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When the grandmother of Year 7 student, Alisa Iosua ended up in hospital with a stroke, Alisa wanted to help. For a week her grandmother had no improvement in the movement in her hands or arms so Alisa decided to give her a squeeze ball. Within two days she was beginning to squeeze the ball and had begun to regain some movement back in her hand.
When Alisa talked with the nurses about this, they said they wish they could have more balls as many patients with muscular issues would benefit greatly from this simple aid. With a clear goal in mind, Alisa approached the Girls’ School Student Council, and Head of the Council, Year 8 Danielle Levy sent out an email to the whole school to help collect ‘squishee balls’ for hospital patients.
In the space of two weeks the girls collected over 200 balls for Alisa and her family to deliver to the hospital.
Well done girls on this initiative and we hope Alisa’s Grandmother gets well soon.