{"id":93245,"date":"2023-11-24T04:55:53","date_gmt":"2023-11-23T17:55:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/mcivortimes\/?p=93245"},"modified":"2023-11-23T22:32:12","modified_gmt":"2023-11-23T11:32:12","slug":"thousands-raised-in-fitness-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/mcivortimes\/news\/thousands-raised-in-fitness-challenge\/","title":{"rendered":"Thousands raised in fitness challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">THIS year\u2019s Move for Mental Health Challenge has raised seventy thousand dollars for Bendigo Health\u2019s Exercise and Wellbeing program for regional mental health patients.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Director of fundraising and foundation at Bendigo Health, Rachel Mason, said she was thrilled the target for this year\u2019s Move for Mental Health Challenge was reached.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">&#8220;We are delighted to have reached our target for the 2023,\u201d she said. \u201cThe community&#8217;s support has created awareness and raised important funds for mental health patients.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Ben Smith has been undertaking the program for more than a year and said he feels his fitness is improving.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">&#8220;The sessions get me out of the house and are good for me,\u201d he said. \u201cI feel like I am getting fitter.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cIt\u2019s patients from Dual Diagnosis Unit and Community Care Unit all coming together which is really good.\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Peer support worker at Bendigo Health, James Long, uses the patient transport bus secured with last year\u2019s fundraising effort.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">&#8220;It has been fantastic to be able to use the patient transport bus with funds raised through the 2022 Move for Mental Health challenge year and to see people\u2019s wellbeing improve, thanks to these programs,&#8221; he said.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>THIS year\u2019s Move for Mental Health Challenge has raised seventy thousand dollars for Bendigo Health\u2019s Exercise and Wellbeing program for regional mental health patients.\u00a0 Director of fundraising and foundation at Bendigo Health, Rachel Mason, said she was thrilled the target for this year\u2019s Move for Mental Health Challenge was reached.\u00a0 &#8220;We are delighted to have [&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"btn btn-secondary understrap-read-more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/mcivortimes\/news\/thousands-raised-in-fitness-challenge\/\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":212,"featured_media":93246,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-93245","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - 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