Wheels for Kids CityPlace

Wheels for Kids Party-CityPlace Tower

January 22, 2009 at the new CityPlace South Tower

across from CityPlace in West Palm Beach

Denise, John and Dorothy Sullivan

Mary Hall, Chad Michael and Denise

John and Dorothy Sullivan with Jacquie and Link Klein

Jean Wort, Mary Hall, Denise Jungbert, Foundere of Wheels for Kids,

Terri Sparks and Rose Marie Brancato

David and Gloria Stuart

Photos by

Ronald Tee Johnson

Co-Publisher

& Editor

Palm Beach Today

Maria Rothen

Jill Burdett with Denise

Gayle Clark, Sales Manager at CityPlace South Tower

with sales representatives David Staples, left, and Chad Michael, right

Visit the CityPlace South Tower website

Kathy Lewis, Denise Parisi, Denise Mariani, Rose Marie Brancato

Peter Robinson, Liza Rosch

Melissa Allen

A MOTHER'S LOVE

By Ronald Tee Johnson

Co-Publisher & Editor

Palm Beach Today

Most gala organizers have a heart of gold and serve their causes with a passon, but few actually experience the pain and anguish associated with the cause.

Denise Jungbert has been through it and rather than suffer in silence, she reached out to help her beloved Ashlee survive and to other parents who lacked the substantial resources it takes to give their child the opportunity to live a quality life.

“My daughter, Ashlee, just turned 20 years old in October 2006. From the start, she was seemingly without problems, but at 9 months of age, Ashlee was not progressing as she should. Ashlee was weak. We learned that she suffered from a condition known as Hypotonia Cerebral Palsy,” said Denise.

Ashlee’s father and Denise were working full-time, but did not make enough money for the five-day-a-week physical and occupational therapies, which cost over $100,000 per year. At the time they did not have health insurance. When they tried to obtain it, they discovered that pre-existing conditions were not covered.

Ashlee’s first manual wheelchair at age 2, which she quickly outgrew, cost $3,200. The costs for Ashlee’s therapies, braces and wheelchairs were so high that they could not financially support her. “I quit my job, and my husband and I divorced in 1992 in order to qualify for Medicaid to shoulder Ashlee’s medical bills, she said.

“We were told by the doctors that Ashlee would go from a crib, to a bed, to a nursing home and that would be her life. We refused to accept this, and vigorously championed her therapies. Ashlee has now had four wheelchairs totaling $36,000. Her current custom-made electric wheelchair cost $24,000 and most recently needed the seating to be refurbished at a cost of $3500.

“Because of a mother’s love, Denise established “Wheels For Kids” – to help middle class families with children with disabilities keep up with the progressive growth and cost of wheelchairs. “I want to help the children who fall between the cracks. I hope you will join me on my journey. “

November 12, 2008

Palm Beach Today

Magazine

Cover Story

Denise Jungbert,

Founder

of Wheels for Kids

"A Mother's Love"

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PalmBeachToday.Net

proudlly presents the events of WHEELS FOR KIDS

Party at CityPlace Tower

Luncheon at Cafe Boulud

Party at Leila

Party at Island Palm

Party at Cafe Sapori

Wheels for Kids CityPlace

party on the front page of

February 4, 2009

Palm Beach Today Newspaper

Click here to see the event photos

Wheels for Kids fundraiser at

Palm Harbor

Wheels for Kids

Cafe Boulud Luncheon 2009

SEE THE WHEELS

FOR KIDS MOVIE!

$50,000 gift from Mrs. Florence DeGeorge!

Wheels for Kids Luncheon February 3, 2009 Cafe Boulud Palm Beach

As an appreciate luncheon audience looked on, a thrilled Denise Jungbert, left, founder of Wheels for Kids, hugs Florence DeGeorge in appreciation for Mrs. DeGeorge's $50,000 gift which will purchase a wheelchair.

Photo by

Ronald Tee Johnson

Palm Beach Today