Nine-year-old Cassandra, who suffers from cerebral palsy, is calling on the community to dig deep to help raise $5000 for a walking frame to help her walk for the first time. 30712 Picture: Meagan Rogers
By Kelly Yates
SEEING her daughter walk for the first time is what a Berwick mother has been waiting for for nine long years.
But Kate Grenda’s wish may not come true unless she raises $5000 to purchase a new state-of-the-art walking frame for Cassandra who suffers from cerebral palsy.
Ms Grenda told the News that family and friends have been rallying around the family to raise the much-needed money, after only recently forking out to buy an electric wheel chair for the nine-year-old.
She said the walking frame would enable Cassandra to walk and run, something she has never been able to do.
“She could use the frame at home and school as it supports her physically and gives her total independence without being carried or put in a wheel chair,” Ms Grenda said.
Ms Grenda said she felt proud knowing that her daughter would soon be able to walk.
“She’s learnt how to walk during her physiotherapy sessions at the Nepean School in Frankston which is a speciality school,” she said.
Despite being disabled, Ms Grenda says Cassandra never takes the smile off her face.
“She does Scouts and being able to walk would be right up her ally,” she said.
Cassandra spends four days at the Nepean School and one day at Berwick Primary School.
Ms Grenda is calling on the community to give what they can saying, “every little bit helps.”
Berwick Primary School will be holding a free dress day at the school in an effort to raise money towards the walking frame.
For donations please call Kate Grenda on 0430 120 400.
