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Older People Celebrate Earth Day
  Earth Day is celebrated internationally on April 22nd but this year Earth Day was celebrated a day early on April 21st at Guanacaste Park for older people from Belmopan and the children from Stella Maris School in Belize City.
The National Council on Ageing and Belize Audubon Society had been talking for some time about the need to make National Parks and protected areas more user friendly for older people and people with special needs, so to celebrate Earth Day, Guanacaste Park came alive with activities to stimulate the senses for all participants.
 Over 100 people present enjoyed poems and dance from the children from Stella Maris and after a healthy lunch, Ms. Leela Vernon entertained everyone with a selection of her original songs. Old and young showed that they can both ‘get down’ when it comes to dancing to brukdown.
Other activities during the day involved the planting of Mahogany trees and trail walking for the energetic.
Hon. Peter Eden Martinez, Minister of Human Development and Social Transformation, set out from 4.00am to travel from Punta Gorda to Belmopan to attend this function and he was joined by CEO, Ms. Judith Alpuche, Mr. Simeon Lopez, Mayor of Belmopan and Ms Kamela Palma, Chairperson of the NCA, who likewise had an early start to travel from Punta Gorda Town.
The Audubon Society staff gave each person tokens to remember the day – a mahogany tree, a green bag for shopping to avoid using plastic bags and a green water bottle. Everyone went home happy and the question frequently asked was “When will you be doing this again?”
Take a look at the photo gallery to catch the spirit of the day.
Article Created on 6/6/2008
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