My Nonprofit Reviews

My 15 year old daughter Isabella, was hospitalized for 9 months in 2021 with a rare form of vasculitis that attacked her kidney and put her in renal failure. During her stay at the hospital she also contracted endocarditis on her heart and another mass that when treated causes a stroke and brain bleeds leaving her partially paralyzed on the left side and unable to walk and requiring a wheelchair. I had to quit my job to care for her but also needed a wheelchair ramp which wasn’t covered by insurance as it was considered a modification. I had started paying a monthly fee to rent the ramp but soon realized we would need it much longer. Part of the rental fee was applied to the final cost of the ramp but with no money coming in I was quickly running low on funds. I reached out to Save the Kid and the president/CEO, Tina Pappalardo got back to me immediately. Her and her team were able to help me pay for the remainder of the ramp. This foundation helped my family in more ways they will ever know. The kindness and care that Tina handled with me was so comforting. We use the ramp daily and my daughter is healing so well. She received a kidney transplant in May and we are hopeful with continued physical therapy she will be able to walk again. She even started in person school this year. I can’t say enough good things about this foundation. My family is forever grateful.