Hi! My name is Miss Piggy. I'm here to talk up something with you that has me excitedly snorting only as English Bulldogs do when existing. What I want to share really has to do with my friend Elizabeth whom I live with. She serves me well by always making sure my bowls have food and water, takes me outside for breaks that dogs need and talks to me about silly stuff all from her wheelchair. Before me was Ladybelle. Before Ladybelle was Jorja, so its easy see we have English Bulldog history wherever Elizabeth occupies space on this planet. But first here's Elizabeth's story. It was a car wreck that happened one day in April 2001, long before I existed, that drastically rearranged how she did life. That stupid car wreck caused her to be permanently paralyzed and dependent on wheelchairs for her mobility. Her rehabilitation experience took place at the Shepherd Center in Atlanta Georgia. She chooses cheer and hasn't let her physical challenge keep her in dark places. Then twenty-three years old Elizabeth entered and won in 2004 the title of Miss Wheelchair Tennessee. The pageant then took her to finals in Virginia. Her platform was disability awareness. She talked about disabilities in elementary schools to heighten awareness. Elizabeth volunteered at Vanderbilt and was part of the Trauma Survivors Network when it was still at Vanderbilt. The Woodbury, Tennessee home we all inhabit was the result of an online search. Elizabeth and family moved in the same day they first saw the house. In 2019 Elizabeth took a job as a substitute teacher, all grades, with Cannon County elementary schools here in Tennessee. I think it's easy to tell Elizabeth likes to be around people. As long as her destinations are accessible for her everyday chairs she is able to interact with students, friends and family without to many issues. Elizabeth has dreams of exploring trails in city, state and national parks with friends and family. Her current chair limits her from achieving such exploration to the extent she would like. This most recent April 5 Elizabeth tried out a demo Action Trackchair when Joey Blackburn, the Action Trackchair dealer for Tennessee brought his trailer loaded with a couple demo models to a friend's nearby house. After trying one of the Trackchairs she discovered her accessibility could be expanded to include mud, roots, rocks, ruts, sand, snow, shallow stream crossings and hills found in America's parks. When considering the cost to own a Trackchair Elizabeth is only cautiously optimistic it can happen but its enough to get her thinking about Rock Island State Park and the Great Smoky Mountains. She really wants to go to neat places doing things in the great outdoors like fishing and creek stomping with her nieces and nephew. But what especially has this English Bulldog excited is when I heard Elizabeth say, "I will have to figure out a way to get Miss Piggy on the chair too." To a dog that is as tall standing up as when laying down that little piece of information sounded just as good as biscuits and gravy. So here's the deal. I believe there are a lot of unselfish people, including you reading just now, left in this world that would be happy to donate to this LFEBridge campaign such that would add up to being enough to purchase this Trackchair, a small storage shed to park it in and a portable lift system for me... excuse me, for Elizabeth to live the outdoor dream once again. Even if you can't donate now you still can share this campaign with your friends, some of which can donate to and in turn share this campaign with their friends. See that DONATE button below? I just licked it to be certain it would be sufficiently sticky for you to push it without slipping off. If you were here with me just now I would show you my microwave*. It's the English bulldog way of saying THANK YOU, thank you for your generosity! Standby for updates as they happen. *Microwave by English Bulldog = slight detection of muscle movement where the tail attaches on most dogs.
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