Support Angie Austin's Road to Recovery

My name is Magnolia Strange and I’m raising money for my dear friend and colleague Angie Austin, who is also known as SoSo at Renaissance and medieval faires all over the country. While performing an aerial routine during the faire day on Sunday June 9th, Angie fell from the lyra and landed on their wrist and hip and needed to be transported off site in an ambulance.

What we know currently is this: Their wrist is, at minimum, broken and will likely require surgery. Additional tests and imaging have shown that they have a compressed fracture of their T12 vertebrae. They've now been transferred from the first hospital to a trauma center to see a specialist.

I have a personal goal of raising of $10,000 for Angie right now to help with both medical and living expenses.

-Medical expenses will include some of the costs that they have already incurred including ambulance and hospital bills, but will also include things on the horizon like surgeries and physical therapy. While they will be able to apply for financial aid through the hospitals themselves and with nonprofits in our community, these rarely cover 100% of these expenses, so Angie will likely have some medical expenses to take care of on their own.

-Living expenses need to be covered now. If Angie cannot perform their show at festivals, then that means no income for an unforeseen amount of time, and in that amount of time Angie will surely have to buy groceries at the very least. For those wondering if Angie has a home to go back to: Angie is a full time rennie, and their house has wheels, so home is whichever festival they are currently parked at.

Angie Austin is constantly putting the health and wellbeing of our ren faire community first. Angie teaches Mental Health First Aid trainings, CPR/First Aid trainings, NARCAN trainings, and Stop the Bleed trainings at festivals all over the country. Angie has also helped others fill out forms for financial aid for their own medical emergencies, has been a part of multiple suicide attempt interventions, and has worked to ensure that LGBTQ+ folks everywhere are safe and celebrated. The list goes on and on. Now it’s our turn to step up for Angie.

Today alone during pub sing we raised $852.25 in cash, and more was sent via Venmo, so I’m guessing we have already (on the day of the accident) raised about $1,000. Let’s share this far and wide to get at least another 9K to bring Angie some much needed peace of mind. Please share with anyone that Angie has ever helped or ever made smile (that’s a lot of people)!!!

We will aim to keep folks updated as best we can throughout what is sure to be a long road to recovery. And please remember even if you can’t donate money at this time, you can still help by:

-reacting to this post

-commenting on this fundraiser

-sharing this with others

-holding a vision of Angie healing well and quickly and getting back to work soon

Thanks everyone for supporting in whatever ways you are able!

Sincerely,

Magnolia Strange