the Alamedas
The Councilor for Policy of the Mayor of the City of Lorca, Fátima Mínguez, presented this morning the popular "Active Aging Sample", to be held in the city from 15 to 19 May, and made possible by funding Obra Social La Caixa.
It is a sample that responds to the needs expressed by the interested parties and which were collected during a working meeting with the presidents of the Associations of Seniors and representatives of the Day Centers and Residences of the municipality.
Fátima Mínguez has reported that "as a novelty this year there will be a March and a Manifesto for Active Aging that will start from the Plaza de España to the Alamedas and will run through Calle Álamo, Almirante Antonio Aguilar, General Terrer Leones, Lope Gilbert and Calle Presbítero Emilio García On arrival, water, fruit and a cap will be distributed.It is worth mentioning that this manifesto will be carried out by the Mayor of Lorca, Fulgencio Gil, together with a representative of the group of elders and the Residencia de Ancianos de San Diego. Every day will have installed in the Cultural Center a collection point of food that will be destined for Caritas and another point of digitization of old photographs with which we intend in the not too distant future to make a traveling exhibition.
The Councilor for Policy of the Mayor explained that "with this project we intend to combine leisure activities and awareness campaigns to motivate older people that their free time can be active." We intend to create open and participative spaces that are played by the elders and from where We want to launch the idea that aging should be and is synonymous with activity. "
Minogue has stated that "with the conference we find a vehicle for the promotion of communication, friendship, coexistence and interpersonal relationships in the face of problems of solitude and isolation. The coexisting days are a global process of sociocultural animation generating relations, participation And makes it possible to enjoy the contents in which they have prevailed for its development ".
The Edil del Mayor has indicated that "within a festive ludic atmosphere, it is intended the exchange of experiences between the various associations as a way of energizing the groups and also bring experiences of forms of solidarity participation." We are talking about a demonstration that Different stages of maturity are active, fruitful, and actionable stages. This year the associations that will participate are San Diego Elderly Homes, Poncemar Day Center, IMAS, Caser Residencial, Aslep Lorca and Association of Alzheimer of Lorca, as well as the pensioners' clubs The complete program for this Active Aging Week is as follows:
Monday, May 15
18 hours.
Inauguration of the Exhibition that will be open from May 16 to 20 in the Cultural Center schedule, which consists of showing the works that our elders have done in the courses of the Council of the Mayor, in the pensioners' clubs and institutions.
Place: Exhibition Room of the Cultural Center.
Tuesday, May 16
10:30 p.m.
March and Manifesto for Active Aging from the Plaza de España to the Alamedas.
18 hours.
Guerra Stories in charge of the storytelling grandparents of the Mayor's Council and children of the Caixa Proinfancia Program (Cepaim, Red Cross and Caritas).
Place: Hall of the Cultural Center.
Tuesday, May 17
20 hours.
Afternoon of Boleros and Pasodobles with the Municipal Band.
Location: Alameda de La Constitución
Thursday, May 18
10 hours.
Masterclass of gymnastics.
Location: Alameda de La Constitución.
18 hours.
Cineforum with the movie "Abuelos al ataque".
At the end of the meeting there will be a debate that will deal with the challenge of being a grandfather by Begoña Rada, a social educator, and Raquel Cervillera, a psychopedagogue and a university expert in gerontagogy.
Place: Hall of the Cultural Center.
Friday, May 19
12 hours.
End of the exhibition and the "Sample of Active Aging"
Source: Ayuntamiento de Lorca
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