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Help Jun, Help Denise, Help Jun!

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Hello
Thanks for taking the time to hear us out, we’re sharing this and drafting it on behalf of our family friend Denise.
Our very dear friend who has battled off cancer twice over the last 5 years (it has put a huge toll on her body, health, and her family financially) decided to make a huge change in her life & take a job to help us.
She will work as a home tutor with our son Jun who is autistic and non speaking.
Since COVID lockdown of 2020 Jun had become too afraid to leave home, does not trust people or the outdoors.
He’s also gone through a lot these last few years, losing someone from his life who was very special to him and our family; as well as suffering from a life threatening seizure after contracting COVID over the last 6 month.
Jun also lives with chronic pain and has had many health issues that are hard for him to communicate to us, as he cannot communicate his needs like others can verbally.

Denise connected with Jun instantly, they communicate through music and sounds.
Jun enjoys Denise’s company and is ecstatic when she is around, he gets very excited when showing her his music skills.
Denise being Denise, she decided to stay here in Wisconsin to support Jun.
She wants to help him recover, learn to trust certain people and the world again by bringing his joy back and releasing his inner musician.
Moving here would also give Denise access to long term and consistent medical help, as well as being closer to her Father and her Son, who both reside here in the US.


Let us give you some insight into what kind of beautiful human being Denise is.
Denise has spent her life following her dream of making music as an audio engineer, and is a huge animal lover.
About 10 years back in Okinawa (where our friendship came to life) she rescued (she will say they rescued her) 5 puppies she found in the trash.
A year later a stray neighborhood dog brought her 4 puppies into her yard, so at one point was mothering 8 dogs, Jun’s wolf pack.
Life happened (abandoned by husband,divorce) they split the dogs, she had to relocate from Japan, moved mountains, made it happen, in 2014 Denise got to Germany with a suitcase & most important 3 of her beloved fuzzy kids.
She would have never left & wont leave the fuzzies behind!
Aware of the fact, grateful for her decision, knowing that relocating to a different continent is costly, we would like to help Denise.

If you are a dog owner you probably know that relocating multiple pups is not cheap, mixing relocation costs with a life long battle with cancer isn’t an easy endeavor and we rarely ask for assistance.

We asked the Universe to help us with Jun and it responded.. Now, we’re asking you to help those who were willing to uproot their lives for our family.

If you can donate anything we would really appreciate it, a little bit goes a long way!

We appreciate any assistance you’re willing to lend to help our friend Denise relocate her partner and fur family from Germany.

Again, thanks for taking the time to read.

Cost Estimate For Denise & Her
Family's Move To The USA:

Organizer and beneficiary

Arisa Pyykonen
Organizer
DeForest, WI
Denise Sanders
Beneficiary

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