‘Celebrating grey hair with awesome grand children’, - Grandparents’ Day at Trinity Central School

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‘Celebrating grey hair with awesome grand children’, - Grandparents’ Day at Trinity Central School
The Grandparents’ Day was celebrated on 25th of February, 2023 in Trinity School.

Around 350 grandparents with a silver lining on their hair but golden hearts participated with enthusiasm and vigor along with their grand children on the occasion.

Dr Shruthi Ballal, a Diabetologist and Family Physician was the chief guest of the occasion. Dr Shruthi Ballal is a member and Joint Secretary of Indian Medical Association (IMA) Udupi and she serves at Big Medical Center Udupi.

The Principal Rev. Fr Dominic Lobo and Vice Principal Rev. Fr Ravi Rajesh Serrao escorted the chief guest Dr Shruthi Ballal to the dais. The teachers led everyone into a beautiful prayer song. Ms Akshatha Amin hosted the program. Ms Pallavi Santhosh welcomed the gathering; meanwhile the principal accorded a floral welcome to the chief guest.

Light symbolizes love; it illuminates knowledge eradicating darkness and ignorance. The program was inaugurated by lighting the lamp by the dignitaries on the dais and by the grandparents.

Dr Shruthi Ballal, the chief guest of the day addressed the gathering. She emphasized mainly that, ‘Prevention is better than cure’. She highlighted various reasons for different health conditions at their age and also gave them tips to maintain a healthy lifestyle. She addressed the much needed topics like Diabetes, Hypertension, Thyroid, Harmonal Imbalance, Obesity and PCOD. Parents interacted with the doctor and cleared many doubts regarding their health issues. A routine health check up was done for all the grandparents on the occasion and suggestions were given personally about their health conditions.

After the health check up the grandparents ate sumptuous snacks and refreshments.

Various fun filled games were conducted for the grandparents by Ms Laveena Dsouza and the team. The young at hearts grandparents enthusiastically participated in all the games. It was an awesome sight for all the Trinitarians to see the grandparents participate in the fun games just for the sake of a smile on their beloved grandchild’s face. Their shrinked hands took crystal care of their grandchildren.

It is said, Grandmas and grandpas are grand-angels. They are the most special friends a grandchild can ever have. They are the biggest treasures in the family. Present day most of the children spend most time with their grandparents and are more attached to them than their parents. This was evident on the grandparents’ day.

The grandparents enjoyed all the games while they cherished their young and childhood days.

A selfie corner was organized for the grandparents where they posed proudly as awesome grandpas and grandmas along with their grand children, putting on different props. The selfie competition with grandparents is hosted by the school where the photos need to be uploaded in Facebook and the photo with highest likes will be rewarded.

The Principal Rev. Fr Dominic Sunil Lobo also addressed the gathering. He specially thanked the grandparents for being present in large numbers. He said that the grandparents are the chief guests of the occasion and the stars of the program. He asked the grandparents to first take care of themselves.

Mrs Monica Dsouza aged 88, was felicitated on the occasion on being the eldest person gathered. Mr Rukka A Amin and Mrs Padma R Amin the longest married couple, who completed 58 years of fruitful marriage, were also felicitated on the occasion.

Some of the grandparents shared their views on the program and specially thanked the school for recognizing the grandparents and organizing such a wonderful program to honour their love.

Ms Steffi Saldanha thanked the gathering. It was indeed a fun filled day for all the grandparents as they shall cherish this day forever. They had a delightful blend of laughter, fun, care and love at Trinity.