Each week the Barr Foundation sends a salute to a person(s) and/or Hope
Donor(s) who have made a great difference in a life.
Such “Whole Again” stories will hopefully help make your weekend and remind
you, knowing that most of you became professionals and industry providers to
get into this business to help people, you are accomplishing a tremendous
amount and are sincerely appreciated.
This week,thanks to the generosity of Dino Cozzarelli CP, formally of North
Carolina, now practicing in San Jose, Costa Rica, Alps South of
St.Petersburg,Florida and College Park Industries of Fraser,Michigan, 10
year old Juan Batista, a congenital b/k , is a very happy camper these
days..
He was fit originally with a prosthesis above the knee by a Costa Rican
practitioner due to his short below the knee residual limb(stump).
When Dino met Juan he was excited to have the opportunity to provide
improved ambulatory function.
Juan had no funding to provide the level of prosthesis he needed.
After contacting the Barr Foundation, Dino was able to fit Juan with a state
of the art prosthesis using a CPI Trustep foot component, a donated pylon
and Alps South Liners.
The College Park Trustep foot allowed for more stability needed due to the
short stump.
Juan is also a competitive swimmer locally and Dino was able to construct a
swim fin to assist him.
Juan is on his way to an improved ambulatory lifestyle.
Click this link to see your photos:
http://www.sendpix.com/albums/06032507/nwvm05ukbv/
The Barr Foundation would like to thank Where Hope Meets Help Donor Club
members College Park Industries, Alps South, 2006 Hope Donor Members, and
over 300 sponsoring prosthetists recognized on
http://www.oandp.com/resources/organizations/barr/list.htm , and to all of
whom graciously donated financial contributions and or prosthetic services,
components and supplies to our organization so far in 2006.
Thanks to the generosity of these concerns, the Barr Foundation, with the
help of our supporters, has thus far successfully prosthetically
rehabilitated approximately 1200 amputees, located in 38 states and 10
foreign countries, whom otherwise would of not been able to obtain it.
Watch for the 2006 Hope Donor Members to be longer !
Such “Whole Again” stories hopefully will help make your week and help to
remind you, knowing that most of you whom became professionals and industry
providers, got into this business to help people, that you are accomplishing
allot and are appreciated.
Would you like to inquire about a corporate sponsorship ? Contact Tony Barr
561-394-6514
Want to help someone become “whole again”? Go to our web site
card tax deductible donation.
Our newly published amputee survival guide is also available:
http://www.oandp.com/resources/organizations/barr/barr-donate.htm
The Barr Foundation would also appreciate receiving the prosthetic
components and supplies.
Upon receiving your in-kind donation we will acknowledge the donation and
provide you with our fed non profit tax ID # so that you may donate the
items for tax purposes. You may also deduct from your ordinary income, the
cost for reasonable shipping costs incurred and any other deductions
permitted by law.
We also accommodate other legitimate non profits requests in donating
selected components to their specific efforts.
We do not declare value to any in-kind donations .However, the donors may
determine, thru their tax accountants, if there are possible tax benefits
for their donations. However, more importantly, I can assure you that any
amputee that we use the components for will not be charged any fees
whatsoever.
If you have any additional questions or concerns please don’t hesitate to
contact me.
Tony
The Barr Foundation
c/o Storage USA 3090 NW 2nd Avenue
Suite #693
Boca Raton, Florida 33431
561-394-6514
Anthony T. Barr
President
The Barr Foundation
