Hello, my name is Ivan. I'm 24 and a carpenter in the Vancouver/Portland area.

I had my lively hood stolen out of my truck in the middle of the night, around ~$3000 dollars worth of tool boxes, power tools and various hand tools that took years to accumulate. This leaves me with almost nothing to be able to perform work.

Currently at 24 years old I'm suffering from an arthritic hip that causes lots of pain and limits my ability to work at times. It was caused by a child hood related incident which resulted in a disease called Perthes. Loss of blood flow to the bone at a undetermined young age caused the bone to deform resulting in the arthritis of the hip

I was in the process of saving up for the hip replacement surgery, but now my tools being stolen on top of a sudden move, and various unexpected bills I am unable to manage.

Any amount of donations would help me get back my lively-hood, I am greatly appreciative of your donations.

Ivan VF.