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Greek elders swap a few yarns

04 Nov, 2009 04:00 AM
HOW do you keep a room full of Greek people happy? Let them talk.

``We have a lot of things to say,'' George Kantassis said.

He attends the mature-aged Greek support group in Liverpool which has been running for six weeks.

It's held Wednesdays from 10am to 1pm at the Hilda M Davis Community Centre.

``It's such an experience, we are all undeniably happy because we get to meet with our friends and meet new people.

``I look forward to coming every week.

``There was one guy who came from the same village as me, I hadn't seen him for years and I came here and all of a sudden I saw him.''

The group is run by Margaret Koutzoumis-Dunne and Eliza Kallis from the Greek Orthodox Community of NSW.

``It's a social group, we have guest speakers, information topics in things they're interested in and we have excursions and offer counselling and casework,'' Ms Koutzoumis-Dunne said.

``When we looked at the statistics of growth, Liverpool housed the most Greek aged people next to Marrickville and Canterbury.

``There are people who come that are isolated and normally wouldn't go to a group.

``We want to get them into the community and make sure they know what is happening.''

Mr Kantassis said people come from different services such as Centrelink.

``Sometimes we have university professors that teach us about different parts of Greece.''

Details: Margaret or Eliza, 97406022. The centre is at 185 Bigge Street, Liverpool.

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Love the chat:  (From left) George Papoutsis, Thalia Voumiotis and Peter Tsingounis are part of the Mature Aged Greek Support Group in Liverpool.  Picture: Angelo Velardo
Love the chat: (From left) George Papoutsis, Thalia Voumiotis and Peter Tsingounis are part of the Mature Aged Greek Support Group in Liverpool. Picture: Angelo Velardo

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