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Kristin D.

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Review for Arthrogryposis Multiplex Congenita Support, Inc., Spartanburg, SC, USA

Rating: 5 stars  

Truthfully I am not only just a volunteer but a client served as well. I started out as a client served and continue as one but also I volunteer in moderating the chat that we hold every week online. The people I have met through this support group, AMCSI, have become my family. Without them I wouldn't be able to ask questions from the people who have been there and done that and I couldn't bond with the mothers and fathers who are going through it now or will be going through it soon. We are a family, we are friends. Two years I spent alone (besides my family) doing my best to flounder through therapies and surgeries and AMCSI offered up their memebers to help us through the hard times and find people who would share our small triumphs.

Would you volunteer for this group again?

Definitely

For the time you spent, how much of an impact did you feel your work or activity had?

Life-changing

Did the organization use your time wisely?

Very Well

Would you recommend this group to a friend?

Definitely

When was your last experience with this nonprofit?

2012

Role:  Volunteer
 

Review for Arthrogryposis Multiplex Congenita Support, Inc., Spartanburg, SC, USA

Rating: 5 stars  

My son's condition was unknown to us so we were surprised at his birth about all the differences he had. When we found out that it was Arthrogryposis we started looking into things. I had even did a search trying to find support groups. I came up empty handed, but then a little before he had turned 2 yrs old I decided to look again and this time I must have put the right wording in because up came AMCSI. I had never felt more relieved in my life.. For almost 2 yrs I felt alone and then there it was my light to guide me through the tunnel. Everyone has been so wonderful and accepting and helpful. Having others who understand you is quite a wonderful feeling and I'm glad that I found AMCSI in that search.

I've personally experienced the results of this organization in...

Finding friends who are in the same situation as we are and can give advice or be an ear to lean on or a sounding board for ideas.

If I had to make changes to this organization, I would...

Make it so it's more widely known so people can know what it's all about.

How would you describe the help you got from this organization?

Life-changing

How likely are you to recommend this organization to a friend?

Definitely

How do you feel you were treated by this organization?

Very Well

How did you find this group?

Internet search looking for support.

What, if any, change in your life has this group encouraged?

Friendships with people who understand me and my child. Help deciding on things from their experiences. Giving me different things to think of and do.

When was your last experience with this nonprofit?

2011

Role:  Client Served & Used the forums to introduce myself and son and asked questions and participated in the weekly live chats to communicate with other AMC parents or AMCer's themselves.