Yesterday, the Kiama Independent shared our story!
They interviewed us at home, and posted an on-line article for us.
(By PHIL McCARROLL Aug. 8, 2014, 5:06 p.m.)
Here's a taste of what was written:
‘‘As (Dexter) gets older we want him to be able to be a bit more independent and be able to get around the house,’’ Mrs Heffernan said.
‘‘It’s an older house so there does need to be a bit of work done.
The bathroom and kitchen need to be fully renovated, we need different light switches that are bigger that Dexter can use. A lot of the doors need to be widened and replaced with cavity doors and ultimately we’d like to raise up the lower part of the house, so that there’s no steps so he can access it.’’
Seeing the scope of work that needed to be done, Mrs Heffernan’s sister, Carol Laverty, decided she would try and help.
Ms Laverty launched the Doing it for Dexter Facebook in the hope of finding local tradesmen and businesses who might be willing to help out and was quickly inundated with offers of assistance.
‘‘We’d tried a few ways in the past to try and get some help but it hadn’t worked and Andrew and Lenice have spent a lot of money getting equipment and things for Dexter that they needed some help,’’ she said.
‘‘IT’S JUST AMAZING, WHEN SOMEBODY NEEDS SOME HELP THE COMMUNITY JUST STEPS UP.’’- LENICE HEFFERNAN
(Read more)
The Kiama Independent have always supported us.
The community we live in, is just beautiful.
Read the article here.
Head over, read the article and give it a like or a tweet.
They interviewed us at home, and posted an on-line article for us.
(By PHIL McCARROLL Aug. 8, 2014, 5:06 p.m.)
Here's a taste of what was written:
‘‘As (Dexter) gets older we want him to be able to be a bit more independent and be able to get around the house,’’ Mrs Heffernan said.
‘‘It’s an older house so there does need to be a bit of work done.
The bathroom and kitchen need to be fully renovated, we need different light switches that are bigger that Dexter can use. A lot of the doors need to be widened and replaced with cavity doors and ultimately we’d like to raise up the lower part of the house, so that there’s no steps so he can access it.’’
Seeing the scope of work that needed to be done, Mrs Heffernan’s sister, Carol Laverty, decided she would try and help.
Ms Laverty launched the Doing it for Dexter Facebook in the hope of finding local tradesmen and businesses who might be willing to help out and was quickly inundated with offers of assistance.
‘‘We’d tried a few ways in the past to try and get some help but it hadn’t worked and Andrew and Lenice have spent a lot of money getting equipment and things for Dexter that they needed some help,’’ she said.
‘‘IT’S JUST AMAZING, WHEN SOMEBODY NEEDS SOME HELP THE COMMUNITY JUST STEPS UP.’’- LENICE HEFFERNAN
(Read more)
The Kiama Independent have always supported us.
The community we live in, is just beautiful.
Read the article here.
Head over, read the article and give it a like or a tweet.
Read the post that started it all
Dexter's Conductive Education Therapy in Adelaide - Week Two
Some firsts for Dexter - in a GoTo Seat
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Dexter's Conductive Education Therapy in Adelaide - Week Two
Some firsts for Dexter - in a GoTo Seat
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