Home Sweet New Home
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Home Sweet New Home’s vision is to provide loving homes for adopted children, especially those who have special needs or might otherwise be "difficult" to adopt. We are currently receiving donations for the Ingle family’s home renovation. Because the Ingle’s project is extensive, we are focusing on their renovation at this time.
Twelve children, one unique couple . . . Heather and Rick Ingle of Montgomery, (a suburb of Cincinnati) Ohio are passionate about helping children. They have three biological children, and have opened their hearts and their home by adopting nine children from around the corner and around the globe. Most of these unique children face physical, emotional and mental challenges. This wonderful “patchwork quilt,” as Heather describes her family, range in age from 3 to 17 years old.
Heather and Rick provide around-the-clock care for their children who suffer from various challenges including severe brain damage, epilepsy, cerebral palsy, Down Syndrome, ADD, ADHD, anxiety and bi-polar disorders, drug & alcohol exposure during utero, stuttering, severe asthma, and seizures. Some of the children require wheelchairs and one uses prosthetics for missing limbs.
Therapies and doctors' visits are weekly occurrences and many of the children visit the hospital regularly. Some children require breathing treatments (up to twelve times a day), while another needs feeding tubes for her nourishment. In addition, some of the children have home physical therapy which the Ingles do themselves. Heather and Rick have no ancillary help on an ongoing basis...THEY DO IT ALL, ALL THE TIME! And, while all the care and nurturing they provide can seem overwhelming at times, they feel each and every child is a true blessing. They have never looked back.
The Ingles live in Montgomery so that the children can attend Sycamore schools. The Sycamore school district affords the most opportunities for special needs children. And, while Rick and Heather's family has grown, their house has not. Currently, three to four children share a bedroom and the entire family shares just one shower and one toilet. In addition to the overcrowded conditions, the home is in need of dire repairs. An addition to the home that is handicap accessible is crucial. The youngest child will never walk, and larger doorways to accommodate a wheelchair and a main floor bedroom are truly a necessity.
Please make checks payable to WaterStone, #7555, and mail to:
WaterStone
2925 Professional Place, Suite 201
Colorado Springs, CO 80904-8136
Home Sweet New Home is a Ministry Charity Project of WaterStone Support Foundation, Inc. TID # 84-1430063. All contributions are irrevocable gifts under the direction and control of the WaterStone Board of Directors, but will be restricted for the general purposes of the Ministry Charity Project.
All donations are tax-deductible
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