Dozens of Midlothian families came together to help a special education teacher receive new prosthetics for Christmas.
"He leaned over and said, "What do you want to do, Jennifer? Do you want a life or limb?’ I chose a life," she said. "My first instance of needing to figure something out I had dropped a penny on the floor. Something so simple but without fingertips I could not pick up the penny. I was alone and started to cry. I told myself, Jennifer, just find another way. I looked on the counter and there was an envelope," she said."I took that envelop and scooped up the penny and that was a defining moment for me," she said.
"Within 10 minutes of a hard phone call of prosthetics being denied for the third time, I was in my wheelchair and this young student waved at me," she said."They told me over the phone a prosthetic is not a need. It’s a want. You can just use your chair," she said.