NEW NOTE: PLEASE CREATE AN ACCOUNT ON GIVEINKIND.COM TO SEE DETAILED UPDATES. THANK YOU! Our beloved Portia had a stroke on Wednesday, June 4. Her speech and ability to communicate clearly is what is most impacted, along with some right side dexterity loss. She has a long road ahead of her but she is a tenacious lady and has already said that she "will do it!" We are putting together a plan to support Portia's recovery, This will include fundraising to cover her expenses, groceries, meals, and likely time with Portia over the next months as she is working on post-stroke recovery, We will also use this site to keep everyone updated as to her progress. As her needs change, we will update this page. The Go Fund Me page can be found here: https://www.gofundme.com/f/portias-people-support-and-love-for-her-recovery The next 3 months are the most critical and she needs us all more than ever. She is such a light to us- let's be a light back to her now. If you have an idea as to how you would want to show up that's not listed on this page, please reach out to one of us or send a message via this website. Please create an account to see more updates and to view support requests. Thank you for your love and care of Portia. Please pass this along to anyone you know who knows Portia and may be able to help. Love, Celeste, Josh, Paul and Amy
For meals: 4-5 portions welcome, so there are leftovers for lunch. If you can't come in person to make or deliver a meal or bring groceries but you are still wanting to participate in the care team, we will gladly accept gift cards from DoorDash, GrubHub and Uber Eats, as well as InstaCart. Food restrictions: Vegetarian or pescatarian please. If it has meat/chicken ingredients please let us know. Mild on the spiciness, lower on the carbs/heavier on the veggie and plant based proteins if possible. Portia loves fruit. Dessert is also welcome but not necessary. Deliver anytime by 6pm please, and plan to leave by front door if it's earlier in the day. We can have a cooler outside if you need something to be chilled. Please do plan to stop in and say hi, but it will depend on Portia's energy and capacity! If you don't have time and just need to drop off, that's great too. Also please label your food containers if you want them back.