It seems that even in Victoria, we can still have our own version of an "Olympic" event! The following is a press release sent  to Seaside Times by Chris Burdge of "bWEST Interactive."  Attention all local wannabe Olympians: This is your chance to shine!

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 by Doreen Gee

Photography / Graphic Design by Doreen Gee

 We are what we believe! I just turned 61 and, if I believed what I read in magazines and the news about getting older, I would stop making plans, start knitting doilies and sadly await the setting sun. All the medical experts tell me that it is all downhill now as my body and mind slowly turn into mush. Then why do I feel so darn good, better than I did in my ’30s, with more energy, drive and ambition than I have ever had in my life? Maybe I am just stubborn: I refuse to believe the propaganda that I am deteriorating and my physical and mental decline are inevitable. More and more research and evidence is showing that these negative assumptions about aging are just plain wrong. As with all else in my life, I tend to believe my own experience, what I observe going on around me and the facts in front of my eyes. They all tell me that there are no hard rules and that aging can be a process of getting better, stronger and healthier.

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by Rhonda Ruth Todrick 

forwarded by Doreen Gee

Photo of Carolyn Burns, Founder, with children from Slangspruit  

“I See Hope” a fundraiser for South Africa

Initially, Carolyn Burns simply wanted to provide hope and help to seven families in the poorest township in South Africa - Slangspruit, near Pietermaritzburg. The community, ravaged by AIDS, HIV and tuberculosis, has left thousands of households headed by children, mired in relentless poverty. Burns first thought was to help those children left unwittingly and unwillingly in the parental role. Thus, in 2007, Ukulapha was born.

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