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HELPING CANAAN – Can of Worms will be performing at the Guild Theatre this weekend. Ticket sales will be shared with Canaan Care Centre. PHOTO: SUPPLIED

Can of Worms SA to perform for Canaan

Over the past 28 weeks, we’ve brought you news about the Fit for Logan (FFL) Challenge and how it relates to Logan Bartle, Cerebral Palsy and Canaan Care Centre. This week we bring you something unconnected to the FFL Challenge and yet…

‘Serving from the heart’ Gary’s motto

Caring orthotist and prosthetist helps improve little Logan Bartle’s quality of mobility and his life We recently shared a bit about Paul Fick, the paramedic who tends to be the first responder on duty when Logan Bartle needs assistance…

FACE BEHIND THE NAME: Little Logan Bartle’s smile lights up the world and encourages us to persevere to achieve our goals to assist him Picture: SUPPLIED

Help Logan and the Canaan Centre

Weight-loss fundraiser comes to end in October Wednesday October 6, 2021 will see the culmination of a whole lot of hard effort and an immense amount of weight lost since the campaign was launched in March this year. We have faced a…

The official Fit for Logan logo

There is hope after the diagnosis

Help is at hand for families from healthcare providers on how best to take care of a child, and cope Though some children are diagnosed from a young age with the condition, there remain a vast number of parents who wonder for years what…

SAVING LIVES: Priority-Care Ambulance Service director and operations manager Paul Fick Picture: SUPPLIED.

Salute to dedicated EMS Workers

Most times Logan has seizures, real-life superhero Paul Fick is on hand to help as a first responder “Bee-baa! Bee-baa! Here comes an ambulance to fetch Wendy!” I can still hear my brother reciting this whenever we heard an ambulance when…

DOING THEIR PART: SE Bookkeeping Services donated these handmade quilts for the GO! & Express room at Canaan Care Centre                                  Picture: WENDY KRETSCHMANN

There is strength in numbers to bring hope

Support Fit for Logan Challenge and Canaan Care Centre Five months ago a handful of people decided to reach out and help a little fellow by the name of Logan Bartle. Much has happened over that time to all of us. Yes, we have lost some…

Come together to support our para-Olympians

Strong team sent to 2020 Tokyo Paralympics Tuesday, August 24th will see the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics open to much fanfare and celebration. The team of 34 athletes, as announced this previous Saturday by the South African Sports…

Be prepared for, not scared of dealing with epileptic seizures

One can feel helpless, as has Logan Bartle’s mom, but it’s best to stay calm and follow these tips: Sometimes referred to as fits or convulsions, the term ‘seizures’ is the more accurate term when referring to these neurological events…

IT’S PLAIN TO SEE: The wall before it was tackled by the GO! & Express team. From left are Sindi Mbambo, Matthew Field, Wendy Kretschmann, Siphosihle Dyonase and Cheryl Larsen. Photo: LEIGH TEBBUTT

Many hands make light work

GO! & Express team, and supporters, bring smiles to girls’ faces, writes Wendy Kretschmann As per the adage ‘a picture paints a thousand words,’ the photos shown here tell the tale about the GO! & Express team making a difference in the…

LOVING LOGAN: The local Fit for Logan Challenge is aimed at raising funds towards three-year old Logan Bartle’s medical expenses and to create awareness about cerebral palsy Picture : SUPPLIED

We can all play our part to help

Sponsor challenge participants to lose weight and contribute towards Logan’s medical expenses Four months have gone by since the Fit For Logan Challenge was launched and we now have just a further three months in which to reach our weight…

TICKLED PINK: Duram Smart Paints and Burmeisters are just two of the sponsors who are partnering with the GO! & Express for their Mandela Day initiative at Canaan Care Centre Picture: WENDY KRETSCHMANN WENDY KRETSCHMANN

Thanks for help in tough times

Centre needs beanbag chairs for children What would we do without support and contributions particularly in these very difficult times when everyone, individuals and business alike, have been affected by Covid-19? So, the fact that people…

MIND OVER MATTER: Wendy Kretschmann shares her inspirational journey so far with the Fit for Logan Challenge

Changing habits and mindsets is not impossible

The Fit for Logan Challenge article published on April 15 was titled “A season of change”. My weight loss journey has proven that headline to be very appropriate, as I have changed many of the bad habits I had amassed over time (pun…

SA CHAMPIONS: Paralympians, from left, Ernst van Dyk, Jonathan Ntutu, Union Sekailwe, Charl Bouwer and Natalie du Toit celebrate during SA’s 2012 Paralympics held in London. Picture: VELI NHLAPO

Celebrating athletes with cerebral palsy

Athletes conquer condition to succeed The Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games is set to open on Tuesday August 24 and will end on Sunday September 5, 2021 which was postponed from 2020 due to Covid. The first Paralympic Games were hosted in Rome,…

AQUA THERAPY: Swimming is an essential form of therapy at Canaan Care Centre. Picture: LEIGH TEBBUTT

Enabling activities boost your motor functionality

Cerebral palsy sufferers benefit from therapeutic stimulation and exercise Though cerebral palsy does hold restrictions, there are still sufferers who have sufficient functionality that enables them to participate in activities that…

ROOM TO IMPROVE: The GO! & Express team will be decorating a room at Canaan Care Centre. Picture: LEIGH TEBBUTT

Adopt a room at Canaan Care Centre

Come on board with GO! & Express as part of your 67 minutes Nelson Mandela International Day or Mandela Day as it has come to be called provides a unique opportunity for the global community to offer humanitarian aid to honour the life…