The Darr Family and Jimmy King Story

Little Jimmy King (Jimbo)

The Darr family of Brunswick have been taking care of their eight year old grandson that has been diagnosed with Duchennes Muscular Dystrophy.  This bright eyed boy is a pleasure to be around and it is even more evident when you talk to his grandparents.   Until recently, they would carry Jimmy up and down steps to get him to school.  Mr. Darr would carry Jimmy’s 120 lb body up the steps while Mrs. Darr would carry the wheel chair into the house.  Fortunately, they received a new motorized wheel chair so he is able to function a little easier with all of his friends at school and home.   However, this still doesn’t solve the problem at getting Jimmy in the house from street level.  They have been using a gracious neighbors back yard to wheel Jimmy down to the house from the alley.  Soon to be an impossible task as the weather gets worse.  Mr. Darr recognized this early on and has been slowly and painfully removing the steep steps in front of the house for a new Lift.  There is not enough room for just a ramp into the house. With the great efforts of Bob Carney’s group of Long and Foster in Mt Airy the construction and material for the ramp estimated at $15,000 has been donated. 

We need to raise the rest of the money for the chair left which is $4,200 and we need to raise it now.  Bad weather is lurking in front of us. Please help us make this dream a reality for this family.  Because of the generosity of: Century Temple, Brunswick Lodge, Court Mary Francis # 2421 and Michael & Wendy Campbell we have $525.00 – we only need $3,675.00.

 One person can make a difference –Together we can change the world.  Let’s change the world for Little Jimmy King.

Grandparents waiting for Jimmy to get off bus