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🎙️ Parenting Children with Limb Differences
👩‍👧‍👦 Hosted by Ali & Kari
🌟 Empowering parents, celebrating kids
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💚 Meet Our Boo Bag Nonprofit Community Partners! 🎃
Behind every Boo Bag/Basket is a community that cares. This year, 7 incredible local nonprofits joined us to spread Halloween joy, and the work they do for Northwest suburban families all year long is even sweeter. Swipe to meet them! 👇

🏃‍♀️ Cardio Kidz @cardiokidzrunningseries
Every finish line is a win! Fun, confidence-building running events for kids ages 2-14 of all abilities.
🔗 cardiokidz.org

🧸 C.I.T.Y. of Support @cityofsupport & The GENEROC.I.T.Y. Toy Shop @generocitytoyshop
This Arlington Heights toy shop, therapy center and play space turns every purchase into support for kids in therapy and their families.
🔗 cityofsupport.org

🤍 The Colette Louise Tisdahl Foundation @colettelouisetisdahl
Financial help and loving support for families facing high-risk pregnancies, NICU stays, or loss.
🔗 colettelouise.com

🌱 Hopeful Beginnings @hopeful_beginnings
Adoption support and perinatal mental health counseling for every path to parenthood.
🔗 hopefulbeginning.org

💚 Limb Difference Collective Foundation @limbdifferencecollective & @pcwldpodcast
Kids find friends. Parents find support. Families find their community.
🔗 limbdifferencecollective.org

🎶 Music for the Ages @music4theages
Free music events where little ones (6 months-6 years) and seniors make music, and magic, together!
🔗 musicfortheages.net

⚽ NWSRA @nwsra_ig & SLSF @slsf_ig
Year-round recreation, sports, and friendship for kids and adults with disabilities across the northwest suburbs.
🔗 nwsra.org

Thank you for showing up for our community! 🧡 Give them a follow, share this post, or visit their websites to learn more.

#MacKIDSchaumburg #BooBagDrop #BooItForward #NonprofitLove #SupportLocal

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Por fuera me veo muy segura... por dentro no tanto 💜
I look so confident on the outside... not so much on the inside #MyWay #LimbLife #reality #selflove❤️

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🍻 TWO WEEKS OUT. LET’S FILL THE ROOM! 🧡

Our 2nd Annual Pints for Purpose fundraiser is just TWO WEEKS away, and we need your help getting the word out!

On October 26, we’re bringing people together for a fun night of community, costumes, raffles, and a whole lot of purpose. Every ticket, donation, and share helps the Limb Difference Collective Foundation build connections, expand outreach, and remind individuals and families affected by limb difference that they’re not alone. 🧡

🎟️ Come hang out with us! Grab your tickets, invite your friends, make it a date night, or get your group together for a night out that makes a difference.

🎁 And the raffle?! Our amazing supporters have contributed items and experiences from:

⚾ Chicago Cubs
⚾ Chicago White Sox
🏒 Chicago Wolves
🏀 Windy City Bulls
🌳 The Morton Arboretum
⚾️ Schaumburg Boomers
🧗 First Ascent Climbing & Fitness
🍫 Graham’s Fine Chocolates
🍷 Lynfred Winery
🍽️ Alchemist
🍜 Alt Thai
🥃 Barrel & Rye
🎢 Funway Batavia
⛳ St. Andrews Golf Course West Chicago
🥋 National Karate
🛍️ Trader Joe’s Batavia
💚 41 North Chiropractic & Soft Tissue Clinic
…and MORE!

Can't make it? You can still support our mission with a donation!

We’re a small, volunteer run team with a big mission, and we need our community to help make this night a success. Please register, donate, tag a friend, or share this post. Every bit of support matters!

📅 October 26 | 6 PM
📍 Pollyanna Brewing Company, St. Charles
🎃 Costumes encouraged | 21+ event

🎟️ Tickets & donations:
https://givebutter.com/LDCF2026Pints4Purpose

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#LimbDifferenceCollective #PintsForPurpose #LimbDifferenceAwareness #CommunityMakesADifference #Fundraiser

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I was too embarrassed to ask. I thought they were gonna laugh at me. It took 10 seconds.
Does that happen to you too? 🫠
#adaptativefitness #gymtime #nolimbitations #myway

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No tutorial, just my real life #MyWay #NoLimits #AdaptiveLife #MomLifeReal #ponytail

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Over the last few months, LDCF was presented to the 100 Women Who Care Medinah chapter.

