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RSL Care Galleon Gardens Lilly Pilly Café

on Friday, May 13, 2016

RSL Care Galleon Gardens has many wonderful and interactive activities for residents to participate in, however if you ask any of the residents they will tell you the best place to be is the Lilly Pilly Café. 

The Lilly Pilly Café is run by Diversional Therapists Gwen Bonney, Kerrie Whiteley, Kyle Goodall and Luci Fennell with a team of volunteers.

The café is open two days a week in the afternoons and provides a relaxed and friendly environment for residents to bring visiting friends and family or pop by themselves.

The Diversional Therapy team love opening the café doors and bringing the residents in to enjoy a cup of coffee, slices of cake or milkshakes.

“The café is a great place for residents to come, especially those with mobility issues; it gives them an opportunity to have an outing without needing to leave the site,” Gwen said.

“For our residents who don’t feel like coming outside or who can’t, the café will also deliver to their rooms.” 

Residents, staff and family members love the atmosphere of the café.  It is always wonderful to see people enjoying themselves laughing, chatting, watching television or reading.

The café serves an assortment of beautiful cakes, espresso coffee, teas and of course Gwen’s American style milkshakes which the residents love.

All the money raised at the cafe is reinvested into the resources needed to keep it running and for other social activities. Without the wonderful volunteers, and the Diversional Therapist team, Gwen said the café would not run so efficiently.   

If you would like to find out more about Volunteering at RSL Care please visit www.rslcare.com.au/careers/volunteering.

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