Silver and Gold Magazine Winter 2014-2015 | Page 17

Your community needs you... Can you help?
Hundreds of CLD sufferers in Ontario have flooded to the
closest Lyme specialist in New York State, spending tens of
thousands of dollars, and remain struggling with the disease
unable to return to full-time school or work. Unfortunately,
my Tiessen kids could not afford even these treatments, and
along with antoher grandparent, my husband and I could
only help so much through our limited finances. How do
you leave your kids to suffer on their own? What else could
we possibly do to help them?

A glimmer of hope
After much prayer, and great convincing on our part, together we decided to go public with their story [see Hamilton
Spectator article of August 29th, 2014], and we reached out
to our community for help.
The Sponaugle Wellness Institute in Florida is has a 90% success
rate for treating CLD. Headed by Dr. Rick Sponaugle,whose
daughter contracted Lyme Disease, the treatment uses a combination of antibiotics, powerful naturopathic medicines and
alternative treatments. Bloodwork is analyzed regularly and
treatment is customized to each patient.
With a price tag of $80,000 per person for this promising
treatment, my husband and I formed the fundraising campaign
(below), and are supported by Bethany Community Church
in St. Catharines to raise these funds for our Tiessen family.
With a committee of 20 volunteers, our September fundraiser
hellped raise over $100,000 dollars. Everyone continues to
work diligently to save each member of our family, but we
cannot do it alone.

“Through Jesus, therefore, let us continually
offer to God a sacrifice of praise – t