Stroke club to hand out information
Members of Woy Woy Stroke Recovery Club will visit Peninsula Plaza on Wednesday, September 11, as part of Stroke Awareness Week.
They will be selling tartan ribbons and pens as well as handing out information brochures.
Stroke Awareness Week runs from September 9 to 15 with stroke recovery clubs from all over NSW visiting local shopping centres to distribute information about how to prevent a stroke and to promote the work done by local stroke recovery clubs.
Wednesday, September 11, has been labelled Tartan Ribbon Day, with the tartan chosen to convey the complexity of stroke signs and symptoms and its long term effects on people's lives.
A ribbon was chosen to represent the collaboration and partnership between stroke survivors and the stroke services accessed during an individual's recovery.
Woy Woy Stroke Recovery Club will also hold a raffle and a lolly guessing competition to raise funds.
Woy Woy Stroke Recovery Club has been running for nearly 20 years, providing support, regular hydrotherapy sessions and up-to-date information on what to do after having a stroke.
The club also provides company and friendship to stroke members and their families by holding regular bus trips, luncheons and other social functions.
The club meets every second Tuesday each month at the Peninsula Community Centre.
Anyone affected by stroke, including family members, are welcome to join the club.
Donations can also be made by cheque to Woy Woy Stroke Recovery Club, PO Box 369, Woy Woy, NSW, 2256.
Email, 27 Aug 2013
Gina Channon, Woy Woy Stroke Recovery Club