Naima Jade Ortiz

Help Give Her Wheels, Freedom & A Little More Independence ❤️

A Wheelchair-Accessible Vehicle for a Girl Who Deserves to Keep Living Life

Our daughter is fighting a battle no child should ever have to face. She has leukemia with the Philadelphia chromosome, and while fighting this disease and enduring the treatments necessary to save her life, she has faced challenges that have changed nearly every part of her daily life. One of those challenges is now living life in a wheelchair.

Our family continues to travel approximately three hours each way to get her to the appointments and services she needs. Between oncology appointments, physical therapy, occupational therapy, orthodontist visits, school, and all the other things that make up everyday life, transportation has become one of our biggest challenges.

We are starting this fundraiser to help purchase a wheelchair-accessible vehicle that will make these trips safer, easier, and more manageable for our daughter.

But this is about so much more than transportation.

It’s about not having to struggle just to get to a doctor’s appointment. It’s about making those long trips a little less exhausting. It’s about being able to get to school, spend time with friends, enjoy family outings, and experience the simple things that so many of us take for granted.

Most importantly, it’s about giving her more freedom.

We want her to have the opportunity to say, “I want to go here,” or “Can we do this?” and not have accessibility or transportation stand in the way.

She has already had to sacrifice so much. Her childhood has included hospital visits, treatments, appointments, and challenges that most children will never understand. We cannot take away everything she has been through, but we hope we can make some of the road ahead a little easier.

If you are able to donate, every dollar will bring us one step closer to making this possible. If donating isn’t possible, sharing this fundraiser with your friends, family, and community would mean just as much.

We know times are hard for so many families, and we do not take anyone’s generosity for granted.

From the bottom of our hearts, thank you for helping us give our girl something that is about more than getting from one place to another.

It’s about freedom. It’s about independence. It’s about opportunity. And it’s about letting her live as much of life as possible, on her terms.

With love and gratitude,
Our Family ❤️