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A Cure for Ava

A campaign by: Susan Robenalt & Cindy Watson / $175,000 Goal
339 Donors
Raised Percent :
79.34%

79.34% Funded
, United States (US)
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Ava’s Story – Rett Syndrome – RSRT – YouTube

We want to thank everyone who has supported Ava’s campaign in any capacity. Each and every dollar makes a difference in finding a cure, and we have seen such progress made since Ava’s diagnosis in September 2021.

To date, we have far surpassed our initial campaign goal of $100,000 first started by Ava’s grandmothers. Thank you!

We have also fundraised through several other small and large events. All of this support has made true advancement in research, as there are currently two different companies, Taysha and Neurogene, pursuing gene therapy clinical trials towards a cure. Even more are working on different approaches.

Taysha has dosed two adult patients with their gene therapy which is showing promising results. Neurogene has dosed two pediatric patients in the U.S. and reports being well tolerated thus far.

This success might mean that Ava may soon be able to use her hands to do basic things like brush the hair out of her eyes, feed herself, or stand up unassisted.

Having Rett syndrome has been described as having symptoms of autism, cerebral palsy, and epilepsy. Ava’s challenges change by the day or week. Lately, Ava’s struggles have included extreme dystonia (uncontrolled muscle tightening), sleep disruptions, and swallowing difficulties.

We celebrate each day’s victories and stay positive for what the future holds. We have come so far, and for that we have to be optimistic. Ava, with her smiles and giggles and perseverance, won’t let us stop being that way.

We are all truly grateful for your support! It means the world to us because Ava is our world.

 

