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Kara Toomey
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“The biggest lesson is I will tackle anything that comes my way and I will persevere. That’s really empowering to know about oneself and I didn’t know that before.”
Kara Toomey woke up in 2017 unable to move. Since then, she has been making strides towards greater independence and mobility with help from a community-based fundraising campaign with Help Hope Live.
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