Help Jeremiah, an Orphan, Get a Safe Place to Play

Hi, my name is Jane. Thank you for taking time to read our story! I’m asking for your help with the funds to renovate our 2 car garage into a bedroom/playroom for me and my 3 year old grandson, Jeremiah. He desperately needs his own space where he will be safe, he can play, have fun and also where he can be loud!

The main photo on here was taken in October 2022 and it is the last one of my son, his wife and my grandson. They were such a happy little family! Everything changed a couple of months later when Jeremiah lost both his mom and his dad in a horrible car accident. After the accident, he came to live with us. A few months later, we learned that he is autistic. We have been busy getting Jeremiah settled, learning about autism, starting him in the special education program at our local elementary school as well as getting him into ABA therapy. He has already faced so many challenges in his short little life!

(You can tell by his expression, he wasn’t at all sure about this ‘school thing’ on the first day but he loves it now!)

Jeremiah and I have been living mostly in my bedroom in the house that I bought with my daughter and son-in-law and their 2 children a few years ago. Believe me when I say, our house is full! Both my daughter and her husband work from home and Jeremiah can be very distracting. He’s nonverbal but he can be really loud! Also, he has no sense of danger and he climbs on everything! I have to watch him constantly which is exhausting. (Our house is not ‘Jeremiah proof’!) He doesn’t play with toys like most kids but he enjoys things like a sensory swing and hammock, spinning chair, small indoor trampoline….things like that and we have run out of space in our room, another reason we need to renovate our garage. We want to make it into a place for me to stay with Jeremiah where I can keep him safe and he will be happy and comfortable. We don’t need to have a bathroom and kitchen in there because that would cost a lot more! Just a bedroom and playroom area would help so much right now!

Please consider donating whatever you can, no amount is too small. We also ask that you share our story, please, and help us spread the word about what we are trying to do. All the funds raised will be used for the purpose of giving this precious little boy a new space! We appreciate any and all help! Thank you!