Jake Wrenn

Dear Family, Friends and Supporters,

I am writing to you on behalf of my son, Jake Wrenn. Jake is a 22 year old student at Penn College of Technology (a division of Penn State) with plans of becoming a manufacturing engineer. As many of you know, Jake recently suffered a life-changing spinal cord injury following a mountain biking accident. As a result, Jake is a level C4 – C6 quadriplegic with no use of his legs and limited use of his arms. Jake’s journey toward rehabilitation has just begun.

Jake graduated from Westfield Vocational High School and was preparing to graduate from Penn College in December 2013. He plans to complete his bachelor’s degree in engineering and continue on to pursue a master’s degree. Jake has been very athletic throughout his life, playing four years of varsity soccer, basketball, and baseball in high school, and continuing on to play college-level baseball for Penn College. Outside of organized sports, Jake enjoys mountain and dirt biking, skiing, snowboarding and hiking. Throughout the years Jake and I had taken numerous ‘left/right’ open road adventures discovering many parts of this country together.

Jake hopes to maintain his active lifestyle by getting involved in adaptive sports. We are working to get him an electric wheelchair and will be completing some modifications to our family home. We also hope to purchase a modified vehicle for him. All of these efforts to increase Jake’s independence are expensive and not covered by insurance.

To help offset such expenses, a fundraising campaign in Jake’s honor has been established with HelpHOPELive, a nonprofit organization that has been assisting the transplant community for 30 years. In 2000, they expanded their mission to include those who have sustained a catastrophic injury. All contributions are tax-deductible, are held by HelpHOPELive in the Northeast Spinal Cord Injury Fund, and are administered by HelpHOPELive for injury-related expenses only.

Thank you for your generosity and support.

Sincerely,

Cooley Buy
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