Live In Hope Foundation Website Launched

Hey all The Live In Hope Foundation has just launched their new Website go and check it out
www.liveinhope.co.za
Make sure you spread the news to others and we will be launching our Support Group in January 2011

Live In Hope: Run, Walk & Cycle Event

To Whom it May Concern,

My Husband, Rory and I are organising a sporting event in memory of our son, Nathan Ross Windell.  Nathan was born and passed away on the 4th of March 2008 due to medical negligence.

The Event will be held in January 2012.  Rory will Run, Walk & Cycle from Cape Town through to East London, over a period of two weeks.  The purpose of the Event is to raise awareness and support for parents, siblings and family members who have lost a loved one.

One of our ideas is to create "Baskets of Hope" – these will be baskets filled with blessings & encouragement for grieving hearts. Support and encouragement are vital for the healing process to begin.  We also plan to run Grief Support Groups called “Empty Arms” where we will assist bereaved parents in dealing with their grief. 

We would be honoured if your company would be willing to assist us in any way; ie. :

·         Contribute financially / financial sponsorship per km travelled

·         Participate in a leg of the event by running, walking or cycling to raise sponsorship

·         Donation of products/samples for our Baskets of Hope

·         Donation of gear (running shoes, a road bike, air-time, petrol, travelling vehicle)

·         Referral of potential sponsors / organizations that would be able to assist

We are currently in the process of registering a Section 21 Company called “Live In Hope”.

We look forward to your valuable involvement and support.

Kind regards,

Debbi Windell

"Just when the Caterpillar thought it was the end of the world, it became a Butterfly"

Tel. Office : (021) 592-6142 (8am-1pm)

Tel. Home : (021) 552-6190

Fax. No. : 086 273 2880  

Cell No. : 072 322 1618

E-mail : dleewin@gmail.com

A4 De Grendelhof, De Grendel Road

Milnerton, Cape Town, Western Cape

SOUTH AFRICA, 7441

   

Saturday the 18th September Joshua's Soccer & Jesse's Treasure

Joshua Playing against Milnerton Primary School at Seamounts Darby Day. Played really well but lost 1 - 0 to Milnerton Primary. Josh was so close to scoring the goal of the season!

Josh Keeping a close eye on the Ball!

"Give me the ball, Guys!"

Almost scored today, I did, Sooooo Close!

If you can guess how many sweets are in his mouth, Jesse will be delighted to share them with you.

Run Walk Cycle Event 2012

Hi All I am planning an event to raise funds and awareness in terms of Debbi and I losing Nathan Ross Windell our 3^rd Child. We are creating this event and would like to get an idea from you as to possible ideas for sponsorship, or if you would like to be involved in this event to please contact us with your thoughts of where and how you would like to be involved.

This here is the proposed Event: Run, Walk, Cycle from Cape Town to East London

 

Please email me rorywindell@mweb.co.za for your thoughts and idea's

 

Run, Walk, Cycle event schedule planner 2012
Event: Run, Walk, Cycle			Organizer: Rory Windell
Need to look at sponsors for this event Need to have people in place to co-ordinate different aspects and stages of this event.
Daily Route & Kilometers	starting	ending	project phase	starting	ending
Day1 De Grendel Rd to Caledon, (109km)	1.2.2012	1.2.2012	Day 8 Knysna to Stormsriver (93km)	1.9.2012	1.9.2012
Day2 Caledon to Swellendam (107km)	1.3.2012	1.3.2012	Day 9 Storms River to Jeffreys Bay (105km)	1.10.2012	1.10.2012
Day 3 Swellendam to Riversdale (85km)	1.4.2012	1.4.2012	Day 10 Jeffrey's Bay to Port Elizabeth (78km)	1.11.2012	1.11.2012
Day 4 Riversdale to Carmel (139km)	1.5.2012	1.5.2012	Day 11 Port Elizabeth to Grahamstown (132km)	1.12.2012	1.12.2012
Day 5 Carmel to Knysna (56km)	1.6.2012	1.6.2012	Day 12 Grahamstown to Port Alfred (58km)	1.13.2012	1.13.2012
Day 6 Rest in Knysna	1.7.2012	1.7.2012	Day 13 Port Alfred to East London (137km)	1.14.2012	1.14.2012
Day 7 rest in Knysna	1.8.2012	1.8.2012	Day 14	1.15.2012	1.15.2012

Windells Goto the Rhodes Memorial

We really should have gone to this outing much sooner, it has one of the best views I have seen in a long time, (except from the top of Table Mountain). We all were blown away by the views from up here!

Woweee!  as far as the eyes can see!

A Family with a View!

The Boys Strike a Pose!

All together now aaaah!

Who's the Man!

Captivating!

Iziko Museum

Well yes the Windell's have become cultured, as we entered the Iziko Museum, and felt a little like walking through the scene of " Night at the Museum." Really was blown over by all the different exhibitions on display!

Click here to see this awesome place for yourself :

http://www.iziko.org.za/sam/

Here you can see who is enjoying (Josh) the size of the Shark and who is not (Jesse)

The whole family really enjoyed our time at the museum, and was nice to be able to see all the different aspects and the variety of exibitions available. We also spent some time at the Company Gardens feeding the squirrels which is in the same area as the Museum. All in all it was a fun filled day for us all, especially Jesse with seeing all these huge animals and weird paintings on walls, and video clips, and these figures that Jesse spent sometime talking to who did not even acknowledge his presence and he wondered why?

Jesse absolutly loved the dinosour section and could not get over how many there were and had to tell everyone in the museum about how he likes them. At one stage he wanted to climb over the exibite's wall to pick up a furry mouse display becase the dinosour was about to eat it, and he didnt want that to happen! 

AFRICAN DINOSAURS
NEW permanent exhibition

The first phase of this exciting exhibition opened two years ago and included a huge skeleton of a herbivorous dinosaur called Jobaria, as well as the massive skull of the carnivorous dinosaur Carcharodontosaurus. The entire exhibition is about to open and now includes the skeleton of a weird-looking large carnivorous dinosaur called Suchomimus, as well as beautifully crafted dioramas of dinosaur scenes. The exhibition provides the complete story of dinosaurs, with supporting fossils on display. The emphasis is on dinosaurs that lived on the land that now makes up the African continent, from some of the oldest known dinosaurs discovered from fossils in South Africa, to some of the largest dinosaurs, known from fossils uncovered in Niger and Morocco.

We really are living in an amazing place and love getting out & about the city of Cape Town to see and experiance all that God has given to us

Me Just Chillin!

Happy Being as a Family!

My Mom Janice and My Dad Ray Windell

Me when I was 4 or so with my Mom & Dad in Durban!

Well did we have an awesome time this past Sunday (30th May 2010) Took a train ride with our great friends Rowan & Kristy, from Rondebosch through to Kalk Bay. Jesse our 3 year Old was in his element and so excited to be in a train and seeing all the sites. Josh our 10 year old was also beside himself and just wanted to hang on the above bars.
It must have taken us 20 minutes to get to Kalk bay and the view coming into Kalk Bay was amazing, beautiful day, sunshining, it was amazing!

We then walked around the little alley ways and to little quaint shops and then made our way down to the Kalk Bay Harbour and had Fish & Chips, WOW was the portions huge!!

We then took a walk along the harbour where all the interesting people sell there fresh fish and even saw 4 seals in the harbour area.

Then walked back to the station and onto the train and had a relaxed ride back to Rondebosch. Then went to Rowan & Kristy's place and had some of Rowan's famous Cuppaccino, home made brew, I thought I was at The Mugg's it was that good.

All in all a good day for the Windell's