{"id":99626,"date":"2015-09-13T07:25:00","date_gmt":"2015-09-13T05:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/99626\/parents-determined-to-raise-money-for-sons-cochlear-implant\/"},"modified":"2015-09-11T14:25:39","modified_gmt":"2015-09-11T12:25:39","slug":"parents-determined-to-raise-money-for-sons-cochlear-implant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2015\/09\/13\/parents-determined-to-raise-money-for-sons-cochlear-implant\/","title":{"rendered":"Parents determined to raise money for son\u2019s cochlear implant"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nicoleen and Dwyne van der Merwe continue their efforts to raise the more than R500 000 they need for their son, Jordan\u2019s cochlear implant.<\/p>\n<p>The couple recently spoke to a GCN journalist at their Tedstoneville home, on their <a href=\"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/97483\/help-jordan-hear\/\" target=\"_blank\">son\u2019s first birthday<\/a>, August 15, and explained how important it is to get the operation done.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>To raise the funds the family will be hosting a series of competitions and fund-raisers, these include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A fishing competition, which will be held on October 3 and 4 at the private section of Boschkop Oord, at the Vaal Dam.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A nominal amount will be charged for each entry; with the closing date for entries for the competition being September 30.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>For more details contact Dwyne on 079 862 3210.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A golf day, which will be held at the Germiston Golf Club on November 10.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Entries for the event close on October 10, for more information call Nicoleen on 072 176 8759 or 011 436-0354 or Tanya Smit on 060 975 4514 or email tanya.smit@investecmail.com.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a0A training show, held at Ostler\u2019s Inn Stables and Equestrian Centre, 200 Hazel Road, Benoni Agricultural Holdings on October 11.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Entries for the event close on October 4.<\/p>\n<p>The show will start at 10am with rosettes and various prizes up for grabs.<\/p>\n<p>For more information, call the show\u2019s organisers on 079 324 7204 or 076 089 4429 or 076 335 1198.<\/p>\n<p>For more information on these and other projects, visit Jordan\u2019s Facebook page: Help Jordan Hear (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/helpjordanhear1\" target=\"_blank\">www.facebook.com\/helpjordanhear1<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>To get involved, or for more information, call Nicoleen on 072 176 8759 or 011 436-0354.<\/p>\n<div class=\"stream-item stream-item-below-post-content\">\n<div class='tenancy_slot tenancy_slot_1 jannah_ad' style='display: none;' data-query-id='fa6a0925d911185338b0acc93c66dc92'><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Get involved and help Jordan hear.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1848,"featured_media":99627,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"hasGravity":false,"cxt_article_byline":"","cxt_disable_google_ads":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,2],"tags":[984,8297,1257,1051,1012,1003,1106,979,969,2730],"class_list":["post-99626","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news","category-news-headlines","tag-charity","tag-community-2","tag-donate","tag-donations","tag-east-rand","tag-ekurhuleni","tag-gcn","tag-germiston","tag-germiston-city-news","tag-leigh-hodgson"],"amp_enabled":true,"category_labels":{"Category":"News","SubCategory":"Local news"},"tag_labels":["charity","community","donate","donations","East Rand","Ekurhuleni","GCN","germiston","germiston city news","Leigh Hodgson"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99626","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1848"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=99626"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99626\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/99627"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=99626"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=99626"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=99626"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}