The Kneeraiser - Crowdfunding For a Prosthetic Leg

NEW YORK - May 13, 2015 - PRLog -- What A Kneeraiser Is and How It Came To Be

In December 2013, Christa spent the month trying out a microprocessor knee. When the trial ended, she posted a message on Facebook about her experience. She went from “barely remembering what having two legs was like” and avoiding stairs to seeking out steps with the microprocessor knee. She ended the message with, “Today I have to give the knee back. I feel like I’m about to turn into a pumpkin.”

Friends, fans and family responded to the Facebook post with overwhelming support and enthusiasm: “How can we make this happen?” and “Let’s crowdfund this mother!”

And so the Kneeraiser for Christa Couture was born. The name stems from the concept of a barn raiser, says the official site, “where a community comes together to contribute to the building of an essential structure for one of their own. In this case, our own is Christa Couture, excellent citizen of the world and inspiring songstress.”

David Catapano Celebrity Chef, motivational Speaker and maverick amputee, was one of the many insured that was refused a prosthetic insurace companies citing it as 'a vanity item' he used a KneeRaiser Style campaign to fund his C-Leg.

You can find Chef David Catapano on Food Network and FoodyTV
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Catapano
http://foodytv.com/chef-catman/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3229264/

Find Christina here:
Christa Couture is an independent singer-songwriter who had her left leg amputated above the knee to rid her body of Ewing’s sarcoma cancer at the young age of 13.
http://christacouture.com/about/

To scientists and amputees the C-Leg and Genium are highly advanced miracles  to actually mimic walking. To insurance companies they are "Luxuries" and "Vanity"

We turn to the community in hopes that you will see that we are not looking to flaunt around in the lap of luxury, but just to walk.
Each knee cost $25,000 Every $25000 we earn will go for the next amputee in need.

For more information:

http://www.gofundme.com/KneeRaiser