Harness Heroes Fundraising February

Harness Heroes is a nationwide charity for babies and children with Hip Dysplasia.

This year we have been operating for 7 years and have helped over 1000 families with their Hip Dysplasia journey.

We provide support, information books, play books, resources, clothing and car seats to help families during this time.

This year our goals are to create our website (previous years funds), set up support packs to help families when first diagnosed or following surgery and to visit the bigger hospitals in NZ to make sure they know we exist and find new ways to help.

We have no funding - so everything we do is with the support of fundraising. This is our annual month to fundraise.

Some testimonies

Nadine Pritchard

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Hiya, my 10 week old daughter was put in a pevlik harness on Tuesday this week. The hospital gave me a flyer with this group on it. I'm so glad this group exists, I've found some helpful tips just from reading other posts. My eldest daughter also had a harness 8 years ago and I didn't find any support from others with the same thing, so I'm grateful to have a group of people that have been through similar experiences

Laci Evans

Harness Heroes has been an amazing support when i felt we had none ! Our hip journey started when bub was just shy of 3 months and what i thought was a consultation turned into my girl coming out in a pavlik harness. We had little to no information on the transition but luckily HH saved the day and i was able to ask the questions i had coming out of the appt, and got the clear answers i was looking for. The page also helped me with the transition of bubs coming out of the harness and what to avoid any more damage to my girls hips! Our journeys not over yet and its reassuring to know i can jump onto HH for anything hip related and im able to get answers and support!

Kathy McPherson

My little Isabelle was put into a harness at 4 weeks old, after that failing and the closed reduction failing at 4 months we are due to have surgery and the spica cast in March.

The harness hero community has been amazing in helping me understand the next steps, seeing success stories and the generosity of receiving clothes and a spica table.

This group has made a scary and overwhelming experience a little less daunting.

Ashlee Roberts

HH has been an absolute lifesaver for us we thought we were the only family in southland going through this journey but we have met so many amazing people through this group already and I have also recommended to other families starting their pavlik journey. Our pavlik journey was short with our 8 week old daughter in it for only 12 hours after suffering Femoral nerve palsy in her left leg and now at 6 months old we are on our Spica Journey. We are so very greatful for the Harness Heroes group. Thanks for all the help and support so far ☺️

Olivia Woodward

My daughter was in a harness in 2016 then had VDRO last January and is having it again in feb as well as pelvic osteotomy. This group has helped with so many questions and helping us not feel so alone

Scarlett had a tricky birth that resulted in a broken femur. She was put in a harness until the bode had grown again. We were left with so many questions as it is very uncommon for a broken femur to occur during birth.

24 hours after being home we had a “poop explosion” and no spare harness from the hospital. Harness hero’s made us feel like we weren’t alone and no question was a silly question.

Always there for support and aroha any day or night

Chris Williams

Paige wasn’t diagnosed until 2 years old. She had open surgery and a two spica casts then the rhino brace. She was finished when she was 2.9 years old and started walking just before her third birthday.

This group saved our lives in so many ways. We were given a spica table, cast cooler and lots of useful information. The Facebook group users have tonnes of advice and are there when you just need reassurance.

Kelly LeFevere Werts

My 4 month old Avery has a pavlik harness. We’re all the way in the US in North Carolina ❤️ I didn’t know anyone whose kiddo had dysplasia and this was by far the best group I found online - welcoming, supportive, and positive. It helped tremendously just to read how everyone else was dressing, feeding, playing, sleeping etc with harnesses. Seeing photos of kiddos after their hip journey was so fun and put a great spin on this experience. Just want to say thanks!

Pip Smith

Nikita was 22 months when she was diagnosed, and had open reduction surgery 10 days later! Such a whirlwind time wondering how we were going to survive our toddler suddenly unable to walk around! And to make it that much harder, her surgery was about 5 days into L4 lockdown so we had no outside help with her or our 3 other kids! This page was a life saver, everyone answering questions and sharing advice, and even just see how others coped helped us immensely with getting thru the 12 weeks of cast and then the same for the rhino brace 😊

Siane Ormsby

Harness Heroes NZ made out hip displacia journey so much more easier.I had so much support from Jaydie and members on the page. Im more than happy to donate and ask friends to donate to such an important cause.