Reuse benches – Ásmegin provides five new benches at Hvaleyrarvatn
Ásmegin Physiotherapy, owned by Kristinn Magnússon, physiotherapist, is donating five new benches to the 'Let's Build Benches' project, under the direction of Gylfi Ingvarsson and Kristinn, which will be located around Hvaleyrarvatn for everyone to enjoy.
Ásmegin is providing five new benches which will be located around Lake Hvaleyrarvatn.
Last week, Ásmegin Physiotherapy, owned by Kristinn Magnússon, physiotherapist, donated five new benches to the 'Brúkum bekki' project. The benches will be placed around Hvaleyrarvatn for everyone to enjoy. Throughout the town and countryside of Hafnarfjörður, you can find a good spot to sit and enjoy the nature and the town's way of life. For this, special thanks are due to the 'Brúkum bekki' project, led by Gylfi Ingvarsson and Kristinn Magnússon, who since 2012 have promoted increased physical activity among senior citizens.
To date, the largest single donation to the Let's Fix the Benches project has come from Ásmegin Physiotherapy, owned by Kristinn Magnússon, a physiotherapist. Ásmegin donated 12 benches in 2022 of the model Rock which are located by the footpath around Ástjörn and in the immediate vicinity. Their value is about one and a half million króna.
Promote increased physical activity among older people.
At the spring meeting of the Hafnarfjörður Council of Elders on 5 May 2012, an agreement was signed on the community project „We use benches“, between the Council of Elders, FEBH, the Association of Physiotherapists and the Municipality of Hafnarfjörður, regarding the installation of benches at intervals of 250 to 300 metres. The aim is to encourage more exercise among older people, enabling them to go out for walks and sit on a bench, thereby improving the quality of their physical activity in their local environment. The benches are manufactured by Málmsteypan Hellu, which donates the 10th bench purchased from them. The benches are marked with the donors' names and/or in dedication to someone the donor chooses.
Those interested can follow the project on the Brúkum bekki Facebook page. here
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