As its annual advocacy, Tagum Coop staged the third and last Senior Citizens’ Day this year on October 22 at its Main Office Gym serving some 600 elderly members of the Cooperative.
The seniors went as early as 5:00 AM to avail the free services which include FBS monitoring, medical check-up, eye screening, tooth extraction, foot reflexology, body massage, manicure and pedicure, haircut, and a many more.
The various services were brought by different partner institutions and entities such as the Rotary Club of Tagum medical doctors, Rotary Club of Tagum Golden LACES dental team and volunteers including TC immediate past chairperson Norma Pereyras, Aquino Medical Specialist Hospital, Inc. (AMSHI) nurses, Prosight Optical eye screening team, ADAM reflexologists, ANAT massage therapists, and Bishop Joseph Regan Memorial Hospital medical personnel.
All senior participants were free to avail any of the services they like while they were given breakfast, lunch, medicine, and packs of grocery items containing rice, milk, biscuits, canned goods, noodles, and the likes.
Present in the event are Tagum Coop Chairperson Monica L. Salido, Vice-chairperson Fe J. Adlawan Directors Nenita R. Malbas and Evelia Sator, Treasurer Rosalina S. Argent, and General Manager Juris D. Perez.
Chairperson Salido expressed her warmest gratitude to the participating members who stayed with Tagum Coop for a long time like Mr. and Mrs. Atanacio Alban, the model senior citizen-couple of Tagum Coop and members for more than 40 years.
The chairperson also said that Tagum Coop will do its best to give more and better services to the elderly members for their convenience and satisfaction.
Despite old age, Mrs. Luzminda Tagaod, 84 years old, joined the activity to be checked by medical doctors and be prescribed with right medicines.
The latest Senior Citizens’ Day welcomed an overwhelming number of participants after successful conduct of the same in Sto. Tomas, Davao del Norte last February, and in Nabunturan, Compostela Valley last July. (Tagum Cooperative)