Lending Library Project

The Lending Library Project

A project of the L.C. and Lillie Cox Haven of Hope

Note from Allan Gardiner, Founder PhotoMed Technologies

I am excited to work with the L.C. and Lillie Cox Haven of Hope to implement their project to bring PhotoMed's light therapy to people who would otherwise likely never have access to it.

I had the joy of working with people, such as Beth and Mark, who responded to the therapy despite my initial low expectations.

Beth arrived unable to feed herself after having plateaued from physical therapy for her C5-C6 spinal cord injury. Her body responded from the first session to the variable-wavelength therapy. She resumed physical therapy. The combination of therapies helped her transition to a manual wheelchair. Mark lived in a nursing home because of his loss coordination from Huntington's. The variable-wavelength therapy prompted improved coordination in walking, swallowing, and speech. He improved sufficiently to resume living independently again and to regain custody of his kids.

The project recognizes that helping one person improves their ability to carry on activities of daily living. Even small responses can improve the quality of life for everyone in their community.

We are starting with:

1. Families of someone who has recently plateaued from physical therapy after a spinal cord injury or stroke.

2. Families of someone having coordination issues associated with Huntington's disease.

Please contact me by email or phone for more information about the people who inspired me and how you might be inspired too via the Project.

24 years ago, I formed PhotoMed's team of engineers with a vision to end certain types of treatment-resistant chronic pain. The therapy improves the quality of life for people having impaired sensory & motor functioning, coordination, skin temperature regulation, and wounds. The therapy is not intended to treat any disease or disorder.

I learned about the challenges for people like Beth and Mark to come to the feasibility studies. More could have been achieved with daily therapy.

Lending a device to families with individualized training overcomes the barrier to receiving therapy.

Please support the project of the H.C. and Lillie Cox Haven of Hope.

Allan Gardiner

PhotoMed Technologies, Founder

Details

We have formed a team with two parts:

PhotoMed's team and training to restore people’s lives
an established non-profit designed to implement the delivery of technologies and services.

PhotoMed's partnership with a non-profit fiscal sponsor

L.C. and Lillie Cox Haven of Hope was founded in 2012 with a Mission to offer all individuals, regardless of their economic or social status, the opportunity and support to cope, heal, and grow with dignity.

The PhotoMed Technologies Project (we call it the Lending Library Project) is a program of L.C. and Lillie Cox Haven of Hope (Sponsor), a nonprofit charity exempted from federal income tax under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, and which is not a private foundation because it is described in Sections 509(a)(1) and 170(b)(1)(a)(vi). The Sponsor retains complete control and discretion of the use of contributions that it receives.

PhotoMed Technologies fulfills the program by building and lending Varichrome Pro devices to practitioners in selected communities. Grants from the L.C. and Lillie Cox Haven of Hope and gifts to PhotoMed's Lending Library Project also support training via printed, online, phone, and Zoom. The device loan period depends upon the size and needs of the communities. The aim is to help as many people as possible. The loaner devices are not for sale, but practitioners are welcome to purchase devices separately from the program.

5 Ways to Participate

1) Tell your friends and practitioners about new ways to reduce pain.

2) Write a tax-deductible check payable to L.C. and Lillie Cox Haven of Hope. In the memo line, please include FBO (For the Benefit Of) PhotoMed Technologies Project in order to designate the donation to this project.

Mail to: 696 San Ramon Valley Blvd. No. 194 Danville, CA 94526.

3) Contribute via this PayPal Link by clicking on or using the QR code:

https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=PVBUXST6QP4ZC

Please use the Contact Form to let us thank you for your donation. (The PayPal button donates directly to the Sponsor without attribution to PhotoMed.)

Please contact Allan Gardiner 510-541-9830 to arrange a transfer by:

4) ACH or wire transfer.
5) Funds via Quickbooks.

I invite you to share in the joy and gratitude of restored lives that continues to inspire me after 24 years. Please contact me directly to request a loaned device or to become a practitioner who might care for several people and their families.

Sincerely,