Sitting on his sofa in his household dwelling the place he has lived alone for upward of 15 years, Louis Pagé set free amusing eager about how his family and friends constantly examine in to “ensure that I’m nonetheless alive.”
“I overlook about my age till any individual jogs my memory,” Pagé mentioned with a chuckle. “All of the neighbours are good to me.”
On Feb. 22, he celebrated his one hundredth birthday with a celebration of 70 neighbours and mates. However the native of Brome Lake, Que., in Quebec’s Jap Townships, says he has no plans to decelerate.
He’s been working with the Brome Lake Meals Financial institution for the reason that Nineteen Eighties and later turned the treasurer. Pagé has additionally been concerned with Meals on Wheels and says he’s nonetheless obtainable to ship meals, if wanted.
A fixture of his group, Pagé says he plans on persevering with his volunteer work — till he can’t.
“It will get me out … Typically you meet individuals and you’ve got a bit go to and I get pleasure from it,” mentioned Pagé.
Gary Crandall, who’s the co-ordinator on the meals financial institution and Meals on Wheels in Lac Brome and West Bolton and in addition Pagé’s neighbour and cousin, says Pagé additionally took on the treasurer’s function within the 90s.
“He retains a imply set of books, let me inform you, And each cent is accounted for and the payments are available in and so they’re paid pronto. There’s no playing around.”
‘Right here he’s at 100, delivering meals,’ says neighbour
Crandall says Pagé is actually their oldest driver and has been keen to drive farther than another volunteers.
He says typically, Pagé’s age has come as a shock to some aged purchasers — lots of whom are literally fairly a bit youthful than him.
“They snort at him fairly a bit as a result of right here he’s at 100, delivering meals to those different individuals,” mentioned Crandall.
He says approaching his birthday, Pagé obtained a bit nervous about renewing his licence — he needed to take a medical examination and have his eyesight examined a month earlier than his one hundredth birthday.
“The physician mentioned regardless of my age I can nonetheless drive,” mentioned Pagé.
He says his days typically include studying the paper, stopping by the financial institution to make deposits for the meals financial institution and balancing the books — all by hand.
“I get pleasure from it as a result of I get pleasure from dealing with any individual else’s cash,” mentioned Pagé with a chuckle. “One in every of as of late, sadly, I’ll have to provide it up.”
He says his treasurer function provides him objective particularly because the group goals to serve individuals within the townships who’re aged, sick, or alone.
“It helps lots of people,” mentioned Pagé. “Retains me busy.”
Quebec AM9:05Volunteering at 100 years previous
<p>Louis Pagé began volunteering together with his native meals financial institution when he retired within the Nineteen Eighties, and he hasn’t stopped. Within the lead as much as his one hundredth birthday, Pagé and program coordinator Gary Crandall share a few of what retains an individual concerned in serving to the group as they age.</p>
Aida Wilms, 82, helped manage a shock social gathering for Pagé with mates and neighbours in a room on the native comfort retailer on Feb. 22.
Wilms was finest mates with Pagé’s spouse till she died. Wilms, who can be widowed, says now she and Pagé look out for every different.
She says Pagé has at all times been a help, ever since she first arrived in Canada from the Philippines, 40 years in the past.
“He at all times helped me,” mentioned Wilms.
Reflecting on her personal age, Wilms laughed eager about Pagé’s achievement.
“I’m not going to have a letter from the Governor Basic or King Charles III,” chuckled Wilms. “I don’t suppose I might attain 100.”
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