Medal winning swimmers give gold, silver and bronze to therapy patients
Excerpted from The Villages Daily Sun news release.
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Villages Aquatic Swim Team has won numerous gold, silver and bronze Senior
Games medals, and now the team is striving to pay it forward — passing their
medals on to others with hopes that they will be inspired to never give
up.
Some 90 medals have been donated to Lady Lake Specialty Care Center
therapists to award to patients as they succeed in their rehabilitation therapy
sessions. Several swimmers plan to donate more.
Ken Greb, 60, of the Village of Duval, sported a gold medal
Friday that was given to him by his wife, Connie, a VAST team member, in honor
of Ken’s successful rehabilitation from knee replacement surgery.
“He’s
doing very well; he’s way ahead of schedule,” Connie said. The gold medal was
the first she won as a VAST team member, and she was pleased to pass it on to
her sweetheart of 36 years.
The idea of giving away the medals began when
Ken shared with his wife the accomplishments of fellow therapy patients as they
overcame obstacles. She passed on Ken’s observations to her VAST friends and
colleagues.
“They surprised me at one of the practices,” Connie recalled.
“Several of the team members gave me their medals and said they felt it would
inspire the patients not to give up. It was awesome. The compassion of the team
is just so moving.”
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