JUSTIN WEEKS 381 Injury Please Read!

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We have so many e-cards! Oh my gosh! ... there was such a huge stack of them from the hospital Justin is so popular in the Hospital and we have made a bunch of friends!
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... We have about 100 shirts left from the Brawl and the number to reach in order to get the shirts and order them will be posted on the website eventually sometime during the day of Wednesday the 9th. We have just a limited edition of them and I will not personally handling the shirt operation, just the site. All the information will be on there as well as photo's of the shirt. Thank you everyone ... an update should also be posted.

http://www.justinweeks381.com/
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The shirt process is taking a little slower than we would like ... but we want to make sure we get it right the first time. Justin did really well today! He got into his wheel chair and then after that laid on both of his sides for an hour, the most he has done in a single day! .... We will have more info as I will be at the hosptial tmrw night. Also a huge update on his site, thank you everyone for you support.

When I saw ashley wear Justin's shirt on the podium at steel city, it was instant tears, that girl is so amazing and such a good person. Thank you to everyone that has bought a t-shirt at the last two events, it really means so much to us, and it will all be going to the weeks family.

I talked to justin a little bit about it yesterday and he was speechless, words cannot describe, he could not belive the amount of support he has from everyone. Justin has about 4-5 more weeks on the wiring of the mouth, and then also still has no feeling from the breast area down ... We are researching as much as we can, and if you have any information please let us know. Thank you all.
http://www.justinweeks381.com/

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9/11/2009 2:54pm Edited Date/Time 4/17/2016 2:07am

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact:

Antoinette Gress

(714) 473-1855

wmxfmedia@aol.com





The Women’s Motocross and Supercross Foundation (WMXF) Announces Fundraiser to Help Injured Rider Justin Weeks

ANAHEIM, Calif., (Sept, 10 2009) – Justin Weeks was severely injured just over a week ago while practicing at Freelin MX in Michigan. Justin was involved in an accident that resulted in a broken jaw and damage to his spinal cord. The injury to his spine has left him with no feeling from the chest down.

Recently turned pro, Weeks is coming off of the two most successful races of his amateur career. Just over a month ago, Justin concluded his amateur career winning championships at Ponca City and Loretta Lynn’s amateur nationals, in the highly talented A class.

It’s times like this when our small community needs to pull together to help one of our own. The Women’s Supercross and Motocross Foundation will be hosting a week long eBay auction to help Justin and his family with the costs that have been associated with this terrible injury.

The response from fellow riders and companies has been astonishing! Some of the companies who have donated items for the Justin Weeks fundraiser include Thor MX, Rockstar, Monster, One Industries, Pant Saggin’ Dezign, Skull Candy, Ogio, Answer, RG3, FMF, DVS, Glen Helen Raceway, Competitive Edge MX Park, Spring Creek MX and more!

Several riders have contributed with the donation of autographed gear. These riders include James Stewart, Michael Byrne, Nico Izzi, Ryan Villopoto, Austin Stroupe, plus 2009 Outdoor National Champions Chad Reed and Ryan Dungey!
Also included in the auction is a ride day with professional Motocross / Supercross rider, Austin Stroupe. IN addition to the exclusive ride day with Austin, the highest bidder will receive a set of Thor racing apparel!

The eBay auction will begin Monday, September 14th. If you would like to donate products or services for the fundraiser please email Jammi Robertson at jrobertson@thormx.com. For any additional questions, please contact Antoinette Gress at wmxfmedia@aol.com .

The WMXF is a non-profit organization (501 c3) founded in 2003 to enhance the motocross & supercross racing community. WMXF's mission is to support racers or crew members who suffer racing injury; provide support to those who suffer serious misfortune; provide financial support to benevolent organizations; and contribute to the well-being of families in the professional motocross/supercross community.

For more information on the WMXF, please log on to their website: www.wmxf.org.

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Hey everyone ( I am unable to post on the justinweeks381.com site right now) please go there for donations

We have a lot of news to update you on. First and foremost Justin is going to be transferred to the Children’s hospital in Cincinnati Ohio, Monday morning and will be on the road by 7 a.m. He will be going by ambulance and is about a 5-hour (give or take) ride down there. The hospital is about 30 minutes away from Justin’s home and will be extremely more convenient for the family. As soon as Justin arrives to the hospital he will start therapy and learning how to get around with his current condition. Speaking of which a lot of people are asking if he is paralyzed, currently yes. I cannot bring myself to say that he will be forever because I know Justin is a fighter and will try anything to walk again. We do not know if it is a week, month, or if the damage is 100% permanent. Only time and prayers will tell.

