Rotary organizes ‘day with grannies’

The Macau Rotary Club hosted its first “Rotary Day with Grannies” on Saturday in partnership with the Rotaract Club of Macau and the University of Macau’s Student Union’s Rotaract Club.
Over 80 senior home- alone residents from four elderly-care associations participated in heritage outings to Taipa and Coloane. These outings included a walking tour of old Coloane village, and visits to the Church of San Francisco Xavier, the ferry terminal and the Temple of Tam Kung.
The elderly residents were aged between 65 and 80, affectionately termed “grannies” by the organizers.
Participants were gathered at their respective associations and shuttled from one stop to the next. After their visit to the Coloane village, the group went to see the busy streets of Rua Cunha in Taipa, enjoying Portuguese egg tarts along the way.
The last stop on the day’s activities was a lunch that introduced some of the elderly residents to Portuguese and Macanese food for their first time.
Rotary club volunteers distributed take-away bags of essentials for the residents, each of which  contained a handkerchief, Pak Fa oil, a hand warmer, and cookies donated by October Fifth Bakery.
The Rotary Club of Macau stated that the day’s activities were well received and that they expect some of the participants will be looking forward to the next occasion when the event is held.
The elderly-care associations involved in the “Rotary Day with Grannies” were the Macau Federation of Trade Unions, the Women’s General Associaiton of Macau, the Macau General Union of Neighborhood Associations and Caritas Macau. Staff reporter