Pattaya Elderly Club to visit Dharma Camp in July

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The Pattaya Elderly Club will travel to Sakon Nakhon July 5-8 for a Buddhist Dharma camp, one of a series of monthly activities the city wants to organize for its seniors.

Deputy Mayor Verawat Khakhay reviewed field trip details at a May 6 city hall meeting. Sixteen temples participated, making merit by donating school supplies to needy children in the northeast.

Pattaya’s senior citizens gather to hear plans for their upcoming trip to Sakon Nakhon. Pattaya’s senior citizens gather to hear plans for their upcoming trip to Sakon Nakhon.

Verawat said the Dharma camp is aimed at providing seniors a peaceful respite from living in hectic Pattaya and will inspire closer friendships among the elderly. He said the city hopes to organize such activities on a monthly basis.

Closing the meeting, former Chonburi MP Sonthaya Kunplome introduced parliamentary candidates from the new Kunplome family-backed Palang Chon Party, Poranet Ngampichet and Sukumol Kunplome.