{"id":274703,"date":"2021-09-27T09:13:05","date_gmt":"2021-09-27T13:13:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/?p=274703"},"modified":"2021-09-27T09:13:05","modified_gmt":"2021-09-27T13:13:05","slug":"centenarians-day-organizer-says-plans-are-in-place-to-host-a-grander-event-next-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/centenarians-day-organizer-says-plans-are-in-place-to-host-a-grander-event-next-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Centenarians day organizer says plans are in place to host a grander event next year"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_274704\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-274704\" style=\"width: 1134px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-274704 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/119742229_766126857505519_261978702700396989_n-e1632747779319.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1134\" height=\"976\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-274704\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Leroy &#8220;Wadix&#8221; Charles photo courtesy<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/princewadixdominica\/photos\/766126854172186\"> Prince Wadix Facebook page<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Following the celebration of the inaugural centenarians day in Dominica, vice president and the Public Relations Officer (PRO) of the Dominica Council of Ageing (DCOA)l Leroy \u2018Wadix\u2019 Charles said that the council is already putting plans in place for next year&#8217;s celebrations.<\/p>\n<p>On September 23, 2021, the nation joined the DCOA in celebrating and honouring the 23 gems on the island whose ages range from 107 to 100 years old.<\/p>\n<p>The event formed part of the month of the elderly observed under the theme \u201cOlder Persons \u2013 Embracing the Digital Age\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Rating the day as \u201can extreme success\u201d Charles stated to Dominica News Online (DNO) \u201cWe are excited over the centenarian day and the response from the media. From inception, the radio stations, the online media houses have really been bringing information to the fore, and we\u2019re happy that they took up the idea and ran with it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Though COVID-19 placed a hindrance on several of the activities which the council intended on hosting, Charles made known that the event will be observed annually by the\u00a0 DCOA\u00a0 and hopefully next year, they will be able to put many of their plans into action.<\/p>\n<p>Some of those include field visits to present an assortment of gifts to the gems, live face to face interviews with local, regional and international media houses as well as a grand activity where all of the centenarians can gather and be honoured.<\/p>\n<p>Charles has also disclosed to DNO that funds raised from a recent radiothon have been put aside to donate to the centenarians.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are proud as a people that there is something good about Dominica, the living here, the fresh air, the vegetation, the food, something about us that makes us unique around the Caribbean and globally. We are truly blessed that we can have the most living centurions per capita and that\u2019s cause for celebration,\u201d he exclaimed.<\/p>\n<p>As further informed, two seniors are expected to hit the milestone of 100 before the end of the year, which will hopefully increase Dominica\u2019s centenarian count to 25.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Following the celebration of the inaugural centenarians day in Dominica, vice president and the Public Relations Officer (PRO) of the Dominica Council of Ageing (DCOA)l Leroy \u2018Wadix\u2019 Charles said that the council is already putting plans in place for next&#8230;","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":274704,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_cbd_carousel_blocks":"[]","footnotes":""},"categories":[303,77,235,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-274703","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-elderly","category-homepage","category-homepage-carousel","category-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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