Shelley sustained a spinal cord injury in 2003.

Typical out-of-pocket first-year expenses after sustaining a spinal cord injury are in excess of seven hundred thousand dollars. The estimated lifetime costs for a paraplegic injured at age are 25 are over two million dollars.

Shelley has chosen to fundraise with Help Hope Live in part because Help Hope Live assures fiscal accountability of funds raised and tax deductibility to the full extent allowed by law for donors. Donors can be sure that funds donated will be used only to pay or reimburse uninsured medically-related expenses. To make a tax-deductible donation to this fundraising campaign, click on the Donate Now button.