Spreading cheer to hospitalized kids is Tamar Adler’s bag

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Nonprofit co-founder helping others find their purpose

He is a native Portlander who co-founded a nonprofit that helps those with disabilities achieve their goals. Scott Hatley has appeared on KATU over the years. Scott has had Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy his entire life, but that has not stopped him from setting goals and accomplishing them, one by one. His life goal is to…

Man overcomes violent drug-filled past to help others like him on TikTok

Overcoming a past fuelled by drug addiction, crime, violence and prison sentences isn’t easy. But a Swindon man is using TikTok to try to help others like him beat their demons. Paul Simmons, 44, Walcot, appears to be a regular, happy, family man, living with his partner Zasha and two children Frankie, 8  and Lindon, 6, but…

Help needed for cerebral palsy sufferer’s walking dream

A teenager’s dream to one day be able to play sport has inspired a family to help make it happen. When retired Gulf Harbour resident Faye Brea read Kate Harpur’s story in a December issue of The Rodney Times, she was moved by the 19-year-old’s dream.Living with cerebral palsy spasticity, the Orewa student is on a fundraising…