Seventeen years have passed since December 1, 2000, when the Geriatrics Residence Virgen de la Salud was inaugurated, and for this seventeenth anniversary the mayor of Alcantarilla, Joaquín Buendía, accompanied by the Councilor for Social Welfare and Health, Francisca Terol , have accompanied the 54 residents to one of their activities scheduled for today.
There they received the director of the Residence and its staff, together with the users to see the projection of a video, with various images about everything that happened during the last year and to recall the events that the residents had, as well as collaborating in the preparation of it.
There they also had the opportunity to greet them and to know their situation.
The program of activities began at 11 in the morning with a Special Dynamics of Reminiscence "A year to remember", with images and music in the auditorium.
At twelve o'clock the aforementioned Day of Remembrance of 2017 was held, with the screening of a representative video of the Residence.
At one o'clock noon the residents went to the dining room to enjoy a special agape to commemorate the anniversary.
In the afternoon, at five o'clock, they have relived the morning session for all those people, family members or those who wanted to accompany them, to end the afternoon with a special snack and accompany this large group of elderly people who find in it.
To end this festive day and the seventeenth anniversary of the Residence, residents, their families and companions, have had the performance in the auditorium of the Carmen Dance School.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Alcantarilla