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Enjoy a Healthier, Happier Retirement with Senior Centers: 4th Senior Center Leisure Fair to Be Held

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Busan Metropolitan City, led by Mayor Chun Jae-soo, announced that it will host the 4th Senior Center Leisure Fair in partnership with the Busan Metropolitan City Federation of the Korean Senior Citizens Association at Song Sanghyeon Square at 10:00 a.m. tomorrow, September 11.

Now in its fourth year, the Senior Center Leisure Fair provides a festive opportunity to showcase the activities older adults have taken part in at senior centers over the past year. The event introduces a variety of programs offered at senior centers, displays works created by older adults themselves, and features presentations on outstanding programs.

Approximately 500 people are expected to attend the event, including representatives from the Busan Metropolitan City Federation of the Korean Senior Citizens Association and its 16 district and county branches, as well as older adults who use senior centers.

Under the theme “Find Happiness at Senior Centers: Discover More, Take Part, and Transform Your Later Years,” the 4th Senior Center Leisure Fair will offer a wide variety of programs.

From 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. at Song Sanghyeon Square, a total of 22 booths will be operated, including 17 booths where visitors can experience senior center programs firsthand and view a variety of works, as well as five specialized booths offering health checks and psychological counseling to participating citizens.

Following the opening ceremony at 11:00 a.m., a presentation of outstanding practices by exemplary senior centers will be held at 3:00 p.m. The event is intended to raise public awareness of the value and social role of senior centers and encourage greater public interest and engagement.

Park Jong-su, President of the Busan Metropolitan City Federation of the Korean Senior Citizens Association, said, “Senior centers are a unique type of leisure and welfare facility for older adults found only in Korea. I hope the Senior Center Leisure Fair will generate greater public interest in senior centers and serve as an opportunity to further revitalize them.”

Mayor Chun Jae-soo said, “I hope the Senior Center Leisure Fair will help senior centers evolve beyond simply serving as places of rest for older adults and become vibrant spaces where they can enjoy a variety of leisure and cultural activities and connect with one another.” He added, “Busan Metropolitan City will continue working to revitalize senior centers so that older adults can enjoy diverse programs and lead healthy and happy lives in their later years.”