The Maddie Mann Foundation for Accessible Play

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Maddie's Magnificent Playpark | Colonial Heights, VA - Official Website The Maddie Mann Foundation for Accessible Play, a non-profit, tax-deductible organization dedicated to making communities more accessible, completed its flagship project to create a universally designed playground at White Bank Park in Colonial Heights that enables children with and without disabili...

Madison Nicole Mann (Maddie), 25, passed away unexpectedly May 29, 2024. She was born against all odds and expectations, gracing the world with her joyous presence February 6, 1999 in Chesterfield, Virginia to her devoted parents Michael and Jamie Mann.
Maddie loved life and people. Music made her light shine brighter, and she enjoyed attending concerts. She loved going to the movies. She liked bowling. She loved going on beach trips and sitting by the ocean. She excitedly loved playing pool (in her own way). She loved going to target as a destination. She enjoyed her years playing Miracle League spring and fall baseball. She had an active life considering her physical limitations. She was known for her kind and giving heart. She loved volunteering and was the namesake of her very own Foundation, then fund to continue her heart for people.. She made everyone better that came in contact with her. She was also known for her enormous smile and happy/ sassy disposition. Maddie was the equivalent of human sunshine.
What is a warrior? She was a warrior. Maddie never complained in spite of her extremely difficult medical life. She was a fighter until the very end.
Let's rejoice in the wonderful memories made and the love she radiated in her 25 years of life. Madison is at peace and her body is now at rest.
Maddie is proceeded in death by Virginia Landers (great great grandmother), Buddy Paxton (great grandfather), Gladys Mann (Grannie), Jennifer Guard (Aunt “Jenniber”), Barbara Moore (Nannie). She is survived by her loving parents Michael and Jamie Mann, her grandparents Brenda and Ted Driskill, and Paul Mann Sr and Valerie, her cousins Austin Greene (Melanie), Hunter Guard, Jason Guard Jr, Kaylee Guard and a multitude of extended family and friends, and friends who became family.
“Her absence is like the sky, spread over everything.” - C.S. Lewis
The family is receiving friends on Thursday, June 6th at JT Morriss and sons funeral home (Dinwiddie chapel), 6616 (angel number) Boydton Plank Rd. Petersburg, VA. 23803, between 6-8pm.
The funeral service will take place on Friday, June 7th at 11am at JT Morriss and sons (Dinwiddie chapel) and followed by graveside procession to Southlawn Memorial Park, 1911 Birdsong Rd., South Prince George, VA. 23805.
Flowers welcome, or contributions may be made to the Maddie Mann Living fund (her legacy to help others in the disabled community) via the John Randolph Foundation, 112 N. Main St., P.O. BOX 1606, Hopewell, VA. 23860, 804-458-2239
(*MUST* write Maddie Mann in memo section to go towards HER fund)

Please contact the wonderful folks at the John Randolph Foundation to help❣️ Mention the *Maddie Mann Living Fund*.
Check out the other funds available to help those in our community as well. 💝

“What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make.” -Jane Goodall

We'd like to continue Maddie's legacy by encouraging you to donate to the Maddie Mann LIVING Fund through the John Randolph Foundation.

If you didn't know, we started a fund for the disabled community in her honor through the JRF.
We want to grow that fund into an endowment to help the community for many years to come. We started with around $5,000 in it. It presently has $9,700. in it. Thanks to donors and our monthly commitment. 💝

$100 gets automatically taken out of my personal account every single month to pour into this fund (personal choice). When it grows to $10,000 it turns into an endowment and can be utilized to those in need in the disabled community that apply for a grant through that endowment.

If you feel led, I'd love for you to make a donation to her namesake fund in her honor. You can make a one time donation for the Maddie Mann LIVING Fund or you can sign up to be a monthly donor. We do not claim donations on our taxes, but YOU can. JRF is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. *Don't forget to put her fund name in the memo or vocally over the phone, otherwise it won't go to her fund.*

If you choose to make a one time donation you can do so by writing a check to The John Randolph Foundation. Any amount. They manage many funds and endowments, so ⭐⭐⭐Maddie Mann LIVING Fund needs to be put in the memo section in order for it to go towards her fund⭐⭐⭐
If you want to become a member of the Bright Futures club with monthly donations, simply print the forms that I provided below to get started.

GOAL: I'd love to see Maddie's Fund that was set up to HELP others reach that $10,000 by the end of March. Lofty goal, but it becoming an endowment was our ultimate goal for the community to be able to benefit. 🧑‍🦽🧑‍🦼👩‍🦽👩‍🦼👨‍🦽👨‍🦼🩼👨‍🦯👩‍🦯🧑‍🦯
Thank you for your consideration. 💝

For more information on The Maddie Mann LIVING Fund, or any other funds and endowments that are available through the John Randolph Foundation, contact them via:
804-458-2239
112 North Main Street
P.O. Box 1606
Hopewell, VA. 23860

P.S. If you haven't liked their FB page, please do so. I am regularly amazed by what they do in our local communities.

-Maddie's Mom