{"id":494,"date":"2014-07-09T11:01:46","date_gmt":"2014-07-09T11:01:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/truckstopreport.com\/wordpress\/?p=494"},"modified":"2014-07-09T11:01:46","modified_gmt":"2014-07-09T11:01:46","slug":"cpap-assistance-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/truckstopreport.com\/wordpress\/cpap-assistance-program\/","title":{"rendered":"CPAP assistance program"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The St. Christopher Truckers Development &amp; Relief Fund (SCF) is a non-profit organization whose mission is to assist drivers when a medical condition leads to financial difficulty.\u00a0 Our beneficiaries have been plagued with a gamut of illnesses and injuries, from broken bones to terminal cancer.\u00a0 While they are dealing with these issues, we help to cover everyday expenses such as: mortgage\/rent, utilities, prescriptions,\u00a0medical bills, medical treatment, car payments, insurance, etc.\u00a0\u00a0 To date, we have helped over 1,030 drivers with more than $650,000.<\/p>\n<p>As part of our mission to help drivers, we are excited to spread the word about the American Sleep Apnea Association&#8217;s (ASAA) CPAP Assistance Program (CAP).\u00a0 The ASAA recently received 10,000 new apnea machines from ResMed (you can read the full press release <a href=\"http:\/\/online.wsj.com\/article\/PR-CO-20140630-904595.html\">here<\/a>), which they will distribute through CAP.\u00a0 In order to receive a new machine, the applicant must show financial difficulty, but also pay $100 to cover shipping and handling and set up costs.\u00a0 Therefore, drivers applying to the SCF may be eligible for funds to cover the payment to ASAA.\u00a0 The SCF is also working with other organizations to get humidifiers, if needed, to go along with the apnea machines.<\/p>\n<p>To apply for CAP, scroll to the bottom of this <a href=\"http:\/\/sleepapnea.org\/resources\/cpap-assistance-program\/need-a-cpap-machine.html\">page<\/a> and click the CPAP Request Form.<\/p>\n<p>To apply for aide from the St. Christopher Fund, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.truckersfund.org\">www.truckersfund.org<\/a> and click on the Application buttons.<\/p>\n<p>If you would like to help, Corporate and individual donations are accepted.<\/p>\n<p>The St. Christopher Fund: &#8220;Saving Lives and Families, One Driver at a Time&#8221;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The St. Christopher Truckers Development &amp; Relief Fund (SCF) is a non-profit organization whose mission is to assist drivers when a medical condition leads to financial difficulty.\u00a0 Our beneficiaries have been plagued with a gamut of illnesses and injuries, from &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/truckstopreport.com\/wordpress\/cpap-assistance-program\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":56,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[33,31],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/truckstopreport.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/494"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/truckstopreport.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/truckstopreport.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/truckstopreport.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/56"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/truckstopreport.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=494"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/truckstopreport.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/494\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":499,"href":"https:\/\/truckstopreport.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/494\/revisions\/499"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/truckstopreport.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=494"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/truckstopreport.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=494"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/truckstopreport.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=494"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}