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And they’re off to Seaside, Oregon

By Joe Ferguson

Six members of the Point Roberts Blue Herons, Wellness Team will be attending the Northwest Wellness Conference for Seniors, in Seaside, Oregon from October 17 to 22.

The Blue Herons are an independent group of seniors and others in the Point Roberts community and are not affiliated with, supervised by or sponsored by any other group. They are probably known best for their walking group - the Downtown Wackie Walkers.

The group of six will be attending seminars, learning while at the same time, looking for new ideas to bring back to the Point for all the residents here, not just seniors.

In the past year alone, the Blue Herons have:
1. Expanded the walking group,
2. Worked to get out the vote,
3. Distributed over 1,000 file of life packets in the community,
4. Assisted in bringing the nail clinic to the community center,
5. Set up exercises within the walking group,
6. Set up the Fit for Life program with the Aydon Wellness Clinic,
7. Set up swimming and weight exercises at Winskill,
8. Donated a ping pong table to the community center,
9.Worked with the parks board to establish a bocce ball area for the community,
10.Through the Aydon Clinic, set up a program for enlightening seniors on health issues, and;
11. Improved the quality of the snack time food for the walking group.
The amount of volunteer activities and hours put in by this group in the community are too numerous to mention or to count.

The Blue Herons Wellness Team attending this year’s conference, (totally at their own expense) will be - Sally Roberts, Sylvia Schonberg, Jim & Joan Linde, Bev Griffith and team leader, J.K. Ferguson.
Other members of the Wellness Team not attending this year are Henry & Esther Rosenthal and Dona Dyde.