This week, we got to invite them into our world. 💛 We shared what goes inside a Hugs-in-a-Box, the stories behind why we created them, the events we've been honored to organize and why community matters so much to families navigating limb difference and limb loss.

Then came a moment we weren’t quite prepared for…

🥹 They chose LDCF for their quarterly giving, and with the help of matching donors, their collective support was truly extraordinary.

For a small nonprofit like ours, this kind of support means more opportunity to reach families, build connections, expand outreach, and continue creating programs that remind families:

You are not alone.

If you’ve never heard of 100 Women Who Care, it’s a giving circle where women come together quarterly, each contributes $100, a few nonprofits are nominated, and the group votes together on where their collective donation will go.

There are chapters all over the country. Search “100 Women Who Care” + your city to find one near you!

To the women of 100 Women Who Care Medinah and the matching donors:

Thank you for seeing us. Thank you for believing in our mission. And thank you for investing in the families we serve. 💛

Thank you for use of the space: @dayhousecoworking

#LimbDifferenceCollective #100WomenWhoCare #100WWC #LDCF #HugsInABox

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👋 Have you grabbed your ticket to our 2nd annual Pints for Purpose Fundraiser yet?

October 26th at Pollyanna Brewing in St. Charles @pollyannabrewingstcharles food, drinks, trivia, and raffles, all for a great cause. Costumes welcome, it's Halloween week 🎃

Registration closes October 12, so don't wait too long to get your team together and join us!

🍻 Link in bio

#PintsForPurpose #LimbDifferenceCollective #AdultsNightOut #StCharlesIL #LDCF

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Mark your calendars, LDCF family!

📅 Here's where we'll be (and where we'd love to see you):

🧺 Aug 17 – End of Summer Family Picnic @ Shriners Chicago @shrinerschicago
🏊 Aug 20 – @dare2tri_ Road2Rise @ @hangerclinicicc Hanger ICC, Schaumburg
⚽ Oct 4 – @thechicagostars Chicago Stars FC vs @denversummit_fc Denver Summit FC, Evanston
🍻 Oct 26 – Pints for Purpose (21+) — our own LDCF fundraiser, @pollyannabrewingstcharles Pollyanna St. Charles!
🦒 Apr 24 – 4th Annual LLLDAM Zoo Meet Up @ Brookfield Zoo @brookfieldzoo

So many ways to connect this season - come find us. 💛

Full details + links in bio!
@pcwldpodcast
#LimbDifferenceCollective #LDCF #CommunityFirst #ParentingCommunity #IllinoisEvents

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July is Disability Pride Month.

This month is about celebrating the disability community, amplifying disabled voices, and continuing to advocate for accessibility, representation, and inclusion.

Whether you’re part of the disability community, love someone who is, or simply want to learn, I hope this carousel gives you a few meaningful places to start.

Here’s to learning, listening, and building a world where everyone belongs—not just this month, but every month.

#DisabilityPrideMonth #DisabilityPride #AccessibilityMatters #RepresentationMatters #InclusionMatters

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💕 Motherhood in the limb difference and limb loss community carries so many emotions at once.

Joy. Fear. Advocacy. Grief. Pride. Exhaustion. Hope.

Today, we want every mom in this community to know: we see you.

Whether you are at the beginning of this journey, navigating surgeries and appointments, adjusting to limb loss, celebrating milestones, grieving losses, celebrating big wins that might seem little to others, or simply trying your best through another long week… you matter deeply.

Thank you for the countless ways you show up for your children every single day. The love, strength, patience, and care you pour into your families does not go unnoticed.

💗 Happy Mother’s Day to all the incredible moms and caregivers in our community

#MothersDay #CaregiverSupport #LimbDifferenceAwareness #LimbLossAwareness #AdaptiveParenting DisabilityRepresentation RepresentationMatters ParentingJourney

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Tonight we had the honor of being part of the GLASA @glasa_sports Gala—celebrating athletes, families, and the community that makes it all possible.

🎤Through the @pcwldpodcast Parenting Children with Limb Differences Podcast, we interviewed several GLASA athletes and supporters live during cocktail hour 🍸

👀 The conversations streamed in the venue and on Facebook, and we’re looking forward to sharing them more widely soon.

GLASA has been such an important part of my journey as a parent and coach. Getting to know these athletes and families has shaped so much of how I see inclusion, sport, and opportunity.
It was also really special to introduce Ali to this community and learn even more about the range of sports and programs available.

Thank you to GLASA for including us in such a meaningful night 💙🧡

👉 Learn more or get involved at glasa.org
#LLLDAM #AdaptiveSports #GLASA #LimbDifferenceAwareness DisabilityInclusion

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