Director of the Home Care Department, Kholoud Abdullah Al Ali, told Al-Emarat Al-Youm that the Department of Social Services has established a team for volunteer work under the name of "Goodness and Blessing", consisting of a group of elderly people between the ages of 55 and 90 years, in order to activate and enhance their societal role. Their number exceeded 192 volunteers from different cities and regions of the emirate, as 90% of them are women. And she continued: The idea of ​​the team came in 2016 when the department organized one of its events, and the beginning was when 12 volunteers joined the department's team in organizing one of the activities for the elderly in Sharjah, and then the team started to increase until it reached 192 volunteers now, indicating that this The team participated during the current year in organizing and coordinating 216 events across the emirate. She indicated that the aim of establishing and establishing the team is to integrate the elderly into society, to take advantage of their spare time, to benefit from their experiences and to pass them on to the younger generation, and to enlighten the community about the needs of the elderly, in addition to enhancing great confidence in himself and that he is an effective member of society. She indicated that among the great events that were among the most important reasons for her success was the elderly volunteering in organizing it, the Sharjah Children's Reading Festival through the novel of ancient Kharaif, the Sharjah Prize for Voluntary Work, the Sharjah Heritage Days, and other activities that were organized in the elderly care home in the emirate. She emphasized that the department launched the "Good and Baraka" volunteer team, to integrate the elderly with all societal groups by involving them in many initiatives that contribute to harnessing their energies and enhancing their skills to serve the emirate, in order to benefit from their expertise and skills, which makes them the focus of constant attention to benefit from their capabilities in The field of volunteer work, especially as the Emirate of Sharjah is working on implementing initiatives aimed at integrating the elderly and their participation with the rest of society groups, in various aspects and various life activities that are in line with Sharjah's age-sensitive initiatives. She explained that one of the most important characteristics of this team is its ability to compete with one another, and to support others in the sorrows and joys, as the volunteers in the "Good and Blessing" team contributed to treating many cases of mental illnesses, and others that were suffering from depression by sitting with them, visiting them, talking with them and planting Among them is the love of work and giving, even if they are old, noting that most of the volunteers have a high youth spirit despite their old age, and some of them have exceeded the age of 90 years.