Pasco Family Wins $5K in 'Make a Comeback' Contest

Lori and Jason "Jay" Griggs will be able to use the prize money to continue physical therapy for their 4-year-old daughter Kiley, who has cerebral palsy, and to treat Jay's herniated discs.

A New Port Richey family is getting some much-needed support thanks to their $5,000 victory in a social media contest.  Lori and Jason "Jay" Griggs are the winners of Tampa-based Laser Spine Institute's "Make a Comeback" contest, a company spokesperson said Friday. The prize money will go toward physical therapy for their 4-year-old daughter Kiley, who has cerebral palsy, to help improve her strength, mobility and flexibility. Lori, a teacher at Rushe Middle School, and Jason, a firefighter in Dunedin, dream of Kiley being able to walk on her own some day. She can’t now. A portion will also pay for chiropractic care and massage therapy for Jay, a firefighter for more than 10 years, who has four herniated discs in his neck, causing him …

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Lori

12:38 pm on Tuesday, January 29, 2013

Thank you Balee and thank you to Alex once again for wonderful update.   more ›

Your Vote Could Help Girl With Cerebral Palsy and Her Parents

A win in the Laser Spine Institute's "Make a Comeback" contest could fund therapy for Kiley Griggs.

Contest Win Could Help Girl With Cerebral Palsy and Her Parents

A win in the Laser Spine Institute's "Make a Comeback" contest could fund therapy for Kiley Griggs.

It's been more than a year since Lori and Jason Griggs turned to the Internet to help them find funding to pay for the start of intensive therapy for their daughter Kiley, who has cerebral palsy. They entered Kiley, now 4, into an online sweepstakes and won the grand prize of $10,000.  Now, the Griggs, who live in the New Port Richey area, are seeking a new contest win. This time, the winnings would finance Kiley’s therapy and would also go to funding therapy for her parents. The Griggs have entered the Tampa-based Laser Spine Institute's Make a Comeback contest. The winner of the contest gets $5,000 to help with spine health. The winner of the contest will be “determined by popular vote from the public Facebook and YouTube communities,” …

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Girl with Cerebral Palsy Reaches Huge Milestone

Residents throughout Pasco and Pinellas counties have rallied to help Kiley Griggs get therapy to help her walk. Recently, she rode a horse alone for a few seconds.

Kiley Griggs, a 3-year-old with cerebral palsy, is learning to ride a horse. Kiley, who is on the verge of turning 4 this month, lives in the New Port Richey area with her mother, Lori, who teaches at Rushe Midde School, and father Jason “Jay” Griggs, a Dunedin firefighter. She is enrolled in equine therapy at Kiddy Up! Farms. Kiddy Up is a New Port Richey area business that provides equine therapy to children with disabilities. On Wednesday, Kiley’s mother let folks on the Kiley's Progress Facebook page know about a big step Kiley has taken in therapy. Here's what she had to say: HUGE milestone! Kiley rode, for a few seconds, ALL BY HERSELF!!!!! Lots of tears from this one.  She posted video of the occasion on the Facebook page. Kiley’s …

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Your Mother's Day Gift Can Help a Toddler with Cerebral Palsy

Vendors are celebrating moms by helping the raise money the West Pasco girl needs for therapy to walk at an event in Dunedin.

The 3-year-old daughter of West Pasco parents is learning to walk — very, very slowly and not without a lot of help.   With expensive therapy (the kind not covered by health insurance), little Kiley Griggs, who has cerebral palsy, is now able to sit up on her own, and stand with some support. A fundraiser on Sunday in Dunedin  seeks to at least get her parents, who live wth her in the unincorporated New Port Richey area, some of the financial support they need to see Kiley through their dream of her walking. Kiley could have spent much of her life in a wheel chair if not for winning a $10,000 Internet cash prize in the Upromise Dream Wall sweepstakes last year. The prize money has largely funded the special TheraSuit Therapy that is …

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Contest Win Could Fund Therapy for Girl With Cerebral Palsy

Your votes could net the Griggs family a $500 Visa gift card.

The parents of Kiley Griggs, a 3-year-old girl with cerebral palsy, won a contest last year that netted them money to fund intensive therapy that they has helped their daughter gain strength. Now they have entered her into another online contest in hopes of winning funds to use for future therapy sessions. The Griggs live in a subdivision just outside New Port Richey. Their dream is for Kiley to walk, which she cannot currently do unassisted. The Griggs won the grand prize in the Upromise Dream Wall sweepstakes last year, which promised $10,000 to the winner of that top prize. After government deductions, the total the Griggs have ailable is less than that.  Lori Griggs, Kiley's mother, is a teacher at Rushe Middle School in Land O' Lakes…

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