RAISE | Resources and AssIstance for Support and Empowerment – Powered by WiTT

What is RAISE?

Tigerlily Foundation has partnered with WiTT Forever to establish the RAISE platform. RAISE, which stands for Resources and AssIstance for Support and Empowerment, is a platform that makes it easy for patients to get support without feeling as though they are burdening others. Tigerlily understands that patients with chronic disease often face challenges that lead to the need to make difficult decisions about paying for groceries, childcare or life-saving medical care. Individuals on the RAISE platform can list out the things they need help with – both financial and non-financial – and other people can view this list and claim items for which they’re able to provide help. This platform is patient driven and will evolve as patients provide insights — we look forward to sharing enhancements and additional resources as the RAISE platform continues to grow!

How does RAISE work?

Patients that use the Tigerlily Foundation RAISE platform sign up (link shown below) can create a registry-style list of their unique individual needs. This can include things like financial support for rent payments or medication costs as well as assistance with daily tasks like childcare, groceries, or basic home maintenance. After this list is created, patients can share a special link with their friends, family, neighbors, or other important members of their personal community. These individuals can claim the patient’s list items that they’re able to support and can provide financial assistance directly through the platform. Donated funds are securely transferred directly to the patient.

“I was so excited to see this launch… it was amazing when I first logged in and saw that somebody can ask for help without actually *asking* for help because we know that everyone doesn’t want to ask for help – it’s hard for people to ask! Just letting my family and friends know ‘this is what I need help with’, it’s a great platform, they (friends and family) actually like it and have gone in to look at it and said ‘okay, so when do you need this done?… I’m going to come by on this day.’ ”

~ Tameka Johnson, Tigerlily ANGEL Advocate

Where do I sign up?

Visit https://tigerlily.wittforever.com or use the  QR code shown here.

If you are interested in supporting patients on the RAISE platform, you can sign up to be a donor through the QR code and website above OR you can sign up as an anonymous donor by clicking the button below:

GIVE AN ANONYMOUS DONATION

Testimonials

“Thank you so much. Just recently, I was told that I would no longer get assistance with groceries for my kids and me. I was praying for extra funds to come in to buy groceries until I figured things out and then this. Thank you, thank you, thank you, beyond words!!!”

Eboney Thompson

“It was straightforward and easy to use! I liked the email about the concierge help, I thought that was helpful for people who aren’t as tech savvy. When I first received my diagnosis, my coworkers set up a fund for me on one of those other donation sites but some of the donations went to the site and not to me. When you need groceries and gas and have a family to take care of, you need all of the donations received, not just some. I like that RAISE doesn’t have that, you get all of the funds donated to you, not just some.”

Jazmine Lampkin

ANGEL Advocate

“(In the platform) everything was pretty self-explanatory for me. I’m so happy to be a part of this… this program speaks volumes!”

Jonell Deshotel

ANGEL Advocate

“Overall, the platform is amazing. It’s super easy to use, it’s straightforward. It really takes the emotional aspect out of it (asking for help). I love that you can put it all out there and people can help with what they want. The tutorials were very helpful and simple.”

Aisha Patterson

ANGEL Advocate

FAQS ABOUT RAISE

What is RAISE and how does it help patients?

RAISE is a platform that is designed to help patients get the non-clinical support they need as they go through treatment. The platform allows a patient to ask for both financial and non-financial support from their friends and family. It is designed to make it easy for the patient to ASK for help, and makes it easy for people to GIVE patients the support they need. RAISE combines the simplicity of a registry-type list with the personalized needs of a patient and a financial tool, into an easy-to-use platform.
How Does RAISE work?

Patients using RAISE can create a list of all items that they need help with (both financial and non-financial) and post those items on the platform so that everyone who wants to help them has visibility to what the patient needs.

The patient can invite Family, Friends, Neighbors, and Colleagues to be part of their support community (known as a care circle). People in the patient’s care circle no longer have to guess how they can help, and have options and flexibility in the ways they can provide support to the patient.

RAISE also enables people and organizations that don’t know the patient to provide their support. These donors will only see the financial needs of a patient and will have an opportunity to donate directly to patients by going to http://tigerlily.wittforever.com. To ensure that donors know that they are giving to someone in need, we ensure that every patient that is seen on the site has been verified as a real patient by Tigerlily.
I am uncomfortable asking for help. How will this help remove my fear of asking?

While most patients need help, they don’t want to be a burden or an imposition to the person they are asking, which results in patients not asking for help. There is a natural stigma of asking for help, and RAISE is designed to remove the stigma by making it easy for a patient to ask without the feeling of being a burden on others.

The RAISE platform breaks this dynamic by enabling a patient to ask for the help they need without asking any specific person. Patients can put their asks and needs out to everyone, invite people that want to help them to see what they need help with, and then give the people that want to help the opportunity to decide how much they would like to help.

By not asking a specific person to do something for them, but yet giving people who want to help the visibility to help, the RAISE platform takes the fear out of asking.
What is the RAISE Support Registry?
What types of things can I ask for help with?
Our platform allows the patient to ask for both Financial and Non-Financial support.
- Examples of Financial items include: help with rent, groceries, medication, etc.)
- Examples of Non-financial items include: picking up children from daycare, going for a walk, talking, etc.)
Note: Nothing is too trivial to ask for. We have had patients ask for funds for haircuts, for Ice-cream for their children, for rent, for company to have dinner with, etc. The goal is to ensure that patients are comfortable asking for anything they need help with.

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