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Dawson Family Support Fund

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As a family under current circumstances, we have decided to create this GoFundMe Campaign.

Our situation is as follows:

A)
We are not collectively earning enough to pay our bills.  This has resulted in loss of our cellphone usage, the family vehicle coming dangerously close to being foreclosed on, trouble paying rent, and groceries being rather thin.


B) Collective household income has been impacted first by Marilynn's fight with Adrenal Fatigue which is not recognized by local doctors, so she has been unable to apply for Disability to offset reduced ability to bring in an income.  She runs her own techsupport business , is a published author of 18+ books , and sings in Kelowna Community Gospel Choir .  4yrs after her fight with Adrenal Fatigue was recognized by concerned family and friends, she has improved somewhat, but  can still overdo her mental and physical output.  This has resulted in maybe 2hrs of workable income-generation on bad days and as much as 6hrs available on good days.  Which days will be good and which will be bad are often unknown and catch her by rude surprise.
B.1) Collective household income has also been impacted by Isaiah, Marilynn's son, suffering a concussion on the job 2.5yrs ago and who now suffers Post-Concussion Syndrom.  This has negatively affected his ability to work as light and sound sensitivity can lead to exacerbated symptoms, resulting in maybe 2 to 3 days worth of 4-5hrs work shifts available.  This has impacted his ability to look for work, as interview questions always ask why he left his previous job, which had been quite lucrative prior to the injury.
C) Ashley has been trying to get her career off the ground, but is currently mired in trying to keep food on the table and gas in the van in the wake of health/income issues of Isaiah and Marilynn.  Her efforts regularly have her burning out by the end of each winter at her stable-hand job and then spending the spring/summer trying to recover.

As a result of the three points above, and with trouble finding or finding then maintaining adequate work that takes health issues into consideration, we have started this campaign.  

Donations received will be used in the following ways:

A) Paying bills in arrears.
B) Bringing debt back under managable levels as it was used to cover gas and groceries over the past number of years in leiu of low income.
C) Pay current and ongoing monthly bills until regular beneficial income sources are located.
D) Remove the stress of lack of supplies so that Marilynn's Adrenal Fatigue can ease up again and allow for better daily function.
E) Reduce need (and resulting stress) to be job hunting for a few months and get three more books written: 2 for Marilynn's own publishing timeline and one for Isaiah, the second in his fictional book series.

This campaign has been spawned by the fact that Kelowna where we live, is known for it's giving spirit.  Jobs are hard to come by due to expectations combined with wage offerings, but outside of that, Kelowna is known for being generous.  So this campaign is created to honour Kelowna's propensity to give where needs arise.

Whether you are located in Kelowna, or located around the world, your choice to help us out will be gratefully accepted and appreciated.  You are not beholden to help us out, nor will you be judged if you choose to support a much more worthy cause as determined by your best interests.  However, because we are unable to scare up sufficient monthly income on our own, we are coming to you asking for monthly or weekly assistance.

We will pause or remove this campaign once our own sources of monthly sustainable income are finally found.

Reward Levels:

You will notice donation rewards offered here.  Those are not set-in-stone.  You are free to offer whatever denomination you wish, but if you do choose a reward amount, you may opt to accept the associated gift, or to decline.  Lack of a mailing address will be taken as declining the associated reward.  

NOTE: Also, as some of the rewards relate to three books Marilynn hopes to get written if sufficient monthly income allows, the stipulation to providing those as rewards will be entirely dependent on the donations that come in.  If donations are too scarce, those rewards will not be possible.  Just a heads up on that.

If you want to give donations via Bitcoin instead of via credit card or debit, please go to this link here .  Your receipt will come from Songdove Books and you will be required to accept the Terms and Conditions to make sure you know no taxable receipt is forthcoming.

Thank you in advance for considering assisting our family.  Although we are limited in our means to show our appreciation, the reward levels, if you choose to make use of them, will allow us to give you a gift in return.

May God richly bless you as you give.

Organizer

Marilynn Dawson
Organizer
Central Okanagan, BC

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