Supporting Sparrow Club

We are proud to once again support the local Sparrow Club, which helps children in medical crisis through the volunteer work of other children. Rogue Disposal & Recycling is sponsoring Cadence O’Shea at St. Mary’s School. As a sponsor, we underwrite the adoption costs of one particular child in medical need (Sparrow) to a group of heroic students (Sparrow Club). Students earn the seed money for the student and their family by performing a minimum of 256 hours of community service, which pays them $10 for every hour completed.

Cadence is a two-year-old with cerebral palsy. She has very little control of her body as her brain cannot properly send signals to the rest of her body. Her brain isn’t growing at the proper rate and she is fed via G-tube.Her physical development is delayed; she doesn’t crawl, sit up and can’t support her own weight. Her eyes, which are the only part of her body that she has full control of, both have astigmatism. In addition, Cadence travels to Portland five to six times a year to meet with doctors and specialists.

Money raised for Cadence by St. Mary’s students, both in the high school and middle school, through community service and fundraising, will help cover medical travel expenses and basic living expenses. Money may also help with the cost of a computer with special communication software and switches, all of which can be used to help Cadence learn to communicate.

Sparrow Clubs support children who have either life threatening illnesses or chronic disabilities and whose families face financial hardship because of it. Individual schools and youth groups are paired with a qualified local child, often a classmate, who is facing a medical crisis.

For more information on Sparrow Clubs, please visit www.sparrowclubs.org, or contact Matt Sampson, Southern Oregon Regional Director of Sparrow Clubs at (541) 621-1126.