Cerebral Palsy Hope Foundation

01/25/2024

Cerebral Palsy Hope Foundation would love to know if you have ever considered moving your adult son/daughter into a caregiving home. Here in the USA, we have plenty of choices for a great place like that but it's been a huge decision to let go of our caregiving role that we have had for many years. We have 2 adult children with severe special needs who require 24/7 caregiving. We have labored over the thought of wanting to just be only parents for once and not caregivers and parents both. We took action on this for one of our kids and have not only had some challenges, but have had great success with the decision. We have found amazing facilities and staff that truly have been angels to our adult child. And our Child is soooo happy now with some independence. It's been a blessing. With this success we are now considering the next steps for our other child.

So how about you? Have you considered this? We'd love to hear. I know some parents may be more sensitive to this thought and we can totally relate. Please do not take offense if you could never consider this for your adult child.

For those of you following this page that are diagnosed with Cerebral Palsy what would say about this?

I will say that our kids have the age level capacity of >2 years old so they are quite happy wherever they may be, but if they could communicate, go to school, and work, then maybe there would be an entirely different story.

Our organization, in a very small scale, has supported kids of different mental capacities. I know that some of the parents with children that are closer to a typical child wouldn't dream of moving their kids into a caregiving home, and we understand that easily. But we have to tell you that it's been a game changer for being a better parent and spouse, and we have a great hope for our adult child's future.

01/11/2024

Hello everyone and happy 2024. This year we are going to be more dedicated to providing more information on what our organization is up to. Currently we are investing our time and resources into finding equipment, products and tools that could help our kiddos with Cerbral Palsy and we will share them on this forum. We have a very cool and fun item that we will be sharing soon as we just got this for our daughter. I think many of you will like it. Stay tuned for more soon! Be blessed.

04/06/2021

Today is AZ Gives Day!

As many of you know we run a nonprofit to help young adults with special needs. Having 3 of our own children with special needs has given us a different perspective on things. Some days are fairly easy while other days are extremely challenging. The things we have overcome, such as brain surgery at 1.5 years old, has only made us stronger and has given us a different outlook on life. We want to help others. We want to open up a home for young adults where they are loved just as much (if not more) than they are now. We want to see these young adults with special needs continue to have access to things in life to help them such as therapies, mobility equipment and home modifications to make life a bit easier for them and their families. We love to see these young adults grow and flourish against all odds.

For local AZ peeps, our nonprofit is a qualified QCO charity meaning you can donate up to $800 per couple and the whole amount is a tax write off through your AZ state taxes. That is a win win!

Many of you know Ashley, our daughter. She’s a fighter and she needs a lot of care and attention. Ashley wants us to help out as many families as we can. She chose me as her Mom because she knew I could manage it all and then some. I promised her I would continue to do everything I could to help her and other young adults who have extra challenges in life. I’ve made this promise to her for 14 years so far and I will continue to do this each and every year.

Every dollar counts. Every $5 counts. We need your help. If you can, please donate to the Cerebral Palsy Hope Foundation and know that every dollar goes towards helping young adults gain access to things that help them thrive and flourish and be able to reach their next milestone.

Here is the direct link to make a donation:
https://www.azgives.org/index.php?section=organizations&action=newDonation_org&fwID=4275&fbclid=IwAR1ZrLn8euHgYCxU6Cii3gVmX3aSUWOLdEkXtU9VKz5bB4NyFweJ_c_JWLs

Thank you so much for your support.

03/26/2021

AZ Gives Day is coming up on April 6th but early giving has already started! There is no need to wait until April 6th.

This is the first year that our nonprofit will be a part of it and we are super excited! Anyone who donates to our nonprofit can also claim it on their state taxes as a dollar for dollar tax credit ($400 individual or $800 married filing jointly) so this is great news and a WIN for everyone. Our dream of having a home for Ashley and a few other young adults with special needs gets one step closer to reality with each donation as well as continuing to be able to help families out with the cost of equipment, therapies and home modifications that are not covered by insurance.

Thank you all for your support and love.

Please feel free to share this post with everyone you know 🙂

“When we give cheerfully and accept gratefully, everyone is blessed.” —Maya Angelou

My amazing little girl. She always has been and always will be. Ashley was born with a very rare brain malformation and was diagnosed with Cerebral Palsy at a very young age. She had brain surgery to remove 1/4 of her brain when she was only 1.5 years old. That was the scariest time of our lives. At...

03/11/2021

Do you shop on Amazon? If so can you help us by using this Amazon Smile link for all our purchases? When you use this link our nonprofit , The Cerebral Palsy Hope Foundation, gets 0.5% back which we use to help young adults who have special needs with the cost of therapies, assistive equipment and home modifications. We are also raising money towards our huge DREAM and GOAL to open up a 24/7 care facility in the next few years where Ashley and possibly Lucas and a couple of other young adults with special needs will live full time.

All you have to do is click on this link to place your Amazon order. You can bookmark the Amazon Smile link for all your future purchases and it's FREE for you to help us :)

Thanks everyone

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02/27/2021

Our website is live! Check it out here and share share share it!!

Cerebral Palsy Hope Foundation is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization dedicated to helping children and youth who have special needs.

01/29/2021

We are excited to announce that our non-profit, The Cerebral Palsy Hope Foundation has been approved for AZ Gives Day 2021. This gives us an opportunity to raise funds for the Cerebral Palsy Hope Foundation and will help us help children and young adults with special needs and will also help us start to raise money to open up our care facility in the future 🙂

We are also super excited to announce that we have been approved to receive a QCO code. What's that?? It is a qualifying charity code that gives people in AZ the ability to donate then get a $1 for $1 credit on their state taxes!! Up to $400 per individual/$800 per couple. This is a WIN WIN for everyone. For people that want to donate to help children and young adults with special needs you can do that with us and if you are in AZ then you will get a dollar for dollar credit on your state taxes 🙂

Your donation will go towards helping children with special needs with the cost of therapies, equipment and home modifications that are not covered by insurance AND will also go towards our newest and most exciting GOAL and DREAM of opening a home up for young adults with special needs.

Send us a message or text or phone us at 480-652-7020 if you are able and wanting to donate to our non-profit to help children and young adults with special needs. There is also a link..... https://www.azgives.org/cphopefoundation

Hugs and Love,
Carla & Ed
The Cerebral Palsy Hope Foundation

08/02/2020

So true.

This is painfully accurate... but also wonderfully accurate.

There is definitely something to be said for the solidarity that I have seen in the special needs community. 💞

Anyone else relate?

03/25/2020

Today is Cerebral Palsy Awareness Day. Let’s help spread the word 🙂
Here are our 2 CP heroes.

01/31/2020

A 2 minute video that makes a lot of sense. Enjoy! 💕