Need Wheelchair Van to travel with my family!

GO FUND ME

Hello, my name is Lee, I was born with a genetic disease called Facioscapulohumeral Dystrophy otherwise known as a type of Muscular Dystrophy that has passed down through my family for many generations. To better understand how this disease effects someone like myself, it becomes more challenging mentally rather then physically because every year I have to slowly adapt to new ways of maneuvering myself around and creating a comfort that keeps me going. It also becomes very stubborn to my mind as I always just want to keep going, working, open my own door or closet, and so on because my mind tells me I can when physically I just can’t! This disease may have think it’s won an ongoing battle as it keeps deteriorating my muscles through out my body every year, but I will tell you different. I am an entrepreneur, was once married but now I am a single father of three beautiful children, Even though I had the luxury of being married to a most beautiful women in my life, my burden had become worse and caught up to her as she had more expectations and needs to accomplish in her life and I was not in this world to stop anyone from achieving those goals, and I have made terms to agree with our outcome, she is still my best friend and is the greatest mother to our children and supports me as much as she can. I am 46 years old, started my own business in my late 30’s as I got married and started a family also during that time so I could earn what I could to provide for my family. It has been a hard run for sure, but I am able to keep everything at par, barley ever getting ahead, but always destined to do so. I’m like any other average Joe, credit score is good, I owe taxes because I just failed at starting business correctly like many do, I have no assets, I’m a renter of a house that is very wheelchair accessible thankfully with great landlords, but Covid really took a toll on my business leaving much unwanted debt that I am thankfully able to manage but only relying on work that I get everyday, this meaning there is no time for a day off currently, but I’m sure after working very hard, I’ll get there. Now that I’ve explained my situation in life around me, I’d like to explain why after many years of holding off and many people telling me to do a go fund me for the issue I am having. My kids are young, 11, 10 & 8, And I’m wanting to experience more to life with them by travelling across Canada, letting them meet more family and experience so much that Canada and USA has to offer, and to do this, I am in need of transportation that is reliable and efficient for wheelchairs. Since 2010 I have bought three wheelchair vans from a taxi company in Calgary because after so much mileage they cannot insure them for commercial use. This being said, the vans are already modified but worn down inside and out. With much cost after the purchase to make it last for me, I’ve come down to a point where it’s time for a forth van purchase so I can get away from home with my family and experience more with them. This time I cannot afford to run the cycle I have done in the past and I’m just not wanting to keep falling into a van that is so unreliable. As I mentioned before, my credit rating is good, meaning I am able to get a new van from a dealership, but modifying the van can cost $40,000 more or less and no bank wants to cover that amount for a mini van. This has always been an obstacle every time I have perused getting a van from a dealership. So what I am asking here on the go fund me is a chance to go places in life not for myself but for my children as I don’t ever want my burden to ever halt any experiences for them, and with school events and sport events that I can go be part of also, and just having them all know that their father will be able to join them for anything it may be, with pure reliability, makes asking for this go fund me help much easier to my stubborn mind always thinking I can do it on my own when I just have to admit finally that this one thing, and only this one thing, I have to ask for any help I can get. If I am given any contribution towards my request, I want you to know how strongly you will affect the lives of myself and my three loved ones in so many ways, and that we are all super grateful for your donation!

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