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203 Donors

Name Donation Amount Date
Christy Snyder $100.00 December 09, 2023
Ann Leist $40.00 December 07, 2023
LPL Financial Foundation $500.00 December 04, 2023
Brittany Walters $100.00 December 01, 2023
Paul Gale $1,000.00 October 23, 2023
Patricia Burns $50.00 October 13, 2023
Lois Dosky and Linda Guyton and Heartsong $440.00 October 06, 2023
Jennifer Byers $25.00 September 30, 2023
Anonymous $100.00 September 30, 2023
Shanon Paglieri $75.00 September 30, 2023
William Haupt $150.00 September 30, 2023
Anthony Contakis $100.00 September 30, 2023
Matt Free $100.00 September 30, 2023
Annie Kerregan $100.00 September 30, 2023
Kristopher Oest $50.00 September 30, 2023
Declan & Liam Wallace $50.00 September 30, 2023
Jo Mechenbier $100.00 September 30, 2023
Windi Noble $10.00 September 30, 2023
Kathleen VanTine $50.00 September 29, 2023
Elaine Major $50.00 September 26, 2023
Bonnie Crawford $25.00 September 25, 2023
Nancy Miller $1,000.00 September 18, 2023
Marilyn & David Ryerson $1,000.00 August 29, 2023
Susan Pattison $50.00 August 09, 2023
Terry Zucuskie $1,000.00 August 02, 2023
Juanita Rohde $1,000.00 July 25, 2023
sara Falk $2,500.00 July 15, 2023
Carrie McConkey $100.00 July 07, 2023
David Hughes $250.00 June 23, 2023
Debbie & Steve Lutz $100.00 June 07, 2023
Jeffrey Concepcion $15,000.00 May 30, 2023
Stratos Wealth Partners $10,000.00 May 22, 2023
Chris Walling $100.00 May 16, 2023
Dan Whittenburg $500.00 May 15, 2023
Peggy & Tom Murphy $300.00 May 12, 2023
Ryan Hunter $50.00 May 11, 2023
Susan and David Robenalt $5,000.00 May 11, 2023
Michael Woods $100.00 May 11, 2023
Chad Warrick $250.00 May 11, 2023
Charlie Mylonas $100.00 May 11, 2023
Robert Hays $1,000.00 May 11, 2023
Janice McGarity $250.00 May 11, 2023
Craig Macomber $1,000.00 May 11, 2023
Erica Gargol $100.00 May 11, 2023
Barbara Meola $200.00 May 11, 2023
Ken Bielejeski $100.00 May 11, 2023
Barbara Simons $100.00 May 11, 2023
Robert Samson $100.00 May 11, 2023
Frank Perfetuo $100.00 May 11, 2023
Kathryn Louttit $100.00 May 11, 2023
OUTCOME Private Wealth $1,000.00 May 11, 2023
Anonymous $100.00 May 11, 2023
Rhonda Jimerson $100.00 May 11, 2023
James Lupica $250.00 May 11, 2023
Amy Nielsen $25.00 May 11, 2023
Martin Swiecki $100.00 May 11, 2023
Paula Strumbly $100.00 May 11, 2023
Anonymous $100.00 May 11, 2023
Eric Susi $200.00 May 11, 2023
Weston Reinbolt $100.00 May 11, 2023
Anonymous $100.00 May 11, 2023
Anonymous $20.00 May 11, 2023
Helene Rude $100.00 May 11, 2023
Anonymous $100.00 May 11, 2023
John Zakel Jr $100.00 May 11, 2023
Callen Schramm $100.00 May 11, 2023
Rob Patti $100.00 May 11, 2023
Robert Meyer $100.00 May 11, 2023
Taylor Salisbury $100.00 May 11, 2023
William Van Kirk $100.00 May 11, 2023
Marcia Ramos $100.00 May 11, 2023
Sam Bernard $20.00 May 11, 2023
Anonymous $100.00 May 11, 2023
Paul Tramontozzi $50.00 May 11, 2023
Sharon Barton $100.00 May 11, 2023
Claiborne Perrilliat $100.00 May 11, 2023
Jimmy Wells $100.00 May 11, 2023
Philip Garrett $100.00 May 11, 2023
Clare Frederick $500.00 May 11, 2023
Nina Hajjar $250.00 May 11, 2023
Grant Ulrick $100.00 May 11, 2023
Joe Waterman $100.00 May 11, 2023
Christopher Radzinski $53.00 May 11, 2023
Frederick Cook $100.00 May 11, 2023
Anonymous $25.00 May 11, 2023
Jeff Mucci $100.00 May 11, 2023
Charles Shapiro $500.00 May 11, 2023
