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Repair the Dixon's Wheelchair Van

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My name is Brent Dixon I'm 26 years old and happily married to (Brittany) the most amazing and beautiful woman in the world. I have Spinal Muscular Atrophy which is a form of Muscular Dystrophy. It is a muscle deterioration disease, meaning the older I get the weaker I become leaving me wheelchair bound since childhood. Due to unfortunate circumstances out of our control my wife and I are about to lose our wheelchair accessible minivan.  My wife works so hard to provide for us and it pains me to see her working 4 jobs, 6 days a week and still unable to make ends meet to have a vehicle to get to work, and for us to go to church and doctor appointments. We have exhausted all other options. We are not comfortable with asking for help and would much rather give than recieve, but we are trusting that God will not leave us without a vehicle. Please help me help my wife, and relieve some stress from her that I cannot do on my own. Please pray for peace during this time of uncertainty and thank you for being a blessing to us!

***UPDATE***     5-20-20014

MAGNIFICENT NEWS: We now OWN a Wheelchair Accessible Van!!!!!! We are very, very thankful to all of you who God has used to Pray & Donate to help us get this van!!! There will be one last fundraiser to help with the final cost (insurance, tags, maintenance, etc) of the van. There will be a jewelry party on May 20th. Here is the link to get your special necklace and other fine jewelry https://www.facebook.com/events/676832462364506/

We are going to keep this donation page live until the last fundraiser is over just in case some people may not want any jewelry they can donate here!!

We love y'all so much, thanks again & God Bless Y'all!!!!

***UPDATE***

To help everyone understand how pricing is calculated and why a wheelchair accessible vehicle is so expensive I thought I would share a little info we have learned.

Brittany and I are looking for a wheelchair modified minivan, because we cannot afford the fuel cost it takes to operate a full size van since it will be our only vehicle and Brittany needs to take it to get to work daily. 

It costs on average $20,000 to modify a standard minivan. This includes, lowering the floor so that there is headroom to enter the van, hydrolics to lower and raise the van for easy entering, the automatic ramp, tie-down or EZ-lock to secure the wheelchair to the frame of the van for safety while driving etc. 
The modification depreciates $1000 per year. 
So the Kelly Blue Book value of a vehicle can be added to the price of the modification and that is the value of the vehicle. 

KBBV + Modification(20,000-1,000/yr depreciation)=Vehicle Value

If any of you are dealing with a disability or know first hand the struggles, it is safe to say that you also understand the financial hardship it is to just have the equipment you need to function. We are so grateful and humbled by the love and generosity shown to us by so many people. From the bottom of our hearts Thank you for being a blessing to us!

***UPDATE*** 4.24.14

Today we handed over they keys to the van we had been privately leasing. Brent stayed at home because we did not have transportaion for him to get home, and I was blessed to have a friend bring me home afterward. The driveway is empty, and even though I don't need to go anywhere tonight, it feels so strange to not have the option. 

Brent and I have been so blessed by so many people, and we are leaning heavily into the arms of our Father to supply transportaion for us. Please keep me in your prayers, my heart is heavy with fear. As I enter this new season of uncertainty and rely on faith to get to work every day I am so greatful for the love and support from you. Thank you for the texts, messages, emails and prayers. Thank you for being willing vessels. 

~Brittany Dixon

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Brent Dixon
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Austin, TX

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