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r r "-rre _ w . T _ Af . "ic--, 'g - a» u u " a " L" - About 150 gtetior cmaens and shut-ins this week attended the Christmas party hosted annually at Parkminister United Church. Women from the church assist- ed by volunteers from the Red Cross, nursing homes and other service agencies hosted the event, which featured a choir, Christmas dinner with all the trimmings, and a visit from Santa Claus. The dinner coincided with Sen- iors in Action Week, a community services board-sponsored series of activities aimed at informing residents of programs available to the city's older residents and getting greater participation by the older folk in these events. The week was timed to fit in with annual events of this nature such as the Parkminster dinner and the Canadian Progress Club. sponsored tour of the city for older folk to view the Christmas lights. In addition to these events, an information booth in Waterloo Square was manned afternoons during the week to dispense in- formation about ongoing activi- ties. Senior citizens guests at Christmas party during 'their' week Seniors demonstrated square Volunteers (right photo) mix pmeh for the shut-ins dancing and china painting for Members of the community Christmas shoppers in the square {we welpome mm in at actlyi- and sang carols. Some seniors joined in the singing while others preferred to listen to the carols which began the festivities. (left) who were guests at a Christmas dinner at Parkminister United Church last week. ties at the drop-in deluxe or the Jotiroioters' meetings. Area nursing homes held open home in conjunction with the Waterloo Chronicle. Thursday, December 24, 1970 week. which ended Sunday with an interdenomlnational meeting at Pint United Church.