Adam Rude $100.00 May 11, 2023
Kelli Gargasz $500.00 May 11, 2023
Chandon Simonis $100.00 May 11, 2023
Joe Swiderski $100.00 May 11, 2023
Dublin A.M. Rotary $5,000.00 May 10, 2023
Paul & Dwight Kinnischtzke $50.00 May 05, 2023
Sandy Riehl $100.00 April 26, 2023
Cynthia Gerding $50.00 April 21, 2023
Zora Freeman $100.00 April 20, 2023
Jim & Karen Waters $200.00 April 14, 2023
Robert Watson $200.00 April 13, 2023
Elle Stevens $100.00 April 13, 2023
Amgen match of Derek Wallace $500.00 April 12, 2023
Beverly Kiehl $100.00 March 13, 2023
Andrea Hinman $500.00 March 04, 2023
Lee Hays $100.00 March 02, 2023
Derek Wallace $250.00 March 01, 2023
Steve/ Cindy Watson $2,000.00 February 14, 2023
Sandra Hipsher $100.00 February 09, 2023
David Holmes $50.00 February 07, 2023
Abbie Krekel $500.00 February 06, 2023
Amy Fitzgibbons $500.00 January 25, 2023
Eunice Nelson $50.00 January 05, 2023
Arthur Goodell $100.00 January 01, 2023
Rae Lynn Ortega & Justin Wright $100.00 December 31, 2022
Beth Allen $100.00 December 30, 2022
Doug & Cindy Robenalt $100.00 December 29, 2022
Felecia Sharp $100.00 December 28, 2022
Craig Offield $100.00 December 23, 2022
Chika and Harriet Nagata $100.00 December 20, 2022
Roger Stegmaier $300.00 December 19, 2022
Theresa Wilkins $50.00 December 17, 2022
Bob and Nancy Balthaser $100.00 December 16, 2022
Henry Voorhees $800.00 December 15, 2022
Susan Pattison $50.00 December 14, 2022
Susan & James Wright $5,000.00 December 12, 2022
Sharon Casey $500.00 December 12, 2022
Cheryl Konter $100.00 December 11, 2022
Colleen Henderson $1,000.00 December 11, 2022
Deborah Rodgers $100.00 December 09, 2022
Janet Clampitt $100.00 December 08, 2022
Christyne Nasbe $100.00 December 07, 2022
Wesley Hardin $100.00 December 07, 2022
Susan & Bradley Holmes $500.00 December 05, 2022
Chelsea Lempke $20.00 November 30, 2022
Hope Prout $25.00 November 30, 2022
Arlene Furman $250.00 November 29, 2022
Carol Kinsey Merrill $50.00 November 29, 2022
Linda Cochran $100.00 November 28, 2022
Dorcas & Bill Briscoe $1,000.00 November 28, 2022
Claire Stafford $250.00 November 15, 2022
$1,130.00 November 08, 2022
Cynthia (Juanita) Watson (Rohde) $100.00 November 01, 2022
Susan Pattison $50.00 November 01, 2022
Mary Tilley $50.00 October 31, 2022
Anonymous $20.00 October 24, 2022
Alene Hardin $100.00 October 22, 2022
Dan Block $100.00 October 21, 2022
Robert Watson $100.00 October 21, 2022
Adam Strachn $100.00 October 20, 2022
Susan Wright $100.00 October 17, 2022
Beverly Kiehl $100.00 October 10, 2022
Maureen & Tom Pedrick $1,000.00 September 07, 2022
Amy Fitzgibbons $100.00 August 17, 2022
LPL Matching gift Susan Robenalt $500.00 August 09, 2022
LPL Matching gift Barbara Meola $100.00 August 09, 2022
Sharon Casey $1,000.00 August 05, 2022
Judy Hoover $150.00 July 13, 2022
Kevin Falk $1,500.00 July 12, 2022
Anonymous $100.00 June 27, 2022
Sunny Bright $100.00 June 14, 2022
Paul Gale $1,000.00 June 12, 2022
Alene Hardin $100.00 June 05, 2022
Kim OConnell $200.00 June 04, 2022
Sandra Hipsher $50.00 June 02, 2022
Carol Merrill $100.00 June 01, 2022
Allyson Hillyard $100.00 May 29, 2022
Nancy Brackmann $100.00 May 28, 2022
Barbara Meola $100.00 May 27, 2022
Lee Hays $100.00 May 25, 2022
Susan Miller $100.00 May 24, 2022
Nancy Longenbaker $200.00 May 22, 2022
Michael O’Connell $500.00 May 19, 2022
Rod & Wendee Henry $40.00 May 16, 2022
