Posted on Tue, May 18, 2010
Judy Aguirre (pronounced uh-gear-ray), a wife and mother of two young boys, fell in her Baldwinsville home last September suffering a broken neck which left her paralyzed and confined to a wheelchair. In a community-wide effort to help the Aguirre family, several local companies have donated supplies and employees of McClurg Remodeling & Construction Services have volunteered to construct a wheelchair accessible deck at her home. The project starts Wednesday, May 19 and the community can follow its progress on Facebook and Twitter.
"Our family is enormously grateful to so many people and companies in our community who are helping my sister and her family during this very challenging time," says Jennifer Harte, Judy's sister. "The deck will enable Judy to spend time with her boys and family in the yard she has always cherished. She is very strong willed and determined to recover from her injuries and remain an active mother."
"The project will take up to three weeks to complete, depending on weather," says Brian Ciota, vice president and co-owner of McClurg. Businesses donating materials for the project include: 84 Lumber, East Syracuse; Benjamin Electric; Black Glass; Calley's Hardware; Healy Plumbing, Heating and Air Conditioning; Liverpool Lumber Company; Matheison Portable Toilets; Nightingale True Value Hardware; Skaneateles Scapes; Tiger Claw Hidden Deck Fasteners; Trex Decking; and Van Derhoof Roofing Company, Inc. McClurg employees are donating labor.
Judy's life changed dramatically after the accident. For three weeks she was in intensive care and she spent another 10 weeks in rehabilitation. While medical expenses were covered by insurance, rehabilitation services, adaptive equipment and home conversion expenses were not. Anyone interested in helping the family can contact Jennifer Harte at (315) 254-9171.