Young autistic woman sees dream of becoming a karate world champion come true thanks to help from Herdman Chemists

Karate world champion Katelyn Hibbert talks about her achievement and the support of her sponsor, Herdman Chemists.

Transcript

00:00 Well, Caitlin, can you just tell me about the competition you was taking part in and how you did place?

00:04 So, I went to Malta in the World Championships and I got a gold in my adapted kata,

00:11 which is where autistic people and disability people do the katas and obviously whoever wins, wins.

00:19 I got gold there and I did kumite, which is my fighting, and I came second in that one.

00:27 And how did Herdman Chemists support you when you crossed that?

00:31 Well, the help with flights, accommodations, the equipment.

00:36 So, if they didn't help us, I wouldn't have achieved what I have today.

00:43 And why were the chemists so keen to get involved in supporting Caitlin?

00:47 So, for us, since we basically took over, our main initiative has been to do at least one project a year,

00:54 a way to give back to the community. So, the whole reason we wanted to support Caitlin is we've seen the posts come on Facebook.

01:00 Obviously, I've known Caitlin's family for about, since I've been here, since 2020.

01:05 They've been regular customers in the pharmacy. So, we took over in 2023, so obviously when I seen that post,

01:10 I just thought, you know what, what better way to give back to the community than someone internally,

01:14 that obviously we already take care of the meds, etc.