Justin was unable to get into his wheelchair today because of the intense pain that he is dealing with. Also some of his side effects from taking the morphine are taking a toll on him and making it hard for Justin to use the restroom. Justin cannot feel if he is full, has to go to the bathroom, or tell when someone is touching his legs. Making this extremely hard and difficult on him, because just a week and 5 days ago he was able to do all of these things. Justin told me specifically that he will walk again, and most importantly “ I will ride again” Never have I been with someone with such desire and heart, he will most certainly make a full recovery with his positive attitude.

As far as fundraisers go and donations, thank you to EVERYONE that has given Justin support, it is still unreal how all of you have came together to help him. God bless you all and Thank you from the bottom of our hearts, its means so much to us and words cannot describe how thankful and grateful for we have such an amazing motocross community out there helping and supporting us.

To clarify on the T-shirts and bracelet business, we are still unable to post anything on this specific site until we can get anything stable going. Funds to produce the shirts and bracelets are coming from people all over the country and do not have anything to do with the site at this time. Hopefully in the near future we will be able to, but not at the moment. There will be fundraiser rides and also tracks selling Justin Weeks stickers, bracelets, and t-shirts it just depends on who is going to supplying and selling them, anything beyond that is past my knowledge. So again, right now this site does not have anything for sale, but if you ARE selling something to raise money for Justin just shoot us an email and we would be more than happy to post something on our site to let people know where and how you will be selling.

There will be Justinweeks381 Front plate stickers being sold at Big Air Motocross this weekend, supplied by John Thompson & Michiganmotox.com.

Thunder Valley MX sports will be selling T-shirts at their Facility.

ALSO Thor & a significant amount of other sponsors (info below) are providing a week long (maybe even more so depending on turn-out) Online auction and all proceeds will go to the Justin Weeks Recovery Fund.

Other than that, Justin’s mouth will be shut for four more weeks, and he still does not have feeling from his chest down. When his back reaches a certain point on the bed (when raising or lowering) his legs react and sometimes twitch, but only lasts for a few seconds. Right now he is living on protein shakes and blended potatoes and Ramón noodles.

Thank you all for your support & this could not go on without everyone who has contributed and supported Justin. Thank you all so much. Please stay updated and I will post as often as I can. Thank you again all of you!


PLEASE VISIT JUSTINWEEKS381.COM FOR DONATIONS!
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9/11/2009 5:54pm
Its nice to hear that he is going to be closer to home and let him know that no matter when it is my son and I will be there at any track to ride with him on his first day back.
I have a good feeling that with his attitude and heart it will be some time in the not so distant future.
9/11/2009 7:55pm
Hang in there Justin!! We are all praying for you!!
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Maria_800 wrote:
Hey everyone ( I am unable to post on the justinweeks381.com site right now) please go there for donations We have a lot of news to...
Hey everyone ( I am unable to post on the justinweeks381.com site right now) please go there for donations

We have a lot of news to update you on. First and foremost Justin is going to be transferred to the Children’s hospital in Cincinnati Ohio, Monday morning and will be on the road by 7 a.m. He will be going by ambulance and is about a 5-hour (give or take) ride down there. The hospital is about 30 minutes away from Justin’s home and will be extremely more convenient for the family. As soon as Justin arrives to the hospital he will start therapy and learning how to get around with his current condition. Speaking of which a lot of people are asking if he is paralyzed, currently yes. I cannot bring myself to say that he will be forever because I know Justin is a fighter and will try anything to walk again. We do not know if it is a week, month, or if the damage is 100% permanent. Only time and prayers will tell.

Justin was unable to get into his wheelchair today because of the intense pain that he is dealing with. Also some of his side effects from taking the morphine are taking a toll on him and making it hard for Justin to use the restroom. Justin cannot feel if he is full, has to go to the bathroom, or tell when someone is touching his legs. Making this extremely hard and difficult on him, because just a week and 5 days ago he was able to do all of these things. Justin told me specifically that he will walk again, and most importantly “ I will ride again” Never have I been with someone with such desire and heart, he will most certainly make a full recovery with his positive attitude.

