The cards we received thanked us for what we'd offered, what we'd given to the community
- Diana Ashley
The final day of a Wodonga community clinic that assisted people who were homeless or disadvantaged proved an emotional but happy one.
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Revive, which offered low-cost tactile therapy appointments, held the last of its twice-monthly sessions on Tuesday after making the decision to close owing to other commitments.
Therapists like remedial masseurs, kinesiologists, hairdressers and osteopaths had volunteered their time and services at Revive for more than five years, with St John’s Anglican Church overseeing the project.
Committee member Diana Ashley said previous clients and therapists as well as visitors from Albury joined the regular volunteers to mark the clinic’s farewell.
“I think people are fairly pragmatic when something happens, yes, they were sad that it’s no longer going and I’m sad it’s no longer going but things have a life,” she said. “Our volunteers, all of them, have said what a lovely place it is to work.
“The cards we received thanked us for what we’d offered, what we’d given to the community, the services they were able to access.
“I think people were very happy that they had experienced Revive.”
The social side of Revive will continue, with people invited to drop in for a chat.