Help Replace Aliyah's Stolen Wheelchair & Laptop

12-year-old Aliyah Rivera has been fighting Acute Flaccid Myelitis for the majority of her young life. She has the kindest and biggest heart and maintains a positive attitude throughout numerous surgeries, tremendous hurdles, and many medical challenges. Aliyah considers herself lucky to be able to go to school even though she depends on a motorized wheelchair and crutches to get by each day. On the morning of 11/16/23, as the family was going through their routine of getting Aliyah downstairs and outside for the bus, a man drove up to their house and took both the wheelchair and the backpack (that included her laptop and school supplies) from their front yard. Aliyah, who never gets down, is crushed and her family and friends are devastated for her. While they are a proud family, replacing the wheelchair and purchasing another laptop are not expenses they were prepared for so close to the holidays. This is where we are asking the community to come together in a collective effort to help them replace these items that are so crucial to Aliyah's day to day.

My name is Monica Mitchell, and I am a close friend of the Rivera family. I am representing the many friends and supporters of Aliyah who want to be able to help her get back to school and doing the things she loves that were abruptly put on pause when her wheelchair was stolen. Funds will be received by Aliyah's grandmother, Mrs. Bercy Rodriguez, and donations will go towards purchasing a new power wheelchair, an adaptive backpack specific to wheelchair design, and a new laptop and school supplies. No amount is too small. Thank you, and may your kind generosity return to you tenfold! No amount is too small. Thank you and may your kind generosity return to you tenfold!