BONNER SENIORS’ EXPO DRAWS HUGE CROWD
The inaugural Bonner Seniors’ Expo hosted yesterday by Federal Member Ross Vasta MP was a huge success, with over 300 locals from across the electorate attending and 55 stallholders participating on the day.
“I’m proud to support our valuable local seniors and help them find out what services they can access in the community and how,” Mr Vasta said.
“So many people have told me how much they’re enjoying the Expo and how much useful information they’re getting out of it. They’ve told me they’re hoping it becomes a regular event and I’m definitely looking at bringing it back even bigger and better next year!”
Lota residents Sydney and Carol Lawrence thanked Mr Vasta for holding the Expo and said the local area needed an event like it.
“It’s drawn some great crowds and hopefully it can become a feature event for the community,” Mr Lawrence said.
“We’ve discovered a lot of new things today that we wouldn’t have known about otherwise.”
Barry Tewes from Upper Mt Gravatt said he’d recently gotten on the pension, and had come along to the Expo to find out what was out there for him.
“I’ve discovered lots of things I didn’t know about and found out about some good activities. This is a great event that deserves to grow bigger next year. I hope it does,” Mr Tewes said.
There were several informative talks held throughout the day and information stalls run by local activity groups.
“It’s great to have all these different groups and organisations under the one roof for people to discover,” Mt Gravatt Men’s Shed committee member Bart McKnight said.
“This event will really benefit the people coming along today.”
Past President of the Lions Club of Brisbane MacGregor Kathy McCarthy said it was an excellent event with a great turnout.
“It was so good of Ross to organise it. There are so many stallholders here, and there’s such a good variety of stallholders too,” Mrs McCarthy said.
She encouraged seniors to attend their MacGregor Lions Health and Wellbeing Expo to be held in Mt Gravatt next March.
CEO of Tyack Health, Joel Tyack, spoke on how people can stay healthy and active in their older years.
“I think the Expo is a fantastic initiative. I can tell from people’s enthusiasm that they’re really enjoying it,” Mr Tyack said.
“It’s a great way for people to get out and about and enjoy themselves.”
Sailability Bayside volunteer Geoff Grace said the Expo would help people know what was available in their local area.
“It was great of Ross to set this up and bring so many local organisations and businesses together at one event for people to find,” Mr Grace said.
Mr Vasta said he hoped the Expo had helped and entertained everyone who attended, and encouraged attendees to contact his office to share their feedback with him.
