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Help reunite my girls and I

Our lives since 2009 have culminated this month with job loss, my boyfriend/the girls step-dad leaving us and in turn I had to make the difficult choice to let my 9 and 12 year old girls move up to temporarily live with their Dad in Bend, Oregon until I can save up enough money to move there and get them back. That's the beginning of 2016 for us. 

In 2009 after ten years of marriage to the girls father we divorced.  A month later I was diagnosed with breast cancer twice over the next two years resulting in over six surgeries, including a complete bilateral mastectomy, multiple procedures, doctor visits and medications.

2011 through 2014 were filled with a couple of abusive boyfriends. 

Then the year of 2015 started off great. A new boyfriend who was nice, charming, smart, patient and so we all four fell in love, but that was to be short lived as the love of my life didn't want to be a step-dad anymore, he wasn't ready for this.  Our home became a place that was no longer conducive to a healthy environment for my girls. So myself along with the girls Dad and Step Mom decided it was best to move the girls to Oregon ahead of me.  

At this time my girl's father and stepmom have been more than helpful and understanding. They are ecstatic that the girls are moving up to Oregon and are facilitating that part. They want me up there too because we all recognize how important it is for our girls to have both of their parents around. My ex and his wife are going to help me out however they can but we all have financial limits so that is where you come in. I am asking you...my friends, old coworkers, family and strangers for help. Anything will help. After six years of hardship and wanting to move to Oregon for years we are finally doing it. Unfortunately, our move is not happening under the best circumstances. The girls leave this Saturday and after that I am moving all of our belongings into storage at which time I will stay with friends until I have enough money for the move. The girls have a couple of cats and I just can't bare to give them away. My girls have been through too much in their short lives.

What I will do with the money (all costs are approximate):
*$2000 for the moving truck and some help packing it up and unloading it.
*$400-800 for storage spot for our household items to be stored.
*$1000 to board our cats because I have nowhere to live after I move out.
*$9000 for six months of partial income because jobs are limited in central Oregon.
*$8000 for a better car. My current car is a 1989 Honda Civic with 230,000 miles on it. There's no way this car will make it through a cold and snowy winter.
*$3000 for my parents to move from here in Vegas to central Oregon to be near us.

I need this help as soon as possible. The longest the girls have been away from me was almost two months for a summer with their Dad in Oregon.  I have no home as soon as I move my stuff out which needs to be ASAP.

How I will show my gratitude:
*I will find an appropriate organization in Bend, OR to volunteer a significant amount of my time and utilize my skills and strengths.
*I will only spend the money raised on the necessities the three of us need to move and reestablish our lives in Oregon.
*I will donate 5% of all money raised to The American Cancer Society.
*The girls and I will find a way to thank each and every one of our donors.
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Donations 

  • Diane Martillo Iuliucci
    • $25 
    • 8 yrs
  • John cutsey
    • $500 (Offline)
    • 8 yrs
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Toni Williams
Organizer
Las Vegas, NV

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