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Freak Accident - Falling Tree Paralyzes Stanwood Teen

Freak Accident - Falling Tree Paralyzes Stanwood Teen

This wish is for my long-time best friend's family. Her 16 year old son had a tragic accident last November. He is wonderful teenager. The pic is of my son and my friend's son Matt at the coast. Any help would be appreciated by the family. My friend doesn't know that I have listed this wish. This family would never ask for help despite helping others in their community over the past 10 years.

Falling Tree Paralyzes Stanwood Teen; Friends Seek Help for Family

On Monday, Nov. 28, 2006, 16-year-old Matthew Howard was helping his family pick up branches on his grandparents property in Stanwood in the aftermath of another of our areas many recent storms. Without warning, a large tree that appeared perfectly fine came crashing down on him.

Unconscious, Matt was rushed to a local hospital in critical condition, then airlifted to Seattle, where he and his family learned that he is paralyzed from the waist down. In addition to spine and back injuries, the impact broke both his legs and bruised his lungs. He has undergone six surgeries at Harborview and Children's hospitals.

Matt was released from the hospital on Jan. 24, 2007 but will be undergoing long-term rehabilitation. He is in good spirits despite this adverse accident. A sophmore at Stanwood High School, he is an athletic young man who participated in track and cross country. He is determined to regain as much strength as possible.

In early February, Matt went back to his high school. This is truely incredible because his accident happened only 3 months prior.

Meanwhile, his good humor and kind, generous spirit are helping his family cope with the tragedy. He is the son of Shari and Blake Howard and big brother to Cody, 14. Shari is a homemaker and Blake is an insurance adjuster.

So far, Matt's medical bills have topped thousands of dollar. Insurance will cover some of the expenses but the family will need help to pay the rest. They are also struggling to remodel their house for wheelchair use. Ultimately, they hope to get Matt who had earned his driver's license shortly before the accident a wheelchair accessible van with hand controls.

Please help me grant this small wish for Matt's family. Thank you!

Barnes & Noble Gift Certificate

Barnes & Noble Gift Certificate

Okay this is totally selfish, a work at home mommy that would love to get a nice and juicy novel to spend a couple of hours while my son is sleeping to do some leisure reading. Having a small child, leaves very little time to do pleasure reading.

long and luxious back massage every night!

long and luxious back massage every night!

I would love to have a nice back massage every night of the week like the rich and famous! If I had that I think I would have a lot of bounce to my footsteps everyday!

more sunshine in Oregon instead of what we call liquidsun

more sunshine in Oregon instead of what we call liquidsun

It rains all the time in Oregon. I would love to have more sun. Please send us some sun from other parts of the country! We will take all of your sunny weather.

Romantic Date Night with my wonderful husband

Romantic Date Night with my wonderful husband

Okay this is truly a naughty wish. I am asking for $100 to cover a wonderful and romantic date night with my husband. This would cover us going out to the movies and a dinner and of course the babysitter. Babysitters are expensive so we don't get out that much due to this fact. This would allow us a leaisurely dinner, movies and maybe a walk along the river without having to rush back. Hey all couples with kids can relate to this one.

Money for a Doppler for a Pregnancy Loss Nonprofit

Money for a Doppler for a Pregnancy Loss Nonprofit

We have a local nonprofit in the Portland area that helps parents after pregnancy and infant loss. I know there is always a need for professional dopplers to calm the moms-to-be's fears of having another loss. Until you have gone thru a pregnancy or infant loss, you have no idea how scary it is to have a subsequent pregnancy after loss.

Many moms have to wait until their ultrasounds to know that their baby is still alive. They live from ultrasound to ultrasound. The dopplers sold at BabiesRUs are poor quality. Moms can rent the dopplers via internet companies but the monthly cost is pretty expensive.

This nonprofit helps parents by offering a resource library and support groups. This wish would greatly help mothers and fathers.

More $ to be donated to Robinhood to help more people

More $ to be donated to Robinhood to help more people

Wouldn't it be wonderful if the Robinhood had more money for the weekly fund? Think if every member donated even $4 per month to the fund how those dollars could increase the funding for helping people. If this wish is to win, I would donate the money back to Robinhood Fund.

Scrapbook-a-holic - seeking naughty money to attend workshop

Scrapbook-a-holic - seeking naughty money to attend workshop

During my spare time, I like to scrapbook pictures of my family. I have been enjoy the hobby of scrapbooking for the past 5 years. I take tremendous pride in the scrapbooks I have done for my son plus I have also helped others with their scrapbooks over the years.

Next month is National Scrapbook Month. I would love to attend a scrapbook workshop party at my local scrapbook store. It is a night of fun, scrapping, meeting new friends, trying out new products and basically also a mommy night out.

A night out for my wonderful husband

A night out for my wonderful husband

I believe all relationships need time away from each other to rejuvenate and to have "me" time. uot; time.
My wish is for my husband to have some alone time at the coast or mountains to re-gain some energy and peaceful time. It would be time away from family and work, and calls from work clients.

He is a wonderful husband, best friend and father. I believe that all individuals need time alone to rejuvenate their spirits.

Still wishing for some sun instead of rain in the PacificNW

Still wishing for some sun instead of rain in the PacificNW

Send me your sunny weather. I am tired of this Pacific NW rain!

