A) Basant Panchami Celebrations: The SCF management team organized and planned for the Basant Panchami festival by inviting all the seniors on 13 Feb for a lunch and other festivities.
The invite was sent to all the SCF members with a requested dress code of “colors of Yellow” to match with the theme of Basant Panchami. The venue was decorated with yellow-colored balloons to welcome the guests. While the time for the event was 1200 Hrs. it was nice to see many seniors dressed in their brightest yellow start coming from 1130 onwards. The Chairperson of SCF Harjeet Kaur Bawa and her active team was there to welcome each guest with a big smile. The volunteers ensured that every senior gets a proper seat and starts enjoying the event comfortably. The Punjabi music added to the masti of all the guests who were seen in actively involved in dance and songs. They were served the most delicious food items like Kadi-Chawal, Dal and followed by Halwa as sweet dish. The seniors enjoyed for more than 3 hours and thanked the management of SCF for their hospitality.
B) Birthday Celebrations:As a regular part of facilitating the senior citizens on their birthdays, the SCF team organized an event on 26 Feb at 5.30 PM by inviting all the members and wish the lucky Birthday boys. A personalized invite was sent to these three seniors whose birthdays were falling in Feb’24 (Suresh Chander Taneja, Ashit Kumar Nangia, Jasbir Singh Dheer). A beautifully decorated chocolate was ordered for the birthday celebrations and the whole group was there to wish them personally over a hot cup of tea. The Cake was cut jointly with loudest “Tum Jiyo Hazaaro saal” song and pictures were taken to keep as memories. The seniors were seen dancing with the music, singing songs, sharing their B’day memories. Everyone thanked the Chairperson Harjit Kaur Bawa for arranging these precious moments for the senior citizens.
C) Dental Camp for Senior citizens: As per the requests received from many senior citizens, the chairperson of SCF organized a free Dental Check-up camp on 29 Feb from 10 Am to 1 PM. More than 40 seniors came for this special camp which included complimentary dental checkup, preventive measures, consultation and took prescriptions as per their health. The comfortable atmosphere, systematic registration and personalized attention was highly appreciated by all the visitors who thanked the SCF Chairperson Harjit Kaur Bawa for professionally organizing the camp. Dr. Sanchi Chhabra who is a professionally qualified and experienced dental surgeon and a resident of A block volunteered with her team and latest equipment for this camp. The management of SCF thanked the doctor for this noble gesture to support the senior citizens.
The SCF is now enjoyed by more and more residents in the morning and evenings that are seen chatting and chilling for hours. Anyone can join SCF by visiting SCF office to make new friends in the colony. The SCF has planned more interesting events for Mar ’24 to give more and more chances to the residents of Def col to enjoy and spend quality time with each other.
