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My nephew Jared Novak was born with a rare form of Muscular Dystrophy called Limb Girdle.
This disease attacks his muscles and tears them down until they waste away. Eventually,  taking away his ability to walk at all.  Watching your nephew being  able to do most things as a child, like ride a bike, swim or even run and now not being able to do any of these things is heartbreaking.
Jared was born with Muscular Dystrophy, but was not diagnosed until he was 9.  This was a shock and completely devastating to his family, there has never been a relative in their entire family who has ever had this disease.  There is no cure for Muscular Dystrophy at this time.
Over the past few years Jareds muscles have considerably declined, he spends about 90% of his day in a wheel chair, and needs help with all of his daily tasks.
Jareds family currently lives in a split-level home and Jared can no longer do stairs safely,
He fell this last fall and ended up in the hospital, damaging his back.  It took weeks of  recovery and has made matters even worse for him.  The family cannot afford to move, and cannot find a home without stairs for him. Jared lives with his mother, sister and little brother.  His mom works two jobs to support the family and she is also Jareds caregiver.
We are raising money to help Jared have a handicapped ramp built off of their deck in their back yard.  They have found a contractor do to it, but its a cost they cannot afford.  Without this ramp Jared cannot get in and out of the house safely.  We want Jared to be able to live his life comfortably, safely and be as mobile as possible while he still can.
Jared is a wonderful human being, a good friend, nephew and he is very family oriented, his family means everything to him.  He's smart, kind, and he deserves to live his life without worry.  Life has given him a huge burden to carry, but he never complains, never feels sorry
for himself.  He deserves to live with dignity, please help us to make that happen for him.  Help us raise the money to help Jared have the best life possible, any little bit helps. We are eternally grateful and Thank you from the bottom of our hearts❤️
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Donations 

  • Rachel Armendariz
    • $55
    • 5 yrs
  • Leslie Onick
    • $25
    • 5 yrs
  • Anonymous
    • $20
    • 5 yrs
  • Teresita Contreras
    • $100
    • 5 yrs
  • Mark Keppy
    • $105
    • 5 yrs
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Organizer and beneficiary

Robbie Blahnik-Contreras
Organizer
Rock Island, IL
Shawn Novak
Beneficiary

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