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Family living in Truck With 2yr Old and 6month Old

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Eric Collins 21, his girlfriend Emani 19, and sons 2 years old 6 months have been homeless for the past three years. Collins has had a string of bad luck of being laid off a few jobs. However he has refused to leave his family. In fact, it was just in 2017 that Collins and his family were living in a friend’s 1995 Chevy Tahoe. However one night in the winter of 2018 Collins and his family returned from eating at a friend’s house and discovered that the truck in which were residing was shot up with over 20 bullets. Collins obviously was distraught. Not only was the family’s temporary dwelling shattered with glass, but their belongings destroyed. Collins however refused to waver. Faced with the possibility that his young family might be separated, he turned to an old friend who lived in a subpar dwelling that lacked numerous necessities. The friend offered Collins the basement of the unstable home where rats and roaches were visible and active. Collins went out and purchased milk crates that would hold an old mattress from the ground, hence allowing his girlfriend and their two kids to sleep free from the rats on the floor. However Eric Collins sacrificed himself by sleeping on the floor to ensure that Emanie and the babies were safe and comfortable. Today Collins has managed to keep his family together in the Salvation Army Shelter.He and Emani have continued to struggle to find employment and of course, housing. But Eric has not given hope of marrying Emani. His desire is to ensure that they are forever bonded and that their family becomes stable.Please help us raise money for this family to receive housing, transportation, clothing and food so that this family will not have to struggle with these two young children.

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Paris McFarland
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Dolton, IL

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