Wuzhen Yada IHEP Held Thanksgiving Day Series Activities

On November 22^nd 2018, the Thanksgiving Day, sections of Wuzhen Yada International Health Ecological Park (IHEP) held a great varieties of Thanksgiving Day activities which staff, volunteers and residents of the Park jointly participated in. They shared happiness and blessings with people around by heartfelt appreciation and gratitude act. 

In Wuzhen Graceland, the volunteers dressing in red worked together with IHEP staff to clean every community’s public area, which constituted a beautiful scenery. 

Maintainers from Graceland Property Management Company helped elderly people over 70 and living alone to clean air conditioner filters at their apartments. The activity would last one week since the Thanksgiving Day.

Yile Canteen made the Thanksgiving Day pumpkin pies for the elderly and their families. The soft and sweet pies brought warmth and cares on winter day to Graceland’s residents.

In the afternoon, Pine Care Yada (Wuzhen) Elderly Service Center held the Thanksgiving Day Tea Party. Over 30 elders from the Elderly Service Center and the Daily Service Center accompanied by the nursing team participated in many puzzle and fitness interactive games, which were good for their physical and mental exercise, as well as communication and friendship promotion. At the end of the party, elders wrote their thanks and blessings to friends and families on cards, which were pasted on the Pine Care Yada Thanksgiving Tree.

Thanksgiving Day, a western ancient festival, has become one of the important festivals to express gratitude in China, for it shares concepts in common with Chinese traditional culture and ethics in substance. Wuzhen Yada IHEP, themed leisure, healthcare and aged-care, advocates lifestyle that appreciates gratitude, kindness, vigor and optimism. IHEP service team organizes various kinds of cultural, life, educational and entertainment activities to create a joyful aged-care environment for elders where they would live with care, joy as well as mental and physical fulfilment.