Monday, January 28, 2013
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 Dunedin firefighter and his family are getting some much-needed support thanks to their $5,000 victory in a social media contest. Lori and Jason "Jay" Griggs, of New Port Richey, 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 and Jason 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 numbness and tingling down his …
Thursday, January 10, 2013
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 for intensive therapy for their daughter Kiley, who has cerebral palsy. Now, the Griggs 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,” according to the contest rules. Contestants in the “Make a Comeback” contest post videos on how they would use the prize money on the contest’s …
Monday, October 1, 2012
Residents throughout Pinellas and Pasco counties have rallied to help Kiley Griggs, the daughter of a Dunedin firefighter, get therapy to help her walk. Recently, she rode a horse alone for a few seconds.
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Monday, October 1, 2012
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, 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 parents dream …
Friday, April 27, 2012
Vendors at the Elks Lodge and a Dunedin restaurant are celebrating moms by helping the daughter of a Dunedin firefighter raise money she needs for therapy to walk.
The 3-year-old daughter of a Dunedin firefighter 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 seeks to at least get her parents 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 helping her build the muscular strength and coordination she needs for taking…
Tuesday, February 14, 2012
Your votes could net the Griggs family a $500 Visa gift card.
Kiley Griggs' parents have entered her into another online contest in hopes of winning money they can put toward therapy sessions. The 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. Lori Griggs, Kiley's mother, is a teacher at Rushe Middle School in Land O' Lakes. Jason "Jay" Griggs, Kiley's father, is a firefighter for the city of Dunedin. 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 available is actually …
Tuesday, November 29, 2011
Kiley Griggs can't walk, but she grew stronger over her 15-day session.
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Tuesday, November 29, 2011
As part of her final day of intensive therapy Wednesday (Nov. 23), Kiley Griggs was slumped over and she was expected to pull herself up into a sitting position. Then, she was expected to do it again and again. “Up!” therapist Karey Garrand repeated several times in succession. Kiley did, too. “You stuck? You better pull yourself up,” Garrand said. “I’m going to touch your cheek,” Kiley said to Garrand at one point. “When we get to 15, you can,” Garrand responded. Kiley was exercising in her final day of a 15-day TheraSuit therapy regimen in Largo. She wore a suit fit with elastic cords and exercised her abdominal muscles as she sat with a physical therapist on a blue piece of equipment. As she neared her 3rd birthday (which was Oct. 3), …
Tuesday, September 6, 2011
Jason "Jay" Griggs and his wife Lori want something more for their daughter, but they need help getting it.
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Tuesday, September 6, 2011
Kiley Griggs is nearly 3 years old, and she can already tell her mother “I love you“ in Spanish. She can recite from memory some of the words to Max the Minnow, a picture book, in a soft voice. She can’t walk or crawl or sit up on her own. Kiley, born prematurely, was diagnosed with cerebral palsy. Now, she’s realizing her condition is making her different from friends who can walk. “She’s starting to understand now that ‘I should be able to do this,’” said Kiley’s mother, Lori Griggs. “Our dream, since, she is so smart, is for her to walk." So the dream was entered into the Upromise Dream Wall Sweepstakes. If the Griggs win, they want to use the money from the contest to pay for new therapy that will strengthen Kiley’s balance, …
Tyler Sontag
9:38 am on Wednesday, January 30, 2013
Way to go Jason, Lori and Kiley! more ›