Sara Spins

Meet SaraSpins newest recipient for a wheel chair: Taylor! On October 16th, 2011, Taylor’s life was drastically changed when she fell asleep while driving and flipped her car, which caused her to break her neck. Taylor was care flighted from the accident to Miami Valley Hospital in Dayton. She stretched her spinal cord at the C2 Vertebrae and was told she was paralyzed. Taylor missed her entire junior year of high school and had many complications from her heart stopping three different times due to infections. She has had over 20 different surgeries and was eventually she regained movement in her arms and hands and entered therapy. Despite these struggles, 17 year-old Taylor, still managed to graduate from Memorial High School in St. Marys, Ohio, just this spring. SaraSpins has selected to help fundraise for Taylor to get a new wheelchair so she can live out her dreams by attending college this fall!

The University of Cincinnati is home to over 30,000 students that love their traditions! This year one of these traditions just so happens to involve our very own Sara Whitestone, who will be leading UC’s 8th Annual MainStreet Stride! Sara was nominated as the University of Cincinnati’s 2013 Grand Marshal to lead the foot parade of students, faculty and staff dressed in their finest and most creative red-and-black spirit wear across campus. The MainStreet Stride will begin at the plaza at University Pavilion, proceed down MainStreet and end at the Campus Recreation Center Gymnasium, where there will then be a performance by UC Bearcats Band, an award presentation, and the Student Government Inauguration.
This year’s MainStreet Stride will be on Friday, April 12, 2013 at Noon. If you want to join Sara and the UC community at the parade, just click here to register your group!

Meet the wonderful Abbey Gayle Hunter! This exquisite young woman is currently pursing a bachelor of science in Interior Design in the School of Design, Architecture, Art, and Planning at the University of Cincinnati.
Abbey has P.O.T.S. and her main symptom is Chronic Fatigue. Thanks to everyone’s help, SaraSpins was able to fundraise money to give Abbey a grant for the wheelchair she needed! The world better prepare for the big influence that Abbey is going to have, she plans to pursue a masters program in the health field and possibly going on a 1 or 2 year mission trip.

Email Abbey with any questions at: hunterag@gmail.com
Where there’s a wheel, there’s a way! Congrats Abbey!

On October 23rd Sara had an opportunity to present Sara Spins and her personal journey to the University of Cincinnati Board of Trustees during its regular meeting! Check it out!

Hi there! I Hope everyone is enjoying this beautiful fall weather! The past two months at school have flown by for Sara as she is becoming so involved at UC. Sara was lucky enough to start off the semester with meeting the wonderful boys of the Pi Kappa Phi fraternity who have helped raise awareness for people with disabilities.

UC will be hosting the first ever “Ability Olympics” on October 28th at 11 am. This is a charity event for SaraSpins that was created with help from the wonderful men in Alpha Chi Rho fraternity and UC Disability Services. Check out the website for more information and to register!

Lastly – SaraSpins has the opportunity to be nominated as a National Student Day!!! You can vote HERE  thanks!

Check out the latest Sara Spins video by the University of Cincinnati Magazine! Today marks Sara’s FIRST day of college at the UC!

And a special thank you to:
Dorothy Lane Market in Oakwood
The Dayton YWCA
The Spaghetti Warehouse
Clay Tyler and Eric Tonnis for DJing

Just because we are close to raising enough money for Sara to attend college doesn’t mean we are stopping here! SaraSpins is ready to help out disabled people across the country further their education! Keep a look out for more events and updates on how YOU can help SaraSpins change the lives of others!
Now we ask you the question–who needs our help next?!

You can now make a charitable donation for SaraSpins!!

Go to http://www.daytonfoundation.org/ and click on “Donate Online”.
Under Gift information put Sara Spins, #7331 in the box under “Apply My Gift to (enter Dayton Foundation fund name or number)*”

Also, Check out the new SaraSpins promotional video:

Enjoy some delicious spaghetti while donating to SaraSpins to help those with disabilities and mobility issues pursuing an education! On August 4th there will be a fundraiser at The Spaghetti Warehouse in Dayton!! Bring this flyer with you and earn 15% of your total sales back to SaraSpins!!

When: All day August 4th
Where: 36 W. Fifth St., Dayton, OH
(973) 461-3913

Sara Spins HOBY Alumni Rock ‘n’ Roll Tacky Prom on Aug. 4th!!
Sara Spins welcomes all HOBY Alumni (bring a friend or two!) to rock around the clock at the the Rock ‘n’ Roll Tacky Prom! Come dance the night of August 4th away with your fellow HOBY Alums (including Sara and her family) to music provided by a professional DJ, while furthering Sara Spins’ fundraising goal of letting Sara rock ‘n’ roll all the way to University of Cincinnati in the fall. Come enjoy water and snacks, and smile for the photographer – this are pictures you won’t want to miss! The event is $10 to register online, or $15 at the door, though donations to Sara Spins of any additional amount are welcome and appreciated.

When? Saturday, August 4th from 8 – 11 p.m.

Where? Dayton YWCA 141 W 3rd St Dayton, OH 45402

Register in advance! Visit saraspins.eventbrite.com