Fundraising Campaigns For Medical Expenses

Paul is seven years old and living with Duchenne muscular dystrophy. Fundraising helps his family pay for medical testing, treatment and trips to a certified DMD care clinic.

Keep Hope Alive

Caitlin had two strokes with no known cause.Today, she fundraises for exercise-based therapy to maintain mobility. "What gives me hope? Believing I can walk and talk again."

Make Strides After Injury

John is an Air Force airman and firefighter who was paralyzed in a diving accident. He is making progress with his mobility through fundraising. "Small achievements give him his independence back."

Ease Your Burden

Louie is raising money to prepare for a lifesaving kidney transplant, including the cost of insurance co-pays, follow-up care, and a lifetime of daily anti-rejection medications.

Live Well After Transplant

Ronnie is a father of two who received a lifesaving heart transplant in 2016 with help from community fundraising. Today, he fundraises for post-transplant expenses including medical appointment co-pays and immunosuppressants.

Protect The Gift Of Life

Army veteran Ken received a heart transplant in January 2016. He fundraises with HelpHOPELive for a lifetime of post-transplant uninsured costs, including a 60-pill daily regimen. “Every day is a new day to make progress.”

Exceed Expectations

With support from his community, social activist and family man Henry exceeded his $15,000 initial fundraising goal. He received a lifesaving transplant from his sister in March 2016.

Get Cutting-Edge Treatment

Anna is fundraising for a transplant that could help her stop the effects of multiple sclerosis. "I've received letters, cards and valentines. It is so...encouraging and strengthening!"

HelpHOPELive Mission

As a national nonprofit, our mission is to support community-based fundraising for people with unmet medical and related expenses due to cell and organ transplants or catastrophic injuries and illnesses. Your gift to HelpHOPELive helps us provide assistance to people who need it most in a meaningful and tangible way.

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HelpHOPELive brings communities together in tax-exempt fundraising efforts to help patients and families pay medical bills and access treatments. With your help we can make sure more people have access to the medical services they need.

Ways You Can Help

HelpHOPELive saved my life. I could afford to get the best medical treatment available and focus on getting well rather than stressing about finances.

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When I needed to pay for my bills, they paid them or reimbursed me right away. No delays.

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HelpHOPELive has enabled my family to have a sense of financial security while dealing with a serious health issue.

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HelpHOPELive brought family and friends together and relieved much of the financial burden of the transplant.

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HelpHOPELive has taken a lot of the stress away from wondering how I am going to pay for all of this surgery.

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The staff have always been uplifting, encouraging and helpful. They've relieved me of the burden of handling and managing funds necessary for further medical health.

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Very supportive and helpful. Easy.

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HelpHOPELive gave me hope and the belief that I would be able to handle the cost and time away from home after a transplant.

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I have many friends fundraising through their companies that are matching contributions because HelpHOPELive is helping me. You guys are awesome!

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You all have helped me quite a bit and gave me hope that an impossible surgery might be possible now.

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If I didn't have this fund with this amount of money in it they would not list me (for transplant). There's no way I could do it by myself. Thank you HelpHOPELive.

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HelpHOPELive gave me hope and confidence.

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The name HelpHOPELive says it all. The team was so helpful, answering all my questions and giving me great advice. It's nice to know the money I raised is safe with an organization that has my best interest.

Mara Wiles

HelpHOPELive is a huge relief to me during a very stressful time.

Anne Mackintosh

If it were not for HelpHOPELive, my son would never have received his transplant.

Betty Pipia

Thanks for all your hard work and support. Your organization made it possible for us to have much less stress around this whole ordeal.

Gustafsson-Hebel Family

Thank you for the tremendous support your beautiful organization has provided our family over the last few months as we have begun our fundraising efforts to support our son Ethan.

Alexia & Scott Kadish

I am certain that my son would not be where he is today without your help. He would not have the quality of life and the independence that he so dearly dreamed of either.

Jennifer Kayler

I have the care I need because of HelpHOPELive. It’s as simple as that.

Lyena Strelkoff

You were an encouraging breath of fresh air in these dark financial times.

Ron Donnini

I deeply appreciate all of the advice and assistance that the whole group at HelpHOPELive has supplied to me. This organization makes me feel like I am a part of a much larger family than I have here in North Carolina.

Roy Horne

HelpHOPELive has been the light guiding us on this very dark road ahead. Thank you again and best of everything with your continued efforts to spinal cord injury patients and others.

Chris and Bill Kurnath and Family

"We encourage every transplant patient we speak to to make the phone call to HelpHOPELive and check out helphopelive.org. We know that other crowdfunding sites are for-profit organizations and that they can jeopardize a transplant candidate's insurance status."

Debbie Gordon, Social Worker

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The HelpHOPELive Advantage

✔	One-On-One Support
	We'll pair you with one of our expert Fundraising Coordinators to help you fundraise.

✔	Online Donation Page
	Share your story on social media, collect donations and receive messages of support through a customizable online campaign page.

✔	Nonprofit Status
	Give your supporters a way to donate that is tax deductible and accountable.

✔	Keep Your Medicaid
	Because the funds you raise are held by HelpHOPELive, they won't jeopardize your coverage.