Rally for Randy
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In January 2018, while Randy and his wife, Karen were visiting Australia for their daughter’s wedding, life was forever changed for them both as a result of an accident. During a regular outing to the beach Randy incurred a serious spinal injury from being in the ocean. Once he was stabilized, he was brought back to Canada and has been healing at the Vancouver General Hospital, Spinal Cord Injury unit since February. Karen has been by his side and incurring a major monthly cost to stay in Vancouver to be close to Randy and provide the only support system he has during this time. With Randy’s bound determination and insurmountable spirit, he is working his hardest to get to his second phase of rehabilitation at GF Strong despite his many daily challenges.
The ultimate goal is to get Randy home in Kelowna, to his family and friends. He will be training these next several months for the biggest race of his life! With this new journey, Randy will require several items to bring him home and provide daily mobility. A customized wheelchair for Randy’s injury will be a minimum of $25,000. To get a transportation van is a bare minimum of $35,000. This is not to mention a specific bed, lift and other instrumentation required.
In speaking with Randy’s family, friends and coworkers, we can all agree he is the most genuine, caring, kind, fun loving spirit we have encountered. We feel blessed for having him in our lives and he has always been the person to lend a hand to his community without a second thought. Randy is a person of integrity, who would never ask a person for anything, yet will give unconditionally of himself. We as his friends, know that it is our turn for us to give back to him. To show our support, love and undeniable friendship, our goal is to raise a minimum of $55,000 to cover some of the costs they will be incurring. These items are necessary and will assist Randy in his daily healing journey.
On behalf of Randy and his stoic and biggest supporter Karen, we thank you all for your caring and healing wishes. Let’s all aspire for a strong rehabilitation and to get Randy in his home where his heart is longing to be.
With gratitude to everyone.
Kathy Sawchuk & Richard Crone
The ultimate goal is to get Randy home in Kelowna, to his family and friends. He will be training these next several months for the biggest race of his life! With this new journey, Randy will require several items to bring him home and provide daily mobility. A customized wheelchair for Randy’s injury will be a minimum of $25,000. To get a transportation van is a bare minimum of $35,000. This is not to mention a specific bed, lift and other instrumentation required.
In speaking with Randy’s family, friends and coworkers, we can all agree he is the most genuine, caring, kind, fun loving spirit we have encountered. We feel blessed for having him in our lives and he has always been the person to lend a hand to his community without a second thought. Randy is a person of integrity, who would never ask a person for anything, yet will give unconditionally of himself. We as his friends, know that it is our turn for us to give back to him. To show our support, love and undeniable friendship, our goal is to raise a minimum of $55,000 to cover some of the costs they will be incurring. These items are necessary and will assist Randy in his daily healing journey.
On behalf of Randy and his stoic and biggest supporter Karen, we thank you all for your caring and healing wishes. Let’s all aspire for a strong rehabilitation and to get Randy in his home where his heart is longing to be.
With gratitude to everyone.
Kathy Sawchuk & Richard Crone
Organizer and beneficiary
Sawchuk Crone
Organizer
Kelowna, BC
Karen Lachmuth
Beneficiary
