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~ June 8th 2017 ~
HAPPY 88th BIRTHDAY, VIRA!
To honor her day, we are hoping to raise $1888
for immediate housing and medical costs.
Please join us in sending Vira birthday
greetings & cheer!
$8 donation & sharing the campaign
is most appreciated!
~ Thank You ~
Update 6/2/2017:
~ Dear Family & Friends & Kind Strangers~
On June 8th Vira will celebrate her 88th Birthday!
As you may know, Vira Milbank, our dearest Mom and Oma, was recently diagnosed with terminal ovarian cancer. She currently remains at home, spending time with loved ones and her kitty cats; continuing to impart her grace and wisdom upon us all.
***To honor Vira's special day***
we are hoping to raise $1888
for immediate housing and medical costs.
Join us in sending Vira birthday greetings and cheer!
~ Please help us reach our goal ~
Your support truly makes a difference!
Two small words: small in content, heartfelt in intent:
~Thank You~
Update 5/24/2017: Having exhausted all possibilities, we have been unable to find the financial help we so desperately need. Until Vira’s diagnosis (the biopsy results have confirmed Ovarian Cancer) we were managing month to month, but were “stable” nonetheless. Since March, the additional costs associated with Vira’s cancer have now left us literally penniless.
It is important that you, dear reader, know this: Vira was born into abject poverty in 1929 New York City; she became deaf from spinal meningitis at age 7 and spent her childhood in institutional deaf schools. She was smart and began her college studies at Gallaudet at age 16! Vira’s marriage to a hearing serviceman ended when he abandoned her in 1969, leaving her to raise 4 children alone. While she found a career within the Federal government, the paygrade for women of her generation allowed her to only move from poor to working-poor though she worked for decades. Her retirement and social security always just enough to keep her from benefiting from other possible safety nets. It has always been just enough. But not this time.
While Vira’s diagnosis has been difficult to process, what is truly heartbreaking is the toll our financial situation is having on her. The unknowing if we will be evicted in June, or if the electric will be turned off, or do we pay car insurance or buy food, and on and on. The stress of the daily struggle to find any financial support has become unbearable.
And so, dear reader and fellow human being, I am reduced to pleading for your help. Please don’t look away. We are here and we desperately need your help.
With our sincerest thank you: Vira and Victoria
Help spread the word!
Update: Per Vira's wishes, Palliative/hospice care is now in the early stages of planning and implementation. While her insurance will cover most costs for her medical needs, and we, her family, are contributing financial support as we can, there is an urgent need for current care costs.
We humbly ask for your support in helping our darling Vira remain at home surrounded by her family and kitty cats. Beyond all words: Thank You.
DYING AT HOME WITH DIGNITY & GRACE:
for Vira Milbank
We have been given the sudden, jolting news that our sweetest Mom/Oma has Malignant Serous Carcinoma with a six-month or less prognosis. It is Vira's wish to remain at home through her last days; while we are able to provide her with all the love, comfort, and support she will need, it is with heavy hearts that we ask for financial support to help our darling girl remain at home.
All donations will go for Vira's care and household costs. Two small words, small in content, ginormous in intent: thank you.
Vira’s Girls: Karin, Pami, Victoria, Robin, Kelly & Jodie
HAPPY 88th BIRTHDAY, VIRA!
To honor her day, we are hoping to raise $1888
for immediate housing and medical costs.
Please join us in sending Vira birthday
greetings & cheer!
$8 donation & sharing the campaign
is most appreciated!
~ Thank You ~
Update 6/2/2017:
~ Dear Family & Friends & Kind Strangers~
On June 8th Vira will celebrate her 88th Birthday!
As you may know, Vira Milbank, our dearest Mom and Oma, was recently diagnosed with terminal ovarian cancer. She currently remains at home, spending time with loved ones and her kitty cats; continuing to impart her grace and wisdom upon us all.
***To honor Vira's special day***
we are hoping to raise $1888
for immediate housing and medical costs.
Join us in sending Vira birthday greetings and cheer!
~ Please help us reach our goal ~
Your support truly makes a difference!
Two small words: small in content, heartfelt in intent:
~Thank You~
Update 5/24/2017: Having exhausted all possibilities, we have been unable to find the financial help we so desperately need. Until Vira’s diagnosis (the biopsy results have confirmed Ovarian Cancer) we were managing month to month, but were “stable” nonetheless. Since March, the additional costs associated with Vira’s cancer have now left us literally penniless.
It is important that you, dear reader, know this: Vira was born into abject poverty in 1929 New York City; she became deaf from spinal meningitis at age 7 and spent her childhood in institutional deaf schools. She was smart and began her college studies at Gallaudet at age 16! Vira’s marriage to a hearing serviceman ended when he abandoned her in 1969, leaving her to raise 4 children alone. While she found a career within the Federal government, the paygrade for women of her generation allowed her to only move from poor to working-poor though she worked for decades. Her retirement and social security always just enough to keep her from benefiting from other possible safety nets. It has always been just enough. But not this time.
While Vira’s diagnosis has been difficult to process, what is truly heartbreaking is the toll our financial situation is having on her. The unknowing if we will be evicted in June, or if the electric will be turned off, or do we pay car insurance or buy food, and on and on. The stress of the daily struggle to find any financial support has become unbearable.
And so, dear reader and fellow human being, I am reduced to pleading for your help. Please don’t look away. We are here and we desperately need your help.
With our sincerest thank you: Vira and Victoria
Help spread the word!
Update: Per Vira's wishes, Palliative/hospice care is now in the early stages of planning and implementation. While her insurance will cover most costs for her medical needs, and we, her family, are contributing financial support as we can, there is an urgent need for current care costs.
We humbly ask for your support in helping our darling Vira remain at home surrounded by her family and kitty cats. Beyond all words: Thank You.
DYING AT HOME WITH DIGNITY & GRACE:
for Vira Milbank
We have been given the sudden, jolting news that our sweetest Mom/Oma has Malignant Serous Carcinoma with a six-month or less prognosis. It is Vira's wish to remain at home through her last days; while we are able to provide her with all the love, comfort, and support she will need, it is with heavy hearts that we ask for financial support to help our darling girl remain at home.
All donations will go for Vira's care and household costs. Two small words, small in content, ginormous in intent: thank you.
Vira’s Girls: Karin, Pami, Victoria, Robin, Kelly & Jodie
Organizer and beneficiary
Victoria Milbank
Organizer
Beaverton, OR
Vira Milbank
Beneficiary