The story of a teenage rodeo rider paralyzed in a July 11 fall continues to touch hearts across North Carolina, with the $81 million Carolina Postal Credit Union of Charlotte leading a CU-backed fund-raising campaign to help pay hospital bills.
So far, $15,000 had been contributed from credit unions in North Carolina and elsewhere on behalf of Kelly Blanton, 18, of Taylorsville, who suffered severe neck and spinal injuries in a fall at a Shawnee, Okla. rodeo. Blanton had been practicing for the International Finals Youth Rodeo competition.
The story has received wide coverage in media outlets across North Carolina and in Oklahoma following Blanton's accident, which occurred when her horse bucked during a roping event.
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