Stephen Merrill

Dear Family and Friends, as many of you know, my son Stephen suffered a life-changing spinal cord injury in April of 2011. Since that time Stephen has been attending intensive physical and occupational therapy programs in an effort to regain as much strength, mobility and functionality as possible. He has been able to advance from being dependent on a power wheelchair to a manual wheelchair with power-assist wheels.

Additionally, during this period Stephen has returned to school at Brigham Young University where he has completed his undergraduate course work in statistics and is now in his final year of the master’s degree program. He has also been able to complete two summer internships in the aerospace industry.
Stephen has worked hard, been patient, and has been the beneficiary of many acts of kindness and consideration. He has also required the use of exercise therapy equipment, home modifications, a wheelchair accessible van, and home health aides to assist him each day. Even with insurance, Stephen has many uninsured injury-related expenses such as: home health aides, additional educational and therapeutic adaptive equipment and supplies.

To assist with the costs of a continual medical bills, Stephen may apply to receive assistance from the Help Hope Live Southwest Spinal Cord Injury Regional Restricted Fund. Help Hope Live is a nonprofit organization that has been serving the transplant and catastrophic injury communities for 40 years. All contributions are tax deductible, the property of Help Hope Live, and are administered by Help Hope Live for injury-related expenses only.

Thank you so much for any help that you can offer.

Make checks payable to: Help Hope Live
Note in memo section: Stephen Merrill

Please mail to:
Help Hope Live
Two Radnor Corporate Center, Suite 100
100 Matsonford Road
Radnor, PA 19097

For credit card contributions, please call 800-642-8399 or visit www.helphopelive.org and enter Stephen Merrill in the “Find a Patient” box on the home page.

Sincerely,

Spencer Merrill, Stephen’s Father
[email protected]
480-627-9757