Winners Go Wild Over Seniors Competition

The competition was run as part of the Go Wild Active Aging Expos that took place in Willagee in May 2008 and in Bull Creek in late September, early October 2008.

Mayor Russell Aubrey said the Go Wild Expos focused on a combination of social and physical activities that encouraged seniors to stay mentally and physically active. “The expos form part of the City’s commitment to addressing the needs of our ageing population,” he said. “It is vitally important that we provide opportunities for our seniors to participate in the community and have the opportunity to provide us with feedback.”

The winners of the Go Wild competition and their associated prizes were:

1st Prize – $100 Gift Voucher to Stocklands Bull Creek – Francess Parsonage

2nd Prize – An annual subscription to LandScope Environment Magazine – Norma Groves

3rd Prize – An annual entry to WA Parks and Reserves – Dorothy Kegel

4th & 5th Prize – Sponsors Goodies Backpack – Ivy Reynolds and Jim Jones

Best Tips Prize – Sponsors Goodies Backpack – Elizabeth Da Silva

Local resident Elizabeth Da Silva was the winner of the Best Tips Prize after providing some helpful tips on how to stay both mentally and physically healthy.  

Ms Da Silva provided this valuable advice:

1. Staying young at heart: Exercise in a social group, smile and laugh with strangers

2. Beating loneliness: Commit yourself to an activity, help occasionally with grandchildren

3. Staying mentally healthy: Travel with or without a friend

4. Connecting yourself to others in your community: Volunteer once a week in a position you will enjoy.

The Go Wild expos were a collaboration between the City of Melville, the local community and the Department of Local Government and Regional Development. The expos were developed as a result of outcomes from the Age-Friendly Melville Strategy – Directions for Seniors which aims to make Melville an Age-Friendly City.