Support Eli's Healing Journey and Family Care

Edited: If you are able, Jessie would prefer any contributions directly via Venmo to avoid Go Fund Me's fee (they keep 2.9% of each donation). Jessie's Venmo is @Jessie-Karsif (phone last four 3952).

How we got here:

Eli was climbing in his beloved Shawangunk Mountains with his climbing partner on Wednesday, October 2nd, practicing lead climbing falls while wearing a safety helmet. During one of these intentional falls, his gear came out of the rock, and the rock became projectile, falling and hitting Eli in the face and head. He was airlifted to Westchester Medical Center where he was found to have extensive brain injuries including bleeding and fractures; he had emergency surgery to relieve the pressure.

He is in stable critical condition, still in a coma, and in for a long road ahead of healing and recovery. Eli has an amazing support team, including his wife Jessie, and lots of amazing family and friends, who are also supporting Jessie, and their two young boys, Theo and Cooper.

We endeavor to support the family so that Jessie can focus on caring for her boys and husband for the foreseeable future.

Any support will go towards medical expenses beyond that covered by medical insurance, household expenses (in light of Eli's lost income for the foreseeable, and Jessie's lost income for the present), caregiving expenses, and things we can't predict just yet.

If you are able, Jessie would prefer any contributions directly via Venmo to avoid Go Fund Me's fee (they keep 2.9% of each donation). Jessie's Venmo is @Jessie-Karsif (phone last four 3952).