Give Karaoki Sanjay the boot off of American Idol

Give Karaoki Sanjay the boot off of American Idol

Bye bye Sanjaya...........I certainly hope he doesn't win American Idol based on his hair styles!

money to purchase flowers for my son's speech therapist

money to purchase flowers for my son's speech therapist

My wish is for some money to purchase some nice flowers for my son's speech therapist. She has been an incredible teacher and very patient. She has been with us for 2 years now. Because of her help, my little guy is almost caught up to where a 4 year old should be in terms of speech and communications.

Universal healthcare in the United States - It is about time

Universal healthcare in the United States - It is about time

My wish is a simple one. Universal Health care for all in the United States. If other industrial nations can have health care for all - why can't the US! Each week we have wishes from RHF members that break my heart. All of them deal with either lack of insurance or they have insurance but it doesn't cover their medications and other medical expenses. There is a movement at least in my area to bring to provide health care to all children. There is also other legislative action to provide health insurance for all Oregonians. My wish is a simple one start letting your political representatives know that it is itme for us to deal with this issue even if you have health insurance. Everyone pays for those that don't have health insurance with increased premiums and less medical benefits as costs continue to spiral.

lots of priceless time

lots of priceless time

My wish is simple. More time. Time is so valuable and how we all spend it is valuable as well. Priceless wouldn't you say!

some sweet and juicy strawberries for shortcake

some sweet and juicy strawberries for shortcake

Simple but absolutely delicious......strawberries to go with shortcake. It isn't strawberry season yet but the thought of yummy strawberries is so sinful!

Beer, Wine, and Snack Basket for the Robinhood Funds Staff

Beer, Wine, and Snack Basket for the Robinhood Funds Staff

The Robinhood Funds Staff works hard behind the scenes to keep this site working. ParkerTexasRanger, Marrone, TechGuy and others that I am sure work diligently towards improving this site, answering questions, managing technical problems. I thank you for all your hard work!

8 hours of  uninteruprted sleep for my friend Ta2Duk!

8 hours of uninteruprted sleep for my friend Ta2Duk!

My wish is for 8 hours of uninterrupted sleep for my good friend Ta2Duk! She gets about 2 hours of sleep every night. She is always helping others - friends and family! My wish is an intangible wish that costs no money.

gas prices to climb back down

gas prices to climb back down

In the past two days, our gas in our state has climbed 17 cents a gallon! We have one of the highest gas rates in the United States right now. My wish is for gas money to fill up 2 vehicles. I do try to conserve gas by grouping all my errands together. My husband is a tech that does on-site service so alternative methods of transportation are not viable. I have a small child that requires special education classes through out the week along with running a home based business that requires errands.

Magic Cleaning Fairy that comes out at nighttime

Magic Cleaning Fairy that comes out at nighttime

I would like a Magic Cleaning Fairy that shows up to my house when I go to sleep. This Magic Cleaning Fairy does my laundry, dusts, cleans the bathrooms and makes sure they are sparkly clean, performs gardening work, files my paperwork away, takes out the garbage, organizes my closets, sweeps the kitchen floor, etc...and then when I wake up in the morning all of my stress is lifted away!

Scrapbook Supplies

Scrapbook Supplies

I am a scrap-a-holic! I love to scrapbook. At the end of the night when everyone in my family is almost asleep, I take out my supplies and start cropping and pasting.

This is my naughty wish request. There is a woman that sells from her house wholesale scrapbook materials at a huge discount twice a month. Her prices beat out Joanne's Craft and Fabric and Michael's by a huge percentage. I can buy twice as much supplies there as i could at Michael's.

I would be in scrapbook heaven to be able to stock up on some pretty and cute papers, stickers, and emblishments.

Funeral Expense Money for Rhonda (Dreamno1) and her family

Funeral Expense Money for Rhonda (Dreamno1) and her family

This wish is for Rhonda Rice (Dreamyno1) and her family to help cover funeral expenses. While I know the award is only $100 maximum, I am asking for a minimum of $200. I have taken the info that Lisa (4Leaf) posted at the forum.

Rhonda's daughter Shannon committed suicide Saturday, November 10th at their home. She shot herself in the backyard. Shannon has been very sick for 2-3 months now and the doctors could not find a reason. She lost 30 lbs in that time, and was deathly afraid that she had cancer, although none was identified.

Rhonda and her family are extremely overwrought and overwhelmed right now. An autopsy will be done in Atlanta, and they are going to a funeral home tomorrow to make arrangements. I'll be talking to Rhonda tomorrow, probably in the afternoon/evening. I'll give her all your love, but she may not be around for a while, I'm sure y'all understand that. They are trying to come up with $3,600, which is the minimum they have to come up with for the funeral, etc. The funeral home will let them finance the rest of the amount, which is an additional $2,000. Rhonda's PayPal address is dreamyno1@yahoo. com.

Here is the name of the funeral home:

McKibben Claude & Sons Funeral Home
208 Johnson St.
Hogansville,Ga. 30230

I'm sorry I have to share this horrendous news. Rhonda is heartbroken, and Dillon does not understand where mommy is. Lisa