The PingPongforCHARITY Health and Wellness Program

Over 100 residents attended Dr. Sautter’s presentation on “Brain Fitness and Ping Pong”.  And 30 residents, after being gifted a brand new table tennis table by Wheeler Interests, immediately formed the Westminster Canterbury Ping Pong Club, known as WC Pongers!   Weekly activity, structured programs, lessons and tips around the sport of table tennis have become all the rage for residents of WC!

And growing beyond the Westminster community, friendly competition with other Retirement Communities are taking place, making the game an extension of activities beyond the four walls of WC, aligning nicely with the Table Tennis Charity Foundation’s mission to integrate the sport all over the local area!

To read more, click here for an article featuring a retirement community in Hampton Roads. 

Remember that staying active helps your mental health as well as physical health!  It’s been studied that brain-disease patients that play Ping Pong regularly display decreased depression; Atlantic Shores not only incorporated a structured Ping Pong program for their residents, they also formed a club that has fun competition with other retirement homes!

Related, read how Virginia Beach Seniors Use Ping Pong as Mind Therapy, complimenting the Table Tennis Charity Foundation’s mission to further integrate the sport in the community.