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Help Reunite Family After 40 Years

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I really need help.  Bear with me . This is a bit of a long story.  My neighbor,  and really good friend Keith was a part of the 60's Scoop. Basically, the Government rounded up thousands of indigenous children,  and stole them from their parents.  They were put into group homes, and foster homes, and most were eventually adopted out into society,  never knowing what happened to their biological mother and father.  Now,  after 40-odd years,  my dear friend has finally found his Mother! But here's the issue..  He's in Ontario.  She lives in British Columbia.  So... He needs help! It's been in the works for a few months now,  since they found eachother via a lost family page on Facebook,  to get them together for a once in a lifetime reunion. His mother is an older woman now,  and her health isn't all that great.  So getting her down for a visit is out of the question.  Our mission is to get him there.  Now..  
Keith is a single Father to the most amazing little woman I've ever got the chance to know.  She's funny and smart and sensitive, and everything you could ever want a little girl to be.  Yet she's missing whole pieces of herself.  There's a whole side of her family she's never got the chance to know.  So,  slowly, they've been trying to get funds together to make the trip to British Columbia.  Unfortunately,  last night,  the process had to be sped up.  The mother that Keith hasn't seen since he was a baby,  had a heart attack, and is currently in the hospital.  Now,  things are at a bit if a rush.  There's no time to waste.  We have to get this man and his daughter up to BC NOW,  before it's too late.  I'm not sure of the prognosis,  but I know it's not great.  He needs to see his mother.  His daughter needs to meet his grandmother.  They need to see where they came from.  They need to feel their roots,  before the family tree is cut down once and for all.  There's not a lot of time left to make this dream come true for them...  So I'm begging you for help.  Please. Anything you can do,  could help make the difference.  They need to make it up there and back. As well as needing somewhere to stay while they're there. And as Keith doesn't drive,  they could use some help with transportation as well.  Please..  If you have any little bit extra and you can help,  please donate.  I'd love to make this happen.  Let's get Keith and his daughter up to see the mother and grandmother they've been separated from for so long! Anything and everything helps...  Thank you all so much in advance!
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  • Anonymous
    • $100 
    • 4 yrs
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Joelene Hopkins
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Kingston, ON
Keith Steinberg
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