Just imagine that you are eight years old again. Only this time around you are disabled. You struggle with getting your wheelchair across the boardwalk, up a sandy path or over the rocks and wet seaweed to the shore. You cannot enjoy simple summer fun, like a day at the beach with your family, like other children.
Do you know why the Auxiliary of the IWK Health Centre is so special? One reason is because they have been able to help disabled children discover that life CAN be a beach. How you ask? They’ve done it by allocating $50,000 this year to the IWK Pediatric Provincial Rehabilitation Program. This program purchases adapted recreation equipment that children with disabilities and their families can borrow. With summer activities just around the corner, some children will definitely be able to participate this year.
This initiative alone will improve the quality of life for some children. Others have been aided by the purchase of a DynaVox device for enhanced communication and backpacks adapted for infants that need ambulatory feeding pumps.
For more about the Auxiliary and the other programs and projects that are supported, please go to:
http://www.iwk.nshealth.ca and click on Auxiliary of the IWK.
The IWK Kermesse Fun Fair on May 23 is the main fundraising activity of the Auxiliary. Show your support by attending this event and having some summer fun of your own.
Our class is now shifting to focusing on work for a new event with Amnesty International. I’ve been researching venues and have settled on the Halifax North Branch Library. We had to make a quick decision as the event is looming and the long weekend has cut into our timeframe.
Janet
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This summer is the best time to join educational programs that will teach in keeping Kids Safe without Fear.
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