Young man with Down Syndrome needs:
Donation protected
Hello everyone. My name is Charlette, I am 53 and have a 22 year old son with Down Syndrome, named Nathan. The photo is us of course. I was trying to give him bunny ears like he always gives me, so he was trying to grab my hand. lol His life is mostly in the house on his computer or playing with his many masks and plush characters. He loves to joke with and entertain people. He was pretty much always the class clown in school, and some things he got chastised for, he learned from me. :) Who knew that you can't moon people in school lol (no, I didn't teach him that one lol).
There is an Amazon wishlist link at the end of this, if you don't feel like reading this all the way through, and don't want to donate here.
Well anyway, he discovered youtube years ago so my daughter made him an account and named it Nathanofadown after the System of a Down group that he really loved at the time. Then one day I got the idea to post a video of him on his account. He loved it, and then wanted more and more videos, so I decided to share his funny happy self with the world. Then I also made a facebook Nathanofadown that is family friendly and gets more personal, and a facebook Nathanofadown Uncensored for when he is showing what he's learned from youtube and explicit lyric songs. lol
We are a one, low income family because I will not put my child that can barely communicate in a strangers care so that I can go to work. I've always made ends meet though, and Nathan is very spoiled. I know how to live poor with no problem, but when I was talking with someone (a famous youtuber called AskaGangsta) recently about not being able to work because I stay home with him, and wishing that I could move us out of my house with poisonous brown recluse spiders, he suggested that I make a gofundme account and then he will share it. While I can't see doing this for a move (since it could take forever to find the right place that would be safe for Nathan and cheap enough to pay monthly), I thought of other ways that people who want to could help Nathan and then also made the wishlist. AskaGangsta said that he would purchase something on the Wishlist so that we could make a video of what he got from him. <3
He currently has an old 300 gb with 3 ram computer which is now full with videos and lags when he watches youtube. He likes to have the videos that we make on his computer to watch, so I have been having to load the videos to my computer in order to put them through movie maker to downsize them and edit them to put on his computer and youtube. My computer is now full and has become a confusing mess of videos that I don't know if I gave him or not, which has overwhelmed me to the point of not wanting him to do videos anymore. I've been looking at computers on Amazon and would really like to get him one of the 2 TB ones to hold many many videos for years to come. While I was trying to decide on a computer to get him, we ended up using our many years of savings to buy a car for me and him, since our 1990 van has had no heat, air, or cd player for years now and the steering was going out.
Besides the computer, other things that he could use.....his 14 megapixel camera broke, so he and I have been using an old 7 megapixel camera that doesn't always take very clear pictures or videos. He could use a good one for the many videos that he and I make for his youtube and facebook.
He also could use a treadmill and/or an exercise bike. He has had some health problems the past couple years, like gout and bad sores under his belly. I changed his diet and started giving him many supplements. His weight has gone done from 185 last year, to 166 now. I had started to get him to exercise with what we have, but I really think a treadmill for him to walk on or an exercise bike would be best for him. We live on a busy street with no sidewalk, so we can't take walks. I took him to the park thinking we could walk there, and go figure, he just wanted to swing. I'm sure he thought that was exercise...he thinks playing video games is exercise. lol
I never thought about getting donations for him before, but it sure would take some stress off of me, and make his life more enjoyable. And actually help me to get back to posting videos to help others enjoy him too, but
I don't like people to do things for us that can't afford it. So please do not give if you are having a hard time making ends meet yourself.... you can help by sharing this. But hey, if you're very rich, we could use a house also. lol ;)
Any money received beyond the price of the items will be used for Nathan's many interests. He loves watching SML (Super Mario Logan) on youtube and wants all the plush characters, and even doubles. So, he already has a bunch of Mario plush and a Chef Pee pee (which he has done a couple videos with. Chef Pee Pee went to the dr. with him and got checked out. lol). He also loves the FNAF (Five Nights at Freddy's) youtube videos, so he asked for and got 4 of the plush and a very expensive Freddy mask. He has 2 tubs full of various masks that he occasionally does a video with.
I am a very open down to earth person who is very public, so you can check us out on Nathanofadown facebook or youtube, and on my personal facebook. I am also running a facebook page called Down to Earth with Love, but when I got burned out with all Nathan's video stuff, I also temporarily stopped doing that page. My goal in life is to show people love and acceptance, and hopefully to make their day a little brighter. Many people say that Nathan does that for them, which usually helps me to keep going with his page and videos.
Feel free to make comments or post links to deals on camera's and stuff that Nathan can use. I'm not sure how this works yet as far as people posting comments, but there will probably be some bad ones. I will delete them if I am able, but if not, I choose to handle people with love, not anger...for hate can't drive out hate, only love can do that. <3
Now that I've written a book to you all lol, I'll say thank you to whoever donates. I will truly appreciate any help you all give, but remember, don't give to us if you really can't afford it, but do share for others to see. :) Here are the links to Nathan's pages, and the one that is mine. Go ahead and follow or subscribe to his youtube. :) And I am adding an Amazon wish list with some of the items and everything that was in my saved cart that was for him, but I still have to search for more.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/registry/wishlist/26IZLVKUDNQAB/ref=cm_wl_huc_view
https://www.youtube.com/c/nathanofadown
https://www.facebook.com/Nathanofadown
https://www.facebook.com/NathanofadownUncensored/
https://www.facebook.com/Downtoearthwithlove/
There is an Amazon wishlist link at the end of this, if you don't feel like reading this all the way through, and don't want to donate here.