As far as fundraisers go and donations, thank you to EVERYONE that has given Justin support, it is still unreal how all of you have came together to help him. God bless you all and Thank you from the bottom of our hearts, its means so much to us and words cannot describe how thankful and grateful for we have such an amazing motocross community out there helping and supporting us.

To clarify on the T-shirts and bracelet business, we are still unable to post anything on this specific site until we can get anything stable going. Funds to produce the shirts and bracelets are coming from people all over the country and do not have anything to do with the site at this time. Hopefully in the near future we will be able to, but not at the moment. There will be fundraiser rides and also tracks selling Justin Weeks stickers, bracelets, and t-shirts it just depends on who is going to supplying and selling them, anything beyond that is past my knowledge. So again, right now this site does not have anything for sale, but if you ARE selling something to raise money for Justin just shoot us an email and we would be more than happy to post something on our site to let people know where and how you will be selling.

There will be Justinweeks381 Front plate stickers being sold at Big Air Motocross this weekend, supplied by John Thompson & Michiganmotox.com.

Thunder Valley MX sports will be selling T-shirts at their Facility.

ALSO Thor & a significant amount of other sponsors (info below) are providing a week long (maybe even more so depending on turn-out) Online auction and all proceeds will go to the Justin Weeks Recovery Fund.

Other than that, Justin’s mouth will be shut for four more weeks, and he still does not have feeling from his chest down. When his back reaches a certain point on the bed (when raising or lowering) his legs react and sometimes twitch, but only lasts for a few seconds. Right now he is living on protein shakes and blended potatoes and Ramón noodles.

Thank you all for your support & this could not go on without everyone who has contributed and supported Justin. Thank you all so much. Please stay updated and I will post as often as I can. Thank you again all of you!


PLEASE VISIT JUSTINWEEKS381.COM FOR DONATIONS!
Here is the contact info for Aaron Baker. He is a friend of the family and could be of some help to Justin. He proved the doctors wrong and is walking with a cane today.

Hope all goes well.

http://www.aaronbakers.com/
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NEW UPDATE ON JUSTINWEEKS381.COM
EBAY AUCTION FOR JUSTIN STARTS MONDAY!
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I listed www.justinweeks381.com as my only sponsor this weekend. He has really been in my thoughts non-stop.
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AUSTIN STROUPE DAY RIDE ... WITH THOR GEAR SUPPORT JUSTIN WEEKS!
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Man I hate to hear he is in pain but its nice to hear he is closer to home.
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I just met Justin in chaparral! He saw my leg brace and struck up a conversation. What a great kid. He was walking with one hand cane and was a great conversationalist!! It's a tough sport when it can chop the career away from a kid like him!

Pleasure to meet such a cool kid!!
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I just recently heard he was up and walking around with a cane, great news! His story, like so many other's, was heartbreaking.
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Wes (Vurb) and Justin from today. So stoked to see him come so far!


-Vurbmoto instag
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Way good to see him back on his feet. He would of made a big impact if it would of been in the cards for him to be still racing!
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Great news, keep strong Justin what doesn't kill you makes you stronger.......Just think of the impact you are making on the mindset of recently injured.......
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ocscottie wrote:
Wes (Vurb) and Justin from today. So stoked to see him come so far! [img]http://distilleryimage7.instagram.com/abaa555056ba11e2902222000a1fa52b_7.jpg[/img] -Vurbmoto instag
Wes (Vurb) and Justin from today. So stoked to see him come so far!


-Vurbmoto instag
That's awesome!! What a trooper, that boy has heart.
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like this. A friend of mine has a similar set up from a street bike accident, and has Paralympic basketball gold medals to go with it!!

Different path, same winner attitude.
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I wasn't around Vital when this happened, and out of the loop on the sport in general. That's one tough kid right there. Awesome for him. Inspirational.
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ocscottie wrote:
Wes (Vurb) and Justin from today. So stoked to see him come so far! [img]http://distilleryimage7.instagram.com/abaa555056ba11e2902222000a1fa52b_7.jpg[/img] -Vurbmoto instag
Wes (Vurb) and Justin from today. So stoked to see him come so far!


-Vurbmoto instag
And you also have Button in the background of that shot.

Our sport can be beyond cruel at times.

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