The Pirates Club celebrate Nathan Bewsher
Now in its third year, the Nathan Run has managed to raise in excess of R150 000 for the Organ Donor Foundation (ODF).
The Pirates Club celebrated Nathan Bewsher’s life and legacy through the third annual walk and run in aid of the Organ Donor Foundation on May 7.
In a freak accident in 2020, Nathan tragically lost his life and saved four lives by donating his organs. Now in its third year, the Nathan Run/walk has managed to raise more than R200 000 for the foundation and takes place on an easy 5km heart-shaped route around the leafy suburbs.
This heart route was originally inspired as a message of encouragement and care for Nathan from the Pirates Running Club community while he was on life support for five days following his accident. As such, it remains today as a symbolic expression of everyone’s love and appreciation for him, his life and his sacrifice. Nathans’s father Warren is a long-time member of the club and everyone knew Nathan well.
A new style of Nathans’s annual walk/run T-shirt was available for purchase upon entry. It once again displayed his iconic dragonfly. Cathy Bewsher (his mom) said Nathan’s family chose the spirit of the dragonfly ‘as it is one of determination, robustness, and easy adaptation, with a very short lifespan of only 210 days, spending most of its life as a nymph’.
“Just like Nathan it only gets to fly for a small fraction of its life before its life ends. As if this short life is not enough, it changes and adapts 17 times in this fleeting time with every new phase of life after a moult, symbolising change and growth.”
Cathy added that one of the meanings of Nathan’s name was ‘he gave’ which has been proved sadly prophetic through his organ donation, sending everyone a message of kindness and hope to hold on to even after death.
“But may he also be a reminder of ‘giving to life’, not just through this sacrifice but by the blessings he brought to every one of our lives every day that he lived. So many wonderful moments and memories of love, friendship, kindness, humour, and happiness.”
The public is encouraged to like Nathans’s Facebook awareness page for more information or visit odf.org.za or call 0800 22 66 11.
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