Residents hold the Olympic torch as Cooinda celebrates Tokyo 2020

By Simon Ruppert

Jul 26, 2021

Cooinda’s residents enjoyed their very own Olympic torch relay to commemorate the opening of the Tokyo Olympic Games on Friday, July 23.

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There were plenty of enthusiastic participants in the relay, which saw the Cooinda Olympic Torch travel across the whole facility, including all residents.

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“Our regular Friday Happy Hour this week was marked with the placing of the Cooinda Olympic Torch in our activities room to celebrate the opening of the Olympics,” Cooinda chief executive Alex McKenna said.

“We have a high number of residents who enjoy watching sport, which we support with a paid subscription to ensure they can watch it on demand.

“We know the Olympics will be a real highlight of the next couple of weeks.

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“Our Health and Wellbeing Team, along with volunteers and staff joined in the relay.

“It was wonderful to see everyone joining in the Australian green and gold theme, with plenty of laughs and smiles, friends catching up and a really happy, positive feeling throughout Cooinda, while Victoria as a whole is in the midst of a couple more COVID weeks.

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“I’d sincerely like to thank our hard-working volunteers, Health and Wellbeing team and everyone involved in creating a wonderful afternoon of fun for our residents at Cooinda.”

● If you would like to find out more about our Health and Wellbeing activities, phone Cooinda on 5761 3300 or go to cooinda.org.au

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