Dominic Campanella

Dominic Campanella's Fundraiser

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Please provide urgent basic needs for families in crisis.

Nurture hope & healing for children facing life-threatening medical treatment.

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Join me in making an immediate impact for a family in crisis.

Hi Friends,

I am so proud to be riding in HoldYou Foundation's Cycling Fundraiser for the 4th year in a row! I'm riding in honor of my Dad, Joseph Campanella, on the one year anniversary of his passing. He inspired me with all of the charity work he did in his lifetime. Your donation will go a long way to helping me meet my $3,000 goal for HoldYou Foundation!

These critical funds will help families who are facing work disruption, unpaid leaves and income loss to care for their children in medical crises. Your gift means a family facing food, housing and energy insecurity during their child's treatment will have immediate support for their basic needs. And their child will have the love and support of a parent advocate by their side during their hardest days.

I'm riding in support of amazing and beautiful kids like Johny and his dedicated family. Check out his story.

Johny's Story

Johny is an exceptionally lovable 8 year old boy who was born with biliary atresia -- a rare disease of the liver and bile ducts that occurs in infants. He received his first liver transplant just before his 2nd birthday, and due to complications, he required a second transplant just five days later. When his second liver transplant began to fail, Johny was placed on the waiting list and waited for three years until he became too sick to stay at home. He was admitted to UCLA Mattel Children's Hospital for three months until the call came that would save his life. During his extended admission, his grandmother, who has custody of Johny and his siblings, remained constantly at his bedside. Because of her love and concern for her grandson, she was unable to work, and her business was shut down. This created yet another incredible hardship on this family who was already extremely worried about Johny's very serious medical condition.

While Johny was in the hospital, the family was referred to HoldYou Foundation for assistance. Thanks to the HoldYou Foundation, the family’s water, electric, and gas bills were able to be paid at a time when the family needed to be focused on little Johny and not their finances. Johny’s grandmother wanted to tell HoldYou, “Thank you for your help. We were really, really happy for the help they were able to give us.”