Caleb was born August 26, 2005 with Cerebral Palsy.  He has learned sign language and has some ability to speak.  Caleb can crawl, but he is not able to walk. 

An innovative program that helps children with CP walk, uses Therasuit in conjuction with intense physical therapy.  Therasuit is a device that facilitates the development of new gross and fine motor skills like sitting, standing, and walking.  Caleb has the opportunity to participate in this therapy at a development center in Decorah, Iowa at the end of August 2010.  This intense training regimen will help Caleb to gain the strength to walk!  By the end of Caleb’s kindergarten year, hopefully he will be able to play with the other kids on the playground!  The cost for this amazing program exceeds ten thousand dollars.  The Berger family would appreciate any help to make this happen for their son! 

To help meet the expenses, there is a CP Therapy Fund set up at Caleb’s church.  Donations can be sent to the Melrose Alliance Church.  PO Box 283, Melrose, WI 54642.  Please make checks payable to the Melrose Alliance Church and in the memo of the check please note CP Therapy Fund.

Z-Care, with our partner Merchants Bank along with the Minnesota Beef Council, made a $400 donation to Wafer Food Pantry.  Wafer Food Pantry had an unfortunate break in where a large amount of meat was stolen from their freezers.  Our $400 donation helped to replenish the freezers, which will help those in our community who visit Wafer Food Pantry for their meals.

Brittany Styles, Z93 afternoon personality, stopped by Sip for a Cure at Java Vino. On behalf of ZCare and Merchants Bank she made a donation to Dave and Jessica Pehl’s Susan G Komen 3 Day for a Cure team. Good luck and we’re so proud of you!

Thursday, April 15th from 6-8p at Java Vino in the Village Shopping Center La Crosse.

Enjoy wonderful wine, appetizers, and socializing. All proceeds will go to the Susan G Komen Breast Cancer 3-Day, which benefits the Susan G Komen for The Cure.

This year Dave and Jessica Pehl will join thousands to walk 60 miles in the 3 Day Breast Cancer Walk to honor lives lost, celebrate survivors, promote breast cancer research and help bring prevention to millions of men and women. Last year their team raised over $20,000!

For more information on the Susan G Komen Breast Cancer 3-Day Walk and their team efforts click here!

The McFlurry is a unique 2.3 mile run/walk, shorter than most and noncompetitive. There is a nominal registration fee of $10.00 and all proceeds go to this year’s beneficiary, Kathy DeGeatano of Onalaska. Kathy is battling multiple myeloma.

Join us this Saturday, April 17th 10:00AM at the Onalaska High School parking lot. Registration from 9:00AM-9:45AM.

Call 783-4561 for more information

What a pleasure to meet such a beautiful little fighter. Though Nevaeh has many more surgeries in her future, her prognosis is good. Keep fighting Nevaeh!

ZCare and Merchants Bank made a donation to help defray some of the Marsh family’s medical expenses. Thanks for supporting ZCare!

The Tigi Rockaholic-Bed Head ”Livin’ the Dream” Tour  is stopping in La Crosse!

What do Velvet Revolver, Rod Stewart, Def Leppard, Bryan Adams, Jimmy Buffet, Huey Lewis, Third Eye Blind and Poison have in common? They were all livin’ the dream on the Rockaholic–Bed Head tour bus before the cool folks at TIGI got their hands on it. Now they’re hitting the road in this decked-out bus for the Livin’ the Dream Tour and they’ll be making stops throughout the country including…. The Orange Pearl in La Crosse. The Orange Pearl will host this radically redesigned 3 chair salon on wheels on Wednesday, April 7th! In honor of the rock awesomeness, the Orange Pearl staff will offer $15 cuts with proceeds going to ZCare!

Hard core looks on the cheap and amazing deals on Bed Head products…plus music, prizes, wicked temporary tattoos and a chance to “live the dream!”

ORANGE PEARL SALON
APRIL 7TH, 2010 3 PM – 7PM
300 PEARL STREET, LA CROSSE
No appointments taken, first come first served.
Call 782-2868 for more info or www.orangepearlsalon.com

Get your new do and do a good thing for ZCare!

The Onalaska High School Art Department invites you to Empty Bowls Night

Thursday, March 25th from 4p-7p in the high school commons.

Empty bowls is a world wide project that provides support for food banks, soup kitchens and other organizations that help fight hunger.

Students in ceramics classes, the Art Club, and even some OHS staff members have created handmade and wheel thrown bowls that will be sold the night of the soup supper!