VADA program seeks respect for the elderly

October 2, 2011

A communications strategy to encourage kindness and civility towards the elderly and individual borough projects catering to that age group’s social and leisure needs are what’s on the agenda of the “Sherbrooke, age-friendly city” (VADA) working group in the coming months.
The VADA working group’s past undertakings and future projects were highlighted by the group’s president, city councillor Mariette Fugére during a press conference Friday morning, the eve of the United Nations’ international day for elder persons.
“What we want to tell you today is that the “Sherbrooke, age-friendly city” project is more alive than ever and remind you that this social project rests on the participation of the entire community,” Fugére told a room full of volunteers and social organization representatives in the Sercovie centre Friday.
The age-friendly city concept was launched by the World Health Organization in 2005 and the City of Sherbrooke had latched on to the pilot program by 2008, joining a list of major adherents that includes London, Moscow, Tokyo and Geneva.

The full story Monday in The Record