Amanda Hansen Foundation
Donation protected
On February 27th, 1992, Kim and I experienced
the most amazing feeling we could have ever
imagined, the birth of our daughter Amanda. It was
love that was stronger than anything that we had
ever felt before. Through the years as Amanda
grew, we enjoyed every second, being involved with
her school, sports and friends. Amanda was our
life, and she always knew how to make us smile. As
Amanda grew older our bond grew stronger each
day, and there was nothing we wouldn’t do for her.
On January 17th, 2009 our life as we knew it came
to an end. We received a phone call at 8:30 that
morning telling us that Amanda was sick, so my
Kim and I went to pick her up from a friend’s house.
Upon arrival, we saw many emergency vehicles
around the house. We didn’t know what was going
on until we pulled up behind the ambulance and saw
that they were performing CPR on Amanda. It’s an
image I still can’t get out of my head and haunts
me every night when I try to close my eyes. Prior to
that night, Amanda had such a busy week with
school, work and other events. She asked us if it
would be okay if she slept over at her friend’s house
and of course we agreed, feeling she had earned it.
In retrospect, the worst decision we ever made!
When we arrived at Mercy Hospital we were told
what had happened at the house, and then they
explained that Amanda had suffered from carbon
monoxide poisoning, and could not be saved.
About Amanda.
Been up all night in tears fighting my emotions trying to figure out how to keep my daughter's foundation alive and going strong. As i am learning now with our new program of giving furnaces away to people in need that people need our foundation. There is so much work that needs to be done to help our community. I feel like I have the weight of the world on my shoulders and im being crushed. If ...there really is such a thing as miracles well then i need that Christmas miracle to help us with funding. I sit up every nite in fear of failing my daughter again. If i lose Amandas foundation then i have to say goodbye to her and im not ready to say goodbye to her yet. And yet if i have to say goodbye then it's my time to say goodbye as well. I guess in writing this I'm hoping this post will be shared all over the country and maybe a company or someone will make one amazing donation to help us reach our goal of never losing another child. I stopped believing in Christmas and miracles and faith 5 years ago but lets see if there is really such a thing.
the most amazing feeling we could have ever
imagined, the birth of our daughter Amanda. It was
love that was stronger than anything that we had
ever felt before. Through the years as Amanda
grew, we enjoyed every second, being involved with
her school, sports and friends. Amanda was our
life, and she always knew how to make us smile. As
Amanda grew older our bond grew stronger each
day, and there was nothing we wouldn’t do for her.
On January 17th, 2009 our life as we knew it came
to an end. We received a phone call at 8:30 that
morning telling us that Amanda was sick, so my
Kim and I went to pick her up from a friend’s house.
Upon arrival, we saw many emergency vehicles
around the house. We didn’t know what was going
on until we pulled up behind the ambulance and saw
that they were performing CPR on Amanda. It’s an
image I still can’t get out of my head and haunts
me every night when I try to close my eyes. Prior to
that night, Amanda had such a busy week with
school, work and other events. She asked us if it
would be okay if she slept over at her friend’s house
and of course we agreed, feeling she had earned it.
In retrospect, the worst decision we ever made!
When we arrived at Mercy Hospital we were told
what had happened at the house, and then they
explained that Amanda had suffered from carbon
monoxide poisoning, and could not be saved.
About Amanda.
Been up all night in tears fighting my emotions trying to figure out how to keep my daughter's foundation alive and going strong. As i am learning now with our new program of giving furnaces away to people in need that people need our foundation. There is so much work that needs to be done to help our community. I feel like I have the weight of the world on my shoulders and im being crushed. If ...there really is such a thing as miracles well then i need that Christmas miracle to help us with funding. I sit up every nite in fear of failing my daughter again. If i lose Amandas foundation then i have to say goodbye to her and im not ready to say goodbye to her yet. And yet if i have to say goodbye then it's my time to say goodbye as well. I guess in writing this I'm hoping this post will be shared all over the country and maybe a company or someone will make one amazing donation to help us reach our goal of never losing another child. I stopped believing in Christmas and miracles and faith 5 years ago but lets see if there is really such a thing.
Organiser
Ken Hansen
Organiser
Buffalo, NY
