Sara Spins

02/17/2022

Friends, we need urgent community support to prevent from homelessness.

They are working hard towards graduation (and just received a job offer!) but received an eviction notice a few days ago.

We need your support - more now than ever! Please click below for ways you can give, every bit helps! Please repost/share.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1s8fjomFjgiiC2vXwzUQkltsKkNpvtT16lUYKZ06nbbE/edit?usp=sharing

[ID: White text on dark blue background reads “Urgent: Funds Needed - Zach is a trans, q***r, multiply disabled student working towards graduation to provide clinical services to the LGBTQIA+ community. They are now facing homelessness after receiving an eviction notice. We need community support now more than ever! Please share. ]

07/06/2021

Finally delivered the rigid frame chair with the E-Motion assist wheels to ! 🎉

THANK YOU to everyone who helped support to make this happen! We are so grateful 🙏

Follow for more!

[ID: Zach is sitting in a rigid frame chair with a pastel rainbow shirt and red pants. The wheels are metal with a large circular battery.]

04/25/2021

Hi all!

We are continuing to support Zachary Reinstatler with their academic journey and are asking now for our community to rally together for some immediate support for the month of May!

We hope to support Zach with consistent and nutritious food availability as they get ready to start an academically and physically demanding summer research program.

If you are local to Cincinnati, MealTrain makes it SO EASY to sign up for a meal or grocery delivery!

& you can also sponsor a meal or two from afar with gift cards on the site!

Please take a look and consider selecting one day to give Zach lunch or dinner during the month of May.

Learn more:
https://www.mealtrain.com/trains/qmke25

Zachary is a non-traditional, q***r, trans, multiply disabled, and low-income student at the University of Cincinnati. We are asking for our community to rally together to support Zach over the next few months as they embark on a new academically and physically demanding opportunity to participate i...

12/18/2020

"I know what it’s like to feel alone, immobile and like there’s nothing I can do to help myself. I also know that our work will likely help people who may be in a similar situation."

Read more here:

One morning I woke up and I couldn’t move. I was a 16-year-old girl living in rural America, trapped in her own body with no idea of what was happening to me. Was I dying? I had been a long-distance runner at school and a nerdy band kid who wanted to play the flute professionally. I thought I was ...

12/13/2020

THANK YOU to everyone who donated & participated in our Sara Spins Virtual 5k & Raffle Fundraiser for Zachary Reinstatler for ! We have raised over $2,000 and can get new wheelchair batteries!! We did it!!

Watch Zach Reinstatler & Sara Whitestone discuss fundraising, disability, academia, and community. They also talk a bit about some of Zach's upcoming projects and the future of Sara Spins. Watch to learn more about Zach's long-term goals in education/career and giving back to community.

Follow & Support Zach: https://bit.ly/2Wcr4Q4
Patreon: https://bit.ly/2JTJeDU
Twitter: https://bit.ly/37WKzSo
Insta: https://bit.ly/2Lz83Fx
Paypal: https://bit.ly/3a3IuGR

captions via youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xjh5UakUMk8&feature=youtu.be&fbclid=IwAR3cBt1kw93-0KMFuR0ZOMt33osz82AN_wZzZAh3BbcKtW9Mj1migQ1czXY

& finally... drumroll...
the winners of the raffle are:
1. Sascha Louane
2. Amanda Fee
3. Donna Sizemore
4. Emily Imhoff
5. Irene Musgrove
6. Valentine Le Gall
7. Adam Finster
8. Kathi Albert
9. Jo Anne Vincent
10. Gina Malecha

THANK YOU! You will be contacted to select your prize from one of our amazing small business owners:

💕 Anne Green Design
https://annegreendesign.com/
💕 AnCharles Art
https://www.facebook.com/Ancharlesart
💕 Bliss Joy Photography
https://www.blissjoyphotography.com/
💕 Fox Gallery
https://www.fox-gallery.com/
💕 Living Simply
https://www.marykay.com/eblanton2
💕 Stargell Sharp Images
https://www.instagram.com/stargellsharp/
💕 Moxie + Gleam previously known as Steadfast by Anahita
https://www.etsy.com/shop/SteadfastByAnahita?ref=usf_2020
💕 Tobyizme Etsy shop
https://www.etsy.com/shop/Tobyizme
💕 World Peace Yoga
https://www.xn--hert-moa.com/

SaraSpins.org/ss5k

12/12/2020

After , all of our donations are finally in!

With your support, we have raised over $2,000 to cover the cost of Zachary Reinstatler 's new wheelchair batteries! Thank you to everyone who donated and supported our Sara Spins Virtual 5k & Raffle Fundraiser!

Winners of our Raffle will be announced tomorrow. Stay tuned!

In the meantime, do you have any questions for me or Zachary about the fundraising process? what it's like to use a mobility device? Live with chronic illness? or how he came up with the name "Chicken" for his cat? Let us know!

12/05/2020

12/02/2020

Thank you to everyone who donated and participated in our Sara Spins Virtual 5k & Raffle Fundraiser for .

We had so many donations coming in it that will take a few more days to process everything! Winners of the raffle will be announced then!

Final numbers coming soon... so stay tuned! Seems like we will reach our fundraising goal to get Zach those new wheels! 🤞

12/01/2020

🎟️ SHARE THIS POST FOR A CHANCE TO WIN 🎟️

Today is and we hope you might consider making a tax-deductible donation for Zachary Reinstatler's new wheelchair batteries!

We are so close to reaching our goal thanks to the Sara Spins Virtual 5k & Raffle Fundraiser Thanks to everyone who has participated so far! 🙏

By donating or supporting our efforts online, you also have the chance to win over $500 worth of prizes from 10 different small business owners & artists to help you & this holiday season.

❕1 share = 1 virtual entry
❕$1 donation = 1 virtual entry

We hope you will join us in this opportunity to support Zachary and small businesses & artists in our community!

See online for more details on how to donate and for all our prizes!

➡️ www.SaraSpins.org/SS5k ⬅️

11/24/2020

We are so humbled & overflowing with gratitude for each & everyone that has shared, donated & supported our fundraiser for Zach’s new wheels! Over $600 donated so far from both donors who have been following us since the beginning & new folks who have just recently begun to follow our journey. As a reminder, Dec 1st is & the last day to donate to get entries into our raffles!