My name is Jason Riha. I work as a maintenance director at a senior living community in Cibolo, Texas. I fix things for a living — doors, lights, HVAC, whatever breaks. But every day I walk those halls and see something I can't fix with a wrench: the slow, quiet loss of independence that comes with aging.

There's a man I've gotten to know well over the past year. Sharp mind. Good humor. He struggles to get around now, but pushes himself daily to remain independent. It takes him 30 minutes of solid determination to walk from his room to the dining hall, and he does it 6 times a day! — and a standard walker or wheelchair isn't the right answer for where he is physically. What he needs is a Zeen.

The Zeen is an upright mobility device unlike anything else on the market. It supports you from sit to stand — no motors, no batteries — and lets you walk hands-free at full height, at eye level with the people around you. It was invented by the Oscar-winning creator of the Steadicam. It gives people their dignity back.

It costs $4,180. That's out of reach on a fixed income.

In my spare time, I build technology for seniors. I created MyMeds AI (mymedsai.net) — a free app that monitors medications for FDA recalls and dangerous drug interactions, with no accounts, no ads, and no data collection. I built it because the people I work alongside every day deserve better tools. This fundraiser is the same instinct, just more direct.

One man. One device. One chance to walk tall again.

Every dollar goes toward the Zeen. If we exceed the goal, every cent beyond it goes toward the next resident who needs one. This is the first campaign in what I hope becomes a series.

He has never asked for anything. Help me give him this.