Let's get Linda upright again !
A Fundraiser to support Linda and her Family to purchase a life-improving, if not a life-saving Standing Frame.
Mairangi Bay, Auckland
Linda is profoundly disabled and unable to talk and has been since birth. She is now in her mid-40's and last year suffered the loss of her much-needed Standing Frame when it was wrecked in the Cyclone Gabrielle Floods. This has had a serious effect on her physical health and mental state and reports from her physiotherapist state that this will decline further if she does not get upright soon.
Linda lives in a home with 24-hour caregivers funded by MSD, but the state will not fund a replacement frame. The frame required is a Jenx Supine Stander - https://medifab.com/au/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Jenx-Supine-Stander-Flyer-202204.pdf . As this frame costs in the region of $16,000 we have decided to fundraise to get Linda back Upright! We are working together with Rotary and the North Shore Housing Trust but need some additional assistance from the wonderful people of New Zealand.
Milford Rotary Charitable Trust's involvement (page creator)
I am a fellow trustee and friend of the beneficiary's father and a long standing Rotarian and am assisting the family to raise the funds. Funds will be released to Linda's father James.
Use of funds
To go towards the purchase of a Jenx Supine Stander - https://medifab.com/au/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Jenx-Supine-Stander-Flyer-202204.pdf
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Latest update
Well on our way but not quite there yet! 27 September 2024
Hi Everyone
Thank you again for the wonderful donations and wishes of support and good health for Linda. The Ford Family really appreciates all that you wonderful people have done so far. We have just passed our halfway mark and look forward to soon being able to purchase Linda's Standing Frame.
Once again - please forward this update and share our page with your friends and associates and let's get Linda Upright Again - soon!
Latest donations
Hi Muray, Thank you so much for your gift to Linda. Your generosity is greatly appreciated. We are making great progress with this thanks to the kindness of so many people like yourself and it won't be long before we have Linda upright in her new frame with a smile on her face.
Thank you so much. Your generosity is greatly appreciated. We are making great progress with this thanks to the kindness of so many people like yourself and it won't be long before we have Linda upright in her new frame with a smile on her face.
Thank you so much Roshan, Your generosity is greatly appreciated. We are making great progress with this thanks to the kindness of so many people like yourself and it won't be long before we have Linda upright in her new frame with a smile on her face.
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