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To: Ms. Katy Bazylewicz and Mr. Ronald C. Werft
Campaign to Save the Therapy Pool at Cottage Rehab
We respectfully petition Cottage Health, a valued 501-C-3, to preserve the Tuohy Aquatic Center. This therapy pool at Cottage Hospital Rehabilitation Center, 2415 De la Vina, is slated to close as the rehab center moves to Goleta Cottage Hospital, where another pool is under construction.
This pool is a lifeline for many of us who live nearby, many of whom are not fully ambulatory but rely on motorized personal transportation devices in lieu of walking.
The heated water is a miracle worker. Just being in it provides relief for many aches and pains. We are asking for the Santa Barbara disabled community, which includes many of the undersigned, as well as for pregnant women and others, who are sent by their doctors and who find the gently heated waters therapeutic.
This pool is a lifeline for many of us who live nearby, many of whom are not fully ambulatory but rely on motorized personal transportation devices in lieu of walking.
The heated water is a miracle worker. Just being in it provides relief for many aches and pains. We are asking for the Santa Barbara disabled community, which includes many of the undersigned, as well as for pregnant women and others, who are sent by their doctors and who find the gently heated waters therapeutic.
Why is this important?
Without this therapy pool, generously underwritten by the Alice Tuohy Foundation, our quality of life is vastly diminished. The new pool under construction in Goleta will be wonderful, but it will be very difficult for many of us to make that journey. With our aging population, Santa Barbara should have no trouble utilizing two (2) therapy pools!
Their are so few heated therapy pools in California, we feel each is a treasure! Even if you are not now using the pool for therapy, you may need it in the future. We hope you can find a way to make retaining the existing, wonderful De la Vina pool possible.
Their are so few heated therapy pools in California, we feel each is a treasure! Even if you are not now using the pool for therapy, you may need it in the future. We hope you can find a way to make retaining the existing, wonderful De la Vina pool possible.