Woods: Co-Founds CanRise19 for Emotional, Physical and Future Financial Aid¶
Day 3 · 7:04:01 · Dean Allison · Crystal Denomme · Julie Woods · Shawn Buckley
- 🤝 After public story, she and Dr. Michelle Worton founded CanRise19 and joined the COVID Vaccine Injury Alliance.
- 💬 Weekly emotional support groups and a provider list already help injured and bereaved Canadians.
- 💵 They seek charitable status to build a medical-care fund for the thousands spent out-of-pocket.
Injured Canadians are building the support infrastructure the system refuses to provide.
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Transcript¶
Dean Allison · 7:04:01
I know it's, uh, you know, you guys set that up and It's just in terms of the reach and how you guys are helping other people and maybe even kind of the vision of what you hope it can become.
Crystal Denomme · 7:04:12
Yeah.
Julie Woods · 7:04:13
So after I received those diagnoses from Utah and I came back home, I shared my story publicly for the first time. And that's when Dr. Michelle Worton from BC connected with me as we went to the same medical clinic. And so the two of us realized that there wasn't anything in Canada like there was React19, um, that was doing all the same things that they were doing. And so the two of us, uh, co-founded CanRise19, and we became part of the COVID Vaccine Injury Alliance.
Dean Allison · 7:04:49
So, all right, so what types of things are— is CanRise19 doing? I know we've heard from Michelle a little bit, but I don't think you can tell you it's a great story. Yeah, I don't think you can tell enough of it because not everyone understands what it does or what it could do or what you hope it could do.
Julie Woods · 7:05:06
Yeah, absolutely. So right now we're able to offer emotional and physical supports to Canadians from who are experiencing COVID-19 vaccine injuries as well as those who are bereaved. So we do that through offering emotional support groups. That we meet on a weekly basis so that individuals can come together and connect with those who are experiencing what they are and who understand what they are going through. I know Michelle touched on the physical portion with our provider list, so I won't go into too, too much detail about that. But the one pillar that is remaining that REACT 19 has been able to accomplish that we have not been able to yet is the financial support because as you've heard from lots of us, we have spent thousands upon thousands upon hundreds of thousands of dollars on medical care. And so we are working really hard to achieve charitable status.
Julie Woods · 7:06:08
Right now we are a registered not-for-profit, but we're hoping to achieve charitable status so that we can work on getting donations so that we can create a medical care fund. For Canadians who have out-of-pocket medical and mental health expenses.
Dean Allison · 7:06:25
Well, I just want to say, not only am I grateful for you coming today, but, you know, through all the pain and what you're experiencing, you guys continue to figure out other ways how you can help the rest of the community. It's pretty impressive.
Shawn Buckley · 7:06:39
Yeah, absolutely.
Julie Woods · 7:06:40
Thank you. We appreciate that. And unfortunately, it is the injured that are left. To help the injured because there really isn't other support out there for us.
Dean Allison · 7:06:54
Well, thank, thank you very much for attending tonight.
Speaker J · 7:06:56
Yeah, of course.
Dean Allison · 7:06:57
Appreciate it.