This page is the beginning of an effort to help raise funds for amputees. Limbs are expensive and insurance companies are allowed to cap the amount that they will pay towards prosthetics. Using my situation as a model for the next amputee we are attempting to raise $40,000 to purchase a leg. This amount is an estimate of my out of pocket costs. Because prosthetic companies offer no financing, amputees must pay the full amount up front before being fit for a limb. The best time to begin fitting for the prosthetic is immediately after the stump has completely healed from it’s separation. This ensures a proper fitting socket because the stump is the most pliable at that time. Unfortunately this puts a time constraint on the amputee to come up with the $$$, and many have to chose to wait or go into debt.

I have only found one other organization that will assist amputees financially. They are a great company but cannot bear the full financial burden of the people they help. Shirts For Limbs hopes to create a system that can cover the full cost of a prosthetic. We do not see this as a lone effort, we are more than happy to partner with other groups, charities and organizations to get limbs on amputees.

Right now the effort is to buy me (Tarver) a leg. Any extra $$$ received will go to the start up costs for Shirts For Limbs.

Your assistance is greatly appreciated. As a thank you for a minimum donation of $25 you will receive a free shirt. Please feel free to donate more as you so desire.

The shirts are rad! Here is a sample of what will be on the front.

With a minimum $30 donation you can get the new Yellow shirt.

We are still working on business side of things and do not have non profit status as of yet. It takes sometimes a year to reach that.

Donations can be made through the paypal link on the right or below. (Please be sure to provide your contact info so we know where to send your shirt.) Because of the different sizes of screens and different browser’s you may be using, the PayPal link may be way at the bottom of your screen. It is a button that says “make a donation”.

PLEASE NOTE: The PayPal page is a little confusing. It will only allow a quantity of one, because it is a donations only type of account. Until I have a separate website, this is the best way I have found to set it up. We are working on a separate site for Shirts For Limbs. You can still donate any amount that you so choose. I will email you as soon as I see the transaction to get your #of shirts and sizes. Thank you ahead of time and I apologize for any confusion this may cause.

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By mail, please provide your shirt size, email address, phone # or any other way we can get a hold of you to say Thank you.

For right now checks need to be made out to me.

Tarver Hannant
P.O. BOX 20624
Portland, OR 97294

Please feel free to link to this page or tell anyone you know about this endeavor.

Your information will not be sold, given or used for any other purpose.