Donation for stroke equipment

Ettalong Bowling Club has donated over $5000 to Woy Woy Stroke Recovery Group to help buy equipment for use at Woy Woy Hospital hydrotherapy pool.

The donation will go towards equipment such as wheelchairs and other equipment to make using the pool more effective for stroke victims.

The group is an affiliate of the NSW Stroke Recovery Association.

It invites members to attend hydrotherapy twice a week at Woy Woy Rehabilitation Hospital pool.

The group organises bus trips once a month for "strokees" with Gosford Community Transport and occasionally it holds a Sunday function for members.

Their meetings are held monthly often with guest speakers who are professionally versed in physical problems associated with strokes.

The group currently has 67 members most of whom are pensioners, and a lot are severely disabled.

Every year the group tries to donate some equipment to Woy Woy Hospital Hydrotherapy Pool as it uses the premises twice a week.

President Mr Ernie Williams said the donation by the Ettalong Bowling Club made a tremendous difference.

"For some of our members, the functions we organise are the only outings they have," he said.

"We have quite a few wonderful volunteers who help to make a strokee's life a little brighter, and they certainly let us know how grateful they are."

"Our Stroke Recovery Group is regarded as one of the most progressive organisations on the Central Coast," he said.

Letter, August 10 Woy Woy Stroke Recovery Group