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Tetraplegic Daughters Fundraiser for Father

  • You helped save his life

      25 March 2021
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    Thanks you. I'm not sure what else to say but you helped saved my father's life. He is mobile, getting out and about and feels he has his life back now he can get around in his new, lightweight power wheelchair and sight after eye surgery (this disqualified him from eligibility of a state funded power wheelchair). You are all amazing. Thanks you, thank you, thank you... and my dad thanks you too. Arohanui, much love from the Freeman family, especially me, Claire Freeman and Phillip Freeman (dad).

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  • You helped save his life

      25 December 2020
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    I'd love to let you know that thanks to your donation, we were able to fund eye surgery that resulted in my dad being able to see well enough to use a power wheelchair. I sourced a powerchair and took it up north to Whangarei, where he lives. Trying the chair out for the first time, after exploring the house, he went outside and his first words were 'I haven't been or seen the garden for 2 years!... suffice to say there were many happy tears. He's become sociable again and has a new love for life. He is no longer confined to his bed or armchair. He even has access to his kitchen to make food and a cuppa - bliss he reckons. Lotteries declined any mobility funding for him due to 'the large number of grant requests received and the limited funds available', so your donation was a life-saver. Certainly the suicidal thoughts he had have gone. Thank you. You have given me back my dad, you have given him a life. Happy holidays, we will always be grateful, love Claire Freeman (Phil's daughter).

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