News from Pine Lakes Centre

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NEWS FROM PINE LAKES CENTRE

Welcome back to the Bosnian, Intercultural and Vietnamese groups – and a warm welcome to the Bhutanese, Filipino and Italian groups using the centre for the first part of the year. Its wonderful for us all to be back.

All groups have been busy with activities including arts and crafts, playing and creating new games, meditation, yoga, dancing for fitness, exercising, learning about diabetes and stress management. Centre participants have also been celebrating a range of multicultural, religious or spiritual festivals including Lunar New Year, Festival of Love and Valentines Day, Hindu festivals, Easter, Festival of Fertility, Change of Season Festival, Ramadan, International Women’s Day, Mothers Day, Friendship Day, Harmony Week, Winter Solis and Orthodox St Archangel Gabriel festival. These events strengthened hope and it was nice to learn and share these special moments with others who attend the centre’, said a Filipino group member. Returning to the centre has been a relief for many including Bisnu Maya, a member of the Bhutanese group. “I felt a sense of freedom after COVID restrictions lifted, I felt like a prisoner at home and lived in constant fear,” said Bisnu. Bosnian group members explained that they felt ‘euphoric joy’ and ‘had missed their friends’. For more information on the centre contact Mary on 8406 8513 or visit www.salisbury.sa.gov.au/plc