It is now time that we should once again
remind senior citizens and their immediate families that Panic Button batteries
have to checked periodically. If yours or your parents’ phone batteries have
not been checked or replaced for some time, please do so as soon as possible.
As we keep repeating and advising, a lifeless battery renders the life saving
equipment useless. Please check today, do not leave it till tomorrow!
Lion’s spectacles’ campaign.
We must congratulate the Lions Club of
Gibraltar for their efforts and success with the collection of spectacles
exercise. As far back as the 19th of July we knew they had collected
4885 glasses so we think we can rightly assume that by now they must have
collected over 5 thousand!
But just in case they have not topped the 5
thousand mark, open up all your cupboards, look inside every drawer as there
might be another unwanted pair of glasses lurking in there doing absolutely
nothing when instead, they might be just the one that someone in a third world
country needs.
Grandparents’ Day.
This Day is specially designed for children
and parents to thank their elders for the love and care they bestow on the
younger generation and in a way to confirm the important part grandparents play
in their care and upbringing. We should not lose any opportunity to make this
day a memorable one and we would like to see even greater participation than we
have had in the past.
Last year, thanks to the Ministry for Culture,
Ministry for Education, the Boy Scouts and a good many individuals, we were
able to celebrate this special day mostly at the King’s Bastion Leisure Centre
with get a together, lunches and a host of activities aimed at children
participating with their grandparents. We have started the ball rolling this
year and already plans are being made to try and surpass the success we enjoyed
last year.
Do you have any ideas to make Sunday 3rd
October a very special family day? Contact any member of the association’s
committee and together we shall ensure that Grandparents’ Day is not only here
to stay, but to make each successive year more successful than the previous
one.
Driving licenses for over 70’s.
After having made representations to senior
management at the Primary Care Centre reference the delays in appointments for
the mandatory check ups prior for the 70 and over years of age to obtain their
driving licenses, the association has been assured that the issue is being
considered by Government and that we shall
soon be advised of changes for the better to the system.
Bus stops.
Only yesterday, 23rd August, a
letter / petition and ensuing correspondence with the Gibraltar Bus Company
requesting a repositioning of the Bus Stop adjacent to the TrafalgarCemetery
was made available to us. The reply to this petition regrets that the proposed
change cannot be made and offers an alternative solution to those persons with
mobility problems.
We have sent this exchange of correspondence
to the Minister for Transport with a covering letter suggesting whether Government
would consider a public consultation exercise on the siting of bus stops as who
better than those with mobility problems would know where best to site bus
stops and shelters.