I have some good news today. A few months ago I had the idea of raising money to help my little sis Kylee get a new prosthetic eye. I didn't really know how to do it, but that I needed to make it happen. The last time she got a new one was at the age of 12. And guess what, she needed a new one by the age of 18 and my parents had lots of other places for their money to go.
First I came up with just having family donate, but it just wasn't going anywhere. Lets face it, raising a fam is pricey and after bills there is not much left over ya know. So, that wasn't very effective for getting that money. I talked to my two sisters and we came up with creating a facebook page for Kylee's Eye.
My sister Elliah then heard from her hubby about this site called Fundrazr and how to raise the money. By setting up a campaign that took all day to link with my newly set up paypal account we put it out there TUES. We thought we would maybe get a few hundred dollars the first day or so. We had the deadline be June 30th because that is when Kylee will be moving to Pheonix, AZ. Her eye doctor is down there, so the timing would be perfect. Every hour we watched it grow and grow. We were blown away when it hit $500, then $1,000 by midnight last night it had been close to $2,000. In the morning we got a huge donation of $1,000 dollars, and about an hour later another $1,000. We were so overcome with joy and happiness for Kylee, only $500 to go. That only lasted a few more hours and then we had met our goal of raising $4,500 for Kylee to go get a new eye made for herself. These are really tough times and even giving $20 is huge. But we were so impressed with everyone willingness to give. And those two $1,000 donors really made it happen fast.
It was the neatest experience for my family and I to do this for Kylee. One of the most life-changing experiences ever. People are good to those who need help. We have shed tears of joy the last few days and are so grateful to all of you amazing souls who donated. Even if you didn't know Kylee!!
I can not wait to see her with her new eye come this summer. She is truly one of the most amazing people I have ever known, and has never let the fact that she only has one eye get in the way of her happiness in life She is a terrific mother/wife/sister/daughter. The Askeroth family was so lucky to keep her at age 3 and that they caught the cancer in time. We love you Kylee Michele!!
