Our Conductive
Education centre was well represented at The Second Charity Walk in Nürnberg
last weekend.
Last
year our integrated conductive Kindergarten
benefited when they received a donation of some of the money raised at the first charity walk which was spent on play equipment for their garden. Last year conductors were unable to attend the walk itself, but our Association had been well represented by
walkers and runners from other departments..
This
year knowing that the Association, and quite possibling one of the conductive groups, was to benefit once again from the money raised at the walk we made a huge effort to take part with
some of our clients. Most of the children had prior arrangements for the
weekend but we had a great response from the adults who attend our conductive
evening groups.
We assisted five wheelchair users to make their travel arrangements
to get to the meeting place and with three conductors and several other members
of our association who were to be running, walking or pushing wheelchair users, we were really well represented and ready for the start.
It was rather cold on race day but the rain stayed away long enough and the sun even appeared as we ran or walked. Lunch was served in the dry beneath one of the bridges that span Nürnberg's River Pegnitz and its meadowland.
The
organisers of the walk were so incredibly kind to us and our clients. They spontaneously
set up a new category so that wheelchair users could be included in the medal ceremony at the
end.
We stayed
for lunch and met some very interesting people; fellow walkers and runners who
we hope will visit us in our conductive groups in the future to see what use we
make of their very welcome donations.
PS
Although
it looks like it in the photo that heads this page I did not jog. I was the
partner of one of the wheelchair users and although I did try to quicken the
pace along the route we moved along at walking pace most of the way.
