As some of you know, 28-year-old Tiffany suffered a C-6 spinal cord injury on October 5, 2014 as a result of a devastating car accident. Her vertebrae was crushed, her spinal cord severed and she is now permanently paralyzed with no ability to move from her upper chest down. In spite of her many struggles, Tiffany remains hopeful that she will have a productive life through the support and love of family and friends.

Tiffany needs intensive rehab therapy to help strengthen her body and regain better function in her arms and hands. Even with insurance, she will have many uninsured injury-related expenses such as: at least five or six months more of rehab therapy (insurance provides only 30 days of rehab), co-pays and deductibles, medical supplies, and down the road, home modifications and an accessible van. The Center for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that a spinal cord injury patient will have between $500,000 and $3 million in lifetime uninsured injury-related expenses.

To help offset such expenses, a fundraising campaign in Tiffany’s honor has been established with HelpHOPELive, a trusted nonprofit organization that has been providing community-based fundraising guidance to patients and their families for more than 30 years. All donations are tax-deductible, are held by HelpHOPELive in the Midwest/West Spinal Cord Injury Fund, and are administered by HelpHOPELive for injury-related expenses only. Please consider making and end-of-year tax-deductible contribution today by clicking the DONATE NOW button.