Later MMIA hopes to build a deck where Isaac can go outside on his own and enjoy more mobility and independence. contributed

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Our Military Mission In Action (MMIA) volunteers have completed another amazing project to help one of our military families. A ramp with rails was built by nine volunteers at the home of Isaac and his grandmother Rhonda in Fayetteville. Isaac, the son of an active duty soldier is being cared for and loved by his grandmother. His father bought the house and pays all the bills so Isaac’s grandmother can live bill-free and focus on Isaac’s needs.

Some of the many challenges Isaac faces everyday include living with cerebral palsy, hydrocephalus, “wandering eye,” speech and language deficits, bronchial dysplasia, (requiring nebulizer treatments), severe decreased vision in his left eye and delayed developmental growth. His dad cannot be with him as much as he would love to but planned for his son and his mother by buying this home for them.

Six of our MMIA volunteers including Mike Dorman and Mendy Rausch (MMIA Executive Assistant) were joined by three military superintendents in military housing, who had helped previously on another project. They worked all day to create the ramp for Isaac. With Isaac’s multiple needs, carrying him from the car into the house was increasingly difficult. This new ramp increases Isaac’s independence, makes it safer and easier to get him out of the car and into the house, and makes it possible for Isaac to go outside and sit in the sun, which is one of his favorite things.

Isaac was so excited when he saw the ramp his grandmother told me, his eyes got huge and he gasped with excitement. Later MMIA hopes to build a deck where Isaac can go outside on his own and enjoy more mobility and independence.