Thursday, July 17, 2008

A Message from the President:



In the course of my awareness-building and fundraising duties for Sixten’s Foundation, I recently had the pleasure of meeting with several principals from the Law Firm of Shulman, Rogers, Gandal, Pordy & Ecker, P.A. (www.shulmanrogers.com) This firm practices all types of law, whether it be providing immigration services to estate planning. Additionally, SRGP&E represents many families in need who are faced with long-term care solutions for children who have been the victim of preventable birth injuries…often resulting in the condition we know as Cerebral Palsy.

What really impressed me about this meeting was the warm reception I received with respect to Sixten’s Foundation and their clear understanding about our goals to introduce Conductive Education within the public school setting. It was obvious that their compassion extends well beyond the courtroom, and that they have genuine interest in the well being of these children and their future progress. We are thrilled that they recognize the benefits that Conductive Education can provide to our special children with Cerebral Palsy.

We are very grateful to Shulman, Rogers, Gandal, Pordy & Ecker, P.A, for their very generous financial pledge and assistance in helping us strive to reach our goal to introduce Conductive Education within America’s public schools!

As I encounter other companies that have demonstrated a desire to help our Foundation that may be of interest to you, I will include information about them here. The more we all know about the options available to us in improving the health and safety of our families, the better.

Thank you.

Robert Kurz, President
Sixten’s Foundation

Monday, May 26, 2008

International Society of Bassist Members Show Support!

Imagine how surprised and grateful we feel when we see such a generous outpouring of support from my fellow members (and friends) from within the International Society of Bassists (ISB)!

ISB members from around the world (literally!) have sent us words of support, donations and perhaps most surprisingly, input and knowledge they have of Conductive Education and what it can do to help children with cerebral palsy and other neuro-muscular disorders.

A Special Thank You must go to ISB Executive Director Madeleine Crouch for helping us to spread the word to our valued group of colleagues about our important project.

We continue to work on our important fundraising goal to launch this important pilot program to bring Conductive Education into public schools, but you are making it feel more realistic and achievable. We will be providing updates here regularly on this website. Thank you for your very generous and tremendous support!

Robert Kurz

Anna Helm Kurz

Sixten Helm Kurz


P.S. We designed www.SixtensFoundation.org as a blog so that we can hear from you, too! Please feel free to share your thoughts by clicking on the "Comments" section below any post here. It's great to hear from you!

Saturday, December 22, 2007

Welcome to Sixten's Foundation!

Welcome to the Sixten's Foundation blog. Please take a moment to read our mission statement (above) and a little bit about our family (on the right).

About Conductive Education (CE)

Conductive Education (CE) teaches children with cerebral palsy and other neuro-muscular disorders how to learn, function and adapt better life around them.

How You Can Help!

Sixten's Foundation needs your help to bring Conductive Education (CE) into public school systems. This educational curriculum is too effective and important not to be made an option for the tens of thousands of children with cerebral palsy and neuro-muscular disorders who may benefit from it. We are currently very close on launching a pivotal pilot program that will serve as the catalyst for similar programs nationwide. But we can't do it alone.

Through this non-profit organization, we need to secure the instructors, equipment and other support necessary to make Conductive Education successful in public schools. Please help with whatever you can. Your contribution is tax deductible. Simply click on the secure PayPal button above to donate by major credit card, check or through your PayPal account (you do not have to have a PayPal account to use this option). Or, mail you contribution to:

Sixten's Foundation
c/o Robert Kurz and Anna Helm Kurz
PO Box 420
Glenn Dale, MD 20769

If you have any questions, please e-mail us at sixtensfoundation@gmail.com or call us directly at 240.601.2328

Thank you!