Day 7 - Grant Presentation - Tegan Poljanic - Stratford

Posted: 27 October 2007

The presentations of our grants to the children we meet along the way are without doubt the highlight of the ride for everyone involved. Today we met with 13 year old Tegan Poljanic who resides in the Victorian country town of Stratford, about 20 minutes drive North East of Sale. Tegan is 13 years old and suffers from an undiagnosed syndrome that is not dissimlar to Cerebral Palsy.

Tegan has difficulty communicating and has limited use of her limbs. Tegan was introduced to us through her support service group, Scope, who said a computer and educational software would make a world of difference to her intellectual and educational development. We were proud to be able to supply Tegan and her family with everything that she needed and we are sure there'll be a myspace of facebook site for Tegan up and running in no time.

Tegan joined us with her mother Sharon, grandmother Marie and brother Riley today. Riley, a little younger than Tegan spoke with incredible love and affection for his big sister and the ride group was so impressed with him and his family and were so pleased to be able to support such a worthy recipient. Ross Cochrane from Sydney conducted today's presentation and spoke of how the ride group has connected as a group and with the families we meet along the way and that that connection has helped us to apprciate the lives we have and that we are in a position to be of help to great young kids like Tegan.

We are conducting thre more presentations before the K4K finishes in Melbourne on Monday.

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