What the need for a wheelchair ramp brought to several people
When her daughter passed away she requested to give her wheelchair ramp to someone who needed it She determined that person but then the hurdles began and before giving up the women turned to Help Me Howard with Patrick Fraser Cookie is a remarkable woman Cookie Linda I have lost three children out of five and people say how do you go on I have a relationship with God And I believe that God puts everybody on this earth and they have a job to do Cookie doesn t just talk about her faith she follows it Cookie Linda And that s me at the bottom When her daughter died she started searching for someone who needed her wheelchair ramp Cookie Linda Solid steel professional Cookie heard about a woman named Marie who lived a insufficient blocks away She went to meet her Marie Griffin I need that ramp real bad Marie had to crawl down her procedures to get outside but she can t crawl back up the stairs Marie Griffin I m a straight-out prisoner I have to call the ambulance or even the fire department in order to put me back in the house A prisoner that Cookie thought her ramp would set free They searched People wished thousands to install it Neither woman had the money Cookie Linda I stated No you don t pay nobody anything You know I ve got the tenacity of a bulldog we are gonna find help here But as time passed with no help Marie was giving up hope Cookie Linda I noted Marie don t worry about it I m calling Help Me Howard ' As I met with Cookie and Marie my first thought was the Center for Independent Living I contacted them Brian Johnson We re a nonprofit that helps people with disabilities become more independent and self-sufficient Brian contacted Next Day Access and the mother-son owners went to see Marie They determined Cookie s ramp wouldn t fit at Marie s home but after the Center for Independent Living agreed to pay for a new ramp Next Day Access offered to supply it at an enormous discount Geri Castaldo If there s a way that we can help make a little less profit for a good cause then we re all about that At a m the ramp installation began Marie couldn t get up to see but she could hear it Marie Griffin Isn t it beautiful I tell you Oh my god I m just so happy I am so so so happy As the work progressed the two women brought together by a ramp celebrated Marie Griffin I thank God for her because if it wasn t for her and my lord and savior I tell you I don t know what I would have did Three hours later the wheelchair ramp was ready Brian tested it out Jesse brought up Marie s scooter It took Marie awhile to get up She revealed she didn t want any help for this first trip Instead of crawling down stairs or calling firefighters to carry her Marie was in charge Truly independent again Marie Griffin I ve not had any sun for two months Hadn t been outside for two months It all happened because Cookie called us Cookie Linda God used me to help her and that makes me happy We called the Center for Independent Living They hired Next Day Access Geri Castaldo Very rewarding Together everyone changed a woman s life in a wonderful way Marie Griffin Thank you everybody so much Thank you so much Thank you thank you thank you That was nice to be a part of If you would like to get help from the Center for Independent Living or donate to help them help others their contact info is under this story A issue left you feeling imprisoned Don t say that s the way the cookie crumbles Let us scoot in and ramp up a resolution for you With this Help Me Howard I m Patrick Fraser News FOR MORE INFO Center for Independant Living in Browardhttps www cilbroward org - - Next Day Accesshttps www nextdayaccess com boca-raton-fl - CONTACT HELP ME HOWARD Email helpmehoward wsvn comReporter Patrick Fraser at pfraser wsvn comMiami-Dade - -WSVNBroward - -WSVN
