Go Fund Me medical account started for Carson City Strings in the Schools founder Sue Jesch
Submitted by editor on Tue, 10/04/2016 - 10:36am
For many years, Sue Jesch has given her all for string players of all ages. In 2004 she founded Carson City Symphony's Strings in the Schools program, each year providing free instruction for over a hundred students in violin, viola, cello, and bass, donating much of her time and energy.
Now she needs our help. For the past two years, Sue's friends and students have watched her fight increasing weakness, stiffness, and pain. She was recently diagnosed with Parkinson's (or a Parkinson's-like) disease.
"I'll give up playing violin, if I must," she said, "but I won't stop teaching."
Sue hasn't stopped teaching, even when she can barely walk. Her medical bills are skyrocketing, only partially covered by an insurance plan with a huge deductible of $4,000 every year; the co-pay on her medications costs hundreds of dollars each month; she's lost income because she can't perform; and she is facing possible travel to specialists and clinics out of state, incurring non-reimbursable transportation and lodging costs.
I'm starting this campaign to help Sue Jesch reduce the growing financial burden she and her husband are facing. Sue's colleagues in the Carson City Symphony and other music groups, her students and their parents, and friends in the community have been asking what they can do, how they can help.
Our contributions to this fund will help pay her medical expenses. Go here to contribute to the Go Fund Me account.
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