Employee Access Community Fundraisers are conducted by friends and families of a person(s) with a disability for which NDAD acts as custodian of the funds raised. These funds can be used to help the person with urgent needs and expenses. The funds may also be used beyond the scope of NDAD’s guidelines, such as helping with doctor, clinic or hospital bills and paying pre-existing bills. There are many people with disabilities, in communities across the state, in need of financial assistance. 100% of your donation will be used for the person’s needs. Even the smallest donations still have an impact. Any funds donated to NDAD will qualify for a charitable donation and be deductible for donors who itemize. Below are the current community fundraisers going on throughout North Dakota. Click on a name below to donate and help others to help themselves. Samantha Brudwick Samantha Brudwick was born thirteen weeks early in 1998 in Bismarck, North Dakota. She weighed 1 pound 14 ounces and was 13 inches long and spent 101 days in the hospital on a ventilator and oxygen because her lungs were underdeveloped. She has had a series of surgeries starting with heart surgery at 4 days old. She needed a feeding tube when she was two years old because of an inability to maintain weight. She required an emergency surgery when she was almost two years old which required a flight to Rochester and she had hip surgery when she was five. This surgery will need to be repeated in the near future as soon as she can meet the weight requirements. Samantha’s diagnosis is Cerebral Palsy with reflux and she has had to wear an apnea monitor and has had multiple hospitalizations for pneumonia. Since Samantha has been growing it is getting more difficult to transport her. Currently her mom has to carry her for transfers out of her car and into places they go. Samantha is now moving into her teenage years and this is becoming more difficult and dangerous. In early 2011, Samantha and her mom took a hard fall on ice during one of these transfers. Samantha hit her head on the ice and her mom was also injured. A van with a lift would give Samantha more dignity, safety, and mobility. Also, after her next hip surgery, it will be impossible for her mom to transport her in the current vehicle since she will be in a body cast. With an accessible vehicle, Samantha would gain independence by being able to use an electric wheelchair and make more decisions on where she goes. Please consider making a donation to assist Samantha in obtaining an accessible vehicle. Donations can be made online or by mailing a check to the NDAD office listed below. Mail Dontaions For Samantha Brudwick To: 309 Washington Avenue PO Box 1503 Williston, ND 58801 © North Dakota Association for the Disabled, Inc. 2012   site by Dawa