Senior citizen society celebrates 10 year anniversary

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The 5aisethorpe Arya Samaj Senior Citizens Society celebrated their year anniversary yesterday.

The society, founded in has its roots in the 5aisethorpe Arya Samaj Society and the club often works within the community.

According to chairperson, Selvie 5eddy, the members meet every Wednesday.

“Initially there were about 6 members but 6 have passed away. Now there are about active members. We also have other members, but due to various reasons, they haven’t been attending,” , she said.

She added that the group also provides a number of social services to the community.

“Once a month, we make sandwiches and distribute them to the hospitals. We also feed the poor in Northdale. We have been doing this for a while now. We go on social outings with the senior citizens and we are a non-profit organisation. We also fundraise for example, if a school needs uniforms, we collect and distribute them,” she added.

“We also host our own social functions. We celebrate Mother’s

Day, Father’s Day and religious holidays. We also join the 5aisethorpe Arya Samaj for their celebrations and belong to other organisations as well,” 5eddy said.

5eddy added that the organisation was formed to help senior citizens.

“It is for the general well-being of our senior citizens to keep them occupied and they look forward to it because we have so many activities. They do exercises such as yoga and walking so that they can keep fit,” she said.