Jeff Applewhite $100.00 May 10, 2022
Wanda & Wayne Adams $1,500.00 May 03, 2022
Julie Klawon $100.00 April 18, 2022
Doreen & Kevin Kerr $100.00 April 15, 2022
Sandra Riehl $100.00 April 15, 2022
Dublin A.M. Rotary Club $3,000.00 April 01, 2022
Susan & David Robenalt $5,000.00 April 01, 2022
Barbara Thompson $100.00 March 16, 2022
Pam Mennella $100.00 March 15, 2022
Cynthia Watson $2,500.00 March 08, 2022
Anonymous $100.00 March 03, 2022
John & Sostella McGaw $50.00 March 02, 2022
Patti Hays Brooks $50.00 February 27, 2022
Anonymous $50.00 February 27, 2022
Anonymous $50.00 February 27, 2022
Marilyn & David Ryerson $1,000.00 February 25, 2022
Cameron and Lynley Geer $250.00 February 23, 2022
Theresa Wilkins $50.00 February 23, 2022
Julie Cullen $50.00 February 22, 2022
Dublin A.M. Rotary Club $231.00 February 16, 2022
Arlyn Widenhoefer $50.00 February 16, 2022
Kimberlee Kiehl $100.00 February 11, 2022
Anonymous $50.00 February 07, 2022
Abbie Krekel $500.00 February 05, 2022
Tommy Pfeiffer $100.00 February 05, 2022
Anonymous $50.00 February 05, 2022
Trent Bird $20.00 February 05, 2022
Robert Hays $1,000.00 February 05, 2022
Steve Schwanekamp $100.00 February 04, 2022
Leon & Beverly Mascofff $50.00 February 04, 2022
Lois Sprick $100.00 February 03, 2022
Amanda Watson $50.00 January 31, 2022
Anonymous $130.00 January 30, 2022
Nancy Balthaser $100.00 January 28, 2022
Richard Poach $100.00 January 26, 2022
Joseph Mowad $100.00 January 24, 2022
Karen Wagenbrenner $100.00 January 21, 2022
Anonymous $250.00 January 21, 2022
GERALDINE MACDUFFIE $100.00 January 20, 2022
Christopher Amatos $1,000.00 January 19, 2022
JOHN Kendall $100.00 January 17, 2022
Kevin Falk $1,000.00 January 11, 2022
Sheldon Rohde $100.00 January 04, 2022
Caroline Kline $300.00 January 04, 2022
Matthew Powell $100.00 January 03, 2022
Deborah McCann $100.00 January 02, 2022
Rae Ortega $100.00 December 31, 2021
Bill & Susan Shepard $100.00 December 29, 2021
Harriet & Chicka Nagata $100.00 December 24, 2021
Allison Pressley $100.00 December 18, 2021
Jordan Schram $100.00 December 17, 2021
Jennifer Landrum $100.00 December 17, 2021
Violet & Jordan Anderson $500.00 December 16, 2021
Yolanda Nagata $200.00 December 16, 2021
Juanita Rohde $1,000.00 December 16, 2021
Michael Lehr $100.00 December 13, 2021
Roger Williams $200.00 December 12, 2021
Sarah Walker $100.00 December 11, 2021
John Schumacher $1,000.00 December 10, 2021
Hannah Hays $250.00 December 09, 2021
Carrie Kiesel $100.00 December 08, 2021
Gene McMahon $100.00 December 08, 2021
LPL Foundation $500.00 December 08, 2021
Virginia & Donald Smith $100.00 December 08, 2021
Craig Offield $100.00 December 08, 2021
Wes Hardin $100.00 December 07, 2021
Kortney Cervantes $300.00 December 07, 2021
Anonymous $100.00 December 07, 2021
Henry Voorhees $1,000.00 December 06, 2021
Arthur Goodell $100.00 December 06, 2021
Deborah Archer $100.00 December 05, 2021
Rachel Hays $30.00 December 04, 2021
Cynthia Watson $2,500.00 December 03, 2021
Donald and Barbara Gier Sr. $500.00 December 02, 2021
Jennifer Gale $500.00 December 02, 2021
Janet Clampitt $100.00 December 02, 2021
Anonymous $50.00 December 01, 2021
Anonymous $1,000.00 December 01, 2021
Anonymous $100.00 December 01, 2021
Anonymous $25.00 December 01, 2021
Anonymous $100.00 November 30, 2021
Linda Guyton $100.00 November 30, 2021
Donna Naylor $100.00 November 30, 2021
Karen Shively $100.00 November 30, 2021
William Dobbertin $100.00 November 30, 2021
Carol Merrill $500.00 November 30, 2021
Christyne Nasbe $500.00 November 30, 2021
Brittany Watson $100.00 November 29, 2021
Robert Watson $1,000.00 November 29, 2021
Nick Immell $100.00 November 29, 2021
Dianna McCauley $100.00 November 28, 2021
Franklin Prout $100.00 November 27, 2021
Charles Kachulis $100.00 November 25, 2021
Richard Cheffer $1,000.00 November 25, 2021
Jeffrey Concepcion $1,000.00 November 22, 2021
Richard Quattrone $100.00 November 22, 2021
Roger & Vianne Stegmaier $500.00 November 21, 2021
Anonymous $500.00 November 21, 2021
Kristen Shepherd $300.00 November 21, 2021
Nate Ferguson $100.00 November 21, 2021
Lindsay Ratai $100.00 November 21, 2021
Molly Hampton $50.00 November 20, 2021
Kristin McLean $100.00 November 20, 2021
Caroline Revell $500.00 November 19, 2021
Richard Wight $100.00 November 19, 2021
Sandra Hipsher $100.00 November 19, 2021
Shannon ANDERSON $25.00 November 19, 2021
Amy Barnhart $100.00 November 19, 2021
Kelsey Lenzmeier $100.00 November 19, 2021
Alene Hardin $500.00 November 19, 2021
Colleen Henderson $1,000.00 November 19, 2021
Jeffrey Linebaugh $100.00 November 19, 2021
John Hall $50.00 November 19, 2021
elizabeth johnson $50.00 November 19, 2021
Paul Bramall $500.00 November 19, 2021
Anonymous $50.00 November 19, 2021
Anonymous $500.00 November 19, 2021
John Van Cleaf $100.00 November 19, 2021
Scott Banning $50.00 November 19, 2021
Lee Flagg $100.00 November 19, 2021
Eric Snyder $100.00 November 19, 2021
Armen Kenareki $200.00 November 19, 2021
Terri and Duane Long $100.00 November 19, 2021
Todd Shipman $300.00 November 19, 2021
Howard Bernstein $100.00 November 19, 2021
Kevin Pickering $100.00 November 19, 2021
Kristen Odenbach $100.00 November 19, 2021
Pamela Kirk $100.00 November 19, 2021
Chelsey Luvin $75.00 November 19, 2021
William Heagy $100.00 November 19, 2021
Sean O’Leary $100.00 November 19, 2021
Justin Dahan $100.00 November 19, 2021
Donna Roll $50.00 November 19, 2021
Anonymous $100.00 November 19, 2021
Byrne Tim $100.00 November 19, 2021
Anonymous $50.00 November 18, 2021
Seth Richart $20.00 November 18, 2021
Carrie Hays $50.00 November 18, 2021
Mandy Patrick $100.00 November 18, 2021
Thomas Marotta $500.00 November 18, 2021
Dave Brown $100.00 November 18, 2021
Mounir Siblini $100.00 November 18, 2021
Karen Zelevinsky $100.00 November 18, 2021
Gabe Turcsanski $25.00 November 18, 2021
Anonymous $1,000.00 November 18, 2021
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Anonymous $500.00 November 18, 2021
Anonymous $250.00 November 18, 2021
Anonymous $100.00 November 18, 2021
Anonymous $100.00 November 18, 2021
Anonymous $100.00 November 18, 2021
Mike Woodbury $50.00 November 18, 2021
Ben Miller $25.00 November 18, 2021
Tim Leonard $100.00 November 18, 2021
William McReynolds $100.00 November 18, 2021
Kevin Maceri $100.00 November 18, 2021
Kevin Meyn $100.00 November 18, 2021
Besecker David $100.00 November 18, 2021
Steven Boyd $100.00 November 18, 2021
James Arena $100.00 November 18, 2021
Karlyn Kagy $100.00 November 18, 2021
Anonymous $1,000.00 November 18, 2021
Anonymous $100.00 November 18, 2021
Anonymous $100.00 November 17, 2021
Anonymous $1,000.00 November 17, 2021
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