Well anyway, he discovered youtube years ago so my daughter made him an account and named it Nathanofadown after the System of a Down group that he really loved at the time. Then one day I got the idea to post a video of him on his account. He loved it, and then wanted more and more videos, so I decided to share his funny happy self with the world. Then I also made a facebook Nathanofadown that is family friendly and gets more personal, and a facebook Nathanofadown Uncensored for when he is showing what he's learned from youtube and explicit lyric songs. lol
We are a one, low income family because I will not put my child that can barely communicate in a strangers care so that I can go to work. I've always made ends meet though, and Nathan is very spoiled. I know how to live poor with no problem, but when I was talking with someone (a famous youtuber called AskaGangsta) recently about not being able to work because I stay home with him, and wishing that I could move us out of my house with poisonous brown recluse spiders, he suggested that I make a gofundme account and then he will share it. While I can't see doing this for a move (since it could take forever to find the right place that would be safe for Nathan and cheap enough to pay monthly), I thought of other ways that people who want to could help Nathan and then also made the wishlist. AskaGangsta said that he would purchase something on the Wishlist so that we could make a video of what he got from him. <3
He currently has an old 300 gb with 3 ram computer which is now full with videos and lags when he watches youtube. He likes to have the videos that we make on his computer to watch, so I have been having to load the videos to my computer in order to put them through movie maker to downsize them and edit them to put on his computer and youtube. My computer is now full and has become a confusing mess of videos that I don't know if I gave him or not, which has overwhelmed me to the point of not wanting him to do videos anymore. I've been looking at computers on Amazon and would really like to get him one of the 2 TB ones to hold many many videos for years to come. While I was trying to decide on a computer to get him, we ended up using our many years of savings to buy a car for me and him, since our 1990 van has had no heat, air, or cd player for years now and the steering was going out.
Besides the computer, other things that he could use.....his 14 megapixel camera broke, so he and I have been using an old 7 megapixel camera that doesn't always take very clear pictures or videos. He could use a good one for the many videos that he and I make for his youtube and facebook.
He also could use a treadmill and/or an exercise bike. He has had some health problems the past couple years, like gout and bad sores under his belly. I changed his diet and started giving him many supplements. His weight has gone done from 185 last year, to 166 now. I had started to get him to exercise with what we have, but I really think a treadmill for him to walk on or an exercise bike would be best for him. We live on a busy street with no sidewalk, so we can't take walks. I took him to the park thinking we could walk there, and go figure, he just wanted to swing. I'm sure he thought that was exercise...he thinks playing video games is exercise. lol
I never thought about getting donations for him before, but it sure would take some stress off of me, and make his life more enjoyable. And actually help me to get back to posting videos to help others enjoy him too, but
I don't like people to do things for us that can't afford it. So please do not give if you are having a hard time making ends meet yourself.... you can help by sharing this. But hey, if you're very rich, we could use a house also. lol ;)
Any money received beyond the price of the items will be used for Nathan's many interests. He loves watching SML (Super Mario Logan) on youtube and wants all the plush characters, and even doubles. So, he already has a bunch of Mario plush and a Chef Pee pee (which he has done a couple videos with. Chef Pee Pee went to the dr. with him and got checked out. lol). He also loves the FNAF (Five Nights at Freddy's) youtube videos, so he asked for and got 4 of the plush and a very expensive Freddy mask. He has 2 tubs full of various masks that he occasionally does a video with.
I am a very open down to earth person who is very public, so you can check us out on Nathanofadown facebook or youtube, and on my personal facebook. I am also running a facebook page called Down to Earth with Love, but when I got burned out with all Nathan's video stuff, I also temporarily stopped doing that page. My goal in life is to show people love and acceptance, and hopefully to make their day a little brighter. Many people say that Nathan does that for them, which usually helps me to keep going with his page and videos.
Feel free to make comments or post links to deals on camera's and stuff that Nathan can use. I'm not sure how this works yet as far as people posting comments, but there will probably be some bad ones. I will delete them if I am able, but if not, I choose to handle people with love, not anger...for hate can't drive out hate, only love can do that. <3
Now that I've written a book to you all lol, I'll say thank you to whoever donates. I will truly appreciate any help you all give, but remember, don't give to us if you really can't afford it, but do share for others to see. :) Here are the links to Nathan's pages, and the one that is mine. Go ahead and follow or subscribe to his youtube. :) And I am adding an Amazon wish list with some of the items and everything that was in my saved cart that was for him, but I still have to search for more.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/registry/wishlist/26IZLVKUDNQAB/ref=cm_wl_huc_view
https://www.youtube.com/c/nathanofadown
https://www.facebook.com/Nathanofadown
https://www.facebook.com/NathanofadownUncensored/
https://www.facebook.com/Downtoearthwithlove/
Organizer and beneficiary
Charlette Ruff Mertes
Organizer
Cookeville, TN
Nathan Mertes
Beneficiary