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Mission Minna

A campaign by: Caroline & Chris Van Arsdale / $75,000 Goal
110 Donors
Raised Percent :
68.84%

68.84% Funded
, United States (US)
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As she approached her first birthday, Minna seemed like a happy, healthy baby girl, her red hair and sweet smile charming everyone she met —that hasn’t changed. However, at 15 months of age we noticed delays in her development and set out to identify and confront the underlying cause of her challenges. On July 30th 2019 the doctors introduced us to Rett Syndrome and our hearts were shattered. We learned that our perfect little girl was going to face hardships that no child should ever have to face.

For the past two years Minna has been on a mission to combat her symptoms and build her skills to prepare for a cure. At 3 years old she is slowly learning to walk and communicate with us through eye gaze. She battles epileptic activity in her brain, severe reflux, GI issues, anxiety, motor skill deficiencies and irregular breathing patterns. Regardless of the level of difficulty or pain, she does everything with a smile. The one thing that Rett has not taken is her sweet, sincere, loving personality.

Our family’s mission since her diagnosis is to find a cure. The rate at which the research is advancing is what keeps us hopeful each day. We have committed our lives to funding research in any capacity to save the life of our daughter and, hopefully, children with many other genetic disorders.

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Donation Levels

$5000

Minna's Hero

1 Donor

$1000

Minna's Star

15 Donors

$500

Minna's Champion

23 Donors

$250

Minna's Supporter

21 Donors

$100

Minna's Advocate

44 Donors

Name Donation Amount Date
Kathy Van Arsdale $400.00 May 12, 2023
Martha Gomez $200.00 May 10, 2023
Alison Loomis $250.00 April 23, 2023
Claudia Teetsel $100.00 February 16, 2023
Kathy Van Arsdale $500.00 January 16, 2023
Joe & Barb Strittmatter $50.00 December 29, 2022
Kathy Van Arsdale $3,000.00 December 27, 2022
Chris Janick $1,000.00 December 16, 2022
Arlene Ben-Horin $50.00 December 14, 2022
Randi Yaw $250.00 November 30, 2022
Anonymous $250.00 November 30, 2022
Linda Yaw $50.00 November 30, 2022
Mimi Zipser $500.00 November 29, 2022
SAN TAN FORD $250.00 November 29, 2022
Kelly Otjen $25.00 November 29, 2022
Rebecca Erbe $250.00 November 29, 2022
Jill Zeman $100.00 November 29, 2022
James Chapin $100.00 November 29, 2022
Kathy Van Arsdale $500.00 November 29, 2022
Jeanne Berg jberg244@charter.net $100.00 November 26, 2022
Cameron Fowler $100.00 November 09, 2022
Diane Willian $500.00 October 31, 2022
Nancy Thomas $250.00 October 30, 2022
Jennifer Leonetti $250.00 October 30, 2022
Joseph Haberl $500.00 October 29, 2022
Carol Perry $500.00 October 28, 2022
Marc Cavness $100.00 October 28, 2022
amy Stoney $200.00 October 28, 2022
Janette Otjen $100.00 October 02, 2022
Kathy Van Arsdale $337.00 September 07, 2022
Kathy Van Arsdale $1,000.00 June 01, 2022
Claudia Teetsel $100.00 May 22, 2022
Kathy Van Arsdale $675.00 March 28, 2022
Thammy Donnelly $200.00 March 09, 2022
Kathy Van Arsdale $600.00 February 07, 2022
David Amster $180.00 January 19, 2022
Barry Axler & Assoc Ltd $180.00 January 10, 2022
Tom Johnson $100.00 January 10, 2022
Celia Teteak $100.00 December 28, 2021
Marcia Anderson $500.00 December 19, 2021
Marcia and Jeff Anderson $500.00 December 15, 2021
REBECCA ERBE $500.00 December 08, 2021
Susan Harris $500.00 December 08, 2021
Jason Van Arsdale $100.00 December 07, 2021
Maureen and Hutchinson $100.00 December 03, 2021
Lorin Swift $250.00 December 02, 2021
Wayne A Case $250.00 December 01, 2021
Jane Horn $100.00 December 01, 2021
James Chapin $100.00 December 01, 2021
Shannon Hoenninger $100.00 December 01, 2021
Diane Willian $500.00 December 01, 2021
MaryPat Butler $500.00 December 01, 2021
Erica Nuyen $100.00 December 01, 2021
Sydney Sherman $250.00 November 30, 2021
Lindsay Ambriz $100.00 November 30, 2021
Nancy Thomas $100.00 November 30, 2021
Charles & Amanda Thomson $100.00 November 30, 2021
Shaun McCrain $100.00 November 30, 2021
Kathy Van Arsdale $1,000.00 November 30, 2021
Kelly Vasbinder $100.00 November 30, 2021
MARY KAY LEONETTI $1,000.00 November 30, 2021
Megan Hedstrom $50.00 November 30, 2021
Amy Stoney $250.00 November 29, 2021
Joseph Haberl $560.00 November 24, 2021
Kathy Van Arsdale $250.00 November 21, 2021
Anne & Jim Spellman $1,000.00 November 05, 2021
Kathy Van Arsdale $300.00 November 03, 2021
Alison Loomis $250.00 October 28, 2021
Shannon Manning $100.00 October 28, 2021
Anonymous $100.00 October 28, 2021
Krystal Gillis $100.00 October 26, 2021
Phoebe Fox $100.00 October 26, 2021
Michael Baumann $100.00 October 26, 2021
Arlene Ben-Horin $50.00 October 26, 2021
Parrish Scott $100.00 October 26, 2021
Jill Zeman $100.00 October 19, 2021
Cameron Fowler $250.00 October 18, 2021
Mimi Zipser $500.00 October 14, 2021
San Tan Ford San Tan Ford $1,000.00 October 12, 2021
David & Candy Bernstein $1,000.00 October 10, 2021
Kathy Van Arsdale $800.00 October 08, 2021
Deborah Beardsley $1,000.00 October 08, 2021
Veronica Slavik $440.00 October 04, 2021
Kristy Moore $1,000.00 October 04, 2021
Jim & Carol Schmidt $1,000.00 October 03, 2021
Julie Behrendt $100.00 October 01, 2021
Jane h Horn $100.00 October 01, 2021
Chris Janick $1,000.00 October 01, 2021
Kerri Rouse $100.00 October 01, 2021
Anonymous $500.00 October 01, 2021
Randi Yaw $250.00 October 01, 2021
Erica Jolokai $100.00 October 01, 2021
Anonymous $500.00 October 01, 2021
Kathy Van Arsdale $120.00 September 19, 2021
Dixie & Larry Edwards $100.00 August 25, 2021
Emily Resnick $100.00 August 25, 2021
Kelsey Jacobson $100.00 August 21, 2021
Kathy Van Arsdale $552.00 August 02, 2021
David Wilcox $250.00 July 26, 2021
George Wordingham $1,000.00 July 20, 2021
Kathy Van Arsdale $2,250.00 July 20, 2021
Jennifer Theobold $100.00 July 20, 2021
Claudia Danovic $100.00 July 20, 2021
Thomas McGlasson $500.00 July 20, 2021
Susan Monahan $100.00 July 20, 2021
Kathie Lee & Malcolm Howard $1,000.00 July 20, 2021
Kathy Van Arsdale $724.00 July 20, 2021
David Highmark $500.00 July 20, 2021
Kathy Van Arsdale $340.00 July 17, 2021
Caroline & Chris Van Arsdale $10,000.00 June 23, 2021