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Monday, January 28, 2013

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 ›

Tuesday, February 14, 2012

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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