Wow, what an amazing couple of months it has been! The overwhelming support and contribution from friends, family and complete strangers for this 6 month project has been incredible.
The total raised from 'The Running Backs' 72 contributors has reached $8000 which is just 2k shy of our 10k goal to raising money for my two weeks of treatment at the Clear Institue this May and for a Traveling Scoliosis Traction chair for network of patients.
The Traction chair is 80% of the treatment and is therefore a crucial step to improve scoliosis. So its important to use the chair twice a day. When travelling its a little more difficult and I wanted to set up a system so that Clear Institute patients could have the freedom to keep up their treatment and travel at the same time.
The Travelling Traction Chair could be reserved and used by all patients in the network, booked ahead of time and shipped to their hotel/accommodation they are travelling to. The chair would then be shipped back to the manufacturers for a service and ready for the next person to use. This eliminates the need for patients to miss their treatment and have to pack up their own chairs if they are travelling for an extensive period of time.
I want to thank everyone for making this projects success a reality, for giving me the opportunity for more treatment, and for contributing in a big way to the quality life of Clear Institute patients. Special thank you to Rebel for starting this whole project and for The Running Backs who trained and slogged it out in the pouring rain on 20 March to complete the marathon (Rebel, Danielle, Patty, Lacy, Kirsty, Mo, Naomi, James Luke and MIchelle for taking on 1/2 marathon in New York) and all their supports. I am eternally grateful!
love michelle
