• Dave and Betsy Bertke – Several years ago, at the age of 35, Betsy, a loving mother of 3 gorgeous kids, suffered her first cardiac arrest. For the past 7 ½ years Betsy has been healthy and pretty much symptom free, until September. The past couple months have been pretty much a nightmare with a series of hospital stays, ICD replacement and several procedures, none of which have done the trick. Betsy finds herself at OSU Ross Heart Hospital, waiting for a heart transplant. As you may guess, the road ahead is a long one and we’d love to be able to help Betsy and Dave, as well as their children, Claire, Gwen and Grant out this Holiday Season. Betsy is also the daughter of Joyce Schwieterman (one of the "Eifert girls" from out St. Joe way!)

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• Steve and Ashlie Geier – This past August, Steve and Ashlie’s son, Troy, was at the Mercer County Fair preparing his goats for their showing. What started out as headaches, quickly led to Troy having surgery to remove a mass from his brain. A short time later they heard what no parents ever want to hear, the tumor was cancerous. This began a journey of radiation, followed by chemotherapy (which starts shortly) which will likely last 5-6 months. Troy’s been a trooper through it all, trying to attend school as much as possible and planning on showing his goats at the 2026 Mercer County Fair! We’d love to help this great family out!

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• Ryan and Faith Muhlenkamp – Ryan is a 2015 graduate of Fort Recovery. On March 6, Ryan and Faith were blessed with their second daughter, Skylar. Skylar was born with a very severe form of Pierre Robin Sequence which is a congenital condition that causes an underdeveloped jaw which in turn causes a cleft palate and also feeding and breathing issues. Since that time, little Skylar has had several surgeries, with more to come. Through it all, little Skylar has been an absolute trooper, and that strength gives Mom and Dad faith and hope! We’d love to help take some of the worry away!

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• Erik and Kristy Fiely – On April 14, Erik had a massive stroke at the age of 43. Things were touch and go in the early stages for this father of 7, but Erik proved he was a fighter and has made great strides over the past 8 months. However, there are further surgeries and appointments ahead and the road is certainly not an easy one. Through it all, the Fiely family has relied on faith, family, friends and community to help them through it all. Erik has been active in the Fort community and we’d love nothing more than to help them out this Holiday Season.

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• John and Ashley Jutte – John and Ashley were preparing to welcome baby #5 in September. Two weeks before delivering a healthy baby boy named Briar Michael on September 25th, John was diagnosed with Kidney cancer. John is currently undergoing chemotherapy treatments. With many trips to Lima and Celina still to come, we’d love to help out this GREAT family this Holiday Season.

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• Josh and Natalie Townsend – At the age of 5, Josh was diagnosed with an autoimmune disease. Eleven years ago that diagnosis led him to receive his first kidney transplant. Late last year, Josh went into kidney failure for a second time, and is in need of a second kidney transplant. He’s currently on the waiting list through the National Kidney Donor Organization. Josh and his wife, Natalie are the parents of four great kids (ages 9 mos. to 6 years) and we’d love to help this Fort Laramie family have a GREAT Christmas this year!

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• Justin and Amy Schoen – Justin is a graduate of Fort Recovery and they currently reside in Greenville. Amy is a teacher in Greenville and in May was diagnosed with breast cancer. She has been going through chemotherapy treatment through the end of the year and then starts radiation. Justin and Amy have two beautiful daughters and we’d love nothing more than to help them out this Holiday Season.

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