{"id":6608,"date":"2026-09-05T12:16:08","date_gmt":"2026-09-05T16:16:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/victoriamedia.ca\/en\/?p=6608"},"modified":"2026-09-05T12:39:10","modified_gmt":"2026-09-05T16:39:10","slug":"cham-shan-temple-continues-senior-care-initiative-with-annual-free-mooncake-distribution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/victoriamedia.ca\/en\/community-news\/6608\/","title":{"rendered":"Cham Shan Temple Continues Senior Care Initiative with Annual Free Mooncake Distribution"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Lian Lian<\/strong><\/p>\n

TORONTO \u2014<\/strong> As the Mid-Autumn Festival approaches, Cham Shan Temple has officially launched its annual “Senior Care Month” initiative to promote the traditional virtues of respecting, honoring, and supporting elderly members of the community<\/span>. Since Venerable Dayi Shi, President of the Buddhist Association of Canada and Abbot of Cham Shan Temple, inaugurated “Senior Care Month” in September 2022, the organization has dedicated four consecutive years to serving seniors through temple tours, nursing home visits, and complimentary mooncake distributions.<\/p>\n

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During this year’s initiative, Cham Shan Temple hosted seniors from several care facilities, including the Yee Hong Centre and Mon Sheong Foundation<\/span>. Many visitors in their eighties and nineties attended alongside family members and caregivers. Monks and volunteers guided the guests through the temple grounds, sharing the rich cultural history of Cham Shan Temple and providing updates on the construction of Wutai Shan in Canada. The hosts also served healthy vegetarian lunches and fresh fruit. The visits provided a warm setting for multi-generational family outings, fostering deeper bonds between elders, their children, and grandchildren.<\/p>\n

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Venerable Dayi Shi emphasized that modern society rests on the hard work and dedication of previous generations<\/span>. Expressing gratitude and caring for parents and elders remain vital responsibilities. In light of the upcoming Mid-Autumn Festival, he encouraged the public to spend extra time with elderly relatives or connect through calls and messages.<\/p>\n

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For more than a decade, Cham Shan Temple staff and volunteers have hand-crafted low-sugar, low-salt, purely vegetarian mooncakes tailored to seniors’ dietary needs<\/span>. Under this year’s program, seniors aged 75 and older are eligible to receive one complimentary box of vegetarian mooncakes upon presenting valid photo identification in person.<\/p>\n

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Distribution is held at the Volunteer Office (Samantabhadra Hall) at Cham Shan Temple, located at 7254 Bayview Avenue, Thornhill<\/span>. Pickup is available daily from 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM starting September 1. Quantities are limited on a first-come, first-served basis, with a limit of one box per person and no proxy collection allowed. In the coming days, Venerable Dayi Shi will lead a delegation of monks and volunteers to local nursing homes to deliver mooncakes and festive greetings directly to residents.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Lian Lian TORONTO \u2014 As the Mid-Autumn Festival approaches, Cham Shan Temple has officially launched its annual “Senior Care Month” initiative to promote the traditional virtues of respecting, honoring, and supporting elderly members of the community. Since Venerable Dayi Shi, President of the Buddhist Association of Canada and Abbot of Cham Shan Temple, inaugurated “Senior Care Month” in September 2022, the organization has dedicated four consecutive years to serving seniors through temple tours, nursing home visits, and complimentary mooncake distributions. During this year’s initiative, Cham Shan Temple hosted seniors from several care facilities, including the Yee Hong Centre and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6609,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[167],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6608","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/victoriamedia.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6608","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/victoriamedia.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/victoriamedia.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/victoriamedia.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/victoriamedia.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6608"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/victoriamedia.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6608\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6620,"href":"https:\/\/victoriamedia.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6608\/revisions\/6620"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/victoriamedia.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6609"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/victoriamedia.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6608"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/victoriamedia.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6608"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/victoriamedia